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FOUNEERS    OF   ANNE   ARUNDEL 

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HOWARD  COUNTIES, 
MARYLAND. 


A   Genealogical   and   Biographical  Review  from 
wills,  deeds  and  church  records. 


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BY 

J.  D.  WARFIELD,  A.  M. 

Formerly  Professor  of  English  Literature  in  the  Maryland  Agricultural 
College,  genealogist  and  author  of  "The  Warfields  of  Maryland." 


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FRONTISPIECE. 

"  At  the  beginning  of  this  new  century  we  are  going  to  the  garrets, 
bringing  out  the  portraits  of  our  forefathers,  brushing  off  the  dust,— putting 
them  into  new  frames  and  handing  them  down  to  our  children.  Search  the 
records  for  their  good  deeds." 


INTRODUCTION. 

.  have  searched  the  record  for  their  good  deeds  and  have  herein 
ied  them  down  to  our  children. 

To  master  Maryland  history  we  must  know  the  biography  of 

s  founders.     That  biography  has  never  before  been  written.     Boz- 

.ns„n,  McMahan,  McSherry,  Davis  and  Scharf,  content  to  accept  the 

bitised  opinions  of  contemporary  partisans,  have  been  lavish  in  their 

criiticisms  of  our  "Early  Settlers." 

/  At  this  distance  from  that  crucial  era,  under  our  broad  ideas  of 
t'bleration,  it  is  difficult  to  judge  the  men  and  measures  of  an  age  of 
l/Lmited  privileges. 

For  the  first  time  in  all  history  an  ideal  government  had  been 
organized  in  Maryland;  a  benevolent  lord  with  knightly  powers  was 
at  its  head. 

An  act  of  toleration  had  just  been  passed.  It  was  the  joint  pro- 
duct of  liberal  men  of  all  faiths,  but  it  was  at  a  time  when  the  mother 
country  was  involved  in  religious  controversies,  which,  of  necessity, 
were  just  as  bitter  here.  Hence  the  act  of  toleration  was  for  a  season 
obscured  in  Maryland;  but  its  influence,  once  felt,  continued  to  grow 
until  it  became  a  leaven  of  enlightenment,  ending  finally  in  complete 
revolution. 

Having  searched  the  record  of  our  "  Early  Settlers,"  the  histor- 
k  of  to-day  can  see  our  early  men  as  they  were. 
J      Judging  them  by  their  records,  herein  brought  to  light  for  the 
rst  time,  their  interested  descendants  will  endorse  the  sentiment  of 
1  young  historian  who  has  recently  recorded: 

"  In  no  other  place  upon  the  American  Continent  is  there  to  be 
bund  so  good  an  example  of  a  people,  who,  after  a  struggle  of  nearly 
^  century  and  a  half,  made  the  transition  from  a  monarchical  gov- 
ernment to  a  'government  of  the  people,  for  the  people,  by  the 
people,'  as  in  Maryland." 

(Mereness.) 

Another  Maryland  historian,  who  has  given  us  glances  at  some 
of  the  founders  herein  recorded,  in  the  face  of  the  harsh  criticisms 
of  his  contemporaries,  has  left  us  this  record: 

"Between  the  morals  of  the  past  and  those  of  the  present,  it 
would  be  impossible  to  draw  a  full  or  fair  contrast,  but  injustice  in 
this  particular  has  certainly  been. done  to  the  memory  of  our  ances- 
tors. Without  wishing  to  draw  a  veil  over  the  sins  of  the  past,  or 
excuse  in  the  least  its  rudeness  or  its  violence,  I  have  no  hesitation 
in  expressing  the  opinion  for  whatever  it  may  be  worth,  that  in  the- 
sincerity  of  their  friendships,  in  the  depth  of  their  religious  convic- 
tions, in  the  strength  of  their  domestic  affections,  and  a  general 
reverence  for  things  sacred,  our  forefathers  far  outshine  the  men  of 
this  generation  with  all  its  pomp  and  pride  of  civilization." 

(Davis.) 


Chapter  1. 

OUR  EARLY  SETTLERS. 

All  authorities  pretty  generally  agree  that  our  first  Anne  Arun- 
del settlers  came  up  from  Virginia. 

In  1620  Edward  Bennett,  a  rich  merchant  of  England,  inter- 
ested in  Virginia  trade,  had  organized  a  company  consisting  of  his 
nephews  Richard  Bennett,  Robert  Bennett,  Thomas  Ayres,  Richard 
and  Thomas  Wiseman,  to  send  two  hundred  settlers  to  Virginia. 

Many  of  those  sent  were  murdered  by  the  Indians  in  1622. 
Robert  Bennett  and  John  Howard  were  among  the  number. 

Richard  Bennett,  in  1642,  came  over  in  person  to  revive  the 
company's  efforts.  He  brought  with  him  members  of  an  Independ- 
ent Church  in  England,  who  sought  a  more  favorable  field  for  build- 
ing up  their  church. 

Upon  organizing  in  their  new  homes  surrounding  Edward  Ben- 
nett's plantation  upon  the  Elizabeth  river,  in  Nansemond  County, 
Philip  Bennett,  a  nephew,  was  sent  to  Boston  to  secure  ministers. 
He  carried  with  him  a  letter  written  by  John  Hill.  Rev.  William 
Thompson,  a  graduate  of  Oxford,  John  Knowles,  of  Immanuel  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  and  Thomas  James  were  induced  to  come.  Upon 
their  arrival  in  Virginia,  they  were  coldly  received  by  Governor 
Berkeley  and  his  chaplain,  Rev.  Thomas  Harrison.  Through  the 
Governor's  influence,  an  act  was  passed  by  the  Virginia  legislature 
forbidding  any  minister,  who  did  not  use  the  "  Book  of  Common 
Prayer,"  to  officiate  in  the  churches  of  Virginia. 

The  ministers  from  Boston  soon  retired  from  this  unpromising 
field,  but  to  the  disgust  and  surprise  of  the  Governor,  his  own  chap- 
lain, Mr.  Harrison,  announced  his  determination  to  take  up  the  work 
just  laid  down. 

The  church  had  been  built  in  1638  upon  "Sewell's  Point,"  on 
the  Ehzabetii  river.  It  was  near  Richard  Bennett's  two  thousand 
acre  plantation.  It  has  recently  been  selected  as  the  site  of  our 
coming  JamestoVvU  exposition. 

HERE  ARE  SOME  OF  ITS  RECORDS. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  Lower  Norfolk  County, 
May  25th,  1640,  Mr.  Henry  Sewell  and  Lieutenant  Francis  Mason, 
both  of  whom  had  been  appointed  by  Governor  Berkeley  to  hold 
monthly  courts,  to  induce  Mr.  Harrison  to  continue  service  at  Sewells 
Point,  agreed  to  pay  for  themselves  and  the  inhabitants  of  the  parish 
from  Captain  Willoughby's  plantation  to  Daniel  Tanner's  Creek,  the 
sum  of  ;^32,  Cornelius  Lloyd,  Henry  Catlin  and  John  Hill,  agreed 
to  pay  for  themselves  and  the  Western  Branch,  ^33.  And  Thomas 
Meeres,  John  Gatear  (Gaither)  and  John  Watkins,  agreed  to  pay  ;^36 


6  Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

for  themselves  and  the  inhabitants  of  Daniel  Tanners  Creek."  All 
the  members  signed  this  agreement.  From  the  Virginia  Rent  Rolls 
we  find  other  early  settlers,  who  later  came  to  Maryland. 

There  was  a  grant  to  John  Chew,  gentleman,  of  five  hundred 
acres,  in  the  County  of  Charles  River,  due  said  Chew  for  the  adven- 
ture of  himself  and  nine  persons  on  July  6th,  1636.  The  record 
shows  that  John  Chew  came  to  Virginia  in  1622,  and  again  in  1623. 

John  Gatear  (Gaither)  received  300  acres  in  Elizabeth  City 
County,  a  neck  of  land  on  the  eastern  branch  of  Elizabeth  River. 
Fifty  acres  of  which  were  due  him  on  his  own  personal  adventure, 
and  250  acres  for  the  transportation  of  his  wife  Jane  and  five  persons 
in  1636.  He  received  200  acres  more  on  the  south  of  Elizabeth 
River  for  the  transportation  of  four  persons,  the  names  not  given. 

Cornelius  Lloyd  received  800  acres  in  the  County  of  Elizabeth 
River,  due  him  for  the  transportation  of  sixteen  persons  in  1665. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  London  merchants  who  received  8,000  acres 
in  Berkeley  Hundred  in  1636. 

Richard  Preston  was  a  justice  of  Nansemond  County,  in  1636. 

William  Ayres  secured  a  plantation  on  Nansemond  River  for 
transporting  five  persons.  Ann  Ayres,  wife  of  Samuel  Chew,  was 
his  sole  heiress. 

Thomas  Meeres  held  300  acres  in  the  Upper  County  of  New 
Norfolk  in  1644-5-6-7;  he  was  a  justice  in  1645,  and  a  church- 
warden. There  is  a  record  which  states  "that  Edward  Lloyd  was 
acting  for  Thomas  Meeres,  of  Providence,  Maryland,  in  1645." 

Thomas  Davis  held  300  acres  in  the  LTpper  County  of  New 
Norfolk  on  the  south  side  of  Elizabeth  River,  five  or  six  miles  up, 
due  him  for  transporting  six  persons  on  May,  1637.  He  was  a  jus- 
tice of  Nansemond,  1654. 

In  1648,  the  vestry  of  Elizabeth  River  Church  were  Francis 
Mason,  John  Hill,  Cornelius  Lloyd,  Henry  Catlin.  The  following 
order  was  then  passed:  "And  the  sheriff  is  desired  to  give  notice 
and  summon  John  Norwood  to  appear  before  said  vestry  to  account 
for  the  profits  of  the  "Glebe  Land'  ever  since  Parson  Llarrison  hath 
deserted  his  ministerial  office  and  denied  to  administer  ye  sacre- 
ments  with  those  of  the  Church  of  England."  That  was  Captain 
John  Norwood,  the  first  sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel. 

Mr.  Thomas  Browne  became  a  member  of  the  vestry  in  1648, 
and  John  Hill  and  William  Crouch  were  elected  wardens. 

Wm.  Durand  having  been  banished  in  1648,  Thomas  Marsh  was 
ordered  to  pay  the  tax  upon  Durand's  property. 

The  vestry  in  1649  consisting  of  Thomas  Browne,  John  Hill, 
Cornelius  Lloyd,  Henry  Catlin,  em.ployed  Mr.  Sampson  Calvert  as 
minister.  Mr.  James  Warner  was  church  warden.  He  came  to 
Maryland. 

At  the  County  Court  of  1649,  (the  same  year  these  parties  left 
for  Maryland),  the  following  record  reads:  "Whereas,  Mr.  Edward 
Lloyd  and  Mr.  Thomas  Meeres,  commissioners,  with  Edward  Selby, 
Richard  Day,  Richard  Owens,  Thomas  Marsh,  George  Kemp  and 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.  7 

John  Norwood  were  presented  to  ye  board  by  the  sheriff,  for  sedi- 
tious sectuaries  for  not  repairing  to  their  church,  and  for  refusing 
to  hear  common  prayer — hberty  is  granted  till  October  next,  to  in- 
form their  judgements,  and  to  conform  themselves  to  the  established 
law." 

Before  that  probation  had  expired  all  of  the  above  were  in  Mary- 
land. Edward  Lloyd  was  both  burgess  and  justice  of  Lower  Nor- 
folk, There  is  a  deed  on  record  from  Francis  Watkins,  late  wife 
of  John  Watkins,  of  Virginia,  then  wife  of  Edward  Lloyd,  in  which 
she  surrendered  her  dower  to  Edward  Lloyd  in  consideration  for  his 
payment  of  a  certain  sum  to  her  son,  John  Watkins.  This  agree- 
ment was  carried  out  by  Edward  Lloyd  when  commander  of  the 
Severn.  He  surveyed  a  tract  for  his  "son-in-law,"  (stepson)  "John 
Watkins." 

Edward  and  Cornelius  Lloyd  were  near  neighbors  in  Virginia,   y' 
in  1635,  of  Matthew  Howard  and  Ann,  his  wife.     The  latter  named 
his  son  Cornelius  in  honor  of  Colonel  Cornelius  Lloyd. 

Two  more  prominent  Virginia  officials,  Colonel  Obedience  Robins 
and  his  brother,  Edward  Robins,  sent  representatives  to  Maryland. 
The  former  was  the  brother-in-law  of  Captain  George  Puddington. 
The  latter  was  the  father-in-law  of  Colonel  William  Burgess  and 
Richard  Beard,  all  settlers  of  South  River,  Maryland,  in  1650. 

Mr.  Harrison's  persistence  had  increased  the  independent  church 
in  Virginia  to  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  when 
the  order  of  banishment  was  issued,  we  have  Mr.  Harrison's  state- 
ment that  he  and  Elder  William  Durand  left  Virginia  because  they 
were  ordered  to  go.  This  statement  was  supported  by  the  record 
that  "the  lands  of  William  Durand  in  Virginia  were  confiscated  be- 
cause of  his  banishment."  At  this  crisis  in  Virginia  a  protestant 
Virginian  had  just  been  appointed  Governor  of  Maryland.  Gover- 
nor Wm.  Stone  knew  many  of  the  independent  exiles,  and  having 
promised  Lord  Baltimore  to  bring  to  his  new  province  a  large  number 
of  settlers,  he  naturally  sought  an  interview  with  them. 

Calvert's  previous  attempts  to  induce  immigrants  from  Eng- 
land had  not  been  successful. 

He  had  even  wTitten  a  letter  to  Captain  Gibbons,  of  Boston, 
offering  land  to  any  people  of  Massachusetts,  who  would  transport 
themselves  to  his  province;  but  "the  Captain  had  no  mind  to  fur- 
ther his  desire,  nor  had  any  of  our  people  temptation  that  way." 

Governor  Stone  sought  out  William  Durand.  The  evidence  is 
the  following  records. 

"Captain  Wm.  Stone,  of  Hungers  Creek  on  eastern  shore  of 
Virginia,  was  born  in  Northamptonshire,  England  in  1603.  He  was 
the  nephew  of  Thomas  Stone,  a  haberdasher  of  London. 

"In  1648  he  conducted  the  negotiation  for  the  removal  of  a 
party  of  non-conformists  from  Virginia  to  Maryland;  and  in  August 
of  that  year  Lord  Baltimore  commissioned  him  governor  of  that 
colony. 


8  Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

'' William  Durand,  in  1648,  came  to  Maryland  with  his  wife, 
his  daughter  Elizabeth,  and  four  other  children,  two  freemen,  Pell 
and  Archer,  and  servants,  Thomas  Marsh,  Margaret  Marsh,  William 
Warren,  Wm.  Hogg  and  Ann  Coles."  This  is  what  our  "  Rent  Rolls" 
show  upon  his  coming:  "William  Durand  demanded  800  acres  of 
land  for  transporting  himself,  two  male  servants,  one  female  ser- 
vant, and  two  freemen  into  the  province  in  1648." 

The  grant  was  located  in  "Durands'  Place,"  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Severn. 

Richard  Bennett,  the  same  year,  took  another  grant  of  250 
acres,  to  be  divided  into  small  lots  for  a  number  of  settlers  who  wished 
to  be  close  together.  This  was  located  at  "Towne  Neck,"  a  point 
now  known  as  "Greenberry  Point." 

The}^  then  returned  to  Virginia,  with  the  terms  upon  which 
their  followers  could  obtain  homes  in  Maryland.  John  Hammond, 
the  historian,  thus  records  that  agreement. 

"Upon  the  express  assurance  that  there  would  be  a  modifica- 
tion of  the  oaths  of  the  office  and  fidelity,  an  enjoyment  of  liberty 
of  conscience,  and  the  privilege  of  choice  in  officers,  the  Virginia 
Non-Conformists  agreed  to  remove  to  the  banks  of  the  Severn." 

Hammond  was  a  strong  advocate  of  Governor  Stone's  admin- 
istration. Other  historians  differ  as  to  the  exact  promises  made  at 
that  interview,  but  our  "Rent  Rolls"  undoubtedly  show  that  Gov- 
ernor Stone  and  Lord  Baltimore  were  both  anxious  to  have  settlers 
upon  the  modified  terms  offered  in  the  "Condition  of  Plantation" 
of  1648. 

Hammond  declares,  "Maryland  was  considered  by  the  Puritans 
as  a  refuge.  The  lord  proprietor  and  his  governor  solicited,  and 
several  addresses  made  for  their  admittance  and  entertainment  into 
that  province,  under  the  conditions  that  they  should  have  conven- 
ient portions  of  land  assigned,  the  liberty  of  conscience  and  privilege 
to  choose  their  own  officers." 

"After  their  arrival,"  continues  Hammond,  "an  assembly  was 
called  throughout  the  whole  county,  consisting  as  well  of  themselves 
as  the  rest,  and  because  there  were  some  few  papists  that  first  in- 
habited, these  themselves,  and  others,  being  different  judgements, 
an  act  was  passed  that  all  professing  Jesus  Christ  should  have  equal 
justice."  And,  "At  the  request  of  the  Virginia  Puritans,"  the  oath 
of  fidelity  was  overhauled  and  this  clause  added  to  it :  "  Provided 
it  infringe  not  the  liberty  of  conscience." 

This  was  confirmed  in  1650. 

In  confirmation  of  Hammond's  statement,  our  "Rent  Rolls"- 
show  that  Edward  Lloyd,  in  1649,  was  granted  a  permit  to  lay  out 
one  thousand  acres  on  the  western  side  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay  to 
the  northward  of  the  Patuxent  River,  and  a  small  creek,  about  the 
middle  of  "The  Cliffs,'  adjoining  the  lands  of  Richard  Owens,  there 
and  to  the  northward  of  the  Patuxent,  not  formally  taken  up  yet." 

He  was  so  desirable  an  immigrant  that  he  easily  secured  another 
grant  of  570  acres  on  the  north  side  of  the  Severn,  just  opposite 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.  9 

Annapolis.  There  he  seated  himself  and  was  soon  surrounded  by 
many  neighbors.  Colonel  William  Burgess,  that  same  year,  brought 
up  his  colony  to  South  River. 

As  there  has  been  considerable  discussion  upon  the  exact  loca- 
tion of  the  first  settlement  of  the  Severn,  I  will  give  the  best  light 
that  comes  from  our  Record  Office.     Read  this  grant  of  1654. 

"  Cecilius,  Absolute  Lord  and  Proprietary  of  the  Province  of 
Maryland.  To  all  persons  to  whom  these  presents  come,  greeting: 
Whereas,  Wilham  Pell,  George  Saphir,  Robert  Rockhould,  William 
Penny,  Christopher  Oatley,  Oliver  Sprye,  John  Lordking,  and  Richard 
Bennett,  Esq.,  did  in  the  1649  and  1650,  transport  themselves  into  this 
province,  here  to  inhabit  and  for  their  mutual  security,  did  several 
small  parcels  of  land  then  take  upon  a  place  called  the  "  Towne  Neck," 
to  the  intent  they  might  seat  close  together,  and  whereas,  the  said 
several  parcels  are  since  by  law^ful  purchase  from  the  said  (persons 
named),  become  the  sole  right  of  the  said  Richard  Bennett,  and 
whereas,  the  said  Richard  Bennett  hath  since  alienated,  and  for  a 
valuable  consideration,  sould  the  said  several  parcels  unto  our  trusty 
and  well  beloved  counselor,  Nathaniel  Utie,  Esq.  Now  know  ye, 
that  we  hereby  grant  unto  said  Nathaniel  Utie  all  that  parcel  called 
Towne  Neck,  on  the  west  side  of  Chesapeak  Bay,  and  on  the  east 
side  of  Anne  Arundel  River,  now  again  surveyed  to  the  said  Nathan- 
iel Utie,  beginning  at  Towne  Creek,  and  running  for  breath  northeast 
140  perches,  to  a  creek  called  Ferry  Creeke,  bounding  on  the  east 
by  a  line  drawn  south,  for  length  by  the  said  creeke  and  bay  320 
perches;  on  the  south  by  a  line  drawn  west  from  the  end  of  the 
south  line  110  perches,  unto  Anne  Arundel  River;  on  the  west  by 
a  line  drawn  north  from  the  end  of  the  west  line  unto  the  marked 
line;  on  the  north  by  the  first  northeast  line — containing  250  acres," 
(There  is  no  evidence  from  our  "  Rent  Rolls"  that  any  of  these  people 
w'ere  ever  seated  at  "Towne  Neck.") 

Nathaniel  Utie  held  this  Towne  Neck  from  1654  to  1661,  w^hen 
he  sold  it  to  Wm.  Pennington,  who,  that  same  year,  sold  it  to  Ralph 
Williams,  of  Bristol,  England.  It  descended  to  his  daughters,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Moiling  and  Mrs.  Rebecca  Barber,  who  sold  the  same  to 
Edward  Perrin,  of  Bristol,  England.  It  was  then  transferred  to 
Edward  Deaver  and  finally  to  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry,  who  did 
not  come  over  until  1674.  It  was  not  secured  by  him  until  1685. 
It  then  became  known  as  "Greenberry  Point."  The  deeds  of  trans- 
fers cover  some  thirty  pages,  and  the  time  of  transfers  some  thirty 
years. 

Adjoining  "Towne  Neck,"  on  the  west,  extensive  tracts  were 
raken  up  and  held,  as  our  "Rent  Rolls"  show. 

Edward  Lloyd,  in  1650,  had  laid  out  570  acres  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Severn,  adjoining  "  Harrards'  Line,"  (this  may  have  been 
Howards),  running  with  the  river  for  a  length  of  fifty-five  perches. 

In  1659,  he  also  took  up  "Pendenny,"  upon  which  stands,  to- 
day, the  house  of  Captain  John  Worthington,  now^  held  by  the  late 
Mr.  R.  Tilghman  Price's  family,  just  opposite  the  Naval  Academy. 


10        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Hoavard  Counties. 

There  are  many  evidences  in  the  old  foundation  rehcs  at  "  Pen- 
denny  Heights,"  to  show  that  here  dwelt  Edward  Lloyd,  when  in 
1650,  Governor  Stone  and  his  secretary,  Nathaniel  Utie,  came  up 
to  the  Severn  and  organized  the  new  settlement. 

By  Governor  Stone's  appointment,  Edward  Lloyd  was  made 
commander  of  Providence,  a  title  kindred  to  that  of  deputy-gover- 
nor; with  power  to  name  his  own  Council,  who,  with  him,  were 
empowered  to  grant  certificates  of  surveys  of  lands,  organize  courts, 
and  direct  that  settlement. 

Edward  Lloyd's  commissioners  were  James  Homewood,  Thomas 
Meeres,  Thomas  Marsh,  George  Puddington,  Matthew  Hawkins, 
James  Merryman,  and  Henry  Catlyn. 

He  built  his  home  on  the  north  side  of  the  Severn,  in  the  neck,, 
just  opposite  the  city  of  Annapolis;  Henry  Catlyn  and  James  Merry- 
man  were  his  immediate  neighbors. 

These  two  settlers  did  not  long  remain.  Their  combined  es- 
tates were  later  embraced  in  the  Greenberry  and  Worthington  sur- 
veys, now  held  by  Messrs.  R.  Tilghman  Brice  and  Charles  E.  Remson. 

James  Homewood  and  Matthew  Hawkins  were  upon  the  Magothy 
River;  George  Puddington  was  upon  South  River;  Thomas  Marsh 
and  Thomas  Meeres  were  first  upon  Herring  Creek,  but  later  resided 
on  the  Severn. 

Edward  Lloyd's  house  was  the  Council  Chamber.  His  immedi- 
ate neighbors  were  William  Crouch,  on  the  Severn;  Richard  Young, 
on  the  Magothy;  Ralph  Hawkins,  of  the  Magothy;  Richard  Ewen, 
of  the  Magothy;  William  Hopkins,  Thomas  Browne,  John  Browne, 
Henry  Catlyn,  John  Clarke  were  all  near  the  Commander  upon 
North  Severn. 

George  Goldsmith  and  Nfiihaniel  Proctor  held  lands  adjoining 
Lloyd's  "  Swan  Neck,"  upon  the  bay. 

Captain  William  Fuller  located  on  "Fuller's  Survey,"  which  is 
now  known  as  "White  Hall."  Leonard  Strong,  the  first  historian 
of  the  Anne  Arundel  settlers,  and  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  held  800 
acres  adjoining  Captain  Fuller. 

Thomas  Meeres  adjoined  them,  holding  500  acres.  This  North 
Severn  settlement  was  "Broad  Neck,"  and  included  Colonel  Green- 
berry's  "Towne  Neck." 

Rev.  Ethan  Allen,  in  his  historical  notes  of  St.  Annes,  records: 
"There  was  a  meeting  house  at  Towne  Neck;  there  is  still  to  be 
seen  the  place  where  the  chapel  and  burying  ground  was.  Among 
the  ruins  is  a  massive  slab  with  this  inscription:  '  Here  lies  interred 
the  body  of  Mr.  Roger  Newman,  merchant,  born  at  London,  M^ho 
dwelt  at  Palip,  in  Talbot,  in  Maryland,  twenty-five  3^ears,  and  de- 
parted this  life  the  14th  of  May,  1704. 

"There  was  at  this  time  a  dissenting  minister,  a  Mr.  Davis,  in 
the  neighborhood." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        11 

MIDDLE  NECK  HUNDRED. 

In  1650,  there  were  three  known  settlers  on  the  site  of  Annapolis, 
as  the  following  grant  to  Thomas  Todd,  the  shipwright,  shows. 
"  Laid  out  for  Thomas  Todd  100  acres,  commencing  at  Oj^ster  Shell 
Point,  running  up  the  river  northwest  160  perches  to  Deep  Cove, 
bounding  on  said  creek  140  perches  to  a  marked  hne;  on  the  west 
unto  the  bounds  of  Richard  Acton's  land  at  a  marked  oak;  on  the 
south  with  a  line  drawn  northwest  by  north  unto  the  bounds  of 
Thomas  Hall's  land,  being  a  marked  poplar;  and  with  the  same  for 
thirty-five  perches.  Then  from  the  end  of  a  former  line  unto  a  creek 
called  Todd's  Creek;  on  the  east  with  said  river;  containing  one 
hundred  acres." 

One  more  surveyor,  destined  to  be  better  known  in  history,  was 
Robert  Proctor,  who  took  up  "Proctor's  Chance,"  in  1679,  at  a 
beginning  tree  of  "Intact,"  on  the  west  side  of  the  Severn  River. 
This  tract  became  "Proctor's  Landing,"  and  was  his  residence  in 
1681,  when  he  then  designated  his  place  as  "town."  Major  Dorsey 
was  there  and  had  built  a  row  of  houses  on  "Bloombury  Square," 
near  the  present  new  post-office.,  He  also  held  houses  and  lots  on 
High  Street,  which  his  widow,  Margaret  Israel,  sold  to  William 
Bladen,  in  1706. 

Another  survey  of  Todd's  tract  seems  to  locate  a  town  there 
in  1651.  It  reads:  "bounding  on  Thomas  Hall's  land  and  on 
Todd's  Creek,  beginning  at  ye  northeast  point  of  "Town"  and  ex- 
tending along  the  river  to  3'e  first  creek  to  ye  west  and  then  with 
back  lines  to  ye  beginning."  "Todd's  Range"  extended  along  the 
south  side  of  the  Severn,  west  to  the  head  of  Dorsey's  Creek. 

The  south-side  settlers  followed  the  Severn  back  to  Round  Bay. 
They  were  James  Horner,  who  held  "Locust  Neck";  Peter  Porter 
at  "Bustions  Point,"  adjoining  James  Warner. 

Captain  John  Norwood  held  200  acres  of  "Norwood's  Fancy," 
adjoining  Thos.  Meeres. 

Nicholas  Wyatt  surveyed  "Wyatt's  Harbor"  and  "Wyatts' 
Hills,"  upon  which  "  Belvoir"  now  stands,  just  south  of,  and  in  sight 
of  Round  Bay.  Adjoining  it  was  Thomas  Gates,  upon  "Dorsey's 
Creek,"  near  "Dorsey,"  taken  up  by  the  first  Edward  Dorsey,  in 
partnership  with  Captain  John  Norwood. 

James  Warner  and  John  Freeman  were  both  near  by;  William 
Galloway  and  Thomas  Browne  were  further  west,  but  touching  upon 
Round  Bay. 

Lawrence  Richardson  and  the  first  Matthew  Howard  surveyed 
also  near  Round  Bay. 

John  Collier  was  on  "Todd's  Creek,"  near  the  present  site  of 
Annapolis. 

The  Middle  Neck  settlers  along  the  bay,  north  of  South  River, 
were  Philip  Thomas,  of  "Thomas  Point;  "  Captain  William  Fuller, 
Leonard  Strong,  Thomas  Meeres,  Thomas  Tollej'  and  WilHam  James. 


13        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Upon  their  surveys  stand,  to-day,  Bay  Ridge  and  Arundel-on- 
the-Bay. 

At  the  head  of  South  River  on  the  north  side,,  were  John  Bald- 
win, James  Warner  and  Henry  Ridgely. 

SOUTH  RIVER  HUNDRED. 

In  1650,  Colonel  William  Burgess,  the  merchant  whose  vessels 
brought  150  settlers,  was  the  central  figure  around  whom  settled  a 
band  of  large  land-holders. 

Joseph  Morely  held  "Morely's  Grove." 

John  Freeman,  son-in-law  and  heir  of  Joseph  Morely,  took  up 
at  the  head  of  South  River,  "  Freeman's  Fancy,"  "  Freeman's  Stone," 
"  Freeman's  Landing."  Adjoining  him  were  John  Gaither  and  Robert 
Proctor,  both  heirs  of  Joseph  Morely.  They  were  surveyors  of  "  Ab- 
bington,"  and  final  heirs  of  Freeman's  and  Morely's  lands. 

Mareen  Duval,  the  Huguenot  immigrant  from  Nantes,  France, 
held  a  large  estate  around  South  River,  viz:  "Middle  Plantation" 
and  "Great  Marsh."     He  came  with  Colonel  William  Burgess. 

Captain  George  Puddington  surveyed  "Puddington  Harbor," 
and  "West  Puddington."  Richard  Beard,  brother-in-law  of  Colonel 
William  Burgess,  held  "Beard's  Habitation"  on  "Beard's  Creek," 
near  the  site  of  Londontown.  Neal  Clarke,  related  to  both  Pud- 
dington and  Beard,  was  an  adjoining  neighbor  near  the  head  of 
South  River. 

Thos.  Besson,  the  younger,  adjoined  Colonel  William  Burgess 
on  the  south  side  of  South  River.  Ellis  Brown  was  on  the  south 
side,  near  Edward  Selbys.  Captain  John  Welsh  held  lands  first 
upon  South  River  and  afterwards  on  the  Severn. 

RHODE  RIVER  HUNDRED. 

Robert  Harwood  took  up  "Harwood,"  in  1657,  which  later  des- 
cended to  Abel  Browne.  Walter  Mansfield  adjoined  him.  Captain 
Thomas  Besson  settled  on  the  west  side.  His  neighbors  were  Thomas 
Sparrow,  George  Nettlefield,  John  Brewer,  Edward  Townhill  and 
Colonel  Nicholas  Gassaway,  son-in-law  of  Captain  Thomas  Besson, 
Sr.  Captain  Thomas  Francis  "The  Ranger,"  was  another  large 
land-holder  of  Rhode  River. 

THE  WEST  RIVER  HUNDRED. 

Roger  Grosse,  the  popular  representative,  whose  widow  married 
Major  John  Welsh,  held  a  large  estate  upon  West  River.     His  neigh- 
bors were  Thomas  Miles,  John  Watkins,  Hugh  and  Emanuel  Drew, 
Richard  Talbott,  John  Browne  and  John  Clarke.     Still  later  th 
West  River  meeting-house  of  Quakers  attracted  a  large  settlemen 
of  leading  Quakers,  among  whom  were  the  Galloways. 


FOUXDEES  OF  AXNE  ArUXDEL  AND  HOWARD   COUNTIES.  13 

HERRING  CREEK  HUNDRED. 

Samuel  Chew  laid  out  Herrington. 

Thomas  Marsh  took  up  lands  on  the  west  side  of  Herring  Creek, 
beginning  at  Parker's  Branch,  and  running  to  Selby's  Cove;  he  also 
held  a  thousand  acres  adjoining  Richard  Bennett,  running  up  the 
bay.  He  held  a  tract  adjoining  John  Norwood,  running  down  the 
bay,  600  acres  more.  He  gave  the  name  to  Marshe's  Creek,  so  dif- 
ficult to  locate  in  the  division  of  the  two  counties.  Edward  Selby  held 
lands  on  Selby's  Cove,  adjoining  Thomas  Marsh.  He  also  ad- 
joined Thomas  Meeres  on  the  west  side  of  South  River,  next  to 
John  Watkins;  in  all  some  1000  acres.  William  Parker  adjoined 
Thomas  Marsh  on  Herring  Creek,  and  also,  Richard  Bennett,  Samp- 
son Warring,  and  Thomas  Davis  on  the  bay,  holding  1200  acres. 
William  Durand  adjoined  Edward  Selby,  running  down  the  bay; 
John  Covell  adjoined  William  Durand;  Thomas  Emerson  adjoined 
William  Parker;  Captain  Edward  Carter,  near  Herring  Creek,  ad- 
joined William  Ayers,  whose  lands  were  assigned  him  by  Thomas 
Marsh.  Richard  Ewen  adjoined  Richard  Bennett  and  Richard  Tal- 
bott,  on  Herring  Creek.  Richard  Wells,  Chirurgeon,  was  on  the 
west  side  of  Herring  Bay,  adjoining  Stockett's  Creek,  holding  600 
arces.  The  three  Stockett  brothers  were  on  Stockett's  Run;  they 
did  not  come  from  Virginia.  Back  on  the  Patuxent,  Colonel  Rich- 
ard Preston  held  500  acres,  and  built  a  house  which  still  stands;  it 
is  the  oldest  house  in  Maryland.  He  was  an  important  man,  in 
both  Maryland  and  Virginia.  Commander  Robert  Brooke,  with  his 
body  guard  of  forty,  was  still  below  on  the  Patuxent,  holding  at 
first  a  whole  county.  Richard  Bennett  held  thousands  of  acres  at 
Herring  Creek,  and  later  as  many  more  upon  the  Eastern  Shore. 

From  these  surveys,  running  form  100  to  1000  acres,  we  get  a 
list  of  the  most  prominent  settlers  in  1649-50.  The  leaders  took  up 
land  in  several  sections.  The  largest  land-holders  were  in  the  south- 
ern section,  where  the  soil  was  remarkably  rich. 

As  soon  as  these  settlers  were  well-seated,  Governor  Stone  by 
proclamation,  called  a  legislature  in  which  he  used  these  words: 
"and  for  the  Puri —  to  give  them  particular  notice."  This  referred 
to  the  settlers  just  enumerated;  the  term  "Puritan"  was  then  a 
reproach,  and  from  policy  perhaps,  Governor  Stone  left  the  word 
incomplete.  About  the  time  for  assemblying  the  legislature,  Gover- 
.nor  Stone  paid  a  visit  to  these  settlers;  he  succeeded  in  getting  a 
representation.  Upon  his  return  he  made  this  report:  "By  the 
Lieutenant  of  Maryland,  The  Freemen  of  that  part  of  this  province 
now  called  Providence,  being  by  my  appointment  duly  summoned 
to  this  present  assembly,  did  imanimously  make  choice  of  Mr.  George 
Puddington  and  Mr.  James  Cox  for  their  burgesses,  I  being  there 
in  person  at  that  time."  Upon  the  organization  of  the  assembly, 
a  high  compliment  was  paid  to  that  settlement,  in  the  election  of 
Mr.  James  Cox  speaker  of  the  house.  There  were  fourteen  mem- 
bers, eight  of  whom  were  Protestants  who  threw  their  influence  to 


14        Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Mr.  Cox  for  speaker.  The  assembly  passed  an  order  that  the  gover- 
nor issue  writs  to  summon  three  or  four  inhabitants  of  Anne  Arundel, 
to  meet  him  and  the  council,  to  consider  what  is  necessary  to  be 
added  to  the  levies  of  this  year,  besides  those  already  brought  in 
by  the  committee.  An  act  was  passed  for  fixing  surveyors'  charges 
at  one  pound  of  tobacco  per  acre;  if  above  100  are  surveyed,  then 
one-half  pound  per  acre  be  charged.  The  expenses  for  the  assembly 
to  be  levied  from  Anne  Arundel  County,  in  1650,  were: 

To  Mr.  Puddington  and  Mr.  James  Cox, for 

37  days,  apiece  at  50  pounds  per  day  .  .  .3,700  pounds 

Boate,  hand  and  wages 600  pounds 

4,300  pounds 

An  order  was  passed  providing  for  a  march  upon  the  Indians 
for  murdering  an  English  inhabitant  in  Anne  Arundel — to  press 
men  to  make  war.  The  charge  of  such  war  to  be  laid  by  an  equal 
assessment  on  the  person  and  estate  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  prov- 
ince. An  order  was  passed  for  a  levy  of  half  a  bushel  of  corn  per 
poll  upon  every  freeman  in  Anne  Arundel,  to  be  disposed  of  by  the 
governor  as  he  shall  see  fit.  During  that  session,  was  passed  an 
act  for  erecting  Providence  into  a  county  by  the  name  of  Anne 
Arundel.  This  was  the  first  and  almost  only  legislative  provision 
for  erecting  any  county  in  the  province.  It's  name  was  in  honor 
of  Lady  Anne  Arundel,  daughter  of  Lord  Arundel,  of  Wardour, 
wife  of  Cecilius  Lord  Baltimore.  Induced  by  the  murder  of  some 
English  in  that  section,  an  act  was  passed  prohibiting  Indians  from 
coming  into  the  new  county  of  Anne  Arundel.  The  last  important 
act  of  the  session  of  1650,  was  the  oath  of  fidelity  to  Lord  Baltimore. 

The  Protestants  were  in  the  majority  in  the  assembly,  yet  they 
joined  Governor  Stone  in  his  declaration  setting  forth  that  they 
enjoyed  fitting  freedom  of  conscience  in  Lord  Baltimore's  province. 
This  act  was  signed  by  speaker  Cox,  George  Puddington  and  even 
by  William  Durand,  the  Virginia  elder  who  attested  Leonard  Strong's 
pamphlet.  This  Protestant  assembly  enacted  that  an  oath  of  fidel- 
ity should  be  taken.  John  Langford  recorded  the  following:  "No 
one  was  banished  under  that  law  for  refusing  to  take  it."  Up  to 
this  period  it  was  evident  that  a  judicial  administration  of  gov- 
ermental  affairs  had,  to  a  certain  extent,  conciliated  the  cautious 
non-conformist  element,  which  had  looked  with  suspicion  upon  the 
oath  of  fidelity 

Let  us  now  look  at  the  government  to  which  these  people  had 
just  come.  Cecilius  Calvert,  the  second  Lord  Baltimore,  held  by 
charter  rights,  a  territory  with  almost  unrestricted  privileges.  All 
office,  title,  honor  were  in  his  hands;  head  of  the  church,  of  the  mili- 
tary, executive  and  judicial  powers,  he  could  control  all  legislative 
acts.  Yet  the  charter  granted  him  secured  to  the  people  of  Mary- 
land "all  the  privileges,  franchises  and  liberties"  which  other  Eng- 
lish subjects  enjoyed. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        15 

Granted  by  a  king  who  held  to  "the  divine  right";  modeled 
after  the  established  institutions  of  an  absolute  monarch,  William, 
the  Norman,  the  charter  of  Maryland,  though  giving  a  long  list  of 
sovereign  rights  which  made  the  lord  proprietor  absolute  in  his  do- 
main, contained  three  words  above  quoted,  which,  viewed  under  the 
light  of  the  Magna  Charta  and  the  English  Bill  of  Rights,  were  des- 
tined to  put  the  people  in  control  of  the  province  even  upon  the 
Charta  basis. 

The  ruling  motive  of  the  more  influential  settlers  in  Maryland, 
was    a  desire  for  greater  political  and  religious  liberty. 

Others  of  the  more  restless  nature  were  attracted  by  the  easy 
and  favorable  terms  on  which  land  was  offered. 

Both  classes  were  opposed  to  the  extensive  sovereign  rights 
granted  the  lord  proprietary,  and  were  only  brought  into  subjection 
by  concessions  to  prevent  uprisings.  Back  of  these  storm  signals 
serious  trouble  had  already  threatened  the  proprietary  of  Maryland. 
William  Clayborne,  of  a  distinguished  English  family,  a  man  of 
marked  ability,  had  made  a  prior  claim  to  the  very  territory  over 
which  Cecilius  Calvert  was  now  lord.  Further  than  this,  a  war  was 
at  hand  in  the  mother  country  between  the  king  and  parliament. 

There  were,  in  Maryland,  influential  settlers  ready  then  to  take 
the  side  of  parliament;  and  when,  at  last,  the  parliamentary  forces 
were  victorious,  and  King  Charles  had  been  sacrificed  in  the  triumph 
of  popular  rights  over  "divine  right,"  the  contest  was  to  be  fought 
out  in  the  province  of  Maryland. 

Parliament  had  declared  it  to  be  treason  for  any  one  to  acknowl- 
edge Charles,  the  son,  king,  yet  in  the  face  of  that  declaration, 
Governor  Green,  acting  for  Governor  Stone,  had  already  acknow- 
ledged Charles,  the  Second,  "the  rightful  heir  of  all  his  father's 
dominions."  This  unfortunate  proclamation,  not  intended  by  the 
Lord  Proprietary,  gave  much  trouble  in  Maryland,  ending  finally  in 
its  reduction. 

LEGISLATURE  OF  1651. 

Governor  Stone  called  an  assembly  in  1651;  to  this  the  people 
of  Anne  Arundel  sent  no  delegates.  News  had  reached  them  that 
Parliament  had,  in  1650,  passed  an  ordinance  for  the  reduction  of 
Lord  Baltimore's  province.  Instead  of  sending  delegates  to  the 
assembly  of  1651,  Commander  Lloyd  sent  a  message  explaining  the 
reason  for  not  answering  the  call.  That  message,  when  forwarded 
to  Lord  Baltimore  in  England,  gave  offence. 

Though  not  a  matter  of  record,  its  tenor  may  be  seen  in  the 
following  proclamation  of  Lord  Baltimore. 

"To  Governor  Wm.  Stone,  and  the  Upper  and  Lower  kouses, 
and  all  the  other  officers  and  inhabitants  of  the  Province: 

Greeting: — We  can  but  much  wonder  at  a  message  which  we 
understand  has  lately  been  sent  by  one  Mr.  Lloyd  from  some  lately 
seated  at  Anne  Arundel,  to  our  general  assembly  at  St.  Maries,  in 


16        Founders  of  i^NNE  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

March  last;  but  are  unwilling  to  impute  either  to  the  sender  or 
deliverer  thereof,  so  malign  a  sense  of  ingratitude  as  it  may  seem 
to  bear,  conceiving  rather  that  it  proceeded  from  some  apprehen- 
sion in  them  at  that  time  grounded  upon  some  reports  of  a  dissolu- 
tion or  resignation  of  our  patent  and  right  to  that  province,  which 
might,  perhaps,  for  the  present,  make  them  doubtful  what  to  do 
till  they  had  more  certain  intelligence  thereof."  Thus  in  a  very 
temperate,  conciliatory  spirit,  he  continued  to  review  the  necessity 
for  all  settlers  to  conform  to  the  rules  and  usages  already  estab- 
lished, urging  that  a  government,  divided  in  itself,  must  needs 
bring  confusion  and  misery  upon  all.  "If  such  divisions  continue, 
which  God  forbid,  then  we  must  use  our  authority  to  compel  all 
factious  spirits  to  a  better  compliance  with  the  lawful  government; 
requiring  you,  our  said  lieutenant,  to  proceed  against  such  disturbers, 
and,  if  continued  after  admunition,  then  to  be  declared  enemies  to 
the  public  peace. 

"And,  whereas,  we  understand  that  in  the  late  rebellion  of  1644, 
most  of  the  records  of  that  province  being  then  lost,  or  embezzled, 
no  enrollment  remains  now  of  divers  patents  of  land  formerly  granted 
by  us,  we  therefore  require  you  to  issue  a  proclamation  requiring 
all  persons  within  a  certain  time  therein  fixed,  to  produce  to  our 
surveyor-general,  or  his  deputy,  all  such  patents  by  which  they 
claim  land  in  our  province;  and  to  require  our  secretary  to  give 
you  a  list  of  all  such  patents  now  on  record,  and  to  require  all  such 
persons  as  claim  land  to  cause  them  to  be  enrolled  in  our  secretary's 
office  within  some  convenient  time,  to  be  limited  by  you.  And, 
whereas,  by  the  third  article  of  our  last  "Conditions  of  Plantation," 
dated  1649,  there  is  allowed  one  hundred  acres  to  every  adventurer, 
or  planter,  for  every  person  of  British  or  Irish  descent,  transported 
thither,  we  understand  that  it  may  be  prejudicial  to  the  general 
good  of  the  colony,  in  case  so  great  allowance  shall  be  long  continued, 
causing  the  people  to  be  too  remote  from  each  other;  inasmuch  as 
a  few  persons  may  take  up  large  tracts,  leaving  but  little  opportu- 
nity for  others  to  come,  therefore,  we  proclaim  that,  after  the  20th 
day  of  June,  1652,  only  fifty  acres  shall  be  assigned,  instead  of  one 
hundred  acres. 

"The  proportionate  rents  and  oath  of  fidehty  to  stand  as 
already  expressed,  in  1650."     Dated  1651. 

Following  that  proclamation.  Governor  Stone  issued  his  call  for 
all  settlers  to  come  forward  and  demand  grants.  As  the  returns 
from  Commander  Lloyd,  of  Anne  Arundel,  and  Robert  Vaughan, 
of  Kent  Island,  were  both  unsatisfactory,  their  commissions  to  issue 
land  grants  were  revoked. 

The  year  1651  ended  without  much  change  in  the  condition  of 
the  settlers.  Parliament,  however,  had  determined  to  take  in  hand 
the  struggling  provinces  of  Virginia  and  Maryland.  Commissioners 
were  appointed  to  take  control.  Virginia  readily  acquiesced  and 
soon  after,  in  1652,  the  Virginia  commissioners  came  to  Maryland 
to  subdue  it. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        17 

Mr.  John  Langford  states,  "that  Richard  Bennett,  who  was 
active  in  procuring  preachers  from  Boston  for  the  Puritans  of  Vir- 
ginia, was  one  of  those,  who,  when  driven  out  of  Virginia,  came 
and  settled  in  Providence."  Bennett,  however,  still  retained  his 
residence  in  Virginia  when  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  for 
the  reduction  of  Maryland.  In  his  proclamation  he  proposed,  "that 
the  settlers  should  all  remain  in  their  places,  but  only  conform  to 
the  laws  of  the  commonwealth  of  England,  and  not  infringe  the 
Lord  Baltimore's  just  rights.  That  all  the  inhabitants,  including 
the  governor  and  council,  should  subscribe  the  test  called  'the 
engagement.'  " 

Governor  Stone  and  the  rest  of  the  officers  readily  assented  to 
a  portion  of  the  requirements,  but  having  refused  to  accept  the 
proposition  "that  all  writs  should  be  issued  in  the  name  of  'The 
Keepers  of  the  Liberty  of  England,'  "commissioners  Bennett  and 
Claiborne  demanded  Stone's  commission  from  Lord  Baltimore. 
This  they  detained,  and  dismissing  him,  appointed  other  officers. 
Issuing  their  proclamation  that  all  writs,  warrants  and  other  pro- 
cesses be  made  in  the  name  of  the  Keepers  of  the  Liberty  of  Eng- 
land, by  authority  of  parliament,  they  named  the  following  commis- 
sioners, one  or  more  of  whom  should  sign  them,  viz:  Robert  Brooke,  / 
Colonel  Francis  Yardley,  Mr.  Job.  Chandler,  Captain  Edmund  Winder,  | 
Colonel  Richard  Preston  and  Lieutenant  Richard  Banks.  These 
were  authorized  to  take  in  hand  the  government  of  the  province. 
The  acts  of  Governor  Stone  and  his  council  were  declared  null  and 
void. 

All  the  records  were  then  ordered  to  be  placed  into  the  hands 
of  the  above  council,  at  Richard  Preston's,  where  the  proceedings 
were  to  be  held. 

Lord  Baltimore's  power  was  thus  quietly  obliterated.  The 
commissioners  returned  to  Virginia,  where  Bennett  became  gover- 
nor, and  Claiborne,  secretary  of  state. 

Robert  Brooke  was  now  head  of  the  province.     He  was  not  "■ 
one  of  the  Virginia  settlers,  but  came  with  his  household  of  forty 
persons  direct  from  England,  bearing  in  his  pocket  the  following 
grant  from  the  proprietor,  then  in  London. 

"We  appoint  him,  the  said  Robert  Brooke,  to  be  commander 
under  us,  and  our  lieutenant  of  our  whole  county,  to  be  newly  set 
forth  next  adjoining  the  place  he  shall  so  settle  and  plant  in,  giving 
him  all  the  perquisites  of  a  coimty  commander,  with  power  to  ap- 
point six  or  more  inhabitants  to  advise  with  him." 

The  county  thus  set  off  was  the  present  county  of  Calvert,  but 
then  named  Charles  County. 

The  location  of  Robert  Brooke,  was  first  at  "Dela  Brooke," 
but  still  later  at  "  Brooke  Place,"  upon  Battle  Creek,  about  forty 
miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Patuxent.  Two  years  from  his  land- 
ing he,  too,  was  acting  with  opposing  settlers.  Governor  Bennett 
and  Secretary  Claiborne,  of  Virginia,  soon  returned  to  Maryland  to 
watch  the  progress  of  their  revolution.     Knowing  that  Governor 


18        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

Stone  was  popular  with  the  people,  they  sought  him  and  offered 
the  office  of  governor,  which  Stone  accepted  under  certain  conditions. 

Thomas  Hatton,  his  late  secretary,  was  also  accepted,  who, 
with  Robert  Brooke,  Captain  John  Price,  Job.  Chandler,  Colonel 
Francis  Yardley,  Colonel  Richard  Preston,  were  declared  the  gover- 
nor's council.  Colonel  Claiborne  renewed  his  claim  to  Kent  Island. 
Governor  Stone  next  issued  a  commission  to  Captain  William  Fuller, 
purporting  to  be  in  the  name  of  "The  Keepers  of  the  Liberty  of 
England,"  as  commander-in-chief  under  him  of  all  forces  for  a  speedy 
march  against  the  Eastern  Shore  Indians,  giving  him  full  power  to 
levy  forces  in  Anne  Arundel  County.  The  people  of  Anne  Arundel 
were  not  in  favor  of  going  against  the  Eastern  Shore  Indians.  Their 
reasons  were  given  in  Commander  Fuller's  letter  to  Governor  Stone. 
"  Sir,  I  find  the  inhabitants  of  these  parts  wholly  disaffected,  not  to 
the  thing,  but  the  time  of  year,  on  account  of  a  want  of  vessels  and 
the  frozen  waters." 

In  1652,  Governor  Stone  issued  his  proclamation  that  inform- 
ation from  Captain  William  Fuller  of  the  want  of  soldiers,  apparel 
and  the  unseasonable  time  induced  him  to  relinquish  the  move- 
ment and  discharge  the  forces  raised."  In  the  meantime,  an  im- 
portant treaty  was  that  year  made  "at  the  River  of  Severn"  with 
the  Susquehannock  Indians,  by  which  Richard  Bennett,  Edward 
Lloyd,  Thomas  Marsh,  William  Fuller  and  Leonard  Strong,  com- 
missioners upon  the  part  of  the  English  settlers,  had  secured  all 
the  land  lying  on  the  west  side  of  the  Chesapeak  Bay,  from  the 
Patuxent  River  unto  Palmer's  Island,  which  island  was  recorded  as 
belonging  to  William  Claiborne,  along  with  the  Isle  of  Kent.  That 
treaty  was  pointedly  indicative  that  the  two  chief  owners  of  the 
land  of  the  Province,  were  by  those  commissioners,  considered  to 
be  the  Susquehannock  Indians,  and  Captain  William  Claiborne,  of 
Virginia.  This  treaty  was  made  under  the  big  popular  on  College 
Green.  These  men  preferred  to  secure  their  rights  and  protection 
by  means  of  a  treaty  rather  than  through  the  hazards  of  war. 

This  act  showed  wisdom  in  an  age  when  might  generally  secured 
right.  That  treaty  also  shows  the  cause  of  their  delay  in  taking 
up  grants  from  the  proprietary.  They  were  already  seated  upon 
lands  which  their  Commander  Edward  Lloyd,  had  been  authorized 
to  have  surveyed  for  them.  The  claim  to  the  province  was  known 
to  be  in  dispute.  Parliament  was  in  control  in  England,  and  they 
were  more  in  sympathy  with  the  parliamentary  leaders  than  with 
the  faith  and  requirements  of  the  proprietary.  They  saw  the  coming 
conflict  and  awaited  its  results,  believing  that  the  final  issues  would 
be  more  favorable  to  them. 

These  are  the  unwritten  reasons  that  actuated  the  settlers  of 
Anne  Arundel.  Whether  they  were  right  or  wrong,  the  history  of 
succeeding  events  showed  that  their  judgment  was  well  founded, 
for  even  though  the  proprietary  held  his  patent  under  Cromwell,  his 
son  and  successor  was  destined  to  lose  it,  by  rebellions  still  more 
active. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        19 

We  come  now  to  a  clash  of  arms  for  the  mastery  of  contending 
claims.  Leonard  Strong,  the  settler's  historian,  and  John  Langford, 
the  historian  of  Lord  Baltimore,  in  their  respective  publications, 
give  us  some  contemporary  records  of  that  contest.  Strong's  pam- 
phlet was  "Babylon's  Fall",  and  Langford's  was  "  A  Refutation  of 
Babylon's  Fall." 

Strong  declared  that  John  Langford,  and  not  Governor  Stone, 
had  invited  them  to  come.  "They  were  received  and  protected, 
but  an  oath  to  Lord  Baltimore  was  urged  upon  them  soon  after 
their  coming  up  from  Virginia,  which,  if  they  did  not  take,  they 
must  have  no  land  or  abiding  place  in  the  Province."  This  was  the 
oath  of  fidelity  attached  to  the  "Conditions  of  Plantation,"  issued 
by  the  proprietary  in  1648.  Strong  further  adds,  "That  they  must 
swear  to  uphold  that  government  and  those  officers  who  were  sworn 
to  countenance  and  uphold  the  Roman  Catholic  Church." 

John  Langford  in  answer  wrote,  in  1655:  "That  there  was 
nothing  promised  by  m}^  lord  or  Captain  Stone  to  them,  but  what 
was  performed.  Thej'^  were  first  acquainted  by  Captain  Stone  be- 
fore they  came  there,  with  that  oath  of  fidelity,  which  was  to  be 
taken  by  those  who  would  have  any  land  there  from  his  lordship. 
That  the  terms  were  well  known,  and  they  were  not  forced  to  come 
or  stay.  He  denied  that  the  oath  "was  to  uphold  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,"  but  urged  that  the  officers  were  Protestants,  and 
that  the  oath  of  fidelity  bound  no  man  to  maintain  any  other  juris- 
diction of  my  lord's  than  what  is  granted  in  the  patent.  He  boldly 
charged  Mr.  Strong's  people  with  a  desire  "  to  exercise  more  absolute 
dominion  than  mj^  Lord  Baltimore  ever  did.  Not  content  to  enjoy, 
as  they  did,  freedom  of  conscience  for  themselves,  they  were  anxious 
for  the  liberty  to  debar  others  from  like  freedom." 

The  next  witnesses  are  the  settlers  themselves,  under  their  own 
names,  in  1653,  in  formal  and  dignified  appeal,  as  follows: 

PETITIONS  TO  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  THE 

COMMONWEALTH   1653. 

To  Hon.  Richard  Bennett  and  Colonel  Wm.  Claiborne,  Esqs., 
Commissioners  of  the  Commonwealth  of  England,  from  Virginia 
and  Maryland."  It  was  styled,  "The  Humble  Petition  of  the 
Commissioners  and  Inhabitants  of  Severne,  alias  Anne  Arundel 
County,  Showwith,"  and  reads:  "That,  whereas,  we  were  invited 
and  encouraged  by  Captain  Stone,  the  Lord  Baltimore's  Governor 
of  Maryland,  to  remove  ourselves  and  estates  into  the  province, 
with  promise  of  enjoying  the  liberty  of  conscience  in  matter  of 
religion,  and  all  other  privileges  of  English  subjects.  And  your 
petitioners  did,  upon  this  ground,  with  great  cost,  labor  and  danger, 
remove  ourselves,  and  have  been  at  great  charges  in  building  and 
clearing.  Now  the  Lord  Baltimore  imposeth  an  oath  upon  us  by 
proclamation,  which,  if  we  do  not  take  in  three  months,  all  of  our 
lands  are  to  be  seized,  for  his  lordship's  use.     This  oath,  we  con- 


20        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

ceive  not  agreeable  to  the  terms  on  which  we  came  hither.  We 
have  complained  of  this  grievance  to  the  late  Hon.  Council  of  State, 
which  never  received  an  answer,  such  as  might  clear  the  lawlessness 
of  such,  but  an  aspersion  cast  upon  us  of  being  factious  fellows. 
In  consideration  whereof,  we  humbly  tend  to  our  condition  intreating 
your  honors  to  relieve  us  according  to  the  power,  wherewith  you  are 
intrusted  by  the  Commonwealth  of  England.  Severn  River,  Jan- 
uary 3rd,  1663." 

This  petition  was  signed  by  Edward  Lloyd,  and  seventy-seven 
others  of  the  house-keepers,  freemen,  and  inhabitants  of  the  Severn. 

The  people  of  North  Patuxent  sent  a  similar  petition,  dated 
March  the  1st,  1653,  signed  by  Richard  Preston  and  sixty  others. 

On  March  the  12th,  1653,  Bennett  and  Claiborne  returned  an 
answer,  encouraging  the  petitioners  of  the  Severn  and  Patuxent, 
"to  continue  in  your  due  obedience  to  the  Commonwealth  of  Eng- 
land and  not  to  be  drawn  aside  by  any  pretense  of  power  from 
Lord  Baltimore's  agents,  or  any  other,  whatsoever  to  the  contrary." 

PROCLAHATION  OF  1653. 

Governor  Stone,  in  1653,  issued  his  final  call  for  taking  up  lands 
under  the  conditions  of  plantations,  as  then  existing. 

In  that  proclamation,  in  the  face  of  his  promise  to  the  Parlia- 
mentary Commissioners,  he  declared  that  the  oath  of  fidelity  and 
writs  "must  be  in  the  proprietor's  name."  During  that  year  the 
Little  Parliament  had  surrendered  its  powers  to  Cromwell,  the  Pro- 
tector. Governor  Stone  issued  his  proclamation  in  compliance  with 
the  change.  The  next  strike  at  the  settlers  of  Anne  Arundel  was 
in  1654,  when  Robert  Brooke,  the  commander  of  Charles  County, 
because  of  his  support  of  them,  was  deprived  of  his  command  by 
the  erection  of  Calvert  County  out  of  the  territory  of  Charles  County. 
This  change  was  intended  to  cripple  the  power  of  Robert  Brooke, 
the  commander.  Governor  Stone  next  charged  the  settlers  of  Anne 
Arundel  with  drawing  away  the  people,  and  leading  them  into 
faction,  rebellion,  and  sedition  against  Lord  Baltimore. 

This  charge  caused  Bennett  and  Claiborne  to  return  to  Mary- 
land, to  look  after  Governor  Stone.  They  claimed  to  come  under 
authority  of  the  Lord  Protector.  But  Leonard  Strong,  even,  did 
not  state  that  they  bore  an  order  from  Cromwell,  and  Mr.  Langford 
denied  that  they  had  any  authority  from  the  Protector.  They, 
however,  went  before  Governor  Stone  and  his  Council,  who  return- 
ing uncivil  answers,  called  together  his  men,  to  surprise  said  Com- 
missioners. The  latter  "  in  a  quiet  and  peaceable  manner,  with  some 
people  of  Patuxent  and  Severn,  went  over  on  the  Calvert  side  of 
the  Patuxent,  and  then  proceeded  into  St.  Mary's,  meeting  no  op- 
position. There  Captain  Stone  sent  a  message  that  he  would  treat 
with  them  in  the  woods;  fearful  of  the  coming  of  a  party  from  Vir- 
ginia, Stone  condescended  to  lay  down  his  power,  and  submit  again 
to  such  a  government  as  the  commissioners  should  appoint  under 


Founders  or  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        21 

the  authority  of  the  protector."  On  July  22nd,  1654,  the  commis- 
sioners, then  at  Patuxent,  issued  this  order:  " For  the  public  admin- 
istration of  justice.  Captain  William  P'uller,  Mr.  Richard  Preston, 
Mr.  William  Durand,  Mr.  Edward  Lloyd,  Captain  John  Smith,  Mr. 
Leonard  Strong,  Mr.  John  Lawson,  Mr.  John  Hatch,  Mr.  Richard 
Wells  and  Mr.  Richard  Ewen — with  the  first  three  of  the  Quorum. 
They  were  empowered  to  call  an  assembly  at  the  Patuxent,  the 
home  of  Colonel  Preston,  but  all  who  bore  arms,  against  parliament, 
or  were  of  the  Roman  Catholic  faith,  were  to  be  deprived  of  vote. 
William  Durand  was  made  Secretary  of  State,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Hatton  was  ordered  to  deliver  to  him  the  papers  of  his  office. 

The  assembly  met  at  Patuxent,  October  20th,  1654,  and  sat 
as  one  house.  Colonel  Richard  Preston  was  made  speaker;  Thomas 
Hatten  and  Job.  Chandler,  delegates  from  St.  Mary's,  refused  to  sit 
because  they  had  taken  an  oath  to  Lord  Baltimore.  They  were 
taxed  with  the  necessary  expense  to  elect  their  successors.  It  was 
then  declared  that  "henceforth  all  power  in  this  province  is  held 
by  the  protector  and  parliament."  Further,  "that  no  Catholic  can 
be  protected  in  his  faith,  but  be  restrained  from  the  exercise 
thereof." 

This  assembly  further  enacted  that  "all  those  that  transport 
themselves  or  others  into  this  province,  have  a  right  to  land  by 
virtue  of  their  transportation.  That  all  may  enter  their  rights  of 
land  in  their  respective  courts,  and  also,  may  enter  caveat  for  such 
a  particular  tract  of  land  as  they  shall  take  up." 

This  revolt  culminated  in  an  act  making  "null  and  void"  the 
proclamation  of  Lord  Baltimore  which  read,  "that  all  who  would 
not  submit  to  his  authority  should  be  declared  rebels." 

This  act  meant  war,  and  war  was  now  at  hand. 


Chapter  IL 

THE  BATTLE  OF  THE  SEVERN. 

An  important  letter  now  arrived.  It  was  written  by  Lord 
J  Baltimore,  and  was  addressed  to  Governor  Stone.  It  was  in  care 
j  of  Wm.  Eltonhead,  a  messenger,  who  came  in  Captain  Tilghman's 
«     "Golden  Fortune." 

That  letter  censured  Governor  Stone  for  yielding  up  his  author- 
ity without  a  struggle,  and  renewed  his  instructions  for  action. 
J  Eltonhead  further  announced  that  Lord  Baltimore  still  held  his 

I    patent,  and  that  his  Highness,  the  Protector,  had  neither  taken  the 
'    patent  nor  land. 

This  letter  and  the  assured  support  of  Eltonhead  gave  Gover- 
nor Stone  new  life.  He  at  once  organized  a  military  company. 
Sending  Hammond,  the  historian,  and  others  to  the  house  of  Colonel 
Richard  Preston,  the  provencial  records  were  seized  and  brought 
back. 

John  Hammond  thus  describes  his  venture:  "Governor  Stone 
sent  me  to  fetch  the  records.  I  went  unarmed  amongst  these  sons 
of  Thunder,  only  three  or  four  to  row  me,  and  despite  all  their  braves 
of  raising  the  country,  calling  in  his  servants  to  apprehend  me, 
threatened  me  with  the  severity  of  their  new  made  law,  myself 
alone  seized  and  carried  away  the  records  in  defiance." 

Governor  Stone  now  started  for  the  Severn.  He  had  gathered 
two  hundred  men  and  eleven  vessels.  They  marched  along  the  bay 
coast,  using  the  vessels  to  ferry  them  across  the  rivers. 

Before  arriving  at  Herring  Creek,  they  were  met  by  two  sets 
of  messengers,  sent  in  boats  by  the  people  of  Providence.  The  first 
messenger  was  to  demand  his  power  and  the  ground  of  such  pro- 
ceedings. The  Governor's  reply  was  not  satisfactory,  as  shown  by 
the  following  letter  from  Secretary  William  Durand. 

"For  Captain  Wm.  Stone,  Esq.  Sir, — The  people  of  these  parts 
have  met  together  and  considered  the  present  transactions  on  your 
part,  and  have  not  a  little  marvelled  that  no  other  answer  of  the 
last  message  hath  been  made  than  what  tended  rather  to  make  men 
desperate  than  conformable.  Yet,  being  desirous  of  peace,  do  once 
again  present  to  your  serious  consideration  these  ensuing  proposals 
as  the  mind  of  the  people.  1st.  If  you  will  govern  us  so  as  we 
will  enjoy  the  liberty  of  English  subjects.  2nd.  And  that  we  be  and 
remain  indemnified  in  respect  of  our  engagement,  and  all  former  acts 
relating  to  the  reducement  and  government.  3rd.  That  those  who 
are  minded  to  depart  the  province  may  freely  do  it  without  any 
prejudice  to  themselves  or  their  estates.  We  are  content  to  own 
yourself  as  governor,  and  submit  to  your  government.     If  not,  we 


Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        23 

are  resolved  to  submit  ourselves  into  the  hands  of  God,  and  rather 
die  like  men  than  be  made  slaves. — William  Durand,  Secretary." 

Roger  Heamans  records:  "But  no  answer  to  this  was  returned, 
but  the  same  paper  in  scorn,  sent  back  again." 

Governor  Stone  not  only  made  no  answer,  but  detained  the 
messengers  in  order  to  surprise  the  settlers. 

Leonard  Strong  records:  "Governor  Stone,  on  his  arrival  at 
Herring  Creek,  captured  one  of  Captain  Fuller's  commissioners  and 
forced  another  man  of  quality  to  fly  for  his  life,  having  threatened 
to  hang  him  up  to  his  door,  and  not  finding  the  man,  frightened 
his  wife  and  plundered  the  house  of  amunition  and  provision, 
threatening  still  what  they  would  do  to  the  people  of  Providence 
and  that  they  would  force  the  factious  Roundheads  to  submit,  and 
then  they  would  show  their  power." 

Governor  Stone  later  sent  Dr.  Luke  Barber  and  Mr.  Coursey  to 
go  on  before  to  Providence,  bearing  a  proclamation  to  the  people 
of  Anne  Arundel,  in  which  he  declared,  "  in  the  presence  of  Almighty 
God,  that  he  came  not  in  the  hostile  way  to  do  them  any  hurt,  but 
sought  all  means  possible  to  reclaim  them  by  faire  meanes." 

Dr.  Barber  adds:  "He  gave  strict  command  that  if  they  met 
any  Anne  Arundel  men,  they  should  not  fire  the  first  gun,  nor  upon 
pain  of  death,  plunder  any  upon  the  march." 

Strong  records:  "The  messengers  having  no  other  treaty  to 
offer,  they  were  quietly  dismissed  to  their  own  company,  to  whom 
they  might  have  gone  if  they  would."  They  did  not,  however,  re- 
turn. After  sending  another  messenger  and  none  returning,  on  the 
evening  of  the  same  day,  the  Governor  with  his  fleet,  made  his  ap- 
pearance in  the  Severn. 

Captain  Fuller  in  command  of  the  Anne  Arundel  forces,  called  a 
council  together  and  dispatched  Secretary  Durand  to  the  merchant- 
ship.  Golden  Lyon,  Roger  Heamans  master,  then  lying  in  the  harbor. 
Durand,  by  proclamation  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Protector  and 
Commonwealth  of  England,  summoned  Heamans  to  aid  in  this  ser- 
vice of  maintaining  the  lives,  liberties  and  estates  of  the  free  subjects 
thereof. 

Heamans,  in  his  defense,  confirmed  Strong's  mission,  and  adds: 
"After  seeing  the  equity  of  the  cause  and  the  groundless  proceed- 
ings of  the  enemy,  I  offered  myself,  ship  and  men  for  that  service, 
to  be  directed  by  said  councilors." 

Hammond  declares  that  there  is  not  a  syllable  of  truth  in  Hea- 
man's  pamphlet,  and  charges  that  he  was  "hired."  Heamans  was, 
without  doubt,  a  sympathizing  friend,  and  he  gives,  from  his  com- 
manding position,  the  following  intelligent  review  of  the  contest: 

"In  the  very  shutting  up  of  the  dayhght,  the  ship's  company 
descried  off,  a  company  of  sloops  and  boats,  making  toward  the 
ship.  Whereupon  the  Council  on  board,  and  the  ship's  company 
would  have  made  shot  at  them,  but  this  relator  commanded  them 
to  forbear,  and  went  himself  upon  the  poop  in  the  stern  of  the  ship, 


24        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

and  hailed  them  several  times,  and  no  answer  was  made;  he  then 
ordered  them  not  to  come  nearer  the  ship.  His  mates  and  company, 
having  had  information  of  their  threatenings,  as  well  against  the 
ship  as  the  poor  distressed  people,  resolved  to  fire  upon  them  with- 
out their  commander's  consent,  rather  than  hazard  all  by  the 
enemy's  nearer  approach;  whereupon,  he  ordered  them  to  fire  a 
gun  at  random,  to  divert  their  course  from  the  ship,  but  the  enemy 
kept  still  its  course  right  with  the  ship,  and  took  no  notice  of  any 
warning  given.  He  then  commanded  his  gunner  to  fire  at  them, 
/  but  one  of  his  mates^Mr.  Robert  MorriSj)who  knew  the  country 
'  very  well,  the  malice  oi  the  adversary  against  the  people,  who  were 
then  near  worn  out  with  fears  and  watchings,  made  a  shot  at  them, 
which  came  fairly  with  them.  Whereupon  they  suddenly  altered 
their  course  from  the  ship,  and  rowed  into  the  creek,  calling  the 
ship's  company,  rogues,  roundhead  rogues,  and  dogs,  and  with 
many  execrations  and  railings,  threatened  to  fire  them  on  the 
morning." 

"Governor  Stone,"  says  Bozman,  "did  not  think  it  proper  to 
pay  any  attention  to  this  signal  of  war,  as  it  appeared;  but  having 
arrived  within  the  mouth  of  the  creek,  which  forms  the  southern 
boundary  of  the  peninsula  on  which  the  city  of  Annapolis  now 
stands,  proceeded  to  land  his  men  on  a  peninsular  which  lies  on  the 
southern  side  of  both  the  River  Severn,  and  the  before  mentioned 
creek,  nearly  opposite  to,  and  in  an  eastern  direction  from  what  is 
called  the  dock,  or  inner  harbor  of  Annapolis;  and  on  which  point 
a  small  fortress  called  'Fort  Horn,'  was  afterwards  built  during  the 
Revolutionary  War.  During  the  landing  of  the  governor's  men,  the 
Golden  Lyon  repeated  its  fire.  Whereupon,  Governor  Stone  sent 
a  messenger  on  board  to  inform  the  captain  that  he  (Governor  Stone) 
thought  'the  captain  of  the  ship  had  been  satisfied.'  To  which 
Heamans  replied,  'Satisfied  with  what?  I  never  saw  any  power 
Captain  Stone  had,  to  do  as  he  hath  done,  but  the  superscription  of 
a  letter;   I  must  and  will  appear  for  these  in  a  good  cause.'  " 

Heamans  continues :  "  The  same  night  came  further  intelligence 
from  the  enemy  in  the  harbor,  that  they  were  making  fire-works 
against  the  ship.  Whereupon,  the  governor  (Fuller,  whose  prudence 
and  valor  in  this  business  deserves  very  much  honor),  commanded 
a  small  ship  of  Captain  Cuts,  of  New  England,  to  lye  in  the  mouth 
of  the  creek,  to  prevent  the  enemy's  coming  forth  in  the  night,  to 
work  any  mischief  against  the  ship. 

The  next  morning,  by  break  of  day,  being  the  Lord's  day,  the 

25th  of  March  last,  the  Relator,  himself,  and  company  discovered 

Captain  Stone,  with  his  whole  body  drawn  out  and  coming  toward 

V    the  water's  side;    marching  with  drums  beating,  colors  flying — the 

-    colors  were  black  and  yellow,  appointed  by  the  Lord  Proprietary. 

"There  was  not  the  least  token  of  any  subjugation  in  Stone 
and  his  company,  or  acknowledgement  of  the  Lord  Protector  of 
England,  but  God  bless  the  Lord  Proprietary;  and  their  rayling 
against  his  ship's  company  was  rogues,  and  roundheaded  rogues,  etc." 


FOUK-DERS  OF  AnXE  ArUXDEL  AND  HoWARD   COUNTIES.  25 

When  Stone  had  reached  the  shore,  the  Golden  Lyon  and  Cap- 
tain Cut's  vessel  opened  fire  upon  them,  killing  one  man  and  com- 
pelling Stone  to  retire  up  the  neck.  Dr.  Barber  and  Mrs.  Stone,  / 
both  confirmed  this  statement.  Mrs.  Stone  added:  "the  gunner's/ 
mate  of  Heamans,  since  coming  down  from  Anne  Arundel  to  Patux- 
ent,  hath  boasted  that  he  shot  the  first  man  that  was  shot  of  our 
party." 

In  the  meantime  Captain  Fuller  with  170  men,  embarked  in 
boats;  going  "over  the  river  some  six  miles  from  the  enemy,"  he 
landed  and  made  a  circuit  round  the  creek  in  order  to  get  in  the 
rear  of  Stone's  forces.  Upon  Fuller's  approach,  a  sentry  of  Stone's 
army  fired  a  gun,  which  brought  on  an  engagement,  thus  described 
by  Leonard  Strong. 

"Captain  Fuller  still  expecting  that,  then  at  last,  possibly 
Governor  Stone  might  give  a  reason  of  his  coming,  commanded  his 
men,  upon  pain  of  death,  not  to  shoot  a  gun,  or  give  the  first  onset. 
Setting  up  the  Standard  of  the  Commonwealth  of  England,  against 
which  the  enemy  shot  five  or  six  guns,  they  killed  one  man  in  the 
front  before  a  shot  was  made  by  the  other."  (That  man  was  WiUiam 
Ayers,  the  standard  bearer.)  "Then  the  word  was  given,  'In  the 
name  of  God  fall  on ' ;  '  God  is  our  strength ' — that  was  the  word  of 
Providence.     The  Maryland  word  was,  'Hey!   for  St.  Maries.' 

"The  charge  was  fierce  and  sharp  for  a  time;  but  through  the 
glorious  presence  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts  the  enemy  could  not  endure, 
but  gave  back  and  were  so  effectually  charged  home,  that  they  were 
all  routed,  turned  their  backs,  threw  down  their  arms,  and  begged 
for  mercy.  After  the  first  shot  a  small  company  of  the  enemy  from 
behind  a  great  tree  fallen,  galled  us,  and  wounded  divers  of  our  men, 
but  were  soon  beaten  off.  Of  the  whole  company  of  Marylanders 
there  escaped  only  four  or  five,  who  ran  away  out  of  the  army  to 
carry  the  news  to  their  confederates.  Captain  Stone,  Colonel  Peirce, 
Captain  Gerrard,  Captain  Lewis,  Captain  Fendall,  Captain  Guyther 
Major  Chandler  and  all  the  rest  of  the  councillors,  officers  and  sol- 
diers of  the  Lord  Baltimore,  among  whom  were  a  great  number  of 
Papists,  were  taken;  and  so  were  all  their  vessels,  arms,  ammunition, 
provisions.  About  fifty  men  were  slain  and  wounded.  (Mr.  Thomas 
Hatton,  late  secretary  of  the  province,  was  one  of  the  slain).  We 
lost  only  two  in  the  field,  but  two  died  since  of  their  wounds.  God 
did  appear  wonderful  in  the  field  and  in  the  hearts  of  the  people; 
all  confessing  him  to  be  the  worker  of  this  victory  and  deliverance." 

Heamans  adds :  "  All  the  arms,  bag  and  baggage  was  taken, 
together  with  the  boats  that  brought  them;  wherein  was  the  pre- 
parations and  fuses  for  the  firing  of  the  ship  'Golden  Lyon.'  And 
amongst  the  rest  of  their  losses,  all  their  consecrated  ware  was 
taken,  viz :  their  pictures,  crucifixes,  and  rows  of  beads,  with  a  great 
store  of  reliques  and  trash  they  trusted  in." 

Dr.  Barber  records:  "After  the  skirmish,  the  governor,  upon 
quarter  given  him  and  all  his  company  in  the  field,  yielded  to  be 
prisoners;   but  two  or  three  days  after,  the  victors  condemned  ten 


26        FouxDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

to  death,  and  executed  four,  and  had  executed  all  had  not  the  in- 
cessant petitioning  and  begging  of  some  good  women  saved  them, 
and  the  soldiers,  others.  The  governor  himself  being  condemned  by 
them,  and  since  begged  by  the  soldiers;  some  being  saved  just  as 
they  were  leading  out  to  execution." 

The  four  who  were  shot  were  William  Eltonhead,  of  Governor 
Stones'  council.  Captain  William  Lewis,  John  Legatt  and  John  Pedro. 
Governor  Stone  was  wounded.  His  wife,  Virlinda  Stone,,  wrote  a 
confirmatory  letter  of  the  above  contest  to  Lord  Baltimore,  in  which 
she  called  Heamans  of  the  "Golden  Lyon,"  "&  very  knave,  for  he 
hath  abused  my  husband  most  grossly." 

The  deposition  of  Henry  Coursey,  one  of  Governor  Stone's  mes- 
sengers, sheds  this  further  light  on  the  contest:  "Governor  Stone 
and  most  of  his  party,  (after  their  surrender),  were  transported  over 
the  river  to  a  fort  at  Anne  Arundel,  where  they  were  all  kept  prisoners, 
and  about  three  days  after,  the  said  Captain  Fuller,  William  Burgess, 
Richard  Ewen,  Leonard  Strong,  William  Durand,  Roger  Heamans, 
John  Browne,  John  Cuts,  Richard  Smith,  one  Thomas,  and  one  Bes- 
son,  Samson  Warren,  Thomas  Mears,  and  one  Crouch,  sat  in  a  council 
of  war,  and  there  condemned  the  said  Governor,  Captain  Stone, 
Colonel  John  Price,  Mr.  Job.  Chandler,  Mr.  William  Eltonhead,  Mr. 
Robert  Clark,  Nicholas  Geyther,  Captain  Wilham  Evans,  Captain 
Wm.  Lewis,  Mr.  John  Legat  and  John  Pedro  to  die,  and  not  long 
afterward  they  sequestered  all  the  estates  of  those  of  Lord  Balti- 
more's council  and  other  officers  there." 

Mr.  Coursey  further  adds,  in  opposition  to  Strong's  statement: 
"When  Mr.  Barber  and  said  deponent  went  up  to  the  Severn  with 
Governor  Stone's  proclamation,  the  said  Captain  Fuller  would  not 
suffer  them  to  read  it.  They  found  the  people  all  in  arms,  and  refus- 
ing to  give  any  obedience  thereto  they  were  dismissed;  but  suddenly, 
before  they  could  get  away,  were  taken  prisoners,  whereby  Governor 
Stone  was  prevented  of  any  answer." 

The  Severn  men  being  thus  masters  of  the  province,  the  dominion 
of  the  proprietary  seemed  now  at  an  end.  The  pretensions  of  Vir- 
ginia were  renewed.  Documents  in  opposition  of  the  restoration 
poured  in  upon  the  Protector,  but  the  committee  on  trade  and  plan- 
tations, to  which  Cromwell  had  referred  Lord  Baltimore's  claim, 
reported  in  his  favor  in  1656.  A  strong  party  in  Maryland  were 
still  loyal  to  him.  Among  these  advocates  was  Josias  Fendall,  who 
received,  in  1656,  a  commission  from  Lord  Baltimore  as  Governor 
of  Maryland,  to  be  aided  by  the  following  councilors:  Captain  Wm, 
Stone,  Mr.  Thomas  Gerald,  Colonel  John  Price,  Mr.  Job.  Chandler 
and  Mr.  Luke  Barber.  Before  Fendall  could  organize  his  govern- 
ment, the  Severn's  Provincial  Council,  composed  of  Captain  William 
Fuller,  Edward  Lloyd,  Richard  Wells,  Captain  Richard  Ewen, 
Thomas  Marsh,  and  Thomas  Meeres,  in  August,  1656,  caused  Fen- 
dall's  arrest  on  the  charge  "of  dangerousness  to  the  public  peace." 
He  denied  the  power  of  the  court  to  try  him.  The  verdict  of  the 
court  was:     "Whereas  Josias  Fendall,  gent,  hath  been  charged, 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        27 

contrary  to  his  oath,  with  disturbance  of  public  peace,  for  assuming 
a  pretended  power  from  Captain  William  Stone,  he  the  said  Josias 
Fendall,  shall  go  to  the  place  from  whence  he  came  a  prisoner,  and 
there  abide  in  safe  custody  until  the  matters  of  goA'^ernment  in  the 
Province  of  Maryland  be  further  settled  by  his  Highness  Lord  Pro- 
tector." Fendall,  tired  of  imprisonment,  took  an  oath  that  he 
would  abide  by  the  present  government  until  there  be  a  full  deter- 
mination of  the  matter." 

Each  party  was  now  anxious  to  defend  itself  before  the  Pro- 
tector. Dr.  Luke  Barber,  who  stood  well  with  both  Lord  Baltimore 
and  the  Protector,  though  detained  by  the  Puritans,  wrote  a  letter 
to  the  Protector,  but  when  released,  carried  it  with  him  and  delivered 
it  in  person.  It,  no  doubt,  had  its  effect  in  the  subsequent  fair 
treatment  of  Lord  Baltimore's  claim  by  the  Protector.  Bennett 
went  to  England  to  settle  matters  with  Cromwell  and  labored  hard 
by  a  recital  of  all  the  provocations,  to  defend  the  action  of  his  asso- 
ciates in  their  abuse  of  the  law  of  nations.  He  gave  an  extended 
review,  in  which  he  assigned  many  reasons  why  the  Proprietary's 
claim  should  be  abrogated,  but  the  favorable  report  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  a  had  marked  effect  in  strengthening  the  claim  of  Lord  Balti- 
more. Bennett  was  a  diplomatist  of  no  mean  order,  and  he  saw  the 
time  had  come  for  compromise.  He,  therefore,  met  Lord  Baltimore 
in  a  conciliatory  spirit  and  finally  secured  about  all  for  which  he  had 
contended.  Whilst  this  compromise  was  being  accomplished  in 
England,  a  commission  was  issued  October  25th,  1656,  to  Josias 
Fendall,  as  Governor  of  Maryland,  wdth  instructions  to  carry  out 
the  proclamation  guaranteeing  religious  liberty  to  all.  He  granted 
"his  faithful  friends,  Fendall  2,000  acres,  Luke  Barber  1,000  acres, 
Thomas  Trueman  1,000,  George  Thompson  1,000,  John  Sandford 
1,000,  and  Henry  Coursey  1,000  acres.  He  further  ordered  that 
especial  care  be  taken  of  the  widows  of  Thomas  Hatton,  William 
Eltonhead  and  Captain  Lewis. 

Philip  Calvert,  his  brother,  was  sent  over  as  Secretary  of  the 
Province  and  one  of  the  Governor's  Council.  Mr.  Barber  was  depu- 
tised acting-governor  during  the  absence  of  Governor  Fendall. 
At  that  time  the  settlers  upon  the  Patuxent  and  Seyern  numbered 
about  one-half  of  the  population  of  the  Province. 

In  1657,  Captain  Fuller  called  an  Assembly  to  meet  at  the  home 
of  Colonel  Richard  Preston,  on  the  Patuxent.  The  lower  house  con- 
sisted of  ten  members,  with  Colonel  Richard  Ewen  speaker.  There 
were  present,  besides  the  speaker.  Captain  Robert  Sley,  Captain 
Joseph  Weeks,  Mr.  Robert  Taylor,  Captain  Thomas  Besson,  Mr. 
Peter  Sharp,  Captain  Phil  Morgan,  Mr.  Richard  Brooks  and  Mr. 
James  Johnson.  They  confirmed  the  "Act  of  Recognition."  On 
the  30th  of  November,  1657,  Lord  Baltimore  and  Richard  Bennett 
completed  their  compromise.  In  substance  it  was  an  agreement  by 
Lord  Baltimore  to  overlook  the  disturbance  of  the  Severn;  to  grant 
patents  of  land  to  all  the  Puritan  settlers  who  could  claim  them, 
by  taking  an  altered  oath  of  fidelity, — whilst  the  law  granting  free- 


28        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

dom  of  religion  should  stand  as  proclaimed  in  1649.     Bennett  and 
Matthews  signed  the  agreement  with  Lord  Baltimore.     Governor  ) 
Fendall,  who  had  been  called  to  England  for  further  instructions,  | 
returned  to  the  province  in  1658.     He  called  his  council  together/ 
at  St.  Mary's,  and  sent  letters  to  Wm.  Fuller,  Richard  Preston  and 
others  composing  the  government  at  Providence,  desiring  them  to 
give  him  and  his  secretary.  Captain  Thomas  Cornwalhs,  a  meeting 
at  Leonard's  Creek,  in  Patuxent  River,  upon  March  18th,  following, 
in  order  to  carry  out  the  agreement,  already  signed  by  Lord  Balti- 
more and  Richard  Bennett,  a  copy  of  which  was  sent  them. 

On  account  of  the  stormy  season,  the  delegates  of  Anne  Arundel 
did  not  arrive  until  the  20th.  They  were  Captain  Wm.  Fuller,  Mr. 
Richard  Preston,  Mr.  Edward  Lloyd,  Mr.  Thomas  Meeres,  Mr. 
Philip  Thomas,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Withers.  The  day  being  well  spent 
all  business  was  postponed  until  Monday  22nd.  Upon  reading  the 
article  of  agreement.  Captain  Fuller  and  his  council  objected  to 
several  articles,  and  urged  that  "indemnity  on  both  sides"  should 
be  added;  this  was  agreed  to.  The  oath  of  fidelity  was  amended 
by  the  Anne  Arundel  men  to  waive  it  for  all  persons  then  resident 
in  the  porvince,  but  to  stand  in  force  to  all  others.  The  Anne 
Arundel  men  further  urged  and  secured  confirmation  of  all  past 
proceedings  done  by  them  in  their  assemblies  and  courts  since  1652; 
and,  lastly,  insisted  that  none  of  them  should  be  disarmed,  to  be 
left  to  the  mercy  of  the  Indians.  Having  thus  secured  still  greater 
compromises  than  their  leader  in  England  had  asked,  the  final  agree- 
ment, as  amended,  was  then  signed  by  all  present. 

After  which  the  Anne  Arimdel  commissioners  proceeded  to  give 
up  the  records. 

After  the  lapse  of  six  years,  his  Lordship's  dominion  was  again 
restored,  yet  the  settlers  were  still  independent.  Governor  Fendall 
and  his  secretary  had,  in  1657,  at  a  meeting  on  the  Severn,  taken  / 
up  the  settlement  of  Anne  Arundel  and  ordered,  "  That  Wm.  Bur-  ' 
gess,  Thomas  Meeres,  Robert  Burle,  Thomas  Todde,  Roger  Grosse, 
Thomas  Howell,  Richard  Wells,  Richard  Ewen,  John  Brewer,  An- 
thony Salway  and  Richard  Woolman,  gentlemen,  should  be  com- 
missioners for  said  county,  to  appear  by  summons  of  the  sheriff,  at 
the  house  of  Edward  Lloyd,  to  take  oath  of  Commissioners  and 
Justices  of  the  Peace,  and  that  the  23rd  instant  should  be  the  first 
court  day. — (By  order  of  the  Governor  and  Secretary,  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Utie,  at  Anne  Arundel,  July  12th,  1657)." 

The  warrant  was  issued  by  Captain  John  Norwood,  Sheriff. 
Wm.  Burgess,  Thomas  Meeres  and  Richard  Ewen  refused  to  take 
the  oath  of  Commissioners  of  Justice,  alleging,  as  an  excuse,  that 
it  was  not  lawful  to  swear. 

Their  pleas  were  refused  and  Captain  Thomas  Besson,  Captain 
Howell  and  Thomas  Taylor  were  appointed  in  their  stead. 

Then  was  taken  up  the  establishment  of  militia  force.  It  was 
resolved  that  the  forces  be  divided  into  two  regiments.  One  for 
the  Potomac  and  Patuxent  Rivers,  commanded  by  the  governor 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        29 

himself;   the  other,  from  the  coves  up  to  the  Severn,  and  including 
the  Isle  of  Kent,  to  be  commanded  by  Nathaniel  Utie,  assisted  by 
^  Captain  John  Cumber,  Major  Richard  Ewen  and  Captain  Thomas 
'    Howell,  oiTSouth'River,  up  to  the  head  of  it. 

These  orders  were  made  whilst  Maryland  was  still  under  the 
divided  government.     Fuller  and  his  council  were  in  control  of  the  ;i 
northern  section,  and  Governor  Barber,  representing  Fendall,  ruled  j 
St.  Maries.  ' 

A  writ  was  issued  in  1657,  to  Captain  John  Norwood,  to  choose 
burgesses  for  an  assembly  to  be  held  at  St.  Leonard's,  in  the  County 
of  Calvert.  The  assembly  met  at  St.  Leonard's  in  1658.  It  was 
there  enacted,  "That  the  oath  of  fidelity  shall  not  be  pressed  upon 
the  people  of  the  province,  but  instead,  a  promise  to  submit  to  the 
anthority  of  the  Right  Honorable  Cecilius  Lord  Baltimore,  and  his 
heirs  within  the  province,  and  that  none  should  be  disarmed." 
'  This  was  agreed  to  by  Captain  Josias  Fendall  and  Philip  Cal- 

vert, principal  secretary.     It  was  also  assented  to  by  the  Upper  and 
Lower  House  of  Burgesses. 

At  the  session  of  1659,  the  House  of  Delegates  demanded  that 
the  governor  and  his  council  should  no  longer  sit  as  an  Upper  House. 
/  Fendall  at  first  resisted  this,  but  finally  yielded  and  took  his 

I    seat  in  the  Lower  House.     The  Upper  House  was  then  declared 
'     dissolved.     Finally,  Fendall  resigned  his  commission  from  Lord  Pro- 
prietary, into  the  hands  of  the  Assembly,  and  accepted  a  new  one 
from  that  body  in  their  own  name,  and  by  their  own  authority. 

This  bold  desertion  was  soon  met  by  the  appointing  of  Philip 
/   Calvert  governor,  of  the  province.     Fendall  was  arrested,  tried  but  ; 
I    respited.     Thirty  years  of  prosperity  and  quiet  submission  now  sue-  , 
ceeded  the  stormy  revolutions  just  recorded.     Cromwell  had  passed  ' 
away,  and  Charles  II.  had  been  proclaimed  king. 

When  Philip  Calvert  assumed  the  government  in  1660,  the  num- 
ber of  inhabitants  was  twelve  thousand.  During  the  succeeding 
decade  it  had  increased  to  twenty  thousand. 

Immigrants,  direct  from  England,  began  to  settle  upon  the 
Severn  and  South  Rivers,  and  in  some  cases,  to  buy  up  the  claims 
of  the  earlier  settlers.  Governor  Calvert  was  authorized  to  use  ex- 
treme measures  against  the  leaders  of  the  late  rebellion,  but  he 
contented  himself  in  issuing  a  proclamation  for  the  arrest  of  Captain 
Fuller  for  sedition.  Even  this  was  not  carried  out,  and  many  re-' 
mained  in  the  province. 

The  impetus  of  immigration,  after  1660,  was  distinctly  shown 
upon  the  Rent  Rolls  of  the  county.  Upon  Broad  Neck  Hundred 
additional  surveys  reached  up  to  the  Magothy.  Thomas  Homewood, 
William  Hopkins,  and  Richard  Young,  were  near  the  Magothy. 

Matthew  Howard  resurveyed  "Howard's  Inheritance,"  adjoin- 
ing WilHam  Hopkins.  Thomas  Underwood  located  upon  Ferry 
Creek.  Thomas  Turner  settled  as  a  neighbor  of  Edward  Lloyd  and 
Richard  Young.  These  surveys  extended  north  to  the  Patapsco,  and 
later  to  the  Susquehanna,  Bush  and  Deer  Creek,  of  Harford  County. 


30        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

MIDDLE   NECK  HUNDRED  AFTER  1660. 

South-side  Severn  settlements  were  increased  in  1662.  Matthew 
Howard,  who  had  come  up  from  Lower  Norfolk,  Virginia,  in  1650, 
with  his  neighbor  and  relative,  Edward  Lloyd,  had  died  before  1659, 
but  his  five  sons  now  came.  They  were  Captain  Cornelius  Howard, 
of  "  Howard's  Heirship  and  Chance" ;  Samuel  Howard,  of  "  Howard's 
Hope";  John  Howard,  of  "Howard's  Interest";  all  adjoining  near 
Round  Bay.  Philip  and  Matthew  were  on  North  Severn.  In  1664, 
the  three  sons  of  Edward  Dorsey,  the  immigrant  of  1650 — relatives 
of  the  Howards — took  up  and  patented  their  father's  survey  of 
"  Hockley-in-the-Hole."  They  were  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey,  Joshua 
and  Hon.  John  Dorsey,  prominent  leaders  in  political  movements, 
and  representatives  in  legislative  measures. 

Adjoining  these,  Nicholas  Wyatt  extended  his  surveys  of  "Way- 
field,"  which  was  bought  by  Richard  Warfield.  Henry  Sewell  sur- 
veyed "  Hope"  and  "  Increase."  General  John  Hammond  held  a  large 
estate  east  of  the  Howards.  James  Warner  adjoined  them  in  "  War- 
ner's Neck."  John  Mackubin  surveyed  "Timber  Neck,"  on  Broad 
Creek.  Henry  Pierpoint's  "Diamond"  adjoined  Nicholas  Wyatt, 
Richard  Warfield  and  Thomas  Browne.  These  surveys  were  nine 
miles  west  of  Annapolis. 

SOUTH  RIVER  HUNDRED  AFTER  1660. 

Patents  were  issued  upon  beautiful  South  River,  in  1660,  for 
"Burgess  Right,"  for  Captain  Edward  Burgess;  "Burgh"  and 
"Burgess  Choice,"  for  Colonel  William  Burgess;  "Pole  Cat  Hill" 
and  "Round  About  Hills,"  for  John  Gaither;  "Edward's  Neck," 
for  John  Edwards;  "Chaney's  Neck,"  for  Richard  Chaney;  "Bald- 
win's Addition,"  for  John  Baldwin;  "Watkins  Hope,"  for  John 
Watkins;  "The  Landing,"  for  Robert  Proctor;  "  Larkins'  Hills," 
for  John  Larkin;  "Poplar  Ridge,"  for  Colonel  Nicholas  Gassaway; 
"  Herrington,"  for  Samuel  Chew;  "  Todd's  Range,"  for  Thomas  Todd. 


Chapter   III. 

THE  QUAKERS. 

In  1658,  when  the  "Non-Conformists"  had  settled  down  to 
accept  "the  engagement"  instead  of  the  "oath  of  fidelity,"  and 
Edward  Lloyd  had  been  elevated  to  the  governor's  council,  new 
rebels  appeared  in  the  province.  "The  Governor  (Fendall)  took  j; 
into  consideration  the  insolent  behavior  of  some  people  called  jf 
Quakers,  who,  at  court,  would  stand  covered  and  refuse  to  sign  "  the 
engagement.'  He  therefore  ordered,  'That  they  must  do  so,  or 
depart  from  the  province.'  " 

The  coming  of  these  Quakers  had  a  marked  effect  upon  the  stern 
Virginia  settlers  who  had  preceeded  them.  At  first  their  refusal 
to  abide  b}^  the  orders  to  which  the)'-  were  opposed,  created  much 
discontent,  but  their  gentle  manners  soon  brought  friends. 

Elizabeth  Harris,  wife  of  a  prosperous  London  merchant,  was 
among  the  first  to  brave  the  wilds  to  speak  of  the  love  of  Jesus. 

After  her  return  to  England,  a  convert  named  Robert  Clarkson, 
wrote  as  follows:  "Dear  Heart:  I  salute  thee  in  tender  love  of 
the  Father,  which  moved  thee  towards  us,  and  do  own  thee  to  have 
been  outward  testimony  to  the  inward  truth,  on  me  and  others,  even 
as  many  as  the  Lord,  in  tender  love  and  mercy,  did  give  an  ear  to 
hear.  And  likewise,  John  Baldwin  and  Henry  Carline,  Thomas  Cole 
and  William  Cole,  have  made  open  confession  of  the  truth,  (the 
latter  became  a  Quaker  preacher  in  1662,  and  was  imprisoned  at 
Jamestown  for  violating  the  statutes).  William  Fuller  abides  un- 
moved, (this  was  the  Captain  of  the  Severn).  I  know  not  but  that 
Wm.  Durand  doth  the  like.  He  frequents  our  meetings  but  seldom. 
We  have  disposed  of  our  books,  which  were  sent,  so  that  all  parts 
are  furnished,  and  every  one  that  desires  it  may  have  the  benefit 
by  them.  At  Herrring  Creek,  Roads  River,  South  River,  all  about 
Severn,  the  Broadneck  and  there  about,  the  Severn  Mountains,  and 
Kent. 

"  With  my  dear  love,  I  salute  thy  husband,  and  rest  with  thee 
and  the  gathered  ones  in  the  eternal  word,  which  abideth  forever." 

Thus,  in  1657,  before  the  arrival  of  Cole  and  Thurston,  the 
planting  of  Quakerism  had  commenced  and  Preston,  Berry  and  the 
more  sober-minded  citizens,  listened  gladly  to  the  tenets  of  the 
society.  The  Non-Conformists  who  came  from  Virginia,  not  able  in 
their  scattered  residences,  to  support  a  pastor,  willingly  listened  to 
preaching  of  the  Gospel  by  the  new  sect,  developed  by  the  agitators 
of  the  Cromwellian  era. 

Feeling  that  his  stay  must  be  brief,  the  feet  of  Fox  had  scarcely 
touched  the  sands  of  the  Fautuxent  before  he  began  to  preach. 


32        Founders  of  Axxe  Aruxdel  and  Hoavard  Counties. 

He  spoke  at  the  Severn,  where  the  members  were  so  great  that 
no  building  was  large  enough  to  hold  the  congregation.  The  next 
day  he  was  at  Abraham  Birkheads,  six  or  seven  miles  distant,  and 
there  the  Speaker  of  the  Assembly  was  convinced.  Then,  mount- 
ing his  horse,  he  rode  to  Dr.  Peter  Sharpe's  at  the  Cliffs  of  Calvert. 
Here  was  a  "heavenly  meeting."  Many  of  the  upper  sort  of  people 
present,  and  the  wife  of  one  of  the  governor's  councilors,  was  con- 
vinced. From  thence  he  rode  eighteen  miles  to  James  Preston's^ 
on  the  Patuxent,  where  an  Indian  chief  and  some  of  his  tribe  came 
to  see  the  strange  man,  who  was  lifting  up  his  voice  like  John  the 
Baptist,  in  the  wilderness.  His  labors  were  incessant;  neither 
wintry  sleet  nor  the  burning  sun  detained.  He  forded  the  streams, 
slept  in  woods  and  barns,  with  as  much  serenity  as  in  the  comfort- 
able houses  of  his  friends,  and  was  truly  a  wonder  to  many. 

Before  he  returned  to  England,  he  went  up  to  Annapolis,  at- 
tended a  meeting  of  the  Provincial  Assembty,  and  early  in  1673^ 
sailed  for  his  native  land. 

Mr.  Edmondson,  the  Quaker  preacher,  when  in  Virginia,  made 
this  report:  "Richard  Bennett  stopped  to  hear  me  preach.  He 
was  then  known  as  Major  General  Bennett;  he  said  he  was  a  man 
of  great  estate,  and  as  many  of  our  friends  were  poor  men,  he  desired 
to  contribute  with  them.  He  asked  me  to  his  house.  He  was  a 
solid,  wise  man,  receiving  the  truth  and  died  in  the  same,  leaving 
two  Friends  his  executors." 

Another  view  of  the  early  church  in  Anne  Arundel,  is  here  given. 
Rev.  John  Yoe,  of  the  Church  of  England,  appeared  in  Maryland, 
in  1675.  He  was  disturbed  by  the  movements  of  the  Quakers, 
Baptists,  and  Roman  Catholics,  and  other  Non-Conformists.  From 
the  Patuxent,  in  1676,  he  wrote  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
the  following  letter: 

"Most  Reverend  Father, — Be  pleased  to  pardon  this  presump- 
tion of  mine,  in  presenting  to  your  serious  notice  these  rude  lines,  to 
acquaint  your  grace  with  ye  deplorable  estate  and  condition  of  the 
Province  of  Maryland,  for  want  of  an  established  ministry. 

"  Here  are,  in  this  province,  ten  to  twelve  thousand  souls,  and 
but  three  Protestant  ministers  to  us,  yet  are  conformable  to  ye  doc- 
trine and  discipline  of  ye  Church  of  England.  Society  here  is  in 
great  necessity  of  able  and  learned  men,  to  confront  the  gainsa3^ers,' 
especially  having  so  many  professed  enemies.  Yet  one  thing  can- 
not be  obtained  here,  viz:  consecration  of  churches  and  church- 
yards to  ye  end  ye  Christians  might  be  decently  buried  together. 
Whereas,  now,  they  bury  in  the  several  plantations  where  thev 
lived." 

This  letter  was  referred  to  the  Bishop  of  London,  who  returned 
it  to  Lord  Baltimore,  who  replied:  "That  the  act  of  1649,  confirmed 
in  1676,  tolerated  and  protected  every  sect."  And,  he  continued, 
"  Four  ministers  of  the  Church  of  England  are  in  possession  of  planta- 
tions which  offered  them  a  decent  substance."     The  four  referred  to 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        33 

were  probably  Rev.  Mr.  Yeo,  Coode,  the  political  agitator,  Matthew 
Hill,  and  a  minister  sent  by  Charles  the  Second. 

Six  clergymen  came  during  Governor  Nicholson's  administra- 
tion. Rev.  Ethan  Allen  names.  Rev.  Duell  Pead,  Mr.  Crawford, 
Mr.  Moore,  Mr.  Lillingstone  and  Mr.  Vanderbush. 

Rev.  Thomas  Bray,  who  in  1696,  had  been  appointed  Commis- 
sary for  the  clergy,  in  company  with  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence,  Secretary 
of  Maryland,  waited  on  Anne,  Princess  of  Denmark,  to  request  her 
acceptance  of  the  respect  shown  her  by  naming  the  capital  of  Mary- 
land, Annapolis. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bray,  having  received  a  donation  for  libraries  from 
the  Princess,  presented  books  to  the  amount  of  ^400  to  the  capital. 
On  their  covers  is  stamped,  "De  Bibliothica  Annapolitana."  Arriv- 
ing in  March,  1700,  Rev.  Mr.  Bray  preached  before  the  Assembly 
at  Annapolis,  when  the  Church  of  England  was  re-established. 

(Neil.) 

The  Quakers,  as  seen  by  the  above  quotations,  had  meeting 
houses  in  every  section  of  Anne  Arundel.  At  their  meeting-house 
at  West  River,  there  is  still  a  well-preserved  graveyard.  To  their 
meetings  came  the  Galloways,  Murrays,  Richardsons,  Chestons,  Jones, 
Chews,  Hookers,  Lawrences,  Birkheads,  and  many  others  of  the  in- 
fluential families,  who  later  joined  the  Episcopal  Church.  It  was 
in  their  meeting  houses  that  George  Fox  was  gladly  received,  when 
during  that  remarkable  visit,  he  won  over  the  staunch  Puritans 
unto  zealous  Quakers.  Governor  Fendall,  who  had  ordered  them 
to  be  banished,  had  "  to  depart  the  province"  himself,  but  the  gentle 
Quakers  w-on  friends,  and,  like  the  Non-Conformists,  did  pretty  much 
as  they  pleased,  yet  still  held  their  faith  and  kept  their  hats  on.  In 
fact,  the  province  was  the  resort  for  all  kinds  of  rebels. 

Governor  Fendall  was  banished  to  Virginia,  but  returned  and 
defended  himself  with  such  ability,  he  was  acquitted.  As  will  be 
seen  later,  he  left  descendants,  who  became  leaders  in  the  families 
of  Maryland. 

In  1662,  Philip  Calvert  was  superseded  by  Hon.  Charles  Calvert, 
son  of  the  Lord  Proprietary,  who  continued  as  governor  until  the 
death  of  his  father  in  1675,  by  which  he  became  proprietor. 

In  1680  he  assumed  the  government  in  person  for  four  years. 
During  that  time,  Ex-Governor  Fendall  and  Captain  John  Coode 
attempted  to  excite  another  rebellion.  This  was  under  the  pretense 
of  religion,  but  failing  in  it,  they  were  arrested,  tried  and  convicted, 
but  escaped. 

This  attempt  was  but  the  precursor  of  the  coming  revolution 
in  England,  which  later,  was  severely  felt  in  Maryland. 

From  the  victory  of  the  Severn,  in  1655,  to  the  year  1683,  when 
Annapolis  was  made  a  port  of  entry,  there  in  not  a  single  event 
recorded  as  a  history  of  Anne  Arundel.  To  fill  this  gap,  I  will  now 
give  the  outhnes  of  the  county,  some  of  its  officers,  and  the  biography 
of  many  who  made  history  in  that  quarter  of  the  century. 


Chapter  IV. 

BOUNDARIES  OF  THE  COUNTIES. 

The  original  and  indefinite  act  of  1650,  setting  off  Anne  Arundel 
County,  "embraced  all  that  part  of  the  province,  on  the  west  side 
of  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  over  against  the  Isle  of  Kent,  called  Pro- 
vidence by  the  people  thereof." 

The  land  grants  show  that  the  people  of  Providence  extended 
from  Herring  Creek  on  the  south,  to  the  Patapsco  River  on  the 
north,  with  the  Severn  as  a  central  meeting  place. 

During  1650,  an  order  was  passed  erecting  Charles  County  out 
of  the  territory  on  the  south  side  of  the  Patuxent.  This  order  was 
a  county  grant  to  Hon.  Robert  Brooke,  a  special  friend  of  Lord  Balti- 
more, who  with  his  family  of  forty  persons,  including  his  servants, 
had  seated  himself  about  twenty  miles  north  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Patuxent.  When  Robert  Brooke  later  became  a  leader  in  the  in- 
dependent movement  of  the  Virginia  settlers,  he  was  deprived  of 
his  command  by  changing  the  name  of  Charles  County  to  Calvert 
County,  which  had  its  northern  limit  at  "a  creek  on  the  west  side 
of  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  called  Herring  Bay." 

After  the  Commissioners  of  Parliament  had,  in  the  ensuing 
October,  1654,  displaced  Governor  Stone,  an  ordinance  was  passed 
declaring  that  "all  the  lands  extending  from  Marshe's  Creek  down 
the  bay,  including  all  the  lands  on  the  south  side  of  the  bay  and 
cliffs,  with  the  north  and  south  sides  of  the  Patuxent  River,  shall 
constitute  a  county,  to  be  called,  as  it  is,  "Patuxent  County." 

Upon  the  restoration  of  the  proprietary  grovernment,  in  1658, 
all  of  the  previous  acts  were  annulled,  and  the  boundaries  and  the 
names  made  by  the  Council  of  July  3rd,  1654,  were  restored.  The 
question  so  rested  until  1674,  when  the  proprietary  declared  by  pro- 
clamation, "That  the  north  side  of  the  Patuxent  River,  beginning 
at  the  north  side  of  Lyon's  Creek,  shall  be  added  to  Anne  Arundel 
County." 

One  hundred  years  later,  1777,  in  order  to  determine  the  eligi- 
bility of  Mr.  Mackall,  the  House  of  Delegates  declared,  "that  the 
creek,  at  present  called  Fishing  Creek,  was  the  reputed  and  long 
received  boundary  between  the  two  counties." 

Nearly  a  half  century  later,  1832,  an  act  was  passed,  appoint- 
ing commissioners  to  ascertain  and  establish  the  divisional  lines. 

In  1823,  the  commissioners  reported  a  compromise  line  beginning 
at  the  mouth  of  Muddy,  or  Red  Lion's  Creek.  Anne  Arundel  Coimty 
did  not  claim  that  its  limits  extended  to  Herring  Creek,  the  boundary 
assigned  by  the  order  of  1652,  but  that  Marsh's  Creek,  being  the 
conceded  boundary,  the  dispute  was  as  to  the  true  location  of  that 
creek.  Calvert  County  claimed  that  Marsh's  Creek,  named  for 
Thomas  Marsh,  the  first  Anne  Arundel  commissioner,  was  a  creek 


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falling  into  Herring  Creek,  near  its  mouth,  and  extending  westward- 
ly  with  that  creek  to  one  of  the  heads  of  Lyon's  Creek,  and  thence 
with  Lyon's  Creek  to  the  Patuxent.  Anne  Arundel  County  claimed 
that  Marsh's  Creek  was  what  is  now  known  as  Fishing  Creek,  By 
the  act  of  1824,  Fishing  Creek  was  made  the  division  line  on  the  bay 
and  the  south,  or  middle  creek,  on  the  Patuxent.  "  In  duration  and 
the  difficulty  of  arriving  at  a  satisfactory  result,  the  contest  between 
Anne  Arundel  and  Calvert  was  not  unlike  that  between  Lord  Balti- 
more and  the  Penns. 

"But  the  identity  of  Marsh's  Creek,  (the  admitted  boundary), 
with  Fishing  Creek,  is  clearly  proved  by  the  records  in  the  land  office. 
The  history  of  the  title  to  "Majors  Choice,"  taken  up  by  the  Honor- 
able Thomas  Marsh,  near  the  Cliffs  of  Calvert,  will  readily  develop 
all  the  evidence  upon  this  knotty  question." — (Davis.) 

The  creation  of  Charles  County  in  1658,  had  no  northern  limit 
except  "as  far  as  the  settlements  extended." 

In  1695,  Prince  George  County  was  formed  out  of  its  northern 
territory,  extending  south  as  far  as  Mattawoman  Creek,  and  a  straight 
line  drawn  thence  to  the  head  of  the  Swanson's  Creek,  and  with 
that  creek  to  the  Patuxent.  The  present  divisional  line  of  Charles 
and  Prince  George  slightly  varies  to  the  west  by  an  artificial  line 
running  from  the  Mattawoman  to  a  given  point  on  the  Potomac, 
nearly  opposite  Mount  Vernon. — (Act  of  1748,  Chapter  14.) 

On  the  north  and  east,  Prince  George  has  always  been  separated 
from  Anne  Arundel  and  Charles  by  the  Patuxent  River. 

Extending  from  the  Patuxent  to  the  Potomac,  Prince  George 
received  its  definite  western  limits,  in  1748,  by  the  creation  of  Fred- 
erick County,  from  which  it  was  separated  by  a  straight  line,  begin- 
ning at  the  lower  side  of  the  mouth  of  Rock  Creek,  and  running 
thence  north  with  Hyatt's  plantation  to  the  Patuxent  River,  at 
Crow's  mill,  west  of  Laurel. 

This  line,  in  1776,  upon  the  erection  of  Montgomery  County 
out  of  the  lower  portion  of  Frederick,  became  the  divisional  line 
between  Prince  George  and  Montgomery  Counties.  The  eastern 
boundary  line  of  Frederick  County,  when  erected,  in  1748,  touched 
the  western  boundaries  of  Prince  George,  Anne  Arundel  and  Balti- 
more Counties. 

Baltimore  County  was  partly  formed  out  of  the  northern  por- 
tion of  Anne  Arundel,  in  1659.  In  the  proclamation  of  1674,  the 
southern  bounds  of  Baltimore  County  shall  be  "the  south  side  of 
Patapsco  River,  and  from  the  highest  plantations  on  that  side  of 
the  river,  due  south  two  miles  in  the  woods."  In  1698,  an  act  was 
passed  defining  the  line  "  beginning  at  three  marked  trees,  standing 
about  a  mile  and  a  quarter  to  the  southward  of  Bodkin  Creek,  on 
the  west  side  of  Chesapeake  Bay,  and  near  a  marsh  and  a  pond: 
thence  west  until  they  cross  the  mountains  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Magothy  River,  to  Richard  Beard's  mill:  thence  continuing  west- 
ward with  said  road  to  William  Hawkin's  path,  to  two  marked 
trees:    thence  along  said  road  to  two  marked  trees:    thence  leav- 


36        FouNDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

ing  said  road  by  a  line  drawn  west  to  William  Slade's  path  to 
two  marked  trees:  thence  continuing  west  between  the  draughts  of 
the  Magothy  and  Patapsco  Rivers,  until  they  come  to  a  mountain 
of  white  stone  rock:  still  continuing  west  to  a  road  going  to  Patapsco, 
to  Peter  Bond's,  to  two  marked  trees:  thence  continuing  west  to 
the  main  road,  to  Patapsco  Ferry,  to  two  marked  pines  standing 
near  the  Ready  Branch,  written  at  large  on  the  north  side  of  said 
trees,  Baltimore  County;  and  on  the  south  side  Anne  Arundel  County. 
Then  with  a  line  drawn  west  northwest  to  Elkridge  road,  to  two 
marked  trees;  thence  continuing  the  same  course  of  west  northwest 
to  Patuxent  River,  and  so  on  up  the  said  river  to  the  extent  thereof, 
for  the  bounds  of  Baltimore  County. — 

In  1725,  an  act  was  passed,  limiting  the  southern  border  of 
Baltimore  County  to  the  Patapsco  River,  from  its  mouth  to  its  head, 
but  its  western  limits  were  still  vague. 

The  head  of  the  Patapsco  was  the  western  limit,  as  well  as  that 
of  Anne  Arundel,  by  the  act  of  1725,  until  the  formation  of  Fred- 
erick County,  in  1748,  which  enacted,  "that  its  lines  after  reach- 
ing the  river,  should  run  with  it  to  the  hues  of  Baltimore  County, 
and  with  that  county  to  the  extent  of  the  province." 

In  1750,  a  definite  line  was  established  between  Frederick  and 
Baltimore  Counties:  "Beginning  at  a  spring  called  Parr's  Spring, 
and  running  thence  N.  35  E.,  to  a  bounded  white  oak,  standing 
on  the  west  side  of  a  wagon  road,  called  John  Digges'  road,  about 
a  mile  above  the  place  called  Burnt  House  Woods:  and  running 
thence  up  said  road  to  a  bounded  white  oak,  standing  on  the  east 
side  thereof,  at  the  head  of  a  draught  of  Sam's  Creek:  thence  N. 
55  E.  to  a  Spanish  oak,  standing  on  a  ridge  near  William  Robert's, 
and  opposite  to  the  head  of  a  branch  called  the  Beaver  Dam:  thence 
N.  20  E.  to  the  temporary  line  between  the  Provinces  of  Maryland 
and  Pennsylvania,  being  near  the  head  of  a  draught  called  Conawajo, 
at  a  rocky  hill  called  Rattle  Snake  Hill."  The  western  limit  of 
Anne  Anclurel  County  was  also  the  eastern  limit  of  Frederick  and 
Montgomery  line,  which  was  a  straight  line  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Monocacy  to  Parr's  Spring,  where  the  Frederick  and  Baltimore 
Coimty  lines  met.  A  branch  from  that  spring  to  the  Patapsco, 
limited  Anne  Arundel  on  the  west.  By  a  more  recent  act,  1836, 
creating  Carroll  County  out  of  the  portions  of  Frederick  and  Balti- 
more Coimties,  the  western  limits  of  Baltimore  are  near  Woodstock, 
B.  &  O.  R.  R. 

In  1838,  Howard  District,  extending  on  the  east  from  Laurel 
to  Elk  Ridge  Landing,  via  the  B.  &  0.  R.  R.,  was  set  off  from  Anne 
Arundel,  and  in  1851,  became  a  county,  though  its  actual  settle- 
ment was  begun  before  1700. 

Western  Maryland  was,  from  1658  to  1776,  successively  included 
in  the  geographical  limits  of  Charles,  Prince  George  and  Frederick 
Counties,  erected  in  1658,  1695  and  1748  respectfully.  On  July  26th, 
1776,  the  Provincial  Convention  of  Maryland  divided  Frederick 
County  into  three  districts,  upper,  middle  and  lower. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


37 


The  first  embraced  Washington,  Alleghany  and  Garrett:  second 
took  Frederick  and  a  part  of  Carroll:  third  embraced  Montgomery 
County.  Each  by  ordinance  was  made  a  separate  county  on  Sept. 
6th,  1776. 


OFFICERS  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL  COUNTY,  FROM  ITS  ORGAN- 
IZATION UNTIL  IT  CHANGED  TO  A  ROYAL  PROVINCE. 


JUSTICES. 
James  Homewood, 
Thomas  Meeres, 
Thomas  Marsh, 
George  Puddington, 
Matthew  Hawkins, 
James  Menyman, 
Henry  Cathn. 


Robert  Brooke, 
Col.  Francis  Yardly, 
Mr.  Job  Chandler, 
Capt.  Edmund  Winder, 
Col.  Richard  Preston, 
Lieut.  Richard  Banks, 


1650. 
DELEGATES 
Jas.  Cox, 
George  Puddington. 


1651.     No  delegation  sent. 


COMMANDER. 
Edward  Lloyd. 


1652. 
PARLIAMENTARY  COMMISSIONERS. 


Administered  the  government. 


OFFICERS  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL  COUNTY. 


JUSTICES. 

(Richard  Bennett, 
and 
Wm.  Clayborne. 


JUSTICES. 
Capt.  Wm.  Fuller, 
Rich.  Preston, 
Wm.  Durand, 
Edward  Lloyd. 


Capt.  John  Smith, 
Leonard  Strong, 
John  Ijawson, 
John  Hatch, 
Rich.  WeUs, 
Richard  Ewen, 


1653. 
DELEGATES. 
Governor  Stone  re- 
appointed 
Thomas  Hatton, 
Secretary. 

1654. 
DELEGATE. 


Quorum. 


COUNCILLORS. 
Robert  Brooke, 
Capt.  John  Price, 
Job.  Chandler, 
Col.  Francis  Yardly, 
Col.  Richard  Preston. 


Wm.  Durand, 

Secty.  of  State. 


Richard  Preston, 

Speaker,  Keeper  of  Records. 


I  Justices. 


38        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


OFFICERS  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL  COUNTY. 

1655. 

Capt.  Wm.  Fuller's  Council,  as  in  1654. 

Council  of  War,  after  the  Battle  of  the  Severn,  1655. 


JUSTICES. 
Capt.  William  Fuller, 
Wm.  Burgess, 
Richard  Ewen, 


DELEGATES. 
Leonard  Strong, 
Wm.  Durand, 
Roger  Heamans, 

1656. 


COUNCILLORS. 
Mr.  Besson, 
Samson  Warren, 
Wm.  Crouch. 


Upon  Governor  Josias  Fendall  assuming  the  government,  the  following 
had  him  arrested: 


Capt.  Wm.  FuUer, 
Edward  Lloyd, 


Richard  Wells, 
Col.  Rich.  Ewen, 

1657. 


Thomas  Marsh, 
Thomas  Meeres. 


Governor  Fendall.  Philip  Calvert,  Secty. 

Capt.  Fuller's  Assembly  of  ten  members,  Richard  Ewen,  Speaker. 


JUSTICES. 
Wm.  Burgess, 
Robt.  Burle, 
Roger  Grosse, 
Rich.  Wells. 
John  Brewer, 
Thos.  Meeres, 
Thos.  Todde, 
Thos.  Howell, 
Richard  Ewen, 
Anthony  Salway, 
Rich.  Woolman. 


DELEGATES. 
Capt.  Robt.  Sley, 
Capt.  Jas.  Weeks, 
Mr.  Robt.  Taylor, 
Capt.  Thos.  Besson, 
Mr.  Peter  Sharp, 
Capt.  Phil.  Morgan, 
Mr.  Richard  Brooks, 
Mr.  Jas.  Johnson. 


1658. 


COUNCILLORS. 
Edward  Lloyd, 
Capt.  Wm.  Fuller. 


Compromise  of  Lord  Baltimore  and  Bennett, 
Commissioners : 
Gov.  Fendall, 
Secty.  Comwallis, 


Capt.  Wm.  Fuller, 
Rich.  Preston, 
Edward  Lloyd, 
Thomas  Meeres, 
Philip  Thomas, 
Saml.  Withers. 


JUSTICES. 
Rich.  WeUs, 
Saml.  Withers, 
Thos.  Todd, 
John  Brewer, 
Robert  Burle, 
Roger  Grosse, 
Thomas  Besson, 
Edmund  Townhill. 
Anthony  Galway, 
Francis  Holland. 


Agreed  to  restore  records  to  Fendall;  to  issue  grants  for 
lands;    to  guarantee  indemnity  for  passed  acts. 


1660. 
DELEGATES. 
John  Brewer 

and 
Saml.  Chew. 


COUNCILLORS. 
Edward  Lloyd. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


39 


JUSTICES. 
Saml.  Chew.,  Sheriff, 
Capt.  Wm.  Burgess, 
Richard  Ewen, 
George  Puddington 
Ralph  Williams, 
Thos.  Taylor, 
Capt.  John  Norwood. 

JUSTICES. 

Capt.  Wm.  Burgess  appoint- 
Sheriff,  but  called  to  field, 
succeeded  by  Rich.  Ewen, 
1664-5. 


1662. 
DELEGATES. 
Robert  Burle. 


COUNCILLORS. 
Edward  Lloyd. 


Rich.  Ewen,  Sheriff. 


1666. 
Thos.  Stockett,  Sheriff. 

Thos.  Marsh, 
John  Ewen, 
Robert  Francklyn, 
John  Welsh,  *>., — * 
Sarnl.  Chew. 
George  Puddington, 
Robert  Burle. 

Thos.  Stockett,  Sheriff. 


Wm.  Burgess, 
Saml.  Lane, 
Robert  Brooke, 
John  Homewood,    J 
Richard  Ewen. 
Robt.  Francklyn, 
Thos.  Hedge, 
Richard  Burton,  Clerk 


1663-1664. 

DELEGATES. 
Thos.  Meeres, 
Richard  Beard, 
John  Homeswood, 
George  Puddington. 

1665. 
Robt.  Burle, 
Capt.  Thos.  Besson, 
Richard  Beard. 
Thos.  Taylor, 
Edward  Selby. 

1667. 
The  Seal  of  A.  A.  Co.  was 
taken  from  Thos.  Tay- 
lor in  1667,  and  given 
to  Saml.  Chew. 


1668-1669. 
Wm.  Burgess, 
Saml.  Withers, 

1671. 
Wm.  Burgess, 
Thos.  Taylor, 
Cornelius  Howard, 
Robert  Francklyn. 

1674. 


COUNCILLORS. 
Edward  Lloyd. 


Edward  Lloyd. 


Edward  Lloyd. 


Saml.  Chew. 


Saml.  Chew. 


Sami.  Chew. 


Quorum. 


Col.  Wm. 
Col.  Saml.  Lane, 
Major  John  Welsh, 
Robert  Francklyn, 
Capt.  Richard  Hill, 
John  Homewood, 
Henry  Stockett, 
Thos.  Francis, 
Wm.  Jones, 
Henry  Lewis. 


1676. 
Dedimus  protestatimus  to  Col. 
Wm.  Burgess  and  Saml.  Lane. 
Quorum. 


Saml.  Chew. 


40 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


\ 


John  Welsh,  Sheriff, 

Col.  Thos.  Tailler, 
Col.  Wm.  Burgess, 
Capt.  John  Welsh, 
Capt.  Rich.  Hill, 
Thos.  Francis, 


Capt.  Nich.  Gassaway, 
Edward  Burgess, 
Cornelius  Howard, 
John  SoUers. 


1678-1679. 

Col.  Wm.  Burgess, 
Jas.  Rigby, 
John  Homewood, 
Wm.  Richardson. 
Quorum. 


1680-1682. 

Henry  Ridgely. 
Edward  Dorsey, 
Richard  Beard,  Jr. 


Henry  Hanslap,  Sheriff, 
Capt,  Rich.  Hill,  of  Severn, 
Edward  Burgess,  of  Londontown, 
Thomas  Knighton,  of  Herring  Creek. 


Quorum. 


Capt.  Rich.  Hill, 
Major  Nich.  Gassaway 
Capt.  Edward  Burgess, 
Major  Edward  Dorsey, 

JUSTICES. 
Mr.  Henry  Ridgely, 
Mr.  Rich.  Beard, 
John  SoUers, 
Thos.  Tench, 
Thos.  Knighton, 
John  Hammond, 
Nich.  Greenberry, 
James  Ellis. 


Major  Nich.  Gassaway, 

Major  Edward  Dorsey,  "1 

Capt.  Nich.  Greenberry,  I  /-»„«,,.„, 

Mr  John  Hammond  Quorum. 

Mr.  Thos.  Tench,  J 

Mr.  Edward  Burgess, 

Mr.  Henry  Ridgley, 

Mr.  Henry  Constable, 

Rich.  Beard, 

Thos.  Knighton, 

Mr.  James  Ellis, 

Mr.  John  Bennett. 


1683. 


1685. 


1687. 


Col.  Wm.  Burgess. 


Col.  Wm.  Burgess. 


Col.  Wm.  Burgess. 


1689. 


Mr.  Thos.  Tench,    \  p^,^„„^ 
Mr.  John  Bennett,  /  Coroners. 
Mr.  Henry  Hanslap,  Sheriff, 
Mr.  Henry  Bonner,  Clerk. 


1692. 


\ 


Quorum. 


Capt.  John  Hammond, 

Mr.  Wm.  Holland, 

Mr.  Saml.  Young, 

Major  Henry  Ridgely, 

Henry  Constable, 

Capt.  Nich.  Gassaway, 

Mr.  John  Worthington, 

Mr.  Abel  Browne, 

Mr.  Edward  Batson.  Surveyor. 


Mr.  John  Hammond, 
Mr.  Henry  Ridgely, 
Mr.  James  Saunders, 
Mr.  John  Dorsey. 


Col.  Nich.  Greenberry. 
Thos.  Tench. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        41 

ORDINARIES, 

In  1675,  there  were  only  three  authorized  ordinaries  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  public.  One  was  at  the  Court  House;  one 
at  Richard  Hills;   and  one  at  the  Red  Lyon. 

The  expenses  for  meat,  drink  and  lodging,  during  the  Assembly 
.  of  Burgesses,  to  be  paid  to  the  in  holder  of  St.  Maries,  in  1666,  were 
4,586  pounds  of  tobacco;  also  necessary  expenses  to  each  member 
for  hands  and  boat  hire,  until  they  arrive  at  their  homes.  In  1675, 
the  taxable  rate  of  816,  taxable  at  165  pounds  of  tobacco,  per  poll, 
was  134,640  pounds. 

BIOGRAPHIES  OF  THE  FOUNDERS  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL  CO. 
RICHARD  BENNETT. 

Richard  Bennett  was  the  Moses  from  the  Nansemond  to  the 
Severn.     He  may  be  termed  a  settler  of  two  States. 

His  uncle,  Edward  Bennett  was  a  wealthy  London  merchant, 
once  Deputy-Governor  of  the  English  Merchants  of  Holland. 

He  was  largely  interested  in  the  Virginia  trade,  and  organized 
the  Virginia  Company,  already  noted.  As  his  representative  in 
Virginia,  Richard  Bennett,  immediately  rose  to  importance.  In 
1629  and  1631,  he  was  in  the  House  of  Burgesses.  In  1642-1649  he 
was  a  Commissioner  and  member  of  the  Council. 

In  the  latter  year  he  secured,  from  the  Governor  of  Maryland, 
a  grant  of  "Towne  Neck,"  on  the  Severn,  for  fifteen  of  his  followers, 
who  wished  to  be  close  together.  Our  land  records  show  that  he 
soon  after  disposed  of  this  grant  to  his  wife's  kinsman.  Colonel 
Nathaniel  Utie,  secretary  to  the  governor.  As  Governor  of  Virginia, 
still  later,  his  administration  appears  to  have  been  acceptable, 
even  to  the  loyalists. 

He  remained  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Council  until  his  death. 

(Hening.) 

In  1666,  he  was  made  Major-General  of  Militia.  He  was  a  friend 
to  the  Quakers,  and  made  provision  for  many  needy  families.  His 
will  was  probated  in  1675.  The  bulk  of  his  estate  descended  to 
his  grandson,  Richard  Bennett,  3rd,  son  of  Richard  Bennett,  2nd, 
by  Henrietta  Marie  Neale,  daughter  of  Captain  James  Neale,  at- 
torney for  Lord  Baltimore,  at  Amsterdam,  and  former  representa- 
tive in  Spain.  Captain  Neale  came  to  America  in  1666,  and  repre- 
sented Charles  County  in  the  House  of  Burgesses.  His  wife,  Anna 
Gill,  was  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Gill.  Their  daughter  Henrietta 
Marie,  was  named  for  her  godmother,  the  queen.  By  her  marriage 
to  Richard  Bennett,  Jr.,  they  had  two  children,  Richard  Bennett 
and  Susanna  (Bennett)  Lowe,  ancestress  of  Governor  Lowe  and 
Charles  Carroll,  of  CarroUton. 

Richard  Bennett,  Jr.,  lived  for  a  time  upon  the  Severn.  He 
was  in  the  Assembly  of  1666,  and  was  a  Commissioner  of  Kent 
County,  in  which  he  had  an  immense  estate.     In  his  early  manhood 


42        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

he  was  drowned.  His  only  son,  Richard,  succeeded  to  an  estate 
which  made  him  "the  richest  man  of  his  majesty's  dominion."  He 
died  a  bachelor,  leaving  his  property  to  his  sister,  Susannah  Lowe, 
and  to  his  step-father.  Colonel  Philemon  Lloyd.  His  tombstone 
still  stands  at  "Bennetts  Point." 

Ann  Bennett,  of  Major-General  Bennett,  became  Mrs.  Theo- 
dorick  Bland,  of  "Westover,"  Virginia.  She  died  at  Wharton's 
Creek,  Maryland,  as  the  wife  of  Colonel  St.  Legar  Codd,  of  Virginia 
and  of  Maryland. 

General  Bennett  and  Commander  Edward  Lloyd  were  the  staunch 
leaders  in  opposition  to  a  Catholic  proprietary,  yet  their  sons  both 
yielded  to  the  eloquence  of  the  good  Catholic  lady,  Henrietta  Marie 
Neale;  whilst  a  descendant  of  Commander  Robert  Brooke,  another  .• 
rebelious  subject,  took  for  his  wife,  Dorothy  Neale,  sister  of  Hen-  ( 
rietta  Marie  Neale.  She  was  the  progenitress  of  Chief  Justice  Roger 
Brooke  Taney.  These  two  Catholic  mothers  not  only  united  dis- 
cordant religions,  but  the  former  gave  to  Maryland  the  following 
distinguished  sons:  Governor  Edward  Lloyd,  of  1709,  and  Hon. 
Edward  Lloyd,  his  son;  Revolutionary  Edward  Lloyd,  and  his  son, 
Governor  Edward  Lloyd,  of  1809,  United  States  Senator  and  grand- 
father of  Governor  Henry  Lloyd. 

She  was  the  grandmother  of  Dorothy  Blake,  mother  of  Charles 
Carroll,  the  "Barrister";  grandmother  of  Hon.  Matthew  Tilghman 
and  of  Richard  Tilghman,  of  "The  Hermitage." 

She  was  the  grandmother  of  Governor  William  Paca's  wife; 
of  Edward  Dorsey's  wife,  and  of  Thomas  Beale  Bordley's  wife.  As 
Maid  of  Honor  to  Queen  Henrietta  Marie,  she  received  a  ring,  which 
is  now  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Clara  Tilghman  Goldsborough  Earle, 
granddaughter  of  Colonel  Tench  Tilghman,  great-grandson  of  Anna 
Gill. 

The  descendants  of  this  prolific  mother  are  "Legion."  They 
have  added  many  brilliant  pages  to  the  history  of  Maryland. 

THOMAS  MARSH. 

This  first  Commissioner  of  Anne  Arundel,  coming  up  from  Vir- 
ginia with  William  Durand,  he  surveyed  lands,  first  upon  Herring 
Creek,  but  later  became  a  merchant  of  the  Severn. 

He  was  an  active  member  in  every  movement  of  the  early 
settlers.  Having  become  prominent  in  the  Severn  contest,  the  pro- 
prietary government,  in  1658,  refused  to  recognize  his  right  to  lands. 
His  tract  known  as  "Majors  Choice,"  became  historic  as  a  long 
disputed  line  dividing  the  Counties  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Calvert, 
He  assigned  a  hundred  acres  upon  the  Chesapeake  to  Edward  Dorsey 
and  Thomas  jyianning.  The  latter  in  his  petition  for  a  title  to  the 
land,  recorded  that  it  was  taken  up  by  Thomas  Marsh,  who,  on  ac- 
count of  his  rebellion,  was  unable  to  secure  title  to  the  same. 

Thomas  Marsh  assigned,  also,  to  William  Ayres,  a  tract  upon 
Herring  Creek. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        43 

Removing  to  Kent  Island  he  was  made  captain  of  Militia. 

In  his  will  of  1679,  he  named  his  wife  Jane,  daughter  of  John 
Clements;   his  son  Thomas,  and  daughters  Sarah  and  Mary. 

Ralph  Williams,  of  Bristol,  England,  residing,  in  1672,  upo« 
"Towne  Neck,"  made  Thomas  Marsh,  senior,  his  residuary  legatee. 
He  was,  also,  that  same  year,  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Robert  Burle, 
an  associate  justice  and  legislator  from  the  Severn. 

The  Foremans,  of  "Clover  Fields"  and  "Rose  Hill,"  and  other 
representative  families  of  Eastern  Maryland,  descend  from  this  first 
Commissioner. 

HAWKINS. 

Closely  allied  to  Bennett,  Lloyd,  Meeres,  and  others  of  the 
Nansemond  settlers,  several  families  of  Hawkins  were  early  set- 
tlers in  the  province.  John  Hawkins,  through  his  attorney,  Nicholas 
Wyatt,  assigned  unto  Giles  Blake  one  hundred  acres,  due  him  for 
transporting  himself  into  the  province.  Henry  Hawkins  named 
"his  brother  Philemon  Lloyd,"  and  left  his  property  to  Edward 
Lloyd,  Susanna  Bennett  and  Maria  Bennett. 

Ralph  Hawkins  was  on  the  Magothy  River  in  1657.  He  had 
sons,  Ralph  and  William,  to  whom  he  left  "goods  out  of  England." 

His  wife  was  Margaret  Hawkins.  William  Hawkins  wife,  Eliz- 
abeth, received  from  Thomas  Meeres  "a  riding  horse." 

Thomas  Hawkins,  of  Poplar  Island,  named  "Margaret  Hall, 
daughter  of  Edward."     His  wife  was  Elizabeth. 

Matthew  Hawkins,  of  the  Severn,  was  one  of  Edward  Lloyd's 
first  commissioners,  in  1650.  From  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  came 
State  Senator  George  Hawkins  Williams,  and  Mr.  Elihu  Riley,  the 
historian  of  Annapolis. 

From  John  Hawkins,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Dorsey,  descended  Mr.  James  McEvoy,  Dr.  Frank  Martin, 
Augustus  W.  Martin,  Mrs.  Dr.  Mills,  and  Miss  Fannie  Martin,  des- 
cendants of  Dr.  Samuel  B.  Martin,  the  "  old  defender,"  and  his  wife 
Ruth  Dorsey  Hawkins. 

The  Hawkins,  of  Queenstown,  sent  down  a  judge  of  the  provincial 
court  in  1700,  and  a  surveyor-general  of  customs.  T||irough  the 
Fosters  and  Lowes,  they  were  connected  with  Lord  \Charles)  Balti- 
more, the  Lloyds,  De  Courseys,  Marshes,  Tilghmans  and  Chambers. 

"Very  interesting  memorial  remains,"  says  Davis,  "are  now  in 
possession  of  the  vestry  of  Centreville,  showing  a  massive  piece  of 
silver  plate  in  excellent  preservation." 

HENRY  HAWKINS. 

An  interesting  case  in  Chancery  gives  us  a  view  of  some  of  our 

y    early  fathers.     The  case  is  an  inquiry  to  ascertain  the  owner  of 

f\    "Nathaniel  Point,"  in  Talbot  County,  on  Wye  River.     Colonel  Ed- 

'    ■  ward  Lloyd  called  a  commisison  of  Mr.  William  Coursey  to  take 

depositions,  and  Captain  John  Davis  gave  this  record: 


44        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"Mr.  John  Scott  told  me  that  a  certain  bachelor's  tree,  up  on 
the  road  passing  through  '  Nathaniel  Point '  got  its  name  from  the 
sale  of  said  point  by  Mr.  Nathaniel  Cleeve  to  Mr.  Henry  Hawkins 
for  a  case  of  spirits.  Upon  the  delivery  of  the  goods,  Mr.  Henry 
Hawkins,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Cleeve,  Wm.  Jones,  Henry  Catlin  and  four 
others,  all  bachelors,  under  that  tree  consumed  the  whole  case  of 
spirits  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the  feast,  Mr.  Cleeve  before  all,  pub- 
licly expressed  his  entire  satisfaction  with  the  bargain. 

Mr.  Henry  Hawkins  held  the  tract,  and  delivered  it  over  to  his 
kinsman.  Colonel  Philemon  Lloyd,  whose  son  was  the  party  to  the 
Inquisition.  This  transfer  was  confirmed  by  three  of  the  bachelor 
party. 

HENRY  CATLIN. 

This  Commissioner  and  neighbor  of  Edward  Lloyd,  was  a  Justice 
and  Burgess  of  Virginia.  He  was  also  an  active  supporter  of  the 
Independent  Church  in  Virginia.  He  came  up  in  1649,  bringing 
"  his  wife  Jane  and  his  son,"  (stepson),  presumably  Richard  Horner. 
He  did  not  remain  long,  but,  in  1661,  assigned  his  estate  to  Matthew 
Howard,  who  resurveyed  it  as  "  Howards  Inheritance." 

JAMES  MERRYHAN. 

A  neighbor  of  Henry  Catlin,  and  a  member  of  Lloyd's  first  com- 
missioners, James  Merryman,  in  1662,  assigned  his  certificate  for 
five  hundred  acres  to  John  Browne,  of  New  England.  He  left  no 
will,  or  other  records.  The  Merrymans,  of  Hayfield,  may  thus  des- 
cend. 

John  Browne  held  this  grant  and  assigned  it  to  James  Rigbie, 
who  sold  to  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry. 

THOMAS  MEERES. 

Thomas  Meeres  was  an  important  member  of  the  Virginia  As- 
sembly before  coming  up  to  be  one  of  Lloyd's  council.  He  was 
high  in  the  church.  He  was  an  active  participant  in  the  Severn 
contest  and  was  upon  the  committee  which  arrested  Governor  Fen- 
dall.  He  was  a  Justice  of  Anne  Arundel,  in  1657,  and  a  delegate  to 
restore  the  records  in  1658. 

His  will  of  1674,  shows  him  a  man  of  means.  His  daughter, 
Sarah  Homewood,  son  John,  and  wife  EHzabeth  shared  each  one- 
third  of  his  estate.  To  the  latter  was  given  his  "jewels,  plate,  bills, 
and  bonds." 

John  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Philip  Thomas.  One  daughter, 
Sarah,  was  their  only  heir.  She  became  Mrs.  John  Talbott.  They 
sold  "Pendenny"  to  Captain  John  Worthington.  This^iract  was 
Captain  Worthington's  homestead,  just  opposite  the  Naval  Academy. 
It  was  also  the  homestead  of  Commander  Edward  Lloyd,  who  as- 
signed it  to  Thomas  Meeres,  who  made  the  Quaker  Society  the  final 
court  of  resort,  in  case  of  any  dispute  of  his  will. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        45 

The  will  of  John  Meeres  left  "lands  bequeathed  by  my  father, 
Thomas  Meeres,  adjoining  brother-in-law  John  Homewood,"  to 
daughter  Sarah  Talbott.  «,■    .^.v^    'wj 

He  left  legacies  to  the  children  of  his  sister-in-law,  Elizabeth 
Coale,  and  referred  to  his  brother-in-law,  Samuel  Thomas. 

HOMEWOOD. 

James,  John  and  Thomas  Homewood  were  all  upon  the  Magothy. 
James  was  Commissioner  under  Edward  Lloyd,  in  1650. 

John  Homewood  was  a  later  Commissioner  of  Anne  Arundel, 
His  wife,  Sarah  Homewood,  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Meeres. 
She  again  became  the  wife  of  John  Bennett,  a  Commissioner  to  lay 
out  Annapolis  in  1694.  She  was  the  legatee  of  Henry  Howard,  in 
1683,  who  gave  her  "a  seal  ring  with  a  coat  of  arms,  and  a  hooked 
ring  with  the  initials  F.  C." 

John  Homewood  and  Henry  Howard  were  intimate  friends. 

Both  were  legatees  of  John  Pawson,  of  the  city  of  York,  Eng- 
land, who,  in  1677,  also  named  his  friend,  Dr.  Stockett,  in  his  list 
of  legatees.  The  Worthingtons  and  Homewoods  were  united  in 
marriage  still  later. 

CAPTAIN  GEORGE  PUDDINGTON. 

Honored  as  one  of  the  first  Commissioners  under  Edward  Lloyd 
and  unanimously  named  as  one  of  the  first  legislators  of  1650,  Captain 
George  Puddington  took  at  once  a  foremost  place  in  the  new  county. 

Of  his  wife,  the  following  record  from  the  Virginia  Magazine  of 
History,  is  of  interest:  "Colonel  Obedience  Robins,  of  "Cherry- 
stone," born  1601,  was  a  member,  in  1632,  of  the  first  County  Court 
of  Accomac,  and  was  a  brother  of  Edward,  merchant  of  Accomac. 
His  name  and  associations  seem  to  indicate  that  he  was  of  Puritan 
affinities.  His  wife  was  the  widow  of  Edward  Waters,  of  Bermuda. 
When  a  girl  of  sixteen,  Grace  O'Neil  arrived  at  the  Bermudas  in 
the  ship  "  Diana."  Becoming  Mrs  Waters,  they  removed  to  Eliza- 
beth City,  now  Hampton,  where  their  first  son,  William,  was  born. 
He  became  an  active  citizen  of  Northampton.  Upon  the  death  of 
Edward  Waters,  the  widow  became  the  wife  of  Colonel  Obedience 
Robins.  Jane,  the  wife  of  George  Puddington,  a  member  of  the 
Maryland  Assembly,  from  Anne  Arundel  County  in  1650,  was  a 
sister-in-law  of  Colonel  Obedience  Robins." 

Captain  Puddington  took  up  "  Puddington  Harbor,"  "  Pudding- 
ton Gift,"  and  "West  Puddington." 

In  1667,  he  was  an  associate  justice  of  Anne  Arundel.  He  left 
no  son.     His  will  was  probated  by  Colonel  William  Burgess,  in  1674. 

Captain  Edward  Burgess,  named  for  his  grandfather.  Colonel 
Edward  Robins,  was  Captain  Puddington's  residuary  legatee.  The 
sons-in-law  of  Captain  Puddington  were  Ex-SherifT  Robert  Franck- 
lyn;   Hon.  Richard  Beard,  the  surveyor;  and  grandson  Neal  Clarke. 


46        FouNDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

All  named  in  his  will  as  follows:  "son-in-law  Robert  Francklyn;  to 
each  of  my  son  Richard  Beard's  children;  to  each  of  my  grandson 
Neal  Clark's  children;  to  George  Burgess,  William  Burgess  and  Sus- 
anna, children  of  Captain  William  Burgess,  legacies.  My  loving 
wife  Jane,  and  Edward  Burgess  the  rest  of  my  estate." 

PHILIP  THOMAS. 

With  his  wife  Sarah  Harrison  and  three  children,  Philip,  Sarah 
and  Elizabeth,  Philip  Thomas  came  from  Bristol,  England,  in  1651. 
He  was  granted  five  hundred  acres,  "  Beckley,"  on  the  west  of  the 
Chesapeake. 

To  this  he  added  "Thomas  Towne,"  "The  Plains"  and  "Phihp's 
Addition."  On  this  he  erected  his  homestead,  "Lebanon,"  a  view 
of  which  is  still  preserved.  On  his  lands  stands  Thomas  Point  Light- 
house. 

His  neighbor  was  Captain  Wm.  Fuller,  the  provincial  leader. 
With  him,  Edward  Lloyd,  Richard  Preston,  Samuel  Withers  went 
to  St.  Leonards,  and  delivered  up  the  captured  records.  With  this 
act  he  gave  up  political  adventures  and  joined  the  Society  of  Friends, 
under  George  Fox.  The  Quaker  Society  was  made  the  final  court 
to  settle  his  estate. 

This  estate  was  claimed  by  his  son,  Samuel  Thomas,  through  a 
verbal  will  which  Edward  Talbott,  his  brother-in-law  resisted.  The 
question  was  finally  decided  by  the  Society  in  favor  of  all  the  heirs. 

Sarah  Thomas,  the  English  born  daughter,  married  John  Meeres; 
Elizabeth  became  the  third  wife  of  William  Coale,  and  still  later 
the  wife  of  Edward  Talbott;   Martha  became  Mrs.  Richard  Arnold. 

Samuel  Thomas — Mary  Hutchins,  of  Calvert,  whose  mother  was 
Elizabeth  Burrage.  Their  daughter  Sarah — Joseph  Richardson; 
Elizabeth — Richard  Snowden,  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Linthicum) 
Snowden;  John  Thomas — Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth (Coale)  Snowden;  Samuel  Thomas — Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  (Coale)  Snowden;  Ann  Thomas — Edward  Fell,  of 
England. 

Philip  Thomas,  eldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Thomas — first 
Francis  Holland,  leaving  a  son  William  Thomas;  second,  Ann, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Chew  and  Mary  his  wife.  Their  issue  were 
Samuel,  Philip,  Mary,  Elizabeth — Samuel  Snowden,  Richard — 
Deborah  Hughes;  John  Thomas  resided  at  West  River,  wrote  poetry 
and  was  President  of  the  Maryland"  Senate.  He  married  Sarah, 
third  davighter  of  Dr.  Wm.  Murray — Anne:  Philip,  John  and  Sarah. 
Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Philip  and  Ann  Chew  Thomas,  removed  to 
Perry  Point  in  the  Susquehannah,  and  married  his  cousin  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Snowden  Thomas;  issue,  Ann,  Philip, 
Saml.  Richard  Snowden,  John  Chew  and  Evan  William.  Samuel 
was  a  minister  of  Friends,  and  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Dr.  Chas. 
Alexander  Warfield:  Evan  William — Martha  Gray:  John  Chew,  4th, 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        47 

son  of  Samuel,  and  Mary  Thomas  resided  at  Fairland,  Anne  Arundel: 
was  member  of  Congress,  in  1799,  and  took  part  in  the  election  of 
President,  in  which  three  days  and  thirty-five  ballots  were  required 
to  select  Thomas  Jefferson.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Eliza  (Rutland)  Snowden,  of  Fairland. 

Having  married  an  heiress  and  becoming  a  large  slave  holder, 
he  lost  his  membership  in  the  Quaker  church,  which  he  only  regained 
by  manumitting  one  hundred  slaves.  He  sold  his  homestead  for 
$50,000. 

The  Thomas  family,  of  Maryland,  has  already  been  fully  traced 
in  the  Thomas  Book.  Some  descendants  will  be  found  more  fully 
in  this  work,  in  the  biographical  sketches  of  three  governors  of  Mary- 
land representing  different  branches  of  Philip  Thomas'  descendants. 

FAMILIES  CONNECTED  WITH  GOVERNOR  FENDALL. 

Governor  Fendall's  official  life  has  already  been  noted.  He 
closed  his  life  as  a  Marylander  and  left  a  distinguished  line.  His 
son  Colonel  John  Fendall,  of  "Clifton  Hall,"  born  1672,  married 
Elizabeth  Hanson,  widow  of  William  Marshall. 

Benjamin  Fendall,  "of  Potomack,"  born  1708,  married  Eleanor 
Lee,  daughter  of  Philip  Lee  and  Sarah  (Brooke).  After  her  death, 
he  married  Priscilla  Hawkins,  widow  of  John  and  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Magruder.  His  daughter,  Sarah  Fendall,  was  the  beautiful 
wife  of  Colonel  Thomas  Contee,  of  "Brookefield."  This  estate  was 
originally  the  homestead  of  Major  Thomas  Brooke,  who  received 
many  thousand  acres  on  the  west  side  of  the  Patuxent.  His  initials, 
T.  B.,  cut  on  a  boundary  stone,  gave  the  name  to  the  village  "T.  B." 

The  village  of  Nottingham  stands  on  a  portion  of  his  grant. 

In  1660,  Major  Thomas  Brooke  was  commissioned  major  of  the 
Colonial  forces.  His  vessel  brought  over  many  settlers.  In  1673, 
he  became  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly.  He  married,  in 
1659,  Eleanor  Hatton,  daughter  of  Hon.  Richard  Hatton,  of  London, 
whose  children  came  with  their  uncle,  Hon.  Thomas  Hatton,  of  the 
Council.  He  fell  in  the  battle  of  the  Severn  in  1655.  "Brooke- 
field"  descended  to  his  son,  Thomas,  whose  mother  married  Henry 
Darnell,  of  "The  Woodyard,"  land  commissioner  under  Lord  Balti- 
more, his  brother-in-law. 

Mary  Darnall,  at  fifteen,  became  the  wife  of  Charles  Carroll, 
attorney-general  for  Lord  Baltimore.  Their  son,  Charles  Carroll,  Jr., 
was  the  father  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton.  Major  Thomas 
-^Brooke  and  wife  were  Catholics.  Clement  Brooke,  the  son,  married 
Jane  Sewall,  daughter  of  Major  Nicholas  Sewall,  and  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Colonel  William  Burgess.  Elizabeth  Brooke,  of  Clement, 
became  the  mother  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton. 

Colonel  Thomas  Brooke,  of  "Brookefield,"  was  repeatedly 
elected  to  the  General  Assembly,  and  a  member  of  his  lordship's 


48        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Council,  becoming,  in  1720,  president  of  that  body.  He  belonged 
to  the  Church  of  England.  His  second  wife  was  Barbara  Dent, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Dent  and  Rebecca  Wilkinson,  his  wife, 

Sarah  Brooke  married  Phihp  Lee,  of  "Blenheim" — Issue:  Richard 
Lee,  of  "  Blenheim,"  and  Thomas  Lee,  father  of  Governor  Thomas 
Sim  Lee,  whose  son,  John  Lee,  gave  the  name  to  another,  and  later 
governor  of  Maryland,  John  Lee  Carroll,  of  "Doughoregan  Manor." 
Governor  Fendall's  descendants  are  traced  in  "The  Bowies  and 
Their  Kindred." 

CAPTAIN  THOMAS  TODD. 


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Thomas  Todd  passed  his  youth  in  England.  He  patented  land 
in  Ehzabeth  City,  Virginia,  in  1647.  The  "Rent  Rolls"  of  Anne 
Arundel  show,  that  Thomas  Todd,  shipwright,  surveyed  a  lot  "on 
ye  south  side  of  ye  Severn  River."  It  was  a  portion  of  the  present 
city  of  Annapolis.  There  was  a  contest  in  Chancery  over  the  title 
to  this  survey.  It  was  decided  against  him,  yet  Lancelot  Todd,  of 
Baltimore  County,  in  1718,  sold  it  to  Bordley  and  Bladen.  Thomas 
Todd  resided  there,  in  1657;  he  was  appointed,  by  Governor  Fen- 
dall,  one  of  the  justices  of  Anne  Arundel. 

The  mansion  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Annapolis,  was  built  upon 
his  survey. 

Thomas  Todd  took  up  lands  on  Fells  Point,  Baltimore  County, 
and  later  patented  land,  including  some  seven  hundred  acres  on  the 
Eastern  Shore.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  son  of  Robert 
Todd,  of  York  County,  Virginia,  in  1642. 

-'"  In  1664,  Thomas  Todd  located  at  North  Point.  He  also  held 
an  estate,  "Toddsbur}'^,"  in  Gloucester  County.  Virginia,  still  held 
by  his  descendants.  In  1674-5,  he  was  a  Burgess  in  the  Assembly 
of  Maryland,  from  Baltimore  County.  He  married  Ann  Gorsuch, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Gorsuch,  rector  of  Walkham,  Herfordshire, 
whose  wife  was  Ann,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Lovelace.  Her  brother 
Charles  Gorsuch  married  Ann  Hawkins,  as  shown  by  the  West  River 
Quaker  records. 

Thomas  Todd,  before  sailing  for  England,  with  eighty-seven 
hogsheads  of  tobacco  from  his  plantation,  wrote  a  letter  to  his  son, 
Thomas,  of  "Toddsbury,"  Virginia,  saying:  "All  my  desire  is  to 
see  you  before  I  go,  for  I  fear  I  shall  never  see  you,  as  I  am  very 
weak  and  sick.  I  want  some  good  cider  to  keep  me  alive,  which  I 
suppose  you  have  enough  of.  We  intend  to  set  sail  to-morrow,  if 
it  be  a  fair  wind."  He  died  at  sea.  His  will  was  probated  in  Balti- 
more, Annapolis  and  Virginia.  His  widow,  Ann  married  David 
Jones.  Her  son,  James  Todd,  married  a  daughter  of  Mountenay, 
and  upon  their  estate  was  started  the  City  of  Baltimore. 

Thomas  Todd,  3rd,  who  styled  himself  "The  Younger,"  was 
the  inheritor  of  "  "  North  Point,"  and  the  father  of  Thomas  Todd; 


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4th,  and  Robert  Todd,  to  whom  he  left  his  large  estate.  The  old 
homestead,  that  has  always  been  owned  by  Thomas  Todd,  de- 
scended to  Thomas  Todd,  4th.  He  married  Eleanor  Dorsey,  of 
"  Hockley,"  They  left  a  son  Thomas,  and  four  daughters,  Eleanor, 
Elizabeth,  Francis  and  Mary.  The  first  three  inherited  "Shawan 
Hunting  Ground,"  a  beautiful  estate  adjoining  Worthington  Valley. 
Mary  Todd  inherited  "Todds  Industry,"  and  other  tracts  upon  the 
Patapsco.  She  married  John  Worthington;  Elizabeth  Todd — John 
Cromwell;  Eleanor — John  Ensor;  Francis — George  Risteau;  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Todd — 2nd  WiHiam  Lynch.  Their  daughter,  Deborah — 
Samuel  Owings,  Jr.,  of  Owings  Mills. 

Thomas  Todd,  5th,  left  sons,  WilHam,  Dr.  Christopher,  Bernard> 
George  and  Thomas. 

Mr.  Thomas  Bernard  Todd,  the  present  owner  of  "  North  Point," 
president  of  the  school  board  of  Baltimore  County,  descends  from 
Bernard  Todd. 

Lancelot  Todd,  neighbor  of  Cornelius  Howard,  in  his  will  of 
1690,  named  "his  kinsman  Lancelot  Todd." 

The  latter  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mary  Rockhold. 
Their  two  danghters  were  Ruth  Dorsey,  wife  of  Michael,  and  Sarah 
Dorsey,  wife  of  Edward. 

As  Lancelot,  Jr.,  sold  the  surveys  taken  by  Captain  Thomas 
Todd  at  Annapolis,  he  must  have  been  the  heir  of  James  Todd,  an 
important  man  in  the  early  days  of  Baltimore.  See  case  in  Chancery, 
wherein  Daniel  Dulany,  attorney-general  for  the  Proprietary,  enters 
suit  against  Edmund  Jennings,  who  married  the  widow  of  Thos. 
Bordley,  for  the  restoration  of  grant  bought  by  Bordley  and  Larkins, 
from  Lancelot  Todd,  representative  of  Thomas  Todd,  the  surveyor. 
It  is  a  very  interesting  review  of  the  title  to  the  site  of  Annapolis. 

COLONEL  WILLIAM  BURGESS. 

Two  of  the  South  River  settlers  from  Virginia,  were  brothers- 
in-law  and  neighbors. 

They  were  Colonel  William  Burgess  and  Richard  Beard.  Their 
wives  were  thus  recorded  in  the  Virginia  Magazine  of  History :  "  Ed- 
ward Robins,  born  in  England  1602,  came  to  Virginia  in  the  bark 
Thomas,  in  1615.  He  was  of  Northampton,  now  Accomac  County, 
and  built  "Newport  House,"  now  Eyreville.  His  daughter  Eliza- 
beth married  William  Burgess,  of  Maryland.  His  daughter  Rachel 
married  Richard  Beard." — (Standard,  Vol.  8.) 

After  William  Stone,  of  Northampton,  became  the  first  Protes- 
tant governor.  Beard  and  Burgess  removed  to  Maryland.  The  next 
record  from  the  same  source  mistakes  the  son  for  the  father,  when 
it  states:  "Beard  made  the  first  map  of  Annapolis."  It  was  Richard 
Beard,  Jr.,  surveyor  of  Anne  Arundel,  who  made  the  map.  His 
father  died  in  1675,  before  Annapolis  had  been  named.  William 
Burgess  began,  at  once,  his  commanding  career.     In  1655,  he  was 


50        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

one  of  the  Council  of  War  to  condemn  Governor  Stone, — the  very 
man  he  had  followed  to  Maryland, 

In  1657,  he  was  named,  first  by  Governor  Josias  Fendall,  a 
commissioner  and  associate  justice  of  the  new  County  of  Anne  Arun- 
del. Declining  to  take  the  necessary  oath,  on  the  groimd  it  was  not 
lawful  to  swear,  his  plea  was  rejected  and  another  name  was  sub- 
stituted. In  1660,  when  Governor  Fendall  had  been  banished,  and 
Philip  Calvert  had  succeeded  him,  William  Burgess  sent  in  a  peti- 
tion reviewing  his  former  refusal  to  take  the  oath,  and  ascribing  it 
to  the  influence  of  ill-advised  friends.  He  announced  his  deter- 
mination, henceforth,  to  devote  his  remaining  days  to  the  service 
of  the  proprietary.  His  petition  was  favorably  received  and  he  was 
set  free  without  fine  or  trial. 

In  1661,  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the  South  River  Rangers, 
and  was  ordered  to  send  all  Indian  prisoners  to  St.  Mary's  for  trial. 
In  1663,  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  Anne  Arundel  Commission- 
ers. 

In  1664,  he  was  high  sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel.  Upon  receiving 
orders  to  go  against  the  Indians,  he  named  his  successor.  Major  Rich- 
ard Ewen,  from  whose  family  he  had  taken  his  second  wife. 

In  1665,  Charles  Calvert,  son  of  Lord  Baltimore,  having  suc- 
ceeded his  uncle  Philip,  honored  William  Burgess  in  the  following 
commission : 

Captain  William  Burgess, 

Greeting, — Whereas,  Diverse  Forraing  Indians  have  of  late 
committed  divers  murthers  upon  our  people,  I  have  thought  fitt  to 
raise  a  sufficient  number  of  men.  Now  know  ye  that  I  reposing 
especial  confidence  in  your  fidelity,  courage  and  experience  in 
martial  affaires,  have  constituted,  ordained  and  appointed  you 
Commander-in-Chief  of  all  forces  raised  in  St.  Maries,  Kent,  Charles, 
Calvert  and  Anne  Arundel  Counties. 

Given  under  my  hand,  34th  year  of  his  Lordship's  Dom.,  1665. 

Charles  Calvert. 

Then  follow  instructions  for  the  campaign. 

Major  Thomas  Brooke  was  ordered  "to  raise  forty  men  and 
march  to  Captain  William  Burgess,  in  Anne  Arundel,  there  to  receive 
orders  from  him  as  Commander-in-Chief.  Ordered  that  Captain 
William  Burgess  raise  by  presse,  or  otherwise,  thirty  men  with  arms 
and  ammunition  to  proceed  according  to  former  orders." 

Charles  Calvert. 

Some  Seneca  Indians  had  killed  several  English  settlers  in  Anne 
Arundel.  The  following  reward  was  offered:  "One  hundred  arms 
length  of  Roan  Oake,  for  bringing  in  a  cenego  prisoner,  or  both  of 
his  ears,  if  he  be  slain."  In  1675,  Colonel  William  Burgess  and 
Colonel  Samuel  Chew  were  ordered  to  go  against  the  Indians  on  the 
Severn. 


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In  1679,  it  was  ordered,  "That  Colonel  Burgess  supply  Balti- 
more County  with  twenty  men  from  Anne  Arundel,  for  the  defense 
of  that  county." 

In  1681,  Robert  Proctor,  from  his  town  on  the  Severn,  Thomas 
Francis,  from  South  River  and  Colonel  Samuel  Lane,  from  the  same 
section,  all  wrote  urgent  letters  stating  that  the  Indians  had  killed 
and  wounded  both  negroes  and  English  men  "at  a  plantation  of 
Major  Welsh's,"  and  "had  attempted  to  enter  the  houses  of  Mr. 
Mareen  Duvall  and  Richard  Snowden." 

Major  Francis  wrote,  and  Colonel  Nicholas  Gassaway  added: 
"  I  have  but  nineteen  men  of  all  the  Coll  Troope,  and  cann  gett  noe 
more — men  are  sick,  and  of  them  half  have  noe  ammunition,  nor 
know  where  to  gett  it.  There  is  such  a  parcell  of  Coll.  Burges  foote 
Company  in  the  like  condition  for  ammunition.  The  head  of  the 
River  will  be  deserted,  if  we  leave  them,  and  they  have  no  other 
reliefe.  Wee  marched  in  the  night  to  the  releife.  Major  Lane  sent 
to  our  releife  about  thirty  foote  more,  but  we  have  noe  orders  but 
to  Range  and  Defend  the  Plantations,  which  we  shall  doe  to  the 
best  of  our  skill,  and  I  suppose,  if  Baltimore  County  wants  assist- 
ance that  at  this  time  it  cannot  be  well  supply ed  from  Anne  Arundel; 
we  have  stood  to  our  Arms  all  night  and  need  enough.  Just  now 
more  news  of  three  families  robbed  at  Seavern. 

Your  humble  servts., 

Tho.  Francis,  Nich.  Gassaway." 

Major  Samuel  Lane  wrote:  "The  county  of  Anne  Arrundll  at 
this  time  is  in  Create  danger.  Our  men  marched  all  Monday  night, 
the  greatest  part  of  South  River  had  been  most  cutt  off.  Wee  want 
Ammunition  exceedingly,  and  have  not  where-with-all  to  furnish  half 
our  men.  I  hope  your  Ldpp.  will  dispatch  away  Coll.  Burges  with 
what  Ammunition  may  be  thought  convenient.  I  shall  take  all  the 
care  that  lyeth  in  me,  but  there  comes  daily  and  hourely  Complaints 
to  me  that  I  am  wholly  Imployed  in  the  Country's  Service. 

In  haste  with  my  humble  service, 
Sept.  13th,  1681.  Samuel  Lane." 

Robert  Proctor  wrote  that  Mr.  Edward  Dorsey  had  come  to 
him  very  late  in  the  night,  with  the  news  of  robberies  by  the  Indians 
upon  the  Severn. 

Upon  such  information,  followed  the  decisive  order  to  Colonel 
WilHam  Burgess  and  Colonel  Thomas  Tailler,  "to  fight,  kill,  take, 
vanquish,  overcome,  follow  and  destroy  them." 

Colonel  Taylor  commanded  the  horse,  Colonel  Burgess  the  foot, 
and  both  were  Protestants. 

From  that  date  on  to  1682,  Colonel  Burgess  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Lower  House;  from  1682  to  his  death  in  1686,  he  was  in  the 
Upper  House.     He  was  upon  many  committees. 


52        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

His  epitaph  is  a  most  remarkable  condensation  of  his  eventful 
life.     It  reads: 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Wm.  Burgess, 

Esq.,  who  departed  this  life  on  ye 

24th  of  January,  1686, 

Aged  64  years:  leaving  his 

Dear  beloved  wife,  Ursula  and  eleven 

children,  viz. :  seven  sons  and  four  daughters, 

And  eight  grand-children. 

In  his  life-time,  a  member  of 

His  Lordship's  Deputy  Governors; 

A  Justice  of  ye  High  Provincial  Court; 

Colon  of  a  regiment  of  Trained  Bands: 

And  sometimes  General  of  all  ye 

Military  Forces  of  this  Province. 

His  loving  wife,  Ursula,  his  executrix 

In  testimony  of  her  true  respect, 

And  due  regard  to  the  worthy 

Deserts  of  her  dear  deceased 

Husband,  hath  erected  this  monument." 

The  historian,  Geo.  L.  Davis,  says  of  Colonel  Burgess: 

"He  was  himself,  through  his  son  Charles,  the  ancestor  of  the 
Burgesses  of  Westphalia;  through  his  daughter,  Susannah,  of  the 
Sewalls  of  Mattapany-Sewalls,  closely  allied  to  Lord  Charles  Balti- 
more; through  his  granddaughter,  Ursula,  of  the  Davises  of  Mt. 
Hope,  who  did  not  arrive  from  Wales  before  1720;  and  through  a 
still  later  line,  of  the  Bowies  of  Prince  George." 

Colonel  Burgess  left  an  exceedingly  intelligent  will  of  entail; 
naming  his  sons  and  daughters,  Edward,  George,  William,  John, 
Joseph,  Benjamin,  Charles,  Elizabeth,  Susannah,  Anne.  I  give  to 
my  Sonne  William  my  message  land  where  I  now  dwell,  near  South 
River,  together  with  eighteen  hundred  acres  adjoining,  which  I  pur- 
chased of  George  Westall,  and  one  part  whereof  is  a  Town  appointed 
called  London,  provided  my  wife,  Ursula,  shall  live  there  until  my 
son  is  of  age.  I  give  unto  Wilham,  all  of  "Betty's  Choice,"  in  Balto, 
Co.,  near  Col.  Geo.  Wells,  containing  480  acres.  I  give  to  my  sonne, 
John  Burgess,  four  tracts,  "Morley's  Lott,"  "  Bednall's  Green," 
"  Benjamin's  Choice,"  and  "  Benjamin's  Addition,"  lying  near  Her- 
ring Creek,  some  800  acres.  I  give  to  my  sonne,  Joseph,  lands 
purchased  of  Richard  Beard,  near  South  River,  called  "West  Pud- 
dington,"  and  "Beard's  Habitation,"  1300  acres.  I  give  to  my 
sonne  Benjamin,  a  tract,  " Bessington,"  near  the  Ridge,  also  "Bur- 
gess Choice,"  near  South  River.  I  give  to  my  sonne,  Charles,  a 
tract,  purchased  of  Vincent  Lowe,  at  the  head  of  Sasafras  Hiver, 
of  1600  acres,  and  another  of  Vincent  Lowe,  on  the  SusquehaVinah, 
of  500  acres;  provided,  if  any  should  die  before  attaining  agei  then 
every  such  tract  shall  descend  to  the  eldest  then  living.  I  give 
all  the  rest  of  my  estate,  here  or  in  England,  to  my  dear  wife,  Ursula, 


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at  pleasure,  and  she  shall  have  the  care  of  the  education  of  my  child- 
ren and  the  use  of  their  portions.  I  desire  that  she  shall  be  my 
executrix,  with  my  friends  Major  Nicholas  Sewall,  Major  Nicholas 
Gassaway  and  Captain  Henry  Hanslap,  as  supervisors,  and  to  each 
of  them  I  grant  ^5.  William  Burgess,  (seal.) 

His  sons,  Edward  and  George,  had  been  provided  for  before  his 
will.  His  daughters  received  ^300  in  money,  plate  and  other 
personals. 

His  seal-ring  of  gold  was  willed  to  his  daughter,  Susannah,  wife 
of  Major  Nicholas  Sewall.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Burgess,  t 
by  Mrs.  Richard  Ewen.  Colonel  Burgess  bore  arms,  as  the  existing 
impression  of  his  seal  reveals,  of  a  family  of  Truro,  in  Cornwall,  but 
was  akin  to  the  Burgesses  of  Marlborough,  Wilts  County.  (Or  a 
fesse  chequy,  or,  and  gules,  in  chief,  three  crosses,  crosslet  fitchie 
of  the  last.) 

Except  Charles  Burgess,  of  Westphalia,  who  married  a  daughter 
of  Captain  Henry  Hanslap,  the  succeeding  Burgess  name  was  alone 
handed  down  by  Captain  Edward  Burgess,  the  son  who  came  up 
from  Virginia  with  him.  John  and  Joseph  died  early;  Benjamin, 
under  the  will,  claimed  their  estates,  but  finally  compromised  with 
Captain  Edward.  Benjamin  sold  his  whole  estate  and  went  to  Eng- 
land. George,  after  holding  the  office  of  High  Sheriff,  joined  his 
wife  Catherine,  the  widow  Stockett,  in  deeding  all  their  estate,  and 
removed  to  Devon  County,  England.  > 

Ann — Thomas  Sparrow,  and  died  the  same  year.  Jane  Sewall 
of  Major  Nicholas  and  Susannah  Burgess — Clement  Brooke,  son  of 
Major  Thomas.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Brooke,  became  the 
mother  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton.  William  Burgess,  Jr., 
inherited  the  homestead;  he  married  Ann  (Watkins)  Lord,  daughter 
of  John  Watkins,  the  stepson  of  Commander  Edward  Lloyd.  Bur- 
gess' will  left  1,000  acres  in  Baltimore  County  to  his  wife's  children 
by  her  former  husband,  Mr.  Lord. 

His  mother  became  the  wife  of  Dr.  Mordecai  Moore,  and  re- 
mained upon  the  homestead,  near  Londontown,  until  her  death, 
in  1700.  She  was  the  heir  of  Nicholas  Painter,  long  clerk  of  the 
Council,  whose  will  left  a  large  estate  to  her  children.  She  was 
buried  by  the  side  of  Colonel  Burgess. 

Captain  Edward  Burgess,  was  in  the  life-time  of  his  father, 
commissioner  for  opening  the  port  of  Londontown;  justice  of  the 
Provincial  Court  and  "Captain  of  the  Foote."  He  was  the  executor 
and  heir  of  Captain  George  Puddington. 

The  Chew  genealogy  records:  "Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Chew,  of  John  of  Chewtown,  married  a  Burges."  She  was  the  wife 
of  Captain  Edward  Burgess,  whose  oldest  son,  Samuel,  was  named 
for  Samuel  Chew.  Captain  Burgess'  will  left  his  estate  to  his  sons 
Samuel  and  John,  having  already  deeded  lands  to  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Ware  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Nicholson.  Mrs.  Sarah 
Burgess,  his  widow,  left  hers  to  "  my  daughters  Ann  White,  Sarah 


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Gaither  and  Susannah  Richardson."  Benjamin  Gaither,  her  son-in- 
law,  was  made  executor.  Samuel  Burgess  (of  Captain  Edward), 
married  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Durbin.  Issue,  Edward,  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth. 

John  Burgess  (of  Captain  Edward)  married,  first  Jane  Mackle- 
fresh  (of  David).  Issue,  William,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Sarah,  Ann 
and  Susannah. 

y-^'  He  married  second,  in  1733,  Matilda  Sparrow.  Issue,  John, 
Joseph,  Edward,  West  and  Caleb  Burgess,  all  revolutionary  patriots, 
whose  history  belongs  to  Howard  County. 

Upon  the  homestead  tract  of  the  late  General  George  Stewart, 
of  South  River,  is  the  original  site  of  Colonel  William  Burgess'  home; 
from  which,  upon  a  commanding  hill,  may  be  seen  his  tombstone, 
quoted  above.  Surrounding  General  Stewart's  home  are  massive 
oaks,  which  bear  the  imprint  of  ages.  Upon  this  site,  too,  stood 
the  home  of  Anthony  Stewart,  of  the  "Peggy  Stewart,"  who  came 
into  possession  of  Colonel  Burgess'  home  tract,  which  later  passed 
into  General  Stewart's  possession.  The  two  families,  with  similar 
names  claim  no  relation  to  each  other.  The  road  leading  past  the 
historic  place  and  on  to  All  Hallows  Church,  about  three-fourths  of 
a  mile  west,  is  the  same  over  which  General  Washington  passed  from 
Annapolis  to  Mt.  Vernon,  in  1783.  Along  this  road  are  yet  to  be 
seen  wayside  oaks,  that  reveal  the  remarkable  richness  of  this  South 
River  section,  when  occupied  by  our  early  settlers. 

Along  this  road,  beautiful  views  of  the  broad  South  River  may 
be  enjoyed. 

Between  Colonel  Burgess'  homestead  and  his  Londontown  tract, 
there  still  stands  a  well-preserved  old  brick  homestead,  with  massive 
chimneys  and  steep  roof.  It  is  within  sight  of  the  Alms  House  upon 
the  southern  bank  of  South  River.     I  have  not  found  its  builder. 

All  of  the  property  passed  through  Colonel  Burgess  and  his  son, 
William  Burgess,  Jr.,  to  Mrs.  Ursula  Moore,  wife  of  Dr.  Mordecai 
Moore.  From  that  family,  through  recorded  transfers,  it  may  be 
traced  to  the  present  owners.  The  most  of  it  is  now  in  the  estate  of 
General  George  Stewart,  whose  linage  has  been  clearly  traced  to 
Kenneth,  2nd,  the  first  Scottish  king. 

Colonel  Burgess'  son-in-law.  Major  Nicholas  Sewall,  son  of  Hon. 
Henry  Sewall,  of  "Mattepany,"  was  a  member  of  the  Council  from 
1684  to  1689.  His  sons  were  Charles  and  Henry.  Elizabeth 
Sewall,  widow  of  the  latter,  married  Hon.  William  Lee,  of  the  Council, 
and  became  mother  of  Thomas  Lee,  father  of  Governor  Thomas  Sim 
Lee. 

Nicholas,  son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Sewall,  married  Miss 
Darnall,  of  "  Poplar  Hill,"  Prince  George  County. 

Their  descendants  were:  Hon.  Nicholas  Lewis  Sewall,  of  "Cedar 
Point,"  member  of  the  convention  for  ratification  of  the  Constitu- 
tion of  United  States;  and  Robert  Darnall  Sewall,  of  "Poplar  Hill.'^ 

This  was  a  part  of  the  famous  "  Woody ard,"  the  house  of  Colonel 
Henry  Darnall  of  1665,  whose  brother,  John  Darnall,  held  "  Port- 


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land  Manor/'  in  Anne  Arundel.  Colonel  Henry  Darnall's  daughter, 
Eleanor,  became  the  wife  of  Clement  Hill.  Eleanor  Brooke  Darnall, 
of  the  "Woodyard,"  was  the  mother  of  Archbishop  John  Carroll^ 
and  Mary  Darnall,  of  "The  Woodyard,"  became  the  wife  of  Charles 
Carroll,  of  Carrollton.  Robert  Darnall,  grandson  of  Colonel  Henry, 
lost  all  the  magnificent  estate  except  "Poplar  Hill,"  about  eight 
hundred  arces,  which  came  into  possession  of  the  Sewalls,  through 
the  marriage  above  mentioned. — (Thomas.) 

Lady  Baltimore,  wife  of  Charles  Lord  Baltimore,  and  widow 
of  Hon.  Henry  Sewall,  was  the  danghter  of  Vincent  Lowe  and  Anne 
Cavendish,  of  London,  and  a  sister  of  Colonel  Vincent  Lowe,  of 
Maryland. 

Her  daughter,  Jane  Sewall,  became  the  wife  of  Hon.  Philip 
Calvert,  and  her  daughter  Elizabeth,  married  second  Colonel  Wm. 
Digges,  member  of  the  Maryland  Council,  son  of  Governor  Edward 
Digges,  of  Virginia.  Colonel  Digges  was  in  command  at  St.  Mary's, 
when  compelled  to  surrender  to  Captain  John  Coode's  revolutionary 
forces  in  1689.  He  later  removed  to  "Warburton  Manor,"  nearly 
opposite  to  Mt.  Vernon. 

It  was  in  the  garrison  of  Mattapany,  a  large  brick  mansion,  the 
property  of  Lady  Baltimore,  descending  to  her  son,  Colonel  Nicholas 
Sewall,  where  Governor  Calvert  had  erected  a  fort,  that  his  forces 
retired  when  attacked  by  Coode;  and  it  was  there  that  the  formal 
articles  of  surrender  were  prepared. 

The  house  and  property  of  the  proprietary  were  confiscated, 
but  came  back  to  the  possession  of  the  Sewalls  in  1722,  by  a  grant 
from  the  second  Charles  Lord  Baltimore,  to  Nicholas  Sewall,  son  of 
the  original  proprietor,  and  so  remained  until  the  present  century. 

There  are  on  record,  at  Annapolis,  the  wills  of  two  residents  of 
Wilts  County,  England,  viz:  Anthony  Goddard,  of  Suringden,  of 
Wilts,  England,  in  1663,  left  "to  William  Burgess,  of  Anne  Arundel, 
his  entire  estate,  in  trust  for  Hester  Burgess,  of  Bristol,  England. 
Joseph  Burgess,  of  Wilts,  in  1672,  named  his  brother,  William  and 
others.  Our  records  show  that  Colonel  Burgess,  of  Anne  Arundel 
County,  settled  the  estate. 

EDWARD  DORSEY. 

In  the  Land  Office  of  Annapolis,  may  be  seen  the  following 
warrant,  which  explains  ilself: 

"Warrant  MDCL,  granted  to  Edward  Dorsey,  of  Anne  Arundel 
Co.,  for  200  acres  of  land,  which  he  assigns  as  followeth;  as  also 
200  acres  more,  part  of  a  warrant  for  400  acres,  granted  John  Nor- 
wood and  the  said  Dorsey,  dated  XXIII  of  Feb.,  MDCLI.  Know 
all  men  by  these  presents  that  I,  Edward  Dorsey,  of  the  County  of 
Anne  Arundel,  boatwright,  have  granted,  bargained  and  sold,  for 
a  valuable  consideration,  already  received,  all  my  right,  title,  in- 
terest of  and  in  a  warrant  for  200  acres,  bearing  date  1650,  and 
also  200  acres  more,  being  half  of  a  warrant  of  400  acres — the  one 


56        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

half  belonging  to  Captain  Norwood,  bearing  date,   1651,  both  of 
which  assigned  to  George  Yate. — Edward  Dorsey,  Sealed." 

Signed  in  the  presence  of  Cornelius  Howard,  John  Howard,  Oct. 
22nd,  MDCLXVII,  (1667). 

That  same  year  the  same  Edward  Dorsey  assigned  to  Cornelius 
Howard,  his  right  for  land  for  transporting  seven  persons  into  the 
province.  Edward  Dorsey  and  Thomas  Manning  held  a  certificate 
from  Thomas  Marsh,  for  600  acres  adjoining  Captain  Norwood. 
"Norwood's  Fancy,"  held  by  Captain  Norwood,  was  near  Round 
Bay.  "  Dorsey,"  held  by  Edward  Dorsey,  gave  the  name  to  "  Dor- 
sey's  Creek,"  upon  which  was  located  Thomas  Gates,  whose  will  of 
1659,  reads:  "  I  give  to  Michael  Bellott  and  John  Holloway  my  plan- 
tation. I  desire  that  they  give  to  Edward  Dorsey's  children  free  out- 
let to  the  woods  and  spring  as  formally  I  have  given  them."  The 
following  transfer,  of  1668,  further  locates  the  above  testator:  "George 
Yate,  1668,  assigned  to  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey,  sixty  acres  called 
"Dorsey,"  on  the  south  side  of  the  Severn,  on  Dorsey's  Creek,  run- 
ning to  a  cove  called  Freeman's,  then  up  said  cove  to  Captain  John 
Norwood's,  then  bounding  on  a  line  of  a  place  formally  held  by 
Thomas  Gates." 

Colonel  Edward  Dorsey,  son  and  heir  of  Edward  Dorsey,  the 
immigrant,  held  this  tract  of  "Dorsey"  during  life.  It  was  sold  by 
his  widow,  Margaret,  the  wife  of  John  Israel,  in  1706,  to  Wm.  Bladen, 
of  Annapolis.  The  following  record  is  taken  from  "  Our  Early 
Settlers." — A  list  of  our  early  arrivels  up  to  1680. 

"  Robert  Bullen  demands  lands  for  bringing  over  a  number  of 
passengers,  amongst  whom  was  Edward  Dorsey,  in  1661." 

The  same  record  adds,  "  Aug.  25th,  1664,  patented  to  him,  John 
and  Joshua  Dorsey,  a  plantation  called  "  Hockley-in-the-Hole,"  four 
hundred  acres." 

In  1683,  this  land  was  resurveyed  for  John  Dorsey,  and  found 
to  contain  843  acres.  400  acres  first  surveyed  being  old  rents 
remaining  new,  whole  now  in  the  possession  of  Caleb  Dorsey. 

Such  is  the  record  of  "Hockley"  upon  our  Rent  Rolls,  at 
Annapolis. 

Among  the  restored  records,  collected  by  a  commission,  Hon. 
Wm.  Holland,  president,  Samuel  Young,  Captain  Richard  Jones  and 
Mr.  John  Brice,  appointed  after  the  fire  of  1704,  to  renew  the  land 
records  then  destroyed,  is  the  following  : 

"Came  1707,  Mr.  Caleb  Dorsey,  of  Hockley,  and  petitioned  the 
honorable  members  to  have  the  following  recorded: 

"To  all  Christian  people  to  whom  this  writing  shall  come,  be 
heard,  read,  or  seen,  I,  Edward  Dorsey,  of  the  County  of  Anne 
Arundel,  son  and  heir  of  the  late  Edward  Dorsey,  gentleman,  de- 
ceased, for  the  consideration  of  24,000  pounds  of  good  merchant- 
able tobacco,  transfer  my  right  in  a  tract  of  land  called  "  Hockley- 
in-the-Hole,"  granted  to  Edward,  Joshua  and  John  Dorsey,  in  1664, 
to  my  brother,  John  Dorsey,  and  I  further  covenant  to  guarantee 
his  right  to  said  land  against  any  demand  that  may  descend  from 


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my  said  father,  Edward  Dorsey,  for  or  by  reason  of  any  right  due 
to  him  in  his  hfe  time,  or  by  reason  of  any  survey  by  him  made,  or 
warrant  returned,  or  for  any  other  reason  of  any  other  matter." 
After  his  signature,  fully  attested,  follows  a  deed  from  Joshua  Dor- 
sey, for  his  right  in  said  tract  for  a  consideration  of  8,000  pounds 
of  tobacco,  to  his  brother,  John  Dorsey.  After  which,  also,  John 
Dorsey  petitioned  for  a  resurvey  and  increased  it  to  842  acres.  The 
date  of  Edward  Dorsey 's  transfer  was  1681.  He  states  that  his 
father,  who  was  living  in  1667,  was  then  dead. 

Edward  Dorsey,  the  last  mentioned,  in  1679  and  1685,  was 
recorded  one  of  the  justices  of  Anne  Arundel.  His  name  was  written 
both  Darcy  and  Dorsey. 

From  1680  to  1705,  Major  Dorsey  was  in  every  movement  look- 
ing to  the  development  of  the  colony.  From  1694  to  1696  he  was 
Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery,  during  which  time  he  was 
commissioned  to  hold  the  Great  Seal,  In  1694,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  House  of  Burgesses  for  Anne  Arundel,  and  from  1697  to  his 
death,  in  1705,  was  a  member  from  Baltimore  County  (now  Howard). 
He  was  one  of  the  subscribers  and  treasurer  of  the  fund  for  building 
St.  Anne's  church,  and  a  free  school  for  the  province  also  received 
his  aid.  He  signed  the  protestant  address  from  Baltimore  County 
to  the  King's  most  gracious  Majestie,  upon  the  succession  of  King 
William  III — an  appeal  in  behalf  of  Charles  Lord  Baron  of  Balti- 
more, whose  proprietary  government  had  been  wrested  from  the 
family  through  the  influence  of  Captain  John  Coode.  Though  a 
Protestant,  he  was  found  in  support  of  a  government  which  left 
religious  faith  untouched. 

Mrs.  Potter  Palmer,  of  Chicago,  a  descendant,  reviewing  the 
record,  writes:  "Edward  Dorsey  and  others  were  joined  in  the 
protestant  effort  to  have  Lord  Baltimore's  government  taken  from 
the  hands  of  the  Catholics,  and  made  a  Crown  Colony  under  a  Pro- 
testant governor.  They  took  part  in  all  the  movements  to  that 
end,  but  having  been  personal  friends  of  Lord  Baltimore,  and  lovers 
of  justice,  after  the  Protestant  government  was  established,  they 
joined  in  a  petition  to  the  king  to  restore  Lord  Baltimore's  lands 
to  him.  The  king  acted  favorably  on  this  petition  and  did  so  re- 
store these  lands,  which  were  enjoyed,  with  all  their  private  rights, 
rents  and  revenues,  by  the  Baltimores  during  all  the  time  the  govern- 
ment was  vested  in  the  Crown  and  the  Protestants  in  power. 

"  Edward  Dorsey  would  not  have  been  given  position  and  honors 
by  the  royal  government  had  he  been  against  it.  He  must  have 
been  one  of  the  most  influential  Protestants  in  the  colony,  for  the 
new  capital  was  taken  to  his  land  in  Annapolis,  and  not  to  that  of 
William  Burgess  on  the  South  River,  or  to  that  of  Nicholas  Green- 
berry,  opposite  on  Town  Neck.  He  seems  to  have  been  the  pre- 
siding genius  on  all  committees  to  build  the  town." 

Major  Edward  Dorsey  married,  first,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nich- 
olas Wyatt,  the  pioneer  surveyor  of  the  Severn,  who  had  come  up 
from  Virginia  with  his  wife,  Damaris,  and  her  daughter,  Mary,  after- 


58        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

ward  the  wife  of  Major  John  Welsh.  She  was  the  half-sister  of 
Sarah  (Wyatt)  Dorsey.  Upon  "tlie^ death  of  Nicholas  Wyatt,  in  1673, 
he  left  a  will  made  in  1671,  in  which  Mrs.  Wyatt  was  made  execu- 
trix. Upon  her  subsequent  marriage  to  Thomas  Bland,  the  attorney, 
there  was  a  contest  in  chancery,  in  which  Major  Edward  Dorsey, 
as  the  representative  of  his  wife,  the  heir,  contended  for  the  admin- 
istration of  the  estate,  on  the  ground  of  a  subsequent  revocation 
of  the  will  of  1671.  From  that  case  in  chancery,  a  view  of  Nich- 
olas Wyatt's  neighbors  is  given. 

Captain  Cornelius  Howard  wrote  the  will,  and  testified  that  the 
testator  did  not  appear  to  be  in  condition  at  that  time,  to  remember 
what  he  owned.  He  stated  that  Richard  Warfield  and  Edward 
Dorsey  knew  more  than  he  did  of  the  revocation.  Thomas  Bland 
asked  for  a  "  Commission  to  Samuel  Chew  to  call  before  him  Captain 
Cornelius  Howard,  Robert  Gudgeon,  Nicholas  Shepherd,  Richard 
and  Ellen  Warfield,  John  Watkins,  Mary  Evans,  Sarah  Cooper, 
Benjamin  Stringer,  Guy  Meeke,  Johanna  Sewell,  John  and  Mary 
Welsh  and  Maurice  Baker;  and  that  they  be  cross-examined  con- 
cerning the  revocation,  or  confirmation  of  the  said  deceased."  The 
case,  after  an  extended  discussion  by  both  leading  lawyers,  in  which 
Major  Dorsey  contended  that  "the  heir,  not  the  administrator  can 
alone  make  good  the  warranty,"  was  decided  in  favor  of  Major 
Dorsey,  who  administered. 

As  Major  of  the  Horse,  he  joined  Captain  Edward  Burgess,  in 
asking  for  additional  arms  and  ammunition  for  defense. 

In  1694,  Major  Dorsey  was  upon  the  committee  with  Major 
John  Hammond,  Hon.  John  Dorsey,  Captain  Philip  Howard,  Major 
Nicholas  Greenberry  and  John  Bennett,  to  lay  out  town  lots  and  a 
town  common  for  "the  town  of  Proctor,"  or  Annapolis.  In  1705, 
he  sold  a  row  of  houses  upon  Bloomsbury  Square,  Annapolis,  which 
had  been  entailed  to  his  children,  but  which,  for  want  of  tenants, 
had  greatly  depreciated. 

At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  living  on  "Major's  Choice," 
now  Howard  County.  The  second  wife  was  Margaret  Larkin, 
daughter  of  John  Larkin.  He  left  five  minors  by  her.  She  after- 
wards became  Mrs.  John  Israel,  and  as  executrix,  sold  "Dorsey" 
and  houses  in  Annapolis,  lately  owned  by  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey, 
her  late  husband." 

Colonel  Dorsey's  will,  of  1705,  recorded  in  Baltimore  City  and 
in  Annapolis,  reads:  "To  my  son  Lacon,  my  tract  "Hockley,"  on 
the  Patapsco  Falls.  To  sons  Charles,  Lacon,  Francis  and  Edward, 
my  lands  on  the  north  side  of  Patapsco  River.  (These  were  deeded 
to  him  by  John  and  Thomas  Larkin,  1702).  To  my  beloved  wife, 
Margaret,  my  personal  estate.  To  my  daughter,  Ann,  a  lot  of  negroes. 
To  Joshua,  " Barnes  Folly."  To  Samuel,  "Major's  Choice."  To 
Nicholas,"  Long  Reach,"  at  Elk  Ridge.  To  Benjamin,"  Long  Reach." 
To  son  John,  all  the  remaining  part  of  "Long  Reach"  and  a  lot  of 
silver  spoons,  to  be  delivered  at  the  age  of  sixteen.     All  the  remain- 


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ing  portion  of  my  estate  to  my  wife  and  executrix. — Edward 
Dorset.     (Seal.) " 

Colonel  Edward  Dorsey's  heirs  will  be  found  in  Howard  County 
records. 

Samuel  exchanged  with  his  brother,  Joshua,  his  interest  in 
"Major's  Choice,"  and  held  the  lands  of  his  mother,  upon  "Wyatt's 
Hill,"  on  the  Severn.  His  wife  was  Jane  Dorsey.  Their  daughter, 
Patience — Samuel  Howard,  of  Philip,  in  1740. 

After  the  death  of  Colonel  Dorsey,  Samuel  contested  the  sale 
of  Bloomsbury  Square,  on  the  ground  that  it  was  entailed  property, 
and  though  he  was  of  age  at  the  time  of  sale,  he  was  not  consulted 
by  his  father.     The  title  remained  in  the  purchaser. 

JOSHUA  DORSEY,  OF  **HOCKLEY/' 

There  is  but  little  information  obtainable  of  this  middle  patentee 
of  Hockley.  After  the  deed,  in  1681,  of  his  interest  in  Hockley  to 
his  brother,  John,  he  located  upon  "Taunton,"  a  tract  taken  up  by 
Lawrence  Richardson  and  left  by  him  to  his  sons,  one  of  whom, 
Lawrence,  Jr.,  conveyed  his  interest  to  Joshua  Dorsey.  The  will  of 
Lawrence  Richardson,  in  1666,  names  his  daughter,  Sarah.  She 
later  became  the  wife  of  Joshua  Dorsey,  and  after  his  death,  the 
wife  of  Thomas  Blackwell,  who  held  another  tract,  "  Burnt  Wood," 
taken  up  by  Lawrence  Richardson.  It  was  assigned  by  Richardson's 
heirs  to  Wm.  Gudgeon,  who  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Blackwell,  and 
by  him  it  was  conveyed  to  John  Dorsey,  only  son  of  Joshua.  These 
same  tracts  were  conveyed  to  Amos  Garrett  by  John  Dorsey,  heir- 
at-law  of  Joshua,  in  which  he  recited  the  above  transfers,  to  him 
from  his  father,  Joshua  Dorsey,  and  his  father-in-law,  Thomas  Black- 
well.  Joshua  Dorsey's  will,  of  1687-8,  granted  one-third  of  his  es- 
tate to  his  widow,  Sarah  Dorsey,  and  made  his  brothers,  Edward 
and  John,  guardians  for  the  education  of  his  son,  John  Dorsey,  to 
whom  he  left  his  estate.     His  will  further  reads: 

"To  my  loving  cousin,  John  Howard,  a  grey  gelding;  to  cousin 
Samuel  Howard,  two  hogsheads  of  tobacco.  I  bequeath  to  my 
cousin,  Sarah  Dorsey,  twenty  shillings,  to  buy  her  a  ring." 

John  and  Comfort  Dorsey  sold  the  above  tracts  to  Amos  Garrett. 
Comfort  Dorsey  was  the  daughter  of  Thoinas  and  Rachel  Stimpson. 
The  latter  was  the  widow  of  Neale  Clarke,  and  the  daughter  oi  .  ^^ 
Richard  and  Rachel  Beard,  of  South  River.  Mrs.  Stimpson  became  ■^^-'"^ 
later,  Mrs.  Rachel  Killburne,  and  still  later,  Mrs.  Rachel  Freeborne. 
John  and  Comfort  Dorsey  had  issue — John  Hammond  Dorsey,  Vin- 
cent, Captain  Joshua,  Greenberry,  Sarah  and  Venetia  Dorsey.  John 
Hammond,  of  Cecil  County,  left  his  estate,  "Success,"  to  John  Ham- 
mond Dorsey,  Vincent  Dorsey,  Sarah  and  Venetia,  children  of 
John  and  Comfort  Dorsey,  of  Joshua.  Mrs.  Comfort  Dorsey,  in  her 
will,  named  her  legatees,  "Vincent  and  John  Hammond  Dorsey." 
To  her  sons,  Joshua  and  Greenberry,  she  left  one  shilling  each.  "  To 
John,  of  Greenberry,  a  memorial,  and  to  Comfort,  of  Greenberry, 
gold  ear  rings." 


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Vincent  Dorsey  married  Sarah  Day.  His  will  names,  "John, 
of  Greenberry;  also  Greenberry  and  Elizabeth,  of  John;  and  Vin- 
cent Cromwell." 

John  Hammond  Dorsey,  of  "Success,"  married  Francis  Watkins, 
of  John.  Issue,  John  Hammond  Dorsey,  Jr. — Anne  Maxwell,  whose 
daughter,  Mary  Hammond  Dorsey — John  Hammond  Cromwell,  son 
of  Thomas  Cromwell,  of  Huntingdon,  England,  whose  wife  was 
Venetia  Woolguist,  of  Wales;  yet  husband  and  wife  were  cousins. 
James  Maxwell  Dorsey,  in  1789,  married  Martha  McComas  and 
removed  to  Ohio.  Issue,  Dr.  G.  Volney  Dorsey,  of  Ohio.  Sarah 
Dorsey — Alexander  Cromwell,  in  1735. 

John  Hammond  Cromwell  and  his  brother,  Vincent,  after  the 
death  of  their  father,  came  to  Cecil  and  claimed  relationship  with 
the  Cromwells,  of  Anne  Arundel.  Vincent  Cromwell  removed  to 
Kentucky.  The  house  of  John  Hammond  Cromwell  still  stands. 
Its  family  cemetery  is  surrounded  with  a  box  hedge  six  feet  high. 
The  following  recent  death  in  that  homestead  gives  an  interesting 
history  of  the  family.  It  is  quoted  from  the  Baltimore  American. 
"Elkton,  Md.,  October  20th,  1902.— Mr.  Henry  B.  Nickle,  who 
was  buried  last  week,  at  Oxford,  Pa.,  near  Cecil  County  line,  was  a 
descendant  of  Oliver  Cromwell.  "Success  Farm"  was  the  name  of 
his  homestead.  It  lies  between  Susquehanna  River  and  Octararo 
Creek,  and  is  a  part  of  Lord  Baltimore's  Susquehanna  Manor,  in 
Cecil  County. 

"  Henry  B.  Nickle  was  a  great-grandson  of  John  Hammond 
Cromwell,  who  inherited  the  farm  from  his  mother,  Venetia  Crom- 
well (nee  Dorsey),  who  inherited  it  from  her  mother,  Mary  Dorsey 
(nee  Hammond),  who  inherited  it  from  her  father,  John  Hammond. 
Soon  after  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  John  Hammond 
Cromwell,  eldest  son  of  Venetia  and  Woolguist  Cromwell,  and  his 
niece,  Mary  Hammond  Dorsey,  settled  on  Success  Farm. 

"  The  old  mansion  stands  as  originally  built  by  Lord  Baltimore, 
from  whom  it  was  purchased  by  Lady  Lightfoot,  and  given  to  her 
son,  John  Hammond.  Across  the  lane,  in  front  of  the  house,  is 
the  family  burying  ground,  with  a  shaft  in  the  centre  of  which  are 
the  names  of  those  buried  there:  John  Hammond  Cromwell,  1745- 
1819;  Mary  Hammond  Dorsey  Cromwell,  wife  of  John  Hammond 
Cromwell,  died  1795;  Oliver  Cromwell,  1775-1792;  Eliza  Cromwell, 
1789-1796;  Ehzabeth  Cromwell,  1786-1787;  ;  Mary  Cromwell, 
1792-1793;  Rebecca  Cromwell  Wilson,  1708-1806;  Benedict  Crom- 
well, 1780-1806;  Lewis  Harlen,  1760-1825;  Matilda  Cromwell,  wife 
of  Lewis  Harlen,  1774-1825;  Frances  Dorsey,  died  1820,  sister  of 
John  W.  Cromwell;  J.  Cromwell  Reynolds,  M,  D.,  late  a  surgeon 
in  the  army  of  the  United  States,  born  February  6,  1810,  died  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1849. 

"John  Hammond  Cromwell,  by  will,  devised  money  to  be 
divided  among  his  children  to  be  used  in  the  purchase  of  mourning 
brooches,  each  to  contain  some  of  his  hair.  The  brooches  were 
made  in  a  design  of  onyx,  inlaid  with  silver,  in  the  centre  of  which 


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was  an  oval  of  braided  hair  under  glass.  Mr.  Cromwell  was  wealthy, 
entertained  largely,  and  was  prominent  in  politics.  He  had  large 
peach  orchards,  and  manufactured  peach  brandy.  In  a  grove  west 
of  his  mansion  may  be  seen  the  ruins  of  the  old  still-house. 

"Among  the  Nickle  heirlooms  is  John  Hammond  Cromwell's 
silver  sugar  tongs.  \  Another  is  an  old  fashioned  sampler  embroidered 
by  Rebecca  Cromwell,  August  16,  1796.J1-- 

Greenberry  Dorsey,  of  John  and  Comfort — Mary  Belt,  daughter 
of  John  and  Lucy  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 
Talbott.     Issue,  John  Dorsey  and  Thomas  Edward  Dorsey. 

Greenberry  Dorsey,  as  heir-at-law  of  Colonel  John  Dorsey,  who 

held  "  Dorsey's  Plains,"  on  the  Gunpowder,  deeded  the  same  to  his 

son,  Thomas  Edward  Dorsey,  of  Harford  County.     John  Dorsey,  of 

this  family — Cassandra  Carnan.     Their  son,  Ehsha,  of  "Dorsey's 

Plains," — ^I\lary  vSlade,  whose  son,   Nicholas  Slade  Dorsey-sJIaria 

Hance,  of  Baltimore,  descendant  daughter  of  the  Hances,  of  Calvert, 

connected  with  the  Dukes,  Irelands,  Clares  and  Calverts,  of  that 

county. 

^  They  were  the  parents  of  Rev.  Owen  Dorsey,  late  of  the  In- 

terior  Department,  who  collected  considerable  data  of  the  family. 

-^  Captain  Joshua  Dorsey,  of  John  and  Comfort — Flora  Fitzim- 

'^'    mons,  and  resided  in  St.  Margarets  Parish,  on  the  Severn.     Their 

K      children  are  all  recorded  in  that  parish.     His  widow,  in  1784,  named 

^      her  six  absent  sons,  Frederick,  a  mariner.  Peregrine,  Greenberry, 

Joshua,  John  and  James,  granting  them  a  nominal  rememberance, 

if  they  be  living.     To  her  son  Nicholas  and  her  daughters,  Providence 

Lane  and  Rebecca  Dorsey,  she  left  her  estate,  "Mascalls  Rest." 

I  have  seen  a  saucer  that  belonged  to  Providence  Lane.     Upon 

it  is  a  sea  gull  on  a  rock,  surrounded  by  ten  stars.     It  was  inherited 

—  X^y  ^^rs.  Reuben  M.  Dorsey,  daughter  of  the  Prussian^ Minister,  I. 

^-^    P.  Krafft,  who  married  Eliza  Brice,  daughter  of  Providence  Lane. 

Judge  Reuben  M.  Dorsey,  wishing  to  depart  from  the  old  Dorsey 

custom  of  marrying  cousins,  sought  the  hand  of  his  wife;   but  when 

he  began  to  study  her  genealogical  record,  found  that  she,  too,  came 

from  one  of  the  three  Dorsey  brothers,  who  took  up  Hockley,  in 

1664.     The  sons  of  Judge  Dorsey  are  Dr.  Reuben  M.  Dorsey,  of 

Baltimore;    the  late  Charles  Krafft  Dorsey,  attorney-at-law;    Dr. 

Caleb  Dorsey,  of  Baltimore;   Phihp  Hammond,  Nicholas  and  Frank 

Dorsey,  of  Howard.     Phillip  Hammond  Dorsey  married  Miss  Duvall, 

of  Anne  Arundel  County.     He  holds  the  homestead. 

HON.  JOHN  DORSEY,  OF  ^'HOCKLEY/* 

Coming  into  possession  of  "Hockley,"  in  1683,  Hon.  John  Dor- 
sey married  Plesance  Ely,  who  later  took  up  a  tract  of  land  on  Elk 
Ridge,  which  she  named  ''The  Isle  of  Ely."  In  1694,  Hon.  John 
Dorsey,  was  a  commissioner  for  the  development  of  Annapolis.  He 
was  upon  many  important  committees  during  his  service  in  the 
Lower  House  of  the  Assembly.     In  1711,  he  was  advanced  to  the 


62        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Upper  House,  and  there  remained  until  his  death,  in  1714.  Dur- 
ing his  hfe-time  he  was  a  surveyor  of  a  vast  estate  of  valuable  lands. 
He  left  an  exceedingly  intelligent  will  of  entail,  which  gives  a  sum- 
mary of  his  large  estate.  It  reads:  "My  wife,  Plesance,  is  to  have 
one-third  of  my  estate,  and  also  the  choice  of  my  estate  on  South 
River,  or  my  now  dwelling  place  on  Elk  Ridge.  To  my  grandson, 
John  Dorsey,  son  of  my  son,  Edward  Dorsey,  deceased,  my  Patuxent 
plantation  and  lands  thereunto  adjoining,  called  "  Dorsey's  Search," 
lying  in  Baltimore  County.  If  no  issue,  to  go  to  the  three  yoimgest 
grandchildren  of  my  daughter,  Deborah. 

"I  give  to  my  grandson,  Edward  Dorsey,  son  of  my  son,  Ed- 
ward Dorsey,  deceased,  'Dorsey's  Adventure'  and  'Whitaker's  Pur- 
chase' adjoining  it.  If  he  leave  no  issue,  then  to  John,  of  Edward, 
and  if  he  leave  none,  then,  as  above,  to  Deborah's  youngest  three 
children.  To  my  grandsons,  Charles  and  William  Ridgely,  of  Deb- 
orah, my  tract  called  'White  Wine  and  Claret,'  south  side  of  the 
middle  branch  of  the  Patuxent.  If  they  leave  no  issue,  to  go  to 
Martha,  Elinor  and  Edward  Clagett. 

"I  give  to  my  two  grandsons,  Samuel  and  Richard,  of  Caleb, 
my  son,  my  plantation  on  South  River,  called  'South  River  Quarter,' 
it  being  the  remainder  of  a  tract  given  to  my  son,  Caleb.  In  case 
of  no  issue,  the  same  to  go  to  granddaughters,  Achsah  and  Sophia, 
of  Caleb. 

"To  grandson,  Basil,  of  Caleb,  my  plantation  on  Elk  Ridge, 
called  'Troy.'  If  no  issue,  to  my  grandsons,  John  and  Caleb,  of 
Caleb.  My  son,  Caleb,  to  be  my  administrator. — John  Dorsey. 
(Seal)." 

Mrs.  Plesance  Dorsey  became  Mrs  Robert  Wainwright.  Her 
tract,  "The  Isle  of  Ely,"  was  sold  by  her  grandson,  "Patuxent  John 
Dorsey,"  to  Basil  Dorsey,  of  Caleb,  whose  homestead,  "Troy  Hill," 
was  the  former  residence  of  Hon.  John  Dorsey.  It  is  now  the 
Pfeiffer  property,  in  Howard, 

CALEB  DORSEY,  OF  "HOCKLEY/' 

Caleb  was  born  at  "Hockley,"  in  1686.  In  1704,  he  married 
and  came  into  possession  of  the  whole  estate.  His  wife  was  Elinor 
Warfield,  youngest  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elinor  (Browne)  War- 
fijgld.  They  lived  in  the  old  mansion  house,  which  stood  only  a  few 
feet  from  the  railroad,  just  west  of  "Best  Gate." 

On  the  east,  looking  toward  Annapolis,  was  the  Carroll  estate. 
On  the  north  was  General  John  Hammond's,  in  the  valley  of  which, 
long  after  the  last  relics  of  his  homestead  had  disappeared,  was 
found  a  memorial  tablet,  which  now  rests  in  the  grounds  of  St. 
Annes.  To  the  northwest  of  old  Hockley,  reaching  back  to  Round 
Bay,  were  the  three  Howard  brothers, — Samuel,  Cornelius  and  John 
Howard — running  with  Hockley  branch.  On  the  southwest  was 
"  Todd's  Gap,"  which  opened  up  the  way  to  Lancelot  Todd's.  Upon 
a  hill  to  the  south  of  the  mansion,  is  the  old  Dorsey  burial  ground, 


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now  succeeded  by  a  later  one  in  the  beautiful  gardens  of  new  Hockley, 
upon  the  southern  border  of  the  estate.  Upon  the  site  of  the  old 
coachhouse,  the  plowshare  turned  up  a  silver  plate,  which  was  evi- 
dently used  upon  some  family  carriage.  It  represents  a  bended 
arm  in  armor,  holding  a  sheaf  of  wheat.  (This  is  claimed  to  be 
Eden's  arms). 

Caleb  Dorsey  increased  his  father's  estates  upon  the  Severn, 
and  took  up  an  extensive  body  of  land  in  what  is  now  Howard  County. 
It  extended  from  Elk  Ridge  Landing  back  to  the  old  brick  Church, 
upon  which  he  placed  his  three  sons,  John,  Basil  and  Caleb  of  Bel- 
mont. Still  later,  the  three  sons  of  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  of  Caleb, 
surveyed  a  still  more  valuable  estate  west  of  Ellicotts  City.  In 
1732,  Caleb  Dorsey  deeded  to  his  son,  Richard,  the  attorney,  the 
homestead.  After  its  destruction  by  fire  Richard  built  upon  the 
present  site,  upon  the  southern  border.  Caleb  Dorsey's  will,  of  1742, 
gives  us  a  view  of  the  extensive  farming  systems  of  that  period. 
"To  my  sons,  Basil,  John  and  Caleb,  whom  I  have  sufficiently  pro- 
vided for,  I  give  £b  each.  To  Richard,  Edward  and  Thomas  Beale, 
I  give  twenty  head  of  cattle,  and  twenty  head  of  sheep,  each. 

■^ — >  To  Thomas  Beale,  the  two  tracts  of  land  I  bought  of  Thomas 
Higgins,  after  the  death  of  my  wife." 

A  large  part  of  his  estate  had  been  deeded  to  his  children  through 
his  trustee,  John  Beale. 

His  widow  survived  him  ten  years,  and  in  her  will,  of  1752 
named  her  son  Edward,  daughter  Sophia  Gough,  grandson  Henry 
Woodward,  goddaughter  Mary  Todd,  goddaughter  Elinor  Dorsey, 
of  John.  She  made  her  sons,  Edward  and  John  Dorsey,  her  execu- 
tors. 

Achsah  Dorsey,  her  oldest  daughter,  married  Amos  Woodward, 
nephew  of  Amos  Garrett,  first  Mayor  of  Annapolis. 

Henry  Woodward  was  their  only  son.  Their  daughters  were, 
Mary,  Elizabeth,  Eleanor  and  Achsah  Fotterall. 

Henry  Woodward  married  Mary  Young,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Richard  Young,  of  Calvert  County,  and  Rebecca,  his  wife.  Their 
issue  were,  Rebecca — Philip  Rogers;  Eleanor — Samuel  Dorsey; 
Mary — first,  Mr.  Govane,  second,  Mr.  Owings;  Harriet — first.  Colonel 
Edmund  Brice,  whose  son  ,  James  Edmund  Brice,  was  consul  to 
St.  Domingo;  second.  Colonel  Murray. 
.--^  Achsah  Woodward,  of  Henry,  died  young.  • 

The  early  death  of  Henry  broke  the  male  line  of  Amos  Wood- 
ward. Mrs.  Mary  (Young)  Woodward  married,  second,  John  Hes- 
silius,  the  artist,  whose  portrait  of  her  is  now  owned  by  Dr.  Wm.  G. 
Ridout.  Her  home  was  "Belfield,"  upon  the  Severn.  She  was  a 
lady  of  strong  Christian  character,  interested  in  the  religious  move- 
ments of  the  early  days  of  Methodism.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England.     "Primrose"  was  her  later  home. 

Sophia  Dorsey,  of  Caleb,  of  "Hockley,"  married  Thomas  Gough, 
of  England.  Their  son,  Harry  Dorsey  Gough,  inherited  a  fortune 
from   England,  "and   built  'Perry    Hall.'  "     This    has   thus   been 


64        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

described  by  a  Methodist  minister:  "For  the  first  I  saw  Perry  Hall, 
the  seat  of  Harry  Dorsey  Gough,  when  we  got  in  sight  of  the  house, 
and  it  could  be  seen  far  off.  I  felt  some  strange  sensations.  Ferry 
Hall  was  the  largest  dwelling  house  I  had  ever  seen,  and  all  the 
arrangements,  within  and  without,  were  tasteful  and  elegant;  yet 
simplicity  and  utility  seemed  to  be  stamped  on  the  whole.  The 
garden,  containing  four  acres  of  ground,  orchards  and  everything 
else  were  delightful  indeed,  and  looked  to  me  like  an  earthly  para- 
dise. But  what  pleased  me  better  than  anything  else,  was  a  neat 
chapel  attached  to  the  house,  with  a  small  cupola  and  bell  that 
could  be  heard  all  over  the  farm.  In  this  chapel  morning  and  even- 
ing prayers  were  offered,  when  the  manager  and  servants  from  the 
farm  house  and  servant's  quarters,  together  with  the  inhabitants  of 
the  great  mansion  house,  repaired  to  the  chapel,  sometimes  num- 
bering fifty  persons  at  prayers.  The  whole  family,  including  children, 
numbered  about  one  hundred;  all  seemed  to  know  their  duty  and 
did  it.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gough,  (who  was  Miss  Carnan),  were  con- 
verted under  Mr.  Asbury,  and  became  members  of  the  first  Metho- 
dist class  organized  in  Baltimore;  and  Mr.  Gough  sometimes  preached, 
though  the  sect  was  often  times  persecuted.  At  a  camp-meeting 
near  the  Belair  road,  Mr.  Gough  rode  up  on  horse  back,  and  his 
family  in  a  coach  drawn  by  four  splendid  white  horses.  Never 
before  had  I  seen  people  in  a  coach  of  four  to  hear  a  back-woods 
preacher,  in  a  log  cabin.  Our  house  was  too  small,  and  we  got  up 
a  subscription  for  a  larger  one.  When  Mr.  Gough  heard  of  it  he 
went  to  them  and  said,  "Take  what  you  have  and  build  a  school- 
house  for  your  children,  and  I  will  get  you  a  meeting-house."  Gen- 
eral Ridgely,  of  "  Hampton,"  Mrs.  Gough's  brother,  gave  them  an 
acre  of  ground  for  a  meeting-house  and  a  burial  ground.  Mr.  Gough 
advanced  the  money  and  paid  all  expenses.  He  named  it  "Camp- 
Meeting  Chapel." 

After  Mr.  Gough's  death,  Mrs.  Gough  took  up  the  cross  and  led 
the  worship  of  God  in  her  family.  She  was  a  woman  of  uncommon 
fortitude  and  courage.  The  very  day  of  the  battle  of  North  Point, 
I  preached  to  a  few  old  men  and  some  females,  among  whom  was 
Mrs.  Gough.  The  report  of  the  guns  was  very  plainly  heard  while 
I  was  preaching,  and  the  bombs  were  heard  at  "  Perry  Hall,"  twelve 
miles  from  Baltimore,  nearly  all  night.  Mrs.  Gough  determined  to 
send  away  a  part  of  her  family,  but  to  stay  herself  and  plead  her 
own  cause.  It  was  in  the  mouth  of  eyeryone,  '  the  prayers  of  the 
good  people  of  Baltimore  saved  the  city.' 

"Mrs.  Carroll,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Gough,  was  an  accomplished 
lady,  and  what  is  still  better  an  humble  Christian.  Her  end  was 
most  triumphant.  Bishop  Asbury 's  journal  notes  the  following: 
'  'Perry  Hall'  was  always  hospitably  open  to  visitors.' 

"Harry  Dorsey  Gough's  funeral  sermon  was  preached;  there 
might  be  two  thousand  people  to  hear.  My  subject  was  pretty  much 
a  portraiture  of  Mr.  Gough's  religious  character.  His  hospitable 
home  was  burned  down  many  years  ago,  with  the  portraits  paneled 


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in  its  dining  room.  The  present  mansion  was  built  by  Mr.  James 
Carroll;  the  property  has  passed  out  of  the  family,  but  a  member 
has  a  picture  of  the  original  building.  The  portraits  of  Mr.  Gough 
have  only  recently  been  destroyed  by  fire.  The  approach  to  '  Perry 
Hair  is  the  Belair  road." 

The  only  daughter  and  child  of  Mr.  Govigh  was  Sophia,  who 
married  James  Mackubin,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mary  Clare  Carroll, 
sister  of  "The  Barrister."  At  the  latter's  request,  to  perpetuate 
his  name  and  fortune,  Mr.  James  Mackubin  took  the  name  of  James 
Carroll.  His  heirs  were  Harry  Dorsey  Gough  Carroll — Eliza  Ridgely, 
daughter  of  Governor  Charles  C.  Ridgely,  of  "  Hampton."  Prudence 
Gough  Carroll — John  Ridgely,  son  of  Governor  Ridgely.  Charles 
Ridgely  Carroll — Rebecca  Anna  Pue.  Issue,  Charles  Arthur  Car- 
roll— Sally  Heath  White.  Their  heirs  were  the  late  Charles  Ridgely 
Carroll,  Harry  Dorsey  Gough  Carroll,  and  Sally  Heath  White  Car- 
roll, all  of  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island. 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  Charles  Ridgely  Carroll,  married  Hon. 
Carroll  Spence;  Sophia — George  B.  Milligan;  Susan — Thomas 
Poultney;  Mary — Robert  Denison.  Their  daughter  is  the  wife  of 
Colonel  Henry  Mactier  Warfield,  of  the  Fifth  Maryland  Regiment. 

When  we  were  subjects  of  King  George  III,  Mr.  Harry  Dorsey 
Gough  built  a  block  of  houses  on  Baltimore  Street,  extending  on 
the  south  side  from  Light  Street  to  Grant  Street.  In  these  houses 
were  Grant's  Fountain  Inn,  the  Post-Office  under  Miss  Goddard;  the 
American  office,  and  Colonel  Wm.  Hammond's,  the  merchant. 
Several  of  these  were  lately  condemned.  The  Carrollton  Hotel 
stood  upon  the  site  of  the  old  Fountain  Inn,  where  Washington 
made  his  headquarters.  The  disastrous  fire  of  February,  1904, 
destroyed  this  whole  block.  Upon  the  same  site  to-day,  a  new 
order  of  beautiful  architecture  has  been  located. 

RICHARD  DORSEY,  OF  "HOCKLEY/* 

Richard  Dorsey,  the  attorney,  came  into  possession  of  the  home- 
stead in  1732.  He  built  upon  the  present  site.  His  wife  was  Eliza- 
beth Nicholson,  widow  of  William  Nicholson,  and  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Norwood)  Beale. 

John  Beale  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Beale,  of  St.  Mary's.  He 
was  Caleb  Dorsey's  trustee.  He  bought  from  Andrew  Norwood, 
"Norwood's  Intact"  and  "Proctor's  Chance,"  in  the  city  of  Annap- 
olis. His  coat  of  arms  may  be  seen  upon  his  original  will,  in  1734. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Beale,  that  same  year,  deeded  to  her  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth, then  wife  of  Richard  Dorsey,  of  "Hockley,"  her  father's  es- 
tate; a  portion  of  which  had  been  deeded  to  Beale  Nicholson,  only 
son  of  William,  both  then  deceased.  A  portrait  of  Beale  Nicholson 
is  one  of  the  heirlooms  of  "Hockley." 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Anne  Rutland,  wife 
of  Thomas,  who  in  her  will,  of  1773,  named  her  nieces,  Ann  Beale, 
Jlliza  Harrison  and  Mary  Dorsey,  children  of  my  sister,  Elizabeth 


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Dorsey,  Mary  Dorsey,  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth,  married  John 
Weems;  Elinor — Chancellor  John  Hall;  Ann — John  Beale;  Eliza- 
beth became  Mrs.  Harrison.  Caleb  Dorsey,  only  son  of  Richard, 
inherited  Hockley.  He  married  Mary  Rutland,  of  Thomas,  the 
Annapolis  importer,  who  built  "Rutland  Row,"  in  Annapolis. 

Caleb  and  Mary  Dorsey  had  Richard,  of  "  Hockley,"  who  mar- 
ried Anne  Warfield,  daughter  of  Captain  Philemon  Warfield,  thus 
uniting  again  descendants  of  the  two  neighboring  houses  of  Dorsey 
and  Warfield.  Their  issue  were,  Caleb — Elizabeth  Hall  Dorsey, 
whose  dancing  slippers  are  still  at  "Hockley."  Issue,  Colonel  Ed- 
ward Dorsey,  who  was  with  Colonel  Harry  Gilmonr's  dashing  troop- 
er's; Bartus  Dorsey,  of  Baltimore;  Richard  Dorsey,  and  Mary 
Elizabeth,  who  married  the  late  Magruder  Warfield,  of  Baltimore. 

Edward  Dorsey,  of  Richard  and  Anne — Elizabeth  Worthington; 
Mary,  of  Richard  and  Anne — Hon.  John  Stevens  Sellman,  of  the 
"  Nineteen  Van  Buren  Electors,"  who,  by  entering  the  Senate  Cham- 
ber, when  others  refused,  helped  to  bring  on  the  compromise  during 
the  administration  of  Governor  Veazey." 

Anne,  of  Richard  and  Anne,  inherited  "Hockley" — Essex 
Ridley  Dorsey,  of  Vachel  and  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  grandson  of  Vachel 
and  Ruth  Dorsey,  and  great-grandson  of  John  and  Honor  (Elder) 
Dorsey.  Vachel  Dorsey,  Jr.,  and  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  were 
surveyors  of  "Vacant  Land."  Essex  Ridley  Dorsey's  mother, 
Elizabeth  Dorsey,  was  the  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Hall) 
Dorsey,  and  granddaughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Worthington) 
Dorsey. 

"  Hockley,"  taken  up  by  two  brothers.  Major  Edward  and  Hon. 
John,  is  thus  held  by  the  combined  descendants  of  those  brothers, 
viz.:  Vachel  Charles,  who  holds  the  old  "Hockley"  estate,  upon 
which  he  has  built  a  modern  house;  Miss  Anne  Elizabeth,  who 
presides  at  "Hockley,"  Evalina,  Andrew  Jackson  and  Richard  Dor- 
sey, of  "  Hockley."  Evalina — Richard  Dorsey  Sellman,  son  of  Hon. 
John  Stevens  Sellman.  Issue,  Mary  Laura,  Anne  Elizabeth  Dorsey, 
Eleanor  and  Gertrude  Sellman.  Mrs.  Sellman  died,  January  1st, 
1900.  Her  first  three  daughters  are  of  the  household  of  "  Hockley." 
Miss  Gertrude  Sellman  resides  in  Baltimore. 

The  original  patent  for  "Hockley,"  under  the  seal  of  Lord 
Charles  Baltimore,  perfectly  legible  and  well-preserved,  is  an  heir- 
loom of  "Hockley."  A  silouette  of  Mr.  Essex  Ridley  Dorsey  hangs 
upon  the  walls  of  "  Hockley,"  in  the  charming  gardens  of  which, 
among  the  flowers  and  shrubs,  he  now  sleeps  beside  his  wife  and 
her  ancestors. 

Samuel  and  Joshua  Dorsey,  of  Caleb  and  Ehnor,  both  died 
bachelors,  and  left  their  estates  to  their  brothers  and  sisters. 

Edward  Dorsey,  of  Caleb  and  Elinor,  was  an  attorney  and  residd^d 
in  Annapolis.     He  took  up  an  extensive  estate  in  Frederick  County, 
and  became  a  member  of  the  Council  from  that  county.     He  wgis 
engaged  in  many  important  legal  cases  in  the  Court  of  the  ChancerV 
Governor  Sharp,  in  his  correspondence  with  Lord  Baltimore,  note,^ 


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the  fact  that  the  then  existing  Council  was  composed  of  relatives 
of  Mr.  Edward  Dorsey,  all  of  whom  were  opposed  to  the  proprietary. 
As  Frederick  Calvert  was  then  at  the  head,  it  was  only  an  honor 
to  be  in  opposition.  Edward  Dorsey  was  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Caleb,  of  Belmont,  in  smelting  iron  ore.  After  his  early 
death,  and  the  death  of  all  his  heirs,  Ely  Dorsey,  husband  of  Ed- 
wards' sister,  Deborah,  entered  a  suit  in  chancery  for  the  recovery 
of  a  large  share  of  the  property  of  the  firm,  then  held  by  Caleb  of 
Belmont.  After  a  long  and  exhaustive  trial,  the  case  was  com- 
promised. 

Edward  Dorsey  loaned  money  on  many  tracts  in  Howard  and 
Frederick  Counties,  and  made  extensive  transfers  in  real  estate. 
He  was  his  mother's  executor.  He  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Governor 
Paca.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Tuesday  Club,  of  Annapolis,  in  its 
palmy  days,  and  was  one  of  its  eloquent  debaters.  His  wife  was 
Henrietta  Marie  Chew,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Henrietta  Maria 
Lloyd,  of  Colonel  Philemon  and  Henrietta  Marie  (Neale)  Bennett, 
In  early  manhood,  whilst  on  a  trip  to  Boston  for  his  health,  he  died 
at  New  Port,  in  1760. 

His  widow  followed  him  in  1762.  Their  two  daughters,  Eleanor 
and  Henrietta  Marie  Dorsey,  both  died  before  reaching  womanhood, 
leaving  their  estate  of  ^30,000  to  their  Dorsey  relatives. 

The  Annapolis  Gazette,  in  reviewing  the  eminent  service  of 
Captain  Edward  Dorsey,  gave  him  the  title  of  "Eminent  Councilor." 

Eleanor- Dorsey  (of  Caleb  and  Eleanor),  married  Thomas  Todd, 
of  "Todd's  Neck,"  Baltimore  County,  whose  genealogy  has  already 
been  traced.  Their  only  son  was  Thomas  Todd,  the  fifth,  who  left 
four  sons,  Thomas,  Bernard,  Dr.  Christopher  and  Robert  Todd.  The 
daughters  of  Thomas  and  Eleanor  Todd  were  Elizabeth,  Eleanor, 
Francis  and  Mary,  already  noted  elsewhere. 

Mrs.  Todd  married  again,  William  Lynch,  and  resided  near 
Pikesville.  Their  daughter,  Deborah  Lynch,  married  Samuel  Ow- 
ings,  founder  of  Owings  Mill,  son  of  Samuel  and  Urith  (Randall) 
Owings.  From  this  marriage  descends  Mr.  Thos.  B.  Cockey,  of 
Pikesville,  and  Richard  Cromwell,  of  Baltimore. 

(The  remaining  heirs  of  Caleb  and  Eleanor  will  be  found  in 
Howard  County.) 

THE  HOWARDS,  OF  THE  SEVERN. 

An  early  certificate  in  the  Land  Office  at  Annapolis  reads: 
"Laid  out,  July  3rd,  1650,  for  Matthew  Howard,  on  the  Severn, 
southside,  near  a  creek  called  Marsh's,  beginning  at  a  hollow,  called 
"Howard's  Hollow,"  and  binding  on  said  creek,  a  tract  containing 
350  acres;  also  another  tract  running  with  Howard's  swamp,  con- 
taining 350  acres  more."  These  surveys  of  Lloyd  were  not 
patented. 

This  record  indicates  clearly,  that  Matthew  Howard  came  up 
with  Edward  Lloyd,  in  1650.     In  support  of  this,  the  records  of 


hy, 


68        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Lower  Norfolk  County,  Virginia,  give  us  the   following  history  of 
the  Howards,  of  Virginia. 

V  "There  were  three  Howards,  or  Haywards,  among  the  Eng- 
lish members  of  the  Virginia  Companies,"  records  Alexander  Brown, 
in  his  "First  Republic."  "They  were  Master  John,  Rev.  John,  and 
Sir  John  Howard,  Knight.     They  contributed,  in  all,  ^112  and  12s. 

Master  John,  the  historian,  was  born  in  Suffolk,  in  1560;  was 
D.  C.  L.  of  Cambridge;  pleader  in  ecclesiastical  courts;  was  knighted 
1619,  and  an  M.  P.  in  1621;  married  Jane  Pascal;  died  in  London 
1627.     His  "Life  of  Edward  VI."  was  pubhshed  after  his  death. 

Rev.  John  Howard,  was  reported  in  Stiths  History  of  Virginia, 
as  "John  Howard,  Clerk." 

He  subscribed  ^37.  He  was  the  author  of  "Strong  Helper," 
in  1614. 

Sir  John  Howard  subscribed  £15.  He  was  the  second  son  of 
Sir  Rowland,  by  his  second  wife,  Catherine  Smythe.  He  was  knighted 
at  Windsor,  July  23rd,  1609;  was  High  Sheriff  of  Kent  in  1642. 

In  1622,  a  John  Howard,  who  had  come  with  Edward  Bennett's 
first  company,  in  1621,  was  killed  by  the  Indian  massacre  of  1622. 
His  plantation  formed  the  border  Hne  of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  Virginia. 
From  some  of  these  Howards,  members  of  the  Virginia  Company, 
descended  Matthew  Howard,  a  close  friend,  relative  and  neighbor  of 
Edward  and  Cornelius  Lloyd,  in  Virginia,  and  with  the  former,  came 
to  Maryland. 

Matthew  Howard  was  in  Virginia,  in  1635,  as  shown  by  a  court 
record,  in  which  he  had  a  suit  with  Mr.  Evans.  In  1645,  he  was 
the  executor  of  the  will  of  Richard  Hall,  a  merchant  of  Virginia, 
who,  in  1610,  was  one  of  the  "Grocers  Coiu-t,"  of  England,  which 
contributed  2^100  toward  the  plantation  in  Virginia. 

Colonel  Cornelius  Lloyd  was  a  witness  to  Richard  Hall's  will, 
in  1645.  The  testator's  property  was  left  to  Ann,  Elizabeth,  John, 
Samuel,  Matthew  and  Cornelius  Howard,  children  of  Matthew  and 
Ann  Howard. 

Philip  Howard,  the  youngest  son  of  Matthew  and  Ann,  was 
evidently  not  born  in  1645,  for  his  name  was  not  included  in  the 
hst  of  legatees.  But,  in  1659,  Commander  Edward  Lloyd  surveyed 
for  him,  after  the  death  of  Matthew,  the  Severn  tract  of  "  Howard- 
stone,"  for  "Philip  Howard,  Orphant." 

In  1662,  the  sons  of  Matthew  Howard,  came  up  to  the  Severn, 
and  seated  themselves  near  their  father's  surveys.  John,  Samuel 
and  Cornelius  Howard,  all  transported  a  number  of  settlers,  and 
received  grants  for  the  same  upon  the  Severn.  They  located  ad- 
joining each  other,  near  Round  Bay. 

In  1661,  Henry  Catlin,  one  of  Edward  Lloyd's  commissioners, 
also,  of  the  Nansemond  Church,  assigned  his  survey  to  Matthew 
Howard,  Jr.,  who  resurveyed  the  same,  with  "Hopkins  Plantation" 
added,  into  "Howard's  Inheritance." 

In  1662,  the  five  brothers,  John,  Samuel,  Matthew,  Cornelius 
and  Philip,  had  nine  hundred  acres  granted  them  as  brothers. 


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It  was  upon  one  of  these  many  hills  of  Severn,  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Round  Bay,  that  John  Howard  slew  the  lion. 

John  Howard,  heir-at-law  of  Matthew  and  namesake  of  his 
grandfather,  John,  was  a  progressive  surveyor  of  lands.  He  located 
at  Round  Bay.  In  1663,  with  Charles  Stephens,  he  took  up  "The 
Woodyard"  and  "Charles  Hills,"  on  the  south  side  of  the  Severn. 

Upon  the  death  of  Charles  Stephens,  John  Howard  married 
Susannah  Stephens,  the  widow.  She  was  the  heir  of  Captain  John 
Norwood.  The  only  issue  of  John  and  Susannah  Howard  was  Cap- 
tain John  Howard,  Jr.  John  Howard,  Sr.,  extended  his  surveys  to 
Baltimore  County,  and  took  up  "Timber  Neck,"  upon  the  mouth 
of  the  Whetstone.  It  later  became  a  part  of  Baltimore  City.  He 
also  took  up  lands  in  Harford  County.  John  Howard's  second  wife 
was  Elinor,  widow  of  John  Maccubin,  by  whom  there  was  no  issue. 
She  was  of  the  Carroll  family.  Her  daughter,  Sarah  Maccubin,  be- 
came the  wife  of  William  Griffith,  the  immigrant.  John  Howard's 
will,  of  1696,  left  his  extensive  estate  to  his  son,  John  Howard,  Jr., 
and  to  his  wife's  grandson,  Orlando  Griffith. 

Captain  John  Howard,  Jr.,  increased  his  father's  estate  by 
yearly  surveys.  About  1690,  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Elinor  (Browne)  Warfield,  his  neighbor  on  Round  Bay.  Their 
issue  were  Benjamin,  Absolute  and  Rachel  Howard,  all  minors  at 
the  death  of  his  wife.  Captain  Howard  married  again,  Katherine, 
widow  of  Henry  Ridgely,  and  daughter  of  Colonel  Nicholas  Green- 
berry.  Their  only  issue  was  one  daughter,  Katherine  Howard.  Mrs. 
Howard  died  before  her  husband,  leaving  five  minors  by  her  former 
husband,  Henry  Ridgely. 

Captain  John  Howard  soon  followed  her,  and  left,  in  1704,  the 
following  will: 

"I  give  unto  my  son,  Benjamin  Howard,  my  dwelling  planta- 
tion, whereon  I  now  do  live,  and  all  the  land  adjoining  it,  during 
his  natural  life,  and  to  the  lawful  heirs  of  his  body,  and  for  want 
of  such  heirs,  to  go  to  the  next  of  blood  in  the  name. 

"I  give  to  my  son  Benjamin,  'Howard's  Cove,'  lying  at  Round 
Bay;  also,  a  plantation  on  the  Patapsco,  bought  of  James  Greeniffe, 
and  another  parcel,  lying  near  the  head  of  Bush  River,  and  upon 
the  branches  of  Deer  Creek,  containing  four  hundred  acres,  called 
'Howard's  Harbor,'  and,  also,  a  half  part  of  'Howard's  Chance.' 

"I  give  to  my  son.  Absolute  Howaird,  two  tracts  on  Patapsco, 
called  'Yates  Inheritance,'  and  "Howard's  Point,'  also  'Howards 
Cattle  Range,'  south  side  of  Patapsco  on  Mill  Branch;  also  a  tract 
on  '  Bush  River.'  I  give  to  my  two  daughters,  Rachel  Howard  and 
Katherine  Howard,  all  that  parcel  of  land  called  "  Howards  Timber 
Neck,'  lying  at  the  mouth  of  Whetstone,  to  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween them,  during  their  natural  life,  and  to  their  lawful  heirs, 
and,  for  want  of  such  heirs,  to  my  son  Benjamin  and  his  heirs. 

I  desire  that  the  orphans  of  Mr.  Henry  Ridgely  have  their  portion 
paid,  according  to  their  father's  will,  and  I  give  to  my  son,  Charles 
Ridgely,  '  Howard  Luck,'  lying  at  Huntington,  A.  A.  Co.     I  .iiive  to 


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Mr.  Henry  Ridgely's  five  children,  twenty  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid 
them  at  the  day  of  marriage,  or  at  the  age  of  twenty-one. 

"  I  make  and  ordain  my  loving  brothers,  Mr.  Richard  Warfield 
and  Mr.  Alexander  Warfield  ,to  be  my  full,  whole  and  only  executors 
of  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  And  my  loving  brothers,  Mr. 
Charles  Greenberry  and  John  Hammond,  I  make  and  ordain  over- 
seers of  this  my  will,  and  I  give  each  of  them  thirty  shillings  to  buy 
them  a  ring  to  wear  for  my  sake.  I  desire  my  son  Benjamin  shall 
have  my  silver-headed  cane,  that  has  come  in  this  year;  and  my 
son  Absolute,  shall  have  my  silver  tobacco  box,  that  has  my  name 
on  it;  and  my  son-in-law  (stepson),  Henry  Ridgely,  shall  have  the 
other  silver  tobacco  box,  that  has  his  father's  name;  and  that  Joshua 
Dorsey  shall  have  my  silver-hilted  sword,  that  is  at  John  Green- 
iffe's  house,  which  his  father  Dorsey  gave  me.  If  you  find  three 
gold  rings,  given  by  me,  I  desire  you  to  let  Anne  Ridgely  have  her 
first  choice,  and  Betty  and  Rachel  have  the  other  ones.  I  desire 
to  be  buried  by  my  father,  on  his  left  hand,  and  have  the  grave- 
yard pailed. 

"I  desire  you  to  send  for  a  ring,  equal  in  value  to  the  others, 
for  my  daughter,  Katherine  Howard. 

"I  do  advise  that  you  take  care  that  all  the  lands  I  have  sur- 
veyed this  year,  have  patents  issued  in  the  names  of  the  orphans, 
I  desire  that  you  will  give  honorable  satisfaction  to  my  friend,  Mr. 
Edward  Rumney,  for  any  trouble  I  may  be  when  I  draw  my  last 
breath,  and  that  you  will  give  his  wife  a  ring  at  that  period. 

"I  give  to  Mrs.  Eleanor  Howard,  twenty  shillings,  to  buy  her 
a  ring."  John  Howard,     (seal.) 

Witnesses:  Joseph  Hill,  Cornelius  Howard,  Zachariah  Taylor, 
Zachariah  Maccubin,  Benjamin  Warfield,  John  Warfield,  William 
Maccubin. 

The  above  will  was  supplemented  by  seven  codicils,  as  after 
thoughts,  during  this  critical  period,  with  both  wives  dead  and  nine 
young  children  to  dispose  of. 

SAMUEL  HOWARD. 

There  is  still  one  living  neighbor  of  the  Severn,  who  remembers 
seeing,  when  a  boy,  the  terraced  grounds  which  surrounded  the  old 
stone  house  of  Samuel  Howard,  and  he  read  from  the  tombstone  in 
the  graveyard,  the  name  of  "  Patience  Howard,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Howard."     She  was  the  daughter  of  the  later  Samuel  Howard. 

Samuel  Howard  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  Warner,  daughter  of  William  Harris,  of  South  River. 
The  will  of  James  Warner,  names  "his  son  Samuel  Howard,  to  whom 
he  left  his  cloth  suit,  and  to  his  grandson  Philip  Howard,  another 
suit  of 'stuff e.' " 

Peter  Porter,  the  second,  in  his  will  names  "his  father  Samuel 
Howard,"  and  made  him  heir  and  executor.     His  wife  was  Sarah 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        71 

Porter,  daughter  of  Samuel  Howard.  Samuel  Howard's  will,  of  1703, 
throws  considerable  light  on  his  family.  He  named  his  wife,  Cath- 
erine; his  son  Philip;  his  grandsons  John  and  Samuel  Maccubin, 
and  his  granddaughter,  Elizabeth  Maccubin,  to  whom  he  left  ^^20 
each.  To  "cousin"  John  Howard,  "cousin"  John  Hammond,  "cou- 
sin's Sarah  Brice,  Hannah  Hamm.ond,  Cornelius  and  Joseph  How- 
ard, and  "cousin"  Elizabeth  Norwood,  he  left  twenty  shillings  each. 
It  is  well  known,  all  these  "cousins"  were  his  nephews  and  nieces. 
John  Howard  was  the  only  son  of  John  Howard,  brother  of  the 
testator;  John  Hammond  was  the  son  of  Major  John  Hammond, 
and  Mary  Howard  his  wife,  sister  of  the  testator.  Sarah  Brice  was 
the  daughter  of  Matthew  Howard,  brother  of  the  testator.  Hannah 
Hammond  was  the  daughter  of  Philip  Howard,  another  brother. 
Cornelius  and  Joseph  Howard  were  the  sons  of  his  brother  Cornelius, 
and  Elizabeth  Norwood  was  the  wife  of  Andrew  Norwood,  and 
daughter  of  Cornelius  Howard.  Samuel  Howard  made  his  nephews, 
John  Hammond  and  John  Howard,  overseers  of  his  will,  with  his 
son  Philip,  executor.  This  will  establishes,  beyond  question,  that 
the  above  five  Howards  were  brothers.  As  executor  of  his  father, 
Philip  Howard  had  a  case  in  Chancery,  leading  out  of  the  will  of  his 
grandfather,  James  Warner,  who  left  "Warner's  Neck"  to  his 
daughter,  Joanna  Sewell,  with  the  provision  that  it  would  descend 
to,  and  remain  always  in  possession  of  her  heirs.  It  was  sold  by 
her  son,  James  Sewell,  to  Samuel  Howard.  This  sale  was  contested 
by  other  Sewell  heirs,  but  the  Rent  Rolls  show  the  same  tract  "in 
possession  of  Henry  Pinkney,  by  his  marriage  to  the  widow  of  Philip 
Howard."  The  latter  died  two  years  after  his  father  and  "Henry 
Pinkney,  Cornelius  Howard  and  Joseph  Howard  were  made  guardians 
of  Samuel,  James,  Priscilla  and  Rachel  Howard,  children  of  Philip 
Howard."  Samuel,  in  1744,  married  Patience  Dorsey.  Annie  Ho- 
ward, of  the  city  of  Annapolis,  in  1744,  named  her  children  Samuel, 
Harvey,  Annie,  Philip,  Charles,  Benjamin  and  Thomas  Howard. 
Samuel  Howard  married  Miss  Higginbottom. 

CAPTAIN  CORNELIUS  HOWARD. 

Named  for  Colonel  Cornelius  Lloyd,  this  Severn  settler  was 
made  Ensign  in  command  of  the  Severn.  From  1671  to  1675  he 
represented  Anne  Arundel  County  in  the  Legislative  Assembly.  His 
colleagues  were  Robert  Francklyn  and  Colonel  Wm.  Burgess.  This 
official  position  enabled  him  to  increase  his  surveys  and  take  up 
surveys  for  his  neighbors.  He  was  frequently  called  upon  to  write 
the  will  and  become  a  witness  of  the  same  for  his  neighbors.  He 
was  sole  executor  and  legatee  of  Wm.  Carpenter,  in  1676.  Captain 
John  Sisson,  in  1663,  named  Cornelius  Howard,  "my  brother"  and 
executor.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Howard,  wife  of  Cornelius,  was  "aunt" 
of  Mary  Todd,  daughter  of  Lancelot. 

Captain  Cornelius,  of  1680,  left  the  homestead  to  his  wife  and 
son  Joseph.     Captain  Cornelius  Howard,  Jr.,  the  boatwright,  heired 


72        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

adjoining  lands.  The  daughters  were  Sarah,  Mary,  the  spinster,  and 
EHzabeth,  wife  of  Andrew  Norwood,  whose  daughter  married  John 
Beale. 

JOSEPH  HOWARD,  OF  CAPTAIN  CORNELIUS. 

The  homestead,  near  the  old  Indian  trail,  and  a  later  survey  of 
"Howards  Inheritance,"  became  Joseph's  estate  in  Anne  Arundel. 
He  was  twice  married:  first  to  Anne  Burroughs,  widow  of  Joseph 
Burroughs,  who  held  land  on  South  River;  second  to  Margery  Keith. 
Joseph  Howard  took  up,  for  his  sons,  the  following  tracts  in  Howard 
County,  in  the  neighborgood  of  Clarksville.  In  1722,  he  and  others 
took  up  a  tract  of  2,590  acres,  called  "Discovery."  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  500  acres  known  as  "Howards  Passage,"  in  1728.  And 
"Joseph's  Hazard,"  of  100  acres,  in  1727.  His  will  of  1736,  records: 
"I  give  to  my  son,  Henry  Howard,  "Kil-Kenny"  and  "Howards 
Hazard"  adjoining,  ouf^  a  tract  of  "Howards  Passage,"  and  300 
acres  of  "The  Second  Discovery."  I  give  to  son  Ephriam,  500  acres 
of  "Discovery."  (This  was  later  deeded  by  EphriaiTrto  his  brother 
Henry).  I  give  to  my  son  Joseph,  200  acres  called  "Discovery," 
adjoining  Ephriam.  I  give  to  my  son  Cornelius  the  remainder  of 
said  "Discovery,"  and  400  acres  of  "Howard's  Passage."  I  give 
to  Joseph  the  plantation  on  which  I  now  live,  known  as  "  Howards 
Inheritance,"  380  acres,  and  it  is  my  desire  that  my  friend,  Dr. 
Richard  Hill,  will  instruct  in  the  knowledge  of  phisick,  and  be  his 
guardian.  I  give  to  my  grandson,  Joseph  Higgins,  100  acres  of  "  The 
Second  Discovery."  To  daughter  Sarah,  was  left  money;  to  daughter 
Ruth  Duvall,  and  daughter  Hannah  Jacob,  twenty  shillings  each. 
I  desire  my  friends,  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  Joshua  Dorsey,  and  John 
Dorsey,  of  Edward,  to  be  overseers  to  look  after  the  interests  of  my 
sons."  Joseph  Howard. 

Witnesses:     John  Howard,  John  Burgess,  William  Phelps. 

Margery  Howard,  his  widow,  in  1739,  gave  to  her  sons,  Cor- 
nelius, Ephriam,  Joseph  Howard,  and  daughter  Sarah,  a  number 
of  negroes. 

In  1737-8,  Ephriam  Howard  deeded  his  portion  of  "Discovery" 
to  his  brother  Henry.  This  tract  was  on  the  east  and  south  of  Car- 
rolls  Manor.  500  arces  of  the  original  body  of  2,590  acres,  were 
patented  to  John  Beale;  1090  acres,  to  Joseph  Howard;  200  acres, 
to  Abel  Browne;  800  acres,  to  Thomas  Bordley.  The  tract  known 
as  "Second  Discovery"  began  at  a  line  of  "Altogether,"  which  w^as 
on  the  western  border  of  Carroll's  Manor,  and  extended  west  and 
north  toward  Glenelg  and  West  Friendship.  It  was  surveyed  for 
John  Beale,  Vachel  Denton,  Priscilla  Geist  and  Joseph  Howard,  and 
patented  to  Vachel  Denton  and  Joseph  Howard,  who  held  910  acres. 
Denton  sold  his  interest  to  William  Worthington.  Joseph  Howard, 
Jr.,  was  the  only  one  who  remained  in  Anne  Arundel  County.  His 
will,  of  1783,  granted  to  his  wife  one-half  of  the  dwelling  place, 
"Howards'  Inheritance,"  a  part  of  "Rich  Neck"  and  "Chaney's 


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Hazard."  After  her  death  it  was  to  go  to  Joseph  Howard,  Jr.,  and 
Margery,  wife  of  Major  Henry  Hall;  to  son  Benjamin  the  other  half 
of  the  above  lands.  *'  It  is  my  will  that  Benjamin  give  up  his  claim 
to  his  part  of  his  grandmother's,  Margaret  Gaither's  estate,  willed  to 
him  by  her,  and  he  is  to  receive  no  part  of  my  personal  estate,  but 
that  it  be  divided  equally  between  my  granddaughter,  Margaret 
Howard,  daughter  of  my  son  Joseph,  and  my  grandson  Henry,  son 
of  my  daughter  Margery,  wife  of  Henry  Hall.  To  grandson  Thomas 
Rutland,  son  of  my  daughter  Mary,  one  shilling.  To  my  son  Joseph, 
all  my  tract  lying  at  South  River,  known  as  "  Howard's  Angle." 
If  Benjamin  will  not  make  over  his  grandmother's  part,  then  Joseph 
is  to  have  Benjamin's  part."  Richard  Burgess,  Charles  Stewart,  Jr., 
and  Samuel  Burgess,  witnesses. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Howard  was  Margaret  Williams,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Margaret  Gaither,  widow  of  Edward.  She  inherited  "Folkland." 
Joseph  Howard,  Jr.,  gave  to  his  daughters  the  old  dwelling  house, 
whereon,  as  tenant,  lived  Richard  Rawlins.  After  them,  it  was  to 
go  to  Joseph  Howard  his  son,  his  wife,  Martha  Howard,  and  brother 
Benjamin,  executors.  She  was  Martha  Hall,  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry 
Hall,  of  St.  James  Parish.  She  later  married  Nicholas  Hall.  Ben- 
jamin Howard,  brother  of  the  above  testator,  left  his  estate  of  500 
acres  to  Joseph,  of  Joseph,  and  a  part  of  the  dwelling  and  residence 
to  his  nieces,  Elizabeth,  Eleanor,  Martha,  Margery  and  Kitty,  and 
to  his  nephew,  John  Washington  Hall;  sister  Martha  Howard,  widow 
of  brother  Joseph,  executrix. 

JOSEPH  HOWARD,  OF  '*  HOWARD'S  GROVE." 

In  r|36,  the  above  testator  left  his  "Mansion  House"  to  his 
wife  Catherine,  with  power  to  control  it  as  he  was  accustomed  to 
do,  and  to  live  in  the  same  style;  to  command  servants,  horses 
and  teams  at  her  will;  sons  Thomas  and  Joseph,  to  assist  her  in 
its  management;  daughters  Elizabeth,  Margaret  and  son  Allen,  all 
to  hold  their  interests  in  common.  The  property  to  be  held  to- 
gether imtil  the  marriage  of  all  his  daughters,  and  then  to  be  divided. 
He  desired  that  all  of  his  children  should  be  baptised,  and  paid  a 
high  tribute  to  his  wife.  Robert  Welsh,  of  Benjamin,  Thomas  G. 
Waters  and  John  Thomas  were  witnesses.  A  codicil,  modifying  some 
of  the  provisions,  was  witnessed  by  Richard  Duckett,  Martha  Howard 
and  Thomas  Duckett. 

The  above  testator  has  been  recorded  in  "  The  Bowies  and  Their 
Kindred,"  as  descending  from  Matthew  Howard,  of  Matthew,  as  seen 
by  the  following  quotations,  "  Matthew  Howard,  of  Matthew,  of  1650, 
through  his  son  Joseph  Howard,  who  married  Martha  Hall,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Henry  Hall,  of  the  Episcopal  ministry,  of  England,  left 
Joseph  Hov^^ard,  Jr.,  born  1786,  who  married  Elizabeth  Susannah 
Bowie,  daughter  of  Captain  Fielder  Bowie.  Issue:  Dr.  Joseph 
Howard,  of  181 1,  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  William  Digges  Clagett 
and  Sarah  Young;  second  Thomas  Contee  Bowie  Howard,  born  1812, 


74        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

married  Louisa,  daughter  of  John  Selby  Spence,  of  Worcester  Co., 
United  States  Senator.  Issue:  Margaret  Louisa  Howard,  married 
Nicholas  T.  Watkins,  of  Howard  Co. ;  Thomas  Contee  Bowie  Howard, 
Jr.,  married  Sally  Stevens,  of  Cambridge,  and  lived  near  Annapolis; 
third  Margaret  Howard,  married  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Duckett.  Issue: 
Marion  and  Ella  Duvall;  Allen  Bowie  Howard,  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  mar- 
ried Anna  Maria  Spence,  sister  of  his  brother's  wife  and  lived  at 
"Mulberry  Grove,"  Anne  Arundel.  Issue:  John  Spence  Howard, 
married  Mary  E.  Hodges.  Issue:  Mary,  John  Spence,  Jr.,  Mar- 
garet, Ellen  Howard,  Sophia  and  James  Hodges  Howard;  Allan 
Bowie  Howard  married  Rose  Alexander,  of  Philadelphia;  Sarah 
Maria  Howard."  Captain  Thos.  Howard,  the  popular  commander 
of  the  Oyster  Navy,  under  both  Governors  Smith  and  Warfield, 
descends  from  this  branch  of  Howards. 


CAPTAIN  PHILIP  HOWARD. 

"Our  Early  Settlers"  notes  the  arrival  of  Philip  Howard,  in 
1669,  and  his  demand  for  fifty  acres  for  transporting  himself.  In 
1659,  a  grant  was  made  to  Philip  Howard,  orphan,"  under  the  title 
of  "  Howard's  Stone."  This  was  on  the  north  side  of  the  Severn, 
adjoining  Edward  Lloyd.  Philip  Howard  bought  lands  also  from 
Cornelius  Howard,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Severn.  He  bought, 
also,  from  Robert  Proctor.  He  was  one  of  Her  Majesty's  Justices 
in  1694,  and  during  that  same  year,  was  a  commissioner  in  laying 
off  the  town  of  Annapolis.  He  married  Ruth  Baldwin,  daughter 
of  John  Baldwin,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife.  She  was  a  sister  of  John 
Baldwin,  who  married  Hester  (Larkin)  Nicholson,  and  also  a  sister 
of  Mrs.  Thomas  Cruchley,  of  Annapolis.  She  was  the  aunt  of  Anne 
Baldwin,  wife  of  Judge  Samuel  Chase  and  Hester,  wife  of  Judge 
Jeremiah  Townley  Chase. 

Captain  Philip  and  Ruth  Howard  had  one  daughter,  Hannah, 
who  married  her  cousin,  Charles  Hammond.  In  his  will,  of  1701, 
Captain  Howard  named  his  grandsons,  Charles  and  Philip  Hammond, 
sons  of  his  daughter,  Hannah.  Mrs.  Ruth  Howard  was  made  execu- 
trix. The  Rent  Rolls  record:  "Ruth  Howard,  relict  of  Captain 
Philip  Howard,  enters  a  tract  of  land  called  'Green  Spring,'  pur- 
chased by  said  Howard  from  Robert  Proctor.  She  also  claims 
'Maiden,'  and  'Howard  and  Porters  Range,' — conveyed  from  Cor- 
nelius Howard  to  said  Philip;  also  a  tract  called  'The  Marsh.'  She 
further  claims  that  Cornelius  Howard,  Sr. ,  left  a  portion  of  '  Howard 
and  Porter's  Range'  to  Mary  Howard,  spinster,  and  that  she  con- 
veyed it  to  Cornelius  Howard,  Jr.,  who  conveyed  it  to  her  husband, 
Philip  Howard."     All  of  these  claims  stand  as  demanded. 

From  Hannah  Howard,  only  daughter  of  Philip  and  Ruth 
(Baldwin)  Howard,  descended  a  long  line  of  Hammonds,  the 
largest  land  holders  in  both  Howard  and  Anne  Arundel  Counties. 


FOUNDERS  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        75 

MATTHEW  HOWARD. 

Matthew  Howard,  Jr.,  was  in  the  province  as  early  as  his 
brothers,  in  1662.  Yet  the  following  record  from  "Our  Early  Set- 
tlers" re-tTS  to  him:  "May  7th,  1667,  Matthew  Howard  demanded 
land  fox  transporting  Sarah  Darcy,  his  wife,  John  Pine,  Thomas 
Gleve.;  Thomas  Madloe,  Wm.  Cooke,  Joseph  Windoes,  Sarah  Driven, 
Elizabeth  Warrenton,  Samuel  Doyle,  Joane  Garnish.  Warrant,  then 
issued  in  the  name  of  Matthew  Howard,  for  five  hundred  acres  of 
land, due  him  for  transportation  of  said  persons." 

Matthew  Howard  surveyed  and  bought  extensively  upon  the 
neciv  of  the  Severn  and  Magothy  Rivers.  He  was  an  associate 
justice  of  the  county,  and  upon  the  committee  of  the  port  of  entry. 

Two  sons  and  one  daughter  were  his  heirs. John  held  "  Howard's 

P^irst  Choice,"  which  he  and  his  wife  Susannah,  transferred  to  Lance- 
lot Todd,  in  1698.  He  resided  upon  the  Magothy.  St.  Margaret's 
Parish  shows  the  births  of  his  sons,  Matthew,  John  and  Abner.  He 
died  in  1702,  when  his  widow,  the  same  year,  married  William 
Crouch,  who  held  "Poplar  Plains,"  suryeved  in  1683,  by  Matthew 
Howard,  Sr.,  for  Matthew  Howard,  Jr.,  the  minor.  The  two  sons 
of  John  and  Susannah  Howard,  were  progressive  surveyors  in  the 
upper  districts  of  Baltimore  and  Anne  Arundel  Counties.  They 
made  the  following  record  in  Annapolis:  "Matthew  Howard  and 
John  Howard,  of  Baltimore  County,  planters,  eldest  sons  of  John 
Howard  and  grandsons  of  Matthew  Howard,  both  of  Anne  Arundel, 
and  Ruth  Howard,  wife  of  said  John  Howard,  grant  to  John  Brice, 
"Hopkins  Plantation,"  northwest  of  the  Severn;  said  land  assigned 
to  Matthew  Howard,  in  1663." 

John  Howard,  also,  sold  "Left  Out,"  a  tract  near  Dayton, 
Howard  County,  to  John  Gaither.  Ruth  Howard,  his  wife,  was  the 
widow,  first  of  Edward  Dorsey,  and  second  of  Greeniffe.  Her  will 
of  1747,  named  her  sons,  and  executors  John  and  Edward  Dorsey; 
her  grandson,  John  Greeniffe  Howard,  and  her  granddaughter  Eliza- 
beth Hammond.  She  was  then  residing  near  her  sons,  or  with 
them,  at  Columbia,  Howard  County. 

Sarah  Howard,  only  daughter  of  Matthew  and  Sarah  Darcey, 
inherited  a  large  portion  of  her  father's  Severn  estate;  finally,  by 
her  two  marriages  to  Captain  John  Worthington  and  Captain  John 
Brice,  she  held  all  of  the  estate;  dying  in  1735,  in  the  old  Worth- 
ington homestead,  just  opposite  the  Naval  Academy.  Matthew 
Howard,  her  brother,  held  by  the  will  of  his  father,  in  1692,  "  Hop- 
kins Plantation,"  "Poplar  Plains"  and  "The  Adventure,"  on  the 
Patuxent.  He  sold,  in  1728,  "Poplar  Plains"  to  Anne  Price,  and 
left  no  other  records  at  Annapolis.  Matthew  Howard,  of  Frederick 
County,  sold  lands  to  Edward  Dorsey,  the  attorney  of  Annapolis. 
There  was,  also,  a  Matthew  Howard,  of  Kent  County,  "who  left  a 
considerable  estate  to  his  heirs."  He  named  in  his  will,  several 
tracts  in  Anne  Arundel.     I  have  not  followed  these  testators. 


76        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  CountiS. 

HENRY  HOWARD,  THE  BACHELOR. 

Henry  Howard,  of  Anne  Arundel,  appeared  as  a  witness  for 
John  Homewood,  in  a  case  brought  by  the  latter  against  Sheriff 
John  Welsh.  Henry  Howard  held  lands  on  the  GunpowaPr  River, 
but  he  is  recorded  as  a  resident  of  Anne  Arundel.  In  hiJa"'"''!!!  of 
1683,  he  left  to  "John  Howard  his  wearing  apparel,"  and  to  ''John 
Howard  and  to  Matthew  Howard,  of  Anne  Arundel,  each  a  silver 
seal  ring."  To  John  Bennett  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  "a  seal  ring  with 
the  coat  of  arms,"  and  a  hooked  ring  with  the  initials  F.  C."  vThe 
above  Sarah  wife  of  John  Bennett,  was  the  widow  of  John  Ho^^ 
wood,  and  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Meeres,  the  Quaker,  of  Edw^-^^ 
Lloyd's  commissioners,  in  1650.)  He  also  left  "to  Sarah  Dasey; 
wife  of  Joseph  Dasey,  two  hundred  acres  of  land  upon  the  Gun-" 
powder."  His  personal  estate  was  granted  to  Edward  Skidmore; 
Elizabeth  Skidmore  and  Michael  Skidmore.  To  Theophilus  Hacketti 
his  administrator,  he  left  a  pair  of  silk  stockings  and  sixteen  hundred 
pounds  of  tobacco.  Richard  Howard  was  a  witness.  Edward  Skid-" 
more,  gentleman,  of  Cecil,  left  a  remembrance  to  his  friend,  Henry' 
Howard,  and  made  the  above  Skidmores  legatees. 

This  testator  was  evidently  a  connection  of  the  five  Howard: 
brothers,  and  may  have  been  the  traditional  "Sir  Henry  Howard/' 
to  whom  descendants  of  a  later  namesake  refer. 

CAPTAIN  CORNELIUS  HOWARD,  JR.  1 

As  a  mariner  he  held  but  a  small  estate  in  realty.  He  was  of- 
the  vestry  of  St.  Anne's  church,  upon  its  organization,  in  1696,  with' 
Thomas  Bland,  Richard  Warfield,  Jacob  Harness  and  William  Brown. 
His  wife  was  Mary  Hammond.  The  will  of  her  mother,  Mary  (Heath) 
Hammond,  in  1721,  named  her  grandson,  John  Howard,  grand- 
daughter, Sarah  Howard;  grandson,  Thomas  Howard;  grand- 
daughter, Eleanor  Howard;    grandson,  Cornelius  Howard. 

Mrs.  Cornelius  Howard  died  in  1714,  and  her  husband  in  1716. 
His  will  reads:  "My  son  Charles,  is  already  provided  for.  To  my 
son  John  Howard,  my  lands  on  the  Choptank.  To  my  son  Thomas' 
Howard,  my  lands  on  the  Patapsco.     To  Cornelius,  the  homestead."' 

His  son  Charles  died  in  1717.  His  will  reads:  "I  give  to  my' 
brother  Thomas  one-half  of  a  tract  conveyed  to  me  by  Richard^ 
Freeborne,  called  "Freeborne's  Progress,"  in  Baltimore  County.  To" 
brother  Thomas  I  give  my  part  after  my  brother,  Cornelius  Howard,' 
has  had  his  moiety  mentioned  in  a  deed  of  a  gift  to  my  said  brother."" 

"This  gift  to  my  brother  Thomas,  is  to  be  void  unless  he  gives| 
a  tract  left  by  his  father  on  the  Patapsco,  to  such  person  my  wife,^ 
Mary  Howard,  shall  sell  the  said  tract  of  fiftj^  acres  to.  I  authorize^ 
my  wife  Mary,  to  sell  my  lands  on  the  Patapsco,  called  "Roger's, 
Increase,"  and  the  money  thus  raised,  to  be  paid  over  to  my  brother 
Thomas,  as  a  part  which  I  gave  him  by  deed  of  gift,  not  signed.       i 

"To  my  wife  Mary  and  son  Benjamin,  all  my  personal  estate,^ 
and  appoint  her  my  executrix."     Witnesses,  Jno.  Beale,  Jno.  Cun- 
ningham and  James  Howard. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        77 

Thomas  Howard  surveyed  "Hazard"  in  1724,  adjoining  lands 
laid  out  for  Samuel  Dorsey.  In  1731,  he  sold  the  same  to  Mr.  Wright, 
who  sold  to  William  Gumming.  The  will  of  Thomas  Howard, 
in  1771,  left  all  his  estate  to  his  wife  Anne,  and  made  her  executrix. 

Cornelius  Howard,  of  Captain  Cornelius,  Jr.,  lived  upon  the 
homestead  in  Anne  Arundel.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth,  and  their 
son,  Cornelius  Howard,  was  born  in  1728.  A  Thomas  Howard  of 
this  line  and  his  wife,  Priscilla  Selby,  were  granted  "Freeborn's 
Progress"  by  Robert  and  Sarah  Ridgely,  of  Elkridge,  which  they 
sold  to  Mr.  Peele,  in  1728.  In  the  deed  of  transfer,  Robert  Ridgely 
stated  it  came  to  his  wife  by  inheritance. 

Still  later,  a  Thomas  Howard  married  Ruth  Dorsey,  daughter 
of  Elias  and  Mary  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Lawrence,  of 
"Delaware  Hundred." 

^  COLONEL  HENRY  RIDGELY. 

From  the  manuscript  of  Judge  Nicholas  Ridgely,  of  Delaware, 
now  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Henry  Ridgely,  of  Dover,  and  from  the 
records  of  Annapolis,  I  find  the  Ridgelys,  of  Annapolis,  and  of  Dela- 
ware, descended  from  the  "Hon.  Henry  Ridgely,  of  Devonshire, 
England,  who  settled  in  Maryland,  in  1659,  upon  a  royal  grant  of 
6,000  acres.  He  became  a  Colonel  of  Militia,  member  of  the  Assembly 
of  the  Governmental  Council,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  Vestryman  of 
the  Parish  Church  of  St.  Ann's." 

The  above  is  taken  from  the  Ridgely  manuscript  of  a  grandson, 
and  confirms  the  record  made  by  Mr.  Creagar,  who  indexed  "  Our 
Early  Settlers."  He  assumed  that  the  following  record  was  intended 
for  the  above  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely :  "  Henry  Ridley  demands  lands 
for  transporting  himself,  which  is  entered  in  Buries  book,  and  Eliza- 
beth Howard,  his  wife,  and  John  Hall,  Stephen  Gill,  Richard  Ravens 
and  Jane  his  servants,  in  the  year  1659." 

The  next  entry  is  1661,  when  "James  Wardner  (Warner)  and 
Henry  Ridgely  were  granted  a  certificate  for  600  acres,  called  '  Ward- 
ridge,'  on  the  north  side  of  South  River,  joining  a  tract,  *  Broome/ 
formally  Richard  Beard's,  adjoining  Neale  Clarke's." 

In  1665,  James  Warner  assigned  his  right  to  Henry  Ridgely. 
This  transfer  was  one  of  the  burnt  records  of  1704.  It  was  restored 
by  Colonel  Charies  Greenberry,  in  the  interest  of  his  sister's  children. 

Judge  Nicholas  Ridgely 's  bible-record  throws  more  light  on 
Colonel  Henry  Ridgely's  wife;  it  reads  thus,  "Nicholas  Ridgely, 
son  of  Henry,  (who  was  the  son  of  Colonel  Henry  and  Sarah,  his 
wife),  and  Catherine,  his  wife,  (who  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel 
Nicholas  Greenberry  and  Ann,  his  wife),  all  of  Anne  Arundel  County, 
in  the  Province  of  Maryland),  the  said  Nicholas  was  born  the  12th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.,  1694,  and  was  married  to  Sarah  Worth- 
ington,  (the  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  of  Anne 
Anmdel  County,  aforesaid),  the  26th  day  of  December,  1711." 


78        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

This  record  shows  that  if  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely's  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Howard,  she  was  not  the  mother  of  Colonel  Ridgely's  son 
Henry.  His  mother  evidently  belonged  to  the  house  of  James 
Warner  and  Elizabeth  Harris,  his  wife.  In  1679,  Henry  Ridgely, 
Sr.,  was  commissioned  associate  Justice  of  Anne  Arundel;  in  1689, 
he  was  appointed  "Captain  of  the  Foote";  in  1692,  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lower  House;  in  1694,  he  was  promoted  Major,  and  in 
the  same  year  was  advanced  to  Colonel  in  the  Militia.  In  1685, 
Colonel  Henry  surveyed  "Ridgely's  Forrest."  It  covered  all  the 
land  surrounding  Annapolis  Junction  and  Savage  Factory.  In  1699, 
he  granted  to  his  son  Henry,  220  acres  of  "Broome"  and  200  acres 
of  "Wardridge."  Upon  this  combined  plantation,  Henry  Ridgely, 
Jr.,  having  removed  from  his  Annapolis  homestead,  died  in  early 
manhood,  thirty  years  of  age,  in  1699.  There  in  the  reserved  grave- 
yard stood,  for  years,  the  well  preserved  tablet  to  his  memory.  In 
1702,  Colonel  Henry  sold  Charles  Carroll  "the  house  and  lot  in 
Annapolis,  lately  in  the  tenture  of  my  son,  adjoining  the  lots  of 
Charles  and  Rachel  Kilburne."{f  In  1696,  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely 
married  Mary  (Stanton)  Duvall,  widow  of  Mareen  Duvall,  the 
Huguenot,  and  with  her  administered  on  Duvall's  estate.  He  then 
removed  across  the  river  to  Prince  George's  County,  where  he 
became  a  merchant.  .'^His  will,  written  in  1705,  with  codicils,  was 
probated  in  1710.  It  reads:  "I  give  to  my  wife  Mary,  my  home, 
plantation,  'Cotton';  'Mary's  Delight'  and  'Larkin's  Folly,'  which 
I  bought  of  Thomas  Larkin,  to  an  unborn  child.  To  son  Charles 
Ridgely,  all  that  plantation  called  'Hogg  Neck,'  and  300  acres  of 
'Ridgely's  Lot,'  lying  at  'Huntington,  A.  A.',  excepting  lands  sold 
to  Thomas  Reynolds  and  Neale  Clarke,  near  Wm.  Griffiths.  I  give 
also,  to  son  Charles,  300  acres  of  '  Wardridge,'  adjoining  '  Hogg  Neck.' 
My  wearing  apparel  to  my  brother,  William,  and  my  son,  Charles. 
'Larkin  Forrest,'  if  there  be  no  heir,  to  be  divided  between  Henry 
Ridgely  and  Nicholas  Ridgely,  sons  of  his  deceased  son,  Henry, 
and  Henry,  son  of  his  son,  Charles  Ridgely.  The  remaining  part  of 
'Wardridge,'  to  go  to  grandson,  Henry  Ridgely,  son  of  Henry, 
deceased,  after  Charles  had  300  acres  out  of  it.  If  'Mary's  Delight' 
is  not  possessed  by  an  heir,  it  is  to  be  divided  between  John  Brewer, 
Joseph  Brewer,  Thomas  Odall  and  Henry  Odall,  sons  of  Thomas 
Odall,  (elsewhere  written  Odell).  I  give  to  my  daughter,  Sarah 
Odall,  wife  of  Thomas,  a  negroe  girl;  to  all  my  grandchildren,  ^10; 
to  my  god-daughter,  Martha  Duvall,  ^51,  and  a  cow  and  calf.  To 
St.  Barnabas  Church,  Queen  Parish,  Prince  George,  ^20.  Grandsons, 
Henry  and  Nicholas  Ridgely,  to  be  under  the  care  of  Thomas  Odall 
and  Charles  Greenberry,  until  of  age.  The  remaining  part,  whether 
here  or  in  England,  to  go  to  my  wife  and  executrix."  Witnesses 
were  Louis  Duvall  and  Thomas  Reynolds. 

The  will  of  John  Brewer  mentions  his  wife,  Sarah,  his  sons,  John 
and  Joseph,  and  his  father,  Henry  Ridgely,  whom  he  made  his 
executor,  with  his  wife  Sarah. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        79 

"Wardridge,"  or  "Waldridge,"  and  "Broome  "  the  inheritance 
of  Henry  Ridgely,  the  second,  lay  southwest  of  "  Hockley,"  on  the 
road  leading  to  the  head  of  South  River.  In  its  old  graveyard, 
which  had  been  reserved,  stood  the  following  tablet: 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mr.  Henry 
Ridgely,  who  was  born  the  3rd  of 
Oct.,  1669,  and  departed  this  life  on 
ye  19th  day  of  March,  1700." 

Having  been  fractured  by  the  encroachment  of  a  neighboring 
settler,  the  "  Peggy  Stewart  Chapter  of  the  Colonial  Dames,"  ordered 
its  removal  to  the  grounds  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Annapolis.  His 
widow,  Katherine  (Greenberry)  Ridgely,  his  executrix,  later  married 
Captain  John  Howard,  who  named  in  his  will,  1704,  "the  five 
orphans  of  Henry  Ridgely,"  and  requested  his  executors  to  grant 
them  their  portions,  as  expressed  in  the  will  of  their  father.  They 
were:  Henry  Ridgely,  the  third,  later  known  as  Colonel  Henry 
Ridgely,  of  Howard  County;  Judge  Nicholas  Ridgely,  of  Delaware; 
Charles  Ridgely,  who  inherited  "Howard  Luck"  from  Captain  John 
Howard,  and  died  soon  after;  Ann  Ridgely,  wife  of  Joshua  Dorsey, 
and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas  Worthington;  Nicholas  Ridgely,  of 
Henry  and  Katherine,  married  Sarah  Worthington;  lived,  after 
marriage,  on  "Wyatt's  Ridge."  Uppn  a,  portion  of  this  stands 
"Belvoir,"  in  sight  of  Round  Bay.  He  also  inherited  a  portion  of 
"Ridgely's  Forrest,"  near  Guilford,  Howard  County.  Upon  remov- 
ing first  to  Cecil  County,  he  sold  the  former  tract  to  his  brother- 
in-law,  John  Worthington,  Jr.,  and  his  wife's  inheritance  on  the 
Severn,  to  her  mother,  Mrs.  Sarah  Brice.  The  heirs  of  Nicholas  and 
Sarah,  all  named  in  his  bible  record,  were,  Sarah,  Rebecca,  Rachel, 
Ruth  and  Ann.  His  wife  died  in  1721.  His  daughter,  Rebecca,  was 
married  "Where  I  lived  in  Cecil  Co.,  Md.,  on  Wed.,  October,  1731,  to 
Benjamin  Warfield,  son  of  Mr.  John  Warfield,  of  Anne  Arundel,  Md. 
by  the  Rev.  Richard  Sewell,  Rector  of  Shrewsberry  Parrish,  Kent 
Co.,  Md." 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Brice,  in  1725,  named  her  granddaughter, 
Rebecca  Ridgely,  to  whom  she  left,  "one  quart  silver  tankard,  one 
dozen  silver  spoons,  and  ^50,  in  money."  Similar  legacies  were 
given  to  her  sisters.  In  1727,  Mr.  Nicholas  Ridgely's  wife  was  Ann 
French  Gordon,  daughter  of  Robert  French,  and  widow  of  James  Gor- 
don. She  bore  him  one  daughter,  Mary,  who,  became  Mrs,  Patrick 
Martain.  In  1727,  Nicholas  and  Ann  Ridgely'  of  Cecil  County,  sold 
to  John  Brown,  his  inheritance  "Ridgely's  Forrest,'  which  was  re- 
surveyed  into  "Browne's  Purchase."  His  daughter  Rachel,  became 
the  wife  of  John  Vining,  Speaker  of  Delaware  Assembly,  who  owned 
a  large  estate  in  New  Jersey.  On  one  of  his  visits  there,  he  was 
taken  sick,  died,  and  was  buried  at  St.  John's  Church,  Salem, 
Under  the  aisle,  a  stone  with  an  inscription,  marks  the  sepulcher. 
Mrs.  Rachel  Vining  died  in  1753,  and  was  buried  under  the  pew  of 
her  father.  Judge  Ridgely,  in  Christ  Church,  Dover. 


80        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1741,  Governor  George  Thomas,  commissioned  Nicholas 
Ridgely  as  follows:  "Reposing  a  special  trust  in  your  loyalty  and 
courage,  I  have  nominated  you  to  be  Captain  of  the  Militia  Foote, 
in  the  upper  part  of  the  county  of  Kent.  You  are,  therefore,  to 
take  said  Company  into  your  charge,  as  Captain,  and  duly  exercise 
both  the  officers  and  soldiers  in  arms,  and  for  so  doing,  this  is 
your  commission.  Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  as  arms,  at  the 
town  of  New  Castle,  on  the  Delaware,  3rd  Feb.,  1741, 

Geoege  Thomas." 

Governor  Warfield,  a  descendant,  has  the  original  commission 
in  his  possession. 

In  1745,  Judge  Ridgely  became  the  guardian  of  Caesar  Rodney, 
who  later  became  the  most  distinguished  patriot  of  the  state.  To 
his  training,  also,  was  due  the  successful  careers  of  his  son.  Dr. 
Charles  Ridgely,  and  of  the  brilliant  John  Vining,  his  wife's  grand- 
son. 

Quoting  again  from  the  Ridgely  manuscript:  "  Nicholas  Ridgely 
second  son  of  Henry  Ridgely,  was  born  at  'Wardridge,'  in  1694. 
He  was  thirty-eight  years  of  age  when  he  moved  to  'Eden  Hill,'  a 
handsome  plantation  near  Dover.  Mr.  Ridgely  at  once  took  his 
place  among  the  leading  citizens  of  his  adopted  state,  filling,  with 
honor,  the  offices  of  Kent  County,  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  Justice  of 
the  Peace,  Prothonatory,  Register  in  Chancery,  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Com-t  of  New  Castle,  Kent  and  Sussex  Counties;  enjoying  the  honor 
until  his  death,  in  1755.  In  1735,  as  foreman  of  the  Grand  Jury 
he  signed  a  petition  to  King  George  II,  against  granting  a  charter 
to  Lord  Baltimore,  in  abrogation  of  the  rights  of  the  Penn  family, 
in  the  three  lower  counties." 

In  1743,  his  daughters,  Sarah  and  Rachel,  granted  a  power  of 
attorney,  attested  by  Nicholas  Ridgely  and  Rebecca_  Warfield,  to 
their  uncle,  Henry  Ridgely,  to  receive  legacies  from"  their  grand- 
mother's estate.  They  were  then  located,  "in  Kent  Co.,  on  the 
Delaware,  in  Territories  of  Pennsylvania."  Judge  Ridgely's  third 
wife  was  Mary  Middleton  Vining,  widow  of  Captain  Benjamin 
Vining,  a  lady  who  held  a  large  estate.  Her  son.  Judge  John  Vining, 
married  Phoebe  Wyncoop.  Their  son,  John,  was  "the  Patrick 
Henry  of  Delaware,"  of  brilliant  wit,  lawyer,  member  of  the  first 
Continental  Congress,  and  "the  pet  of  Delaware."  His  sister,  the 
beautiful  Mary  Vining,  the  admiration  of  General  LaFayette, 
became  the  bethrothed  wife  of  General  Anthony  Wayne,  who  died 
before  the  wedding  day.  Judge  Ridgely's  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
became  the  second  wife  of  Col.  Thomas  Dorsey,  of  Elk  Ridge. 

Dr.  Charles  Ridgely,  of  Judge  Nicholas  and  Mary,  was  born  in 
1738.  He  became  an  eminent  physician,  residing  at  "Eden  Hill," 
but  later  in  the  house  upon  "The  Green,"  purchased  by  Judge 
Ridgely,  in  Dover.  His  son,  Nicholas,  by  his  first  wife,  Mary 
Wyncoop,  was  the  first  chancellor  of  Delaware,  universally  respected 
as  an  able  jurist,  a  courteous  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  in  dress 
and  demeanor,  holding  to  provincial  customs. 


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Dr.  Charles  Ridgely's  second  wife,  Ann  Moore,  bore  him  five 
children.  Henry  Moore  Ridgely,  his  oldest  son,  succeeded  to  the 
homestead,  in  1735;  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  in  1802;  was  in 
Congress,  in  1811;  Secretary  of  State,  1817,  and  again  in  1820  He 
there  collected  the  scattered  archives  of  the  State.  Repeatedly 
elected  to  the  Legislature,  he  framed  the  most  important  laws  of 
the  State.  In  1827,  he  was  sent  to  the  United  States  Senate,  where 
he  advocated  a  high  protective  tariff.  He  died  in  the  old  house 
on  "The  Green,"  upon  his  eighty-second  birthday,  1847.  He  left 
five  children.  His  oldest  son,  Henry  (V.)  Ridgely,  in  1889,  was  in 
serene  old  age,  an  honored  resident  of  Dover,  and  "Eden  Hill." 
His  brother,  Henry  Ridgely,  was  the  father  of  Henry  Ridgely  (V), 
a  prominent  lawyer,  of  Dover.  He  married  Matilda  Lloyd,  a 
descendant  of  the  distinguished  Maryland  family,  a  notice  of  whom 
will  be  found  in  the  list  of  governors.  They  occupy  the  family 
homestead,  the  exterior  of  which  is  severely  plain.  The  interior  is 
captivating.  The  floral  designs  of  the  low  ceilings,  are  the  work  of 
a  Dover  artist.  The  delicate  tints  of  the  drawing  room  walls,  and 
the  artistic  hangings  of  the  guest  chamber,  contrast  harmoniously 
with  the  dark  panelings  of  the  wide  hall,  which  is  also  the  library, 
in  which  is  a  chair  known  as  William  Penn's.  In  the  garden,  where 
the  box  bushes  have  grown  in  a  century  or  more,  into  great  trees 
and  hedges,  on  the  top  of  which  one  may  walk  fearlessly,  as  upon 
a  wall.  Judge  Nicholas  Ridgely  and  his  family  liked  to  take  tea,  all 
summer  long.  A  rear  view  of  the  Ridgely  house  reveals  a  cluster 
of  ivy." — Marion  Harland. 

Henry  Ridgely,  of  Henry  and  Katherine,  of  "Wardridge,"  on 
coming  to  manhood,  in  1711,  sold  his  homestead  to  his  brother-in- 
law,  Thomas  Worthington,  and  removed  to  his  grand-father's 
extensive  survey,  at  Huntington.  His  biography  will  be  found  in 
the  history  of  Howard  Coimty. 

Sarah  Ridgely,  only  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry,  first  became 
the  wife  of  John  Brewer,  and  after  his  death,  she  married  Thomas 
Odell.     A  sketch  of  the  Brewer  family  will  be  found  elsewhere. 

'^  WILLIAM  RIDGELY,  OF  SOUTH  RIVER. 

William  Ridgely  came  to  this  province  of  Maryland,  in  1672. 
Colonel  Henry's  will  shows  him  to  be  his  brother.  His  first  survey, 
in  1697,  was  "  Ridgely's  Beginning,"  northside  of  South  River.  In 
1690,  he  bought,  of  James  Finley,  a  portion  of  "  Abbington,"  at  the 
head  of  South  River,  and  made  it  his  homestead. 

William  and  Ehzabeth  Ridgely,  his  wife,  sold  in  1710,  "Ridge- 
ly's Beginning,"  to  Amos  Garrett,  the  Annapolis  merchant.  Only 
one  son,  WilHam  Ridgely,  Jr.,  was  named  by  them.  Upon  his 
marriage  to  Jane  Westall,  daughter  of  George  Westall,  of  South 
River,  in  1702,  WilHam  Ridgely,  Sr.,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  deeded 
to  WilHam  Ridgely,  Jr.,  and  Jane,  his  wife,  their  homestead  tract, 
"Abington."     During  that  same  year,  another  deed  for  a  portion 


82        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

of  the  home  tract  was  made  by  WilHam  Ridgely,  Sr.,  and  Ehzabeth, 
his  wife,  and  WilHam  Ridgely,  Jr.,  and  Jane,  his  wife,  to  Mrs.  Mary 
Ridgely,  late  widow  of  Colonel  Henry. 

William  Ridgely,  Sr.,  died  in  1716,  as  shown  by  his  testamentary 
record,  intestate,  William  Ridgely,  Jr.,  also  died  intestate.  His 
widow,  Jane  (Westall)  Ridgely,  left  a  will  in  1748. 

Upon  a  twelve  hundred  acre  tract  of  her  father's  estate,  Colonel 
Wm.  Burgess  located  the  once  flourishing  town  of  London.  In  his 
will  of  1686,  he  named  this  tract  as  once  the  property,  of  "Mr.  George 
Westall,  upon  a  portion  of  which  is  a  town  laid  out,  called  London- 
town." 

Mrs.  Jane  (Westall)  Ridgely  named  her  heirs,  William,  Westall, 
Sarah,  John,  Martha  Maccubbin  and  Alice  Woodward. 

John  Ridgely  was  made  executor,  and  heired  the  homestead, 
"Abington."  He  married  Elizabeth  Mayo,  of  South  River,  and 
bought  of  "Edward  Gaither,  of  'Edward,'  the  whole  of  'Gaithers 
Collection.'  " 

Westall  Ridgely  inherited  "Ridgely's  Chance,"  in  Frederick 
County,  and  in  his  will  of  1772,  named  his  heirs,  Sarah,  William, 
Jane,  Deverella,  Isaac,  Jacob,  Ahce,  Martha,  Richard  and  Jemima. 

William  Ridgely,  the  third,  in  1726,  married  Mary  Orrick, 
daughter  of  James  and  Priscilla  (Ruley)  Orrick.  By  the  will  of 
Anthony  Ruley,  of  South  River,  1710,  his  daughter,  Priscilla  Orrick, 
came  into  possession  of  "Beetenson's  Adventure,"  on  South  River. 
This  tract  was  taken  up  by  Edward  Beetenson  and  Lydia  Watkins, 
his  wife.  By  the  will  of  James  Orrick,  his  daughter  Mary  Orrick 
inherited  one-third  of  his  estate.  Her  mother,  inheriting  one-third, 
became  the  wife  of  Abraham  Woodward,  son  of  William  Woodward,  of 
London.  William  Woodward  (of  Abraham),  married  Alice  Ridgely, 
daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Westall)  Ridgely.  William  Wood- 
ward, Jr., — Jane,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Orrick)  Ridgely. 
Their  son  Henry,  born  1770,  married  Eleanor,  widow  of  Philip 
Turner,  and  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Williams  by  his  wife, 
Rachel  Duckett.  Their  daughter,  Jane  Maria,  became  the  wife  of 
Judge  William  Henry  Baldwin,  of  Anne  Arundel,  and  the  mother 
of  a  distinguished  family  of  merchants. 

William  and  Mary  (Orrick)  Ridgely,  had  issue  William,  Nicholas, 
John,  Henr}^,  Greenberry,  Priscilla  Griffith,  Jane  Woodward,  Mary 
Pumphrey,  Sophia  Pumphrey  and  Ann  Rigby.  William  Ridgely's 
will,  of  1768,  probated  in  1780,  granted  to  sons  John,  Henry  and 
Greenberry,  four  tracts  of  land,  "Ridgely's  Chance,"  "Spanish  Oak," 
"Good  Luck"  and  "Piney  Grove."  One-third  of  his  estate  was 
left  to  his  wife  Mary. 

Greenberry  Ridgely,  youngest  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Orrick) 
Ridgely,  born  1745,  married  Rachel  Ryan,  daughter  of  John 
Ryan,  who  held  an  estate  on  Elk  Ridge.  She  joined  him  in  deed- 
ing his  estate  upon  South  River,  and  with  him  removed  to  Elk  Ridge, 
where  Rev.  Greenberry  Ridgely  took  charge  of  a  Methodist  Church. 
About  1800,  he  moved  to  Baltimore  and  became  a  merchant.     His 


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sons  were  Lloyd,  Lot,  Noah,  Silas,  Greenberry,  Isaac,  James  and 
Nicholas,  born  1800.  This  last  son  removed  to  Springfield,  Illinois, 
where  he  acquired  a  large  estate.  His  son  and  successor,  Mr.  Charles 
Ridgely,  of  the  Springfield  ironworks,  and  president  of  a  bank,  mar- 
ried Miss  Barret,  daughter  of  James  Winston  Barret,  son  of  Captain 
William  and  Dorothy  (Winston)  Barret.  Their  son  Hon.  James 
Barret  Ridgely,  is  now  Comptroller  of  the  Currency. 

Greenberry  Ridgely,  Jr.,  in  1814,  married  Harriet  Talbott, 
descendant  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Ewen)  Talbott,  daughter  of 
Maj.  Richard  Ewen.  Harriet  Talbott's  father  was  Benjamin  Talbott. 
whose  wife  was  Sarah  Willmot — son  of  Edward  Talbott  and  Tem- 
perance Merryman,  his  wife,  son  of  Edward  Talbott  and  Mary 
Waters,  his  wife,  son  of  Edward  Talbott  and  Elizabeth  (Thomas) 
Coale,  his  wife,  son  of  Richard  Talbott,  the  immigrant. 

Greenberry  and  Harriet  Ridgely  had  issue:  Charles  W.  Ridgely, 
of  Lutherville;  James  H.  Ridgely,  the  "Odd  Fellow,"  grandfather 
of  Mrs.  Frank  Brown  ft  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush  Ridgely,  of  Warren, 
Baltimore  County,  now  over  three-quarters  of  a  century  old,  yet  a 
vigorous  writer  and  able  genealogist. 

Alice  Ridgely,  of  William  and  Jane  (Westall)  Ridgely,  will  be 
found  in  the  Woodward  sketch;  so  will  Jane  Ridgely,  of  Mrs.  Mary 
(Orrick)  Ridgely. 

RICHARD  WARFIELD,  FIRST  VESTRYMAN  OF  ST, 
ANN'S  CHURCH. 

A  Warfield  record,  one  hundred  years  old,  states  that  "  Richard 
Warfield  settled  near  Annapolis,  in  1639."  There  was  no  settle- 
ment there  until  1649,  and  Richard  Warfield  was  not  one  of  those 
settlers.  He  came  among  them,  however,  in  1662,  and  located 
west  of  Crownsville,  Anne  Arundel,  "in  the  woods."  His  estate 
reached  back  to  the  beautiful  sheet  of  water, — Round  Bay,  of  the 
Severn.  Our  Rent  Rolls  show  that  he  held,  during  his  life,  "  Way- 
field,"  "  Warfield's  Right,"  "  Hope,"  "  Increase,"  "  Warfield's  Plains," 
"  Warfield's  Forest,"  "Warfield's  Addition,"  "Brandy,"  "and  "War- 
field's  Range." 

In  1670,  he  married  Elinor,  heiress  of  Captain  John  Browne, 
of  London,  who,  with  his  brother.  Captain  Peregrine  Browne,  ran 
two  of  the  best  equipped  merchant  transports  between  London  and 
Annapolis. 

Richard  Warfield's  wife  inherited  "Hope"  and  "Increase." 
two  adjoining  tracts,  the  history  of  which  is  as  follows: 

They  were  taken  up  by  Henry  Sewell;  transferred  by  him  to 
John  Minter;  willed  by  him  to  his  daughter,  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Henry  Winchester.  These  two  joined  in  deeding  them,  in  1673,  to 
Captain  John  Browne,  mariner,  of  London.  No  further  transfers 
are  to  be  found,  but  in  1705,  Richard  Warfield  appeared  before 
the  commission,  to  restore  the  burnt  record  of  1704,  and  requested 
a  record  of  the  above  history. 


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In  1675,  Richard  and  Elinor  Warfield  were  summoned  as 
witnesses  to  the  chancery  contest  over  the  will  of  their  immediate 
neighbor,  Nicholas  Wyatt.  In  1689,  Richard  Warfield  signed,  as  a 
military  officer,  the  address  to  King  William.  In  1696,  Richard 
Warfield's  name  was  returned  as  one  of  the  Vestry  of  St.  Ann's 
Church.  This  was  before  the  first  building  was  completed.  Dying 
at  an  advanced  age,  in  1703-04,  he  left  an  intelligent  will,  in 
which  he  named  his  heirs,  John,  Richard,  Alexander,  Benjamin, 
(Mary,  late  wife  of  Captain  John  Howard),  Rachel,  then  wife  of 
George  Yates;  Elinor,  the  prospective  bride  of  Caleb  Dorsey,  of 
"Hockley." 

In  his  old  age,  he  began  the  first  westward  movement  of  the 
early  settlements  to  the  unexplored  frontier  of  Howard.  His  sons 
and  executors,  in  1704,  resurveyed  "Warfield's  Range,"  and  in- 
creased it  to  fifteen  hundred  acres.  John,  his  oldest  son,  lived  upon 
"Warfield's  Plains,"  the  homestead  of  which  still  stands  just 
opposite  Baldwin  Memorial  Church,  half-way  between  Waterbury 
and  Indian  Landing.  "Warfield's  Plains"  extended  up  to  Millers- 
ville,  and  "Warfield's  Forest"  was  near  Indian  Landing.  In  1696, 
John  married  Ruth  Gaither,  oldest  daughter  of  John  Gaither,  of 
South  River.  Their  sons  were  Richard,  John,  Benjamin,  Alexander, 
Edward  and  Philip,  all  of  whom  located  upon  the  frontier  out-posts, 
in  Howard.  John  Warfield's  daughters  were  Ruth,  wife  of  Richard 
Davis;  Mary,  wife  of  Augustine  Marriott  and  Elinor  who  died  a 
maiden.  John  Warfield,  like  his  father,  passed  his  life  in  develop- 
ing his  estate,  but  died  in  early  manhood,  1718,  before  completing 
his  surveys  and  transfers.  His  son,  Richard,  as  heir-at-law,  deeded 
his  estate  to  his  brothers.  Returning  to  the  homestead,  he  married 
Marion  Caldwell,  and  had  issue,  John,  Seth,  Richard  and  Luke  War- 
field.  The  first  two  were  located  upon  "  Warfield's  Range."  Richard 
and  Luke  remained  upon  the  Severn. 

Richard  Warfield,  by  his  second  marriage  to  Sarah  Gambrill, 
of  Augustine,  had  Joseph  and  Rachel  who  became  the  wife  of  Philip 
Turner.  Their  son,  Richard  Warfield  Turner,  heired  the  homestead 
from  Joseph  Warfield,  his  uncle,  who  died  a  bachelor. 

Richard  Warfield,  Jr.  was  a  vestryman  of  St.  Ann's  Church, 
in  1751.  His  estate  was  "  Warfield's  Forest."  By  his  wife,  Hamutel 
Marriott,  he  had  Richard,  Luke,  Silvanus  and  John,  none  of  whom 
left  any  descendants  of  their  name.  The  homestead  was  willed  to 
Joshua  Gambrill. 

Ruth  Warfield,  of  John  and  Ruth,  married  Richard  Davis, 
from  whom  descended  Captain  Richard  Davis,  Caleb,  Thomas,  Ruth 
and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Marriott. 

Mary  Warfield,  of  John  and  Ruth,  married  Augustine  Marriott. 
Their  son  John  married  Nancy  Warfield,  of  Alexander,  and  Dinah 
(Davidge)  Warfield:  Achsah  Marriott— John  Hall,  of  "White  Hall," 
whose  daughter,  Sarah  Hall,  became  Mrs.  Francis  Rawlings,  and 
second  wife  of  Captain  Harry  Baldwin. 


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Marj'  Marriott  married  John  Sewell  whose  descendants  are 
noted  in  the  Sewells. 

Sarah  Marriott,  youngest  daughter  of  Augustine,  married  Wil- 
liam Yealdhall,  leaving  no  heirs.  Their  estate  was  left  to  Thomas 
Furlong. 


l^  RICHARD  WARFIELD,  THE  SECOND, 

By  the  will  of  Richard  Warfield,  Sr.,  his  son  Richard,  after  the 
marriage  of  his  sister,  Elinor,  came  to  the  homestead. 

In  1723,  he  was  one  of  the  first  organizers  of  the  public  school 
system  of  the  county.  He  was  for  many  years  "one  of  his  lord- 
ship's justices."  He  was  also,  in  the  Vestry  of  St.  Ann's,  from  1710 
to  1729.  He  married,  about  1700,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Cruch- 
ley,  an  attorney  of  Annapolis.  Her  mother  was  Margaret  Baldwin, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Baldwin.  Richard  and  Ruth  had 
one  son,  Alexander  Warfield.  Their  daughter,  Ruth,  became  Mrs. 
Jos.  Hall.  Rachel  became  Mrs.  Robert  Davidge,  and  Lydia  became 
the  wife  of  Dr.  Samuel  Stringer,  and  of  Colonel  Charles  Ridgely,  of 
Hampton.  "  Warfield's  Contrivance,"  in  Howard  County,  adjoining 
tract  to  "Warfield's  Range,"  was  heired  by  these  daughters. 
Richard  Warfield  out-lived  all  his  brothers  and  sisters,  dying  at  an 
advanced  age,  in  1755.  The  Maryland  Gazette,  of  that  year,  thus 
records  his  death:  "Sunday  last,  died  of  Pleurisy,  at  his  plantation, 
about  nine  miles  from  Town,  on  the  Patapsco  road,  Mr.  Richard 
Warfield,  in  the  79th  year  of  his  age,  who  formally  was  one  of  the 
Representatives  in  many  Assemblies  of  the  County,  and  for  many 
years,  one  of  our  Magistrates.  A  gentleman  of  an  upright  and 
unblemished  character." 

Alexander  Warfield,  his  only  son,  inherited  the  homestead  and 
became  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  St,  Ann's.  He  had  located, 
during  his  father's  life-time,  upon  "Warfield's  Contrivance"  and 
"  Wincopin  Neck,"  during  which  time  he  extended  his  surveys  along 
the  Frederick  turnpike  from  Cooksville  to  Lisbon.  He  married 
Dinah  Davidge,  and  had  twelve  children.  They  were  Dr.  Joshua 
Warfield,  of  Simpsonville;  Azel  Warfield,  near  Snell's  Bridge;  Basil 
Warfield,  the  surveyor,  removed  to  the  Eastern  Shore;  Davidge 
Warfield  adjoined  his  brother  Azel;  Rezin  Warfield,  of  "Warfield's 
Contrivance."  Captain  Philemon  Warfield  inherited  the  homestead 
in  Anne  Arundel,  and  Colonel  Charles  Warfield,  went  to  Sams  Creek, 
now  Carroll  County. 

Alexander  Warfield's  daughters  were  Mrs.  Sophia  Simpson,  Mrs. 
Dinah  Woodward,  Mrs.  Sarah  Price  and  Mrs.  Ann  Marriott,  after- 
wards Mrs.  Richard  Coale. 

Voa  These  sons  settled  elsewhere.  Captain  Philemon  alone  remained 
in  Anne  Arundel.  He  was  in  command  of  the  Severn  Militia  Com- 
pany, which  conveyed  the  Tories  to  Queen  Anne  County.  He 
married  Assantha  Waters,  and  had  two  daughters,  Mary  and  Ann 


86        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Warfield.     Mary  became  the  wife  of  her  cousin  Lancelot  Warfield, 
of  "Brandy."     Ann  married  Richard  Dorsey,  of  "Hockley." 

The  old  Warfield  homestead  was  divided  between  them,  and, 
in  1845,  then  known  as  "The  Black-Horse  Tavern,"  was  sold  to  Mr. 
Gott. 

During  the  construction  of  the  Elk  Ridge  and  Annapolis  rail- 
road at  that  time,  the  old  building  was  used  for  the  engineer  corps. 
It  was  later  destroyed  by  fire,  and  now  only  an  out  building  marks 
the  spot,  at  Gott's  station.  It  was  a  long  building,  sixty  feet  in 
length,  forty  feet  wide,  with  dormer  windows. 

Many  descendants  of  Richard  Warfield,  will  be  found  in  the 
history  of  Howard  County. 

"^  ALEXANDER  WARFIELD,  OF  ^'BRANDY/' 

One  mile  south  of  Millersville,  is  the  only  remaining  survey  of 
Richard  Warfield,  stil  held  by  a  descendant.  It  was  granted  to  his 
third  son,  Alexander,  the  surveyor. 

Alexander  was  upon  the  committee  for  extending  Annapolis. 
He  was,  also,  one  of  the  executors  of  his  brothers-in-law.  Captain 
John  Howard  and  Amos  Peirpoint.  The  latter  made  him  sole  heir 
of  his  estate.  From  Amos  Peirpoint's  will  it  is  shown  that  Sarah, 
wife  of  Alexander  Warfield,  was  a  daughter  of  Francis  Peirpoint 
and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  who  held  an  estate  upon  South  River. 
Alexander  Warfield's  children  were  all  baptised  at  "All  Hallows." 
He  surveved  a  thirteen  hundred  acre  tract  near  Savage,  known  as 
"Venison  Park,"  in  1720. 

His  will,  of  1740,  granted  "Benjamin's  Discovery"  to  his  son, 
Samuel,  and  also,  "Warfield's  Addition."  "Venison  Park"  was 
divided  between  his  sons,  Alexander  and  Absolute.  The  home- 
stead, "  Brandy,"  was  left  to  his  youngest  son,  Richard.  His  three 
daughters  inherited  slaves  and  money.  They  were  Rachel,  Eliza- 
beth and  Catherine. 

Samuel,  of  Alexander,  married  Sarah  Welsh,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John,  by  his  first  wife,  Thomasin  Hopkins,  of  Gerard.  Issue, 
John,  Samuel,  Gerard,  Vachel,  Richard  and  Welsh  Warfield.  All 
except  Samuel  and  Gerard  remained  in  Anne  Arundel  County. 
Samuel  removed  to  Pennsylvania.  Gerard  married  Susanna  Ryan, 
of  John,  who  inherited  "Duvall's  Delight."  They  lived  in  Augusta 
County,  Virginia. 

John,  of  Samuel,  married  Mary  Chaney,  in  1761.  Issue,  Samuel 
— Susannah  Donaldson;  Richard — first  Nancy  Benson,  second  Eliza- 
beth Lucas;  Eenjaaxun— Rebecca  Spurier;  John — Miss  Mewshaw; 
Nancy — Edward  Smith;  Betsy — Charles  Carroll;  Nelly — William 
Westley;    Polly — Thomas  Forsythe;    Rachel — David  Clarke. 

Richard,  of  Samuel,  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Welsh,  and 
resided  near  Annapolis  Junction.  His  children  all  removed  to  the 
west.  Mr.  John  Hollister  Warfield,  of  Salem,  Oregon,  who  married 
a  daughter  of  Wm.  J.  Brent,  of  Virginia,  is  one  of  their  decendants. 


Founders  of  Anxe  Arundel  and  PIoward  Counties.        87 

He  holds  lands  in  the  Red  River  Valley.  Another  decendant  was 
Rev.  James  Welsh  Warfield,  who  married  Hannah  McCoy,  a  cousin 
of  Jas.  G.  Blaine. 

Vachel,  of  Samuel,  resided  at  Portland,  Anne  Arundel  County. 
His  wife  was  Eleanor  Griffith,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Ann  Davidge. 
Their  issue  were  Charles  Griffith  Warfield,  Vachel,  Jr.,  William, 
Allen  and  Henrietta.  The  latter  became  Mrs.  Joshua  Marriott. 
Charles  Griffith  and  Allen,  her  brothers,  were  bachelors.  Vachel, 
Jr. — Achsah  Marriott.  Issue,  George  Warfield,  of  Jessups,  a  promi- 
nent man  in  both  political  and  church  circles,  during  the  war  of 
States.  His  issue  are:  Achsah,  Joseph,  Mordecai,  John,  George, 
Jr.,  Evamina  and  Fannie  Warfield. 

Mr.  Joseph  Warfield  is  in  charge  of  the  courthouse  in  Annapolis, 
and  George  T.,  Jr.,  is  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Baltimore. 

William,  of  Vachel,  removed  to  Baltimore  City,  and  became  a 
real  estate  broker.  He  married  Sarah  Ann  Merryman.  Issue,  Oliver 
Charles  Warfield — Adah  Gartrell;  Wm.  Vachel,  bachelor,  and  Adah 
Warfield.  The  firm  is  now  known  as  Wm.  Warfield  &  Sons,  on  St. 
Paul  Street. 

Richard,  of  Alexander,  inherited  "  Brandy."  His  wife  was  Sarah 
Gaither,  daughter  of  John  and  Agnes  (Rogers)  Gaither.  "Brandy" 
was  left  to  their  two  sons,  Lancelot  and  Richard,  Jr.  The  former 
bought  out  his  brother,  who  removed  to  Frederick  County. 

Lancelot  became  an  officer  in  the  militia,  and  was  upon  the  com- 
mittee of  the  present  courthouse  of  Annapolis.  He  married,  first 
Mary,  sister  of  Major  Robosson.  Issue,  Charles,  Lemuel,  Lancelot. 
Charles,  of  Lancelot, — Miss  Sewell;  dying  he  left  an  infant,  George 
Warfield.  The  widow,  removing  to  Baltimore,  became  the  wife  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Gambrall,  grandfather  of  Dean  Gambrall. 

George  Warfield,  of  Charles, — Ellen  Schekels.  Issue,  William, 
Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Margaret,  Achsah  S.,  Richard,  Joseph,  Washing- 
ton, Ellen,  Maria  and  George.  The  last  was  president  of  the^Chester 
River  Steamboat  Co. ;  director  of  the  Fidelity  &  Deposit  Co. ;  sheriff 
of  Baltimore,  and  now  a  member  of  the  City  Council.  He  married 
Ellen  Fryer.  His  father  was  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  his  brother, 
Richard,  was  in  the  Civil  War,  after  which  he  removed  to  Florida, 
and  married  Ellen  Williard.  His  older  brother,  William — Sarah 
Brushwood,  of  Virginia.  The  daughters  of  Mr.  George  Warfield, 
Sr.,  became  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Sheets,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Chickering,  Mrs.  Mat- 
thias Hammond,  of  Nebraska. 

Lemuel  Warfield  was  a  shipping  merchant,  of  Baltimore;  lost 
three  ships  laden  with  flour  for  the  West  Indian  ports;  became  a 
British  subject,  and  died  a  bachelor,  1820,  at  St.  Bartholomew. 

Lancelot  Warfield,  Jr.,  inherited  the  entire  estate  of  his  father, 
whose  will  required  him  to  pay  $1,000  each,  to  his  half  brothers, 
Captain  Allen  and  John  Warfield,  sons  of  Rachel  Marriott,  second 
wife.  Captain  Allen  commanded  the  militia  at  the  reception  of 
LaFayette,  in  1825. 


88        Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Lancelot  Warfield,  the  second,  married  Mary  Warjfield,  daughter 
of  Captain  Philemon — thus  inheriting  the  homestead  of  Richard 
Warfield,  the  immigrant.  Issue,  Philemon,  Lancelot,  third,  and  Ann 
Maria,  wife  of  Thomas  Owings,  of  Richard  and  Ruth  (Warfield) 
Owings. 

To  Philemon  was  granted,  "  Hammond's  Inclosure,"  "  Ham- 
mond's Connection,"  and  "  Friendship,"  lying  upon  the  Millers- 
ville  and  Annapolis  road.  He  married  Ann  Wright,  and  left  Mary 
Ann  Turner,  Camilla  Howell,  later  Mrs.  Young  and  afterwards  Mrs. 
Hartwick,  of  Minneapolis,  whose  daughter  married  Earl  M.  Golds- 
borough,  son  of  S.  Brice  Goldsborough. 

Captain  Lemuel  Warfield,  of  Philemon,  was  upon  the  staff  of 
General  O.  M.  Mitchell,  U.  S.  Army;  married  Miss  Miller,  of  Tria- 
delphia;  died  of  yellow  fever  at  Beaufort,  S.  C,  1862.  She  removed 
West  and  died  recently,  leaving  a  son,  Lemuel  Warfield,  of  Kansas 
City;  Mrs.  George  T.  Webb,  Mrs.  Eben  D.  Marr,  and  Mrs.  Chas. 
G.  Gaither,  of  Kansas  City. 

P» Lancelot  Warfield,  third,  held  "Brandy";  sold  the  old  home- 
stead of  Richard  Warfield,  to  Mr.  Gott;  married  Elizabeth  Sarah 
Hodges,  (of  Thomas).  Issue,  Lancelot,  Charles,  Elizabeth,  Sarah — 
Dr.  William  Edwin  Hodges. 

Lancelot,  fourth,  came  into  possession  of  "Brandy,"  in  1882; 
married  Margaret  E.  Beard,  descendant  of  Major  Richard,  the  sur- 
veyor of  South  River.  Issue,  Lancelot,  fifth,  died  in  infancy;  Dr. 
Clarence  Warfield,  formerly  of  Galveston,  now,  after  a  tour  of  the 
globe,  residing  in  San  Antonia,  Texas;  John  Warfield,  of  Australia, 
and;the  late  Victor  Warfield,  who  died  in  New  Mexico,  and  lies 
buried  beside  his  father  at  "Brandy."  In  a  well-preserved  garden 
graveyard,  of  this  homestead,  are  the  remains  of  Richard,  of  Alex- 
ander, four  Lancelot  Warfields,  and  other  members  of  their  lines. 

The  recent  death  of  the  last  owner,  and  the  absence  of  his  sons, 
may  soon  result  in  the  sale  of  "Brandy."  Mrs.  Warfield  resides  in 
Baltimore. 

Richard  Warfield,  of  Richard  and  Sarah  Gaither,  lived  at 
"Brandy"  during  the  life  of  his  first  wife,  Nancy  Gassaway  of 
Thomas.  Their  only  daughter,  Sarah,  became  the  wife  of  Amos 
Warfield,  of  "Warfield's  Range."  Removing  to  Frederick  County, 
Richard  Warfield  married  again,  Anna  Delashmutt,  daughter  of 
Elias  and  Betsy  (Nelson)  Delashmutt,  daughter  of  John  Nelson, 
and  sister  of  Dr.  Arthur  Nelson.  Issue,  Lindsey  Warfield  and  Eliza- 
beth Warfield. 

Lindsey  Warfield  entered  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  stationed 
in  the  Genessee  Valley.  He  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Lundy's 
Lane.  Pleased  with  the  country  of  that  valley,  he  returned  after 
the  war,  and  settled  there.  He  married  Elizabeth  L'amoreaux. 
Issue,  Richard  Nelson  Warfield,  of  Rochester,  Delashmutt  Warfield, 
Andrew  Walker,  Charles  Henry,  Myron  Franklin,  Rowena,  Hester, 
Jane  and  Sarah  Warfield,  all  of  Rushville,  New  York. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        89 

Richard  Nelson  Warfield  married  Rachel  Elone  Hill,  daughter 
of  Whitney  Hill,  who  was  one  of  "The  Minute  Men,  of  Lexington." 
Issue,  General  Richard  Henry  Warfield,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.; 
Emma  Elizabeth  Warfield,  wife  of  Colonel  Samuel  B.  Williams,  City 
Treasurer,  of  Rochester;  and  Luella  A.  Warfield,  wife  of  W.  A. 
Gracy,  of  Geneva,  New  York.  A  few  years  before  his  death,  Mr. 
Richard  Nelson  Warfield  visited  Maryland  in  search  of  information 
of  his  family,  and  by  correspondence  through  many  states,  accumu- 
lated much  data,  all  showing  that  Anne  Arundel  was  the  family 
starting  point. 

His  son,  Brigadier-General  Richard  Henry  Warfield,  is  thus 
mentioned:  "General  Warfield  is  of  the  Warfields  of  Maryland, 
who  still  hold  lands  granted  by  the  Crown  of  England.  His  grand- 
father figured  gallantly  in  the  battle  of  Lundy's  Lane,  while  his 
great-grandfather,  on  the  distaff  side,  Whitney  Hill,  was  one  of  the 
Men  of  Lexington.  General  Warfield  was  studying  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Rochester,  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out.  In  1862,  he  joined 
the  Fiftieth  N.  Y.  Engineers,  rising  to  first  lieutenant.  In  1876,  he 
went  to  Healdsburg,  California,  as  cashier  of  the  Farmers'  and 
Mechanics'  Bank.  He  is  now  in  charge  of  two  of  the  leading  hotels 
of  California.  In  1894,  he  was  made  Brigadier-General,  command- 
ing the  Second  Brigade  of  the  National  Guards  of  California.  When 
the  national  encampment  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  was 
held,  in  Washington,  in  1892,  he  was  elected  Senior  Vice  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, an  honor  seldom  conferred  upon  a  comrade  in  any 
other  city  than  the  one  in  which  the  comrade  lives.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  "Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,"  of  the  "Loyal 
Legion,"  a  "Shriner,"  a  "Knight  Templar,"  and  32nd  Degree  of 
the  A.  &  A.  Rite. 

"General  Warfield  has  two  sons,  George  H.  and  Richard  Emer- 
son Warfield.  The  first  is  cashier  of  the  Farmers'  and  Mechanics' 
Bank,  of  Healdsburg,  California;  the  second  was  a  student  in  Stan- 
ford IJniversity. 

General  Warfield  has  been  twice  married.  His  present  wife  was 
Lula  Emerson,  eldest  daughter  of  Colonel  William  Emerson,  who 
was  Colonel  of  the  151st  New  York  Volunteers,  and,  for  a  time,  in 
command  of  one  of  the  Brigades  of  the  Third  Division  of  the  Sixth 
Army  Corps. 

"At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish  War,  in  1898,  General  Warfield 
personally  mobilized  his  Brigade  of  the  National  Guard  as  United 
States  Volunteers  of  California;  and  the  First  Calif ornian,  of  his 
brigade,  was  the  first  twelve-company  regiment  of  the  United  States 
Volunteers  mustered  out,  in  the  United  States  service  from  any 
state.  General  Warfield  was  later  in  charge  of  the  whole  Militia 
of  California,  but  after  promotion  resigned." 

The  farm  of  four  hundred  acres,  of  Lindsey  Warfield,  in  Yates 
County,  New  York,  is  still  held  by  Walter  Walker  Warfield  and  his 
wife,  Sarah.  Myron  Franklyn  Warfield,  youngest  son  of  Lindsey, 
born    1836,    married   Francis   Helena   Green,   October  25th,    1866. 


90        Founders  of  Axne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Issue,  Charles  Henry  Warfield,  born  1867,  Carrie  Isabelle  Warfield, 
Anna  Delashmutt,  Richard  Nelson,  Frederick  Parkman,  Augustus 
Bennett,  born  July  24th,  1878. 

Charles  Henry  Warfield  was  principal  of  Little  Falls  High  School, 
New  York.  On  June  28th,  1900,  he  married  Janet  Cook  Jessup,  to 
whom  was  born,  May  1st,  1901,  Janet  MacDonald  Warfield.  Mr. 
C.  H.  Warfield  in  now  a  resident  of  New  York  City.  Frederick 
Parkman  Warfield  is  of  Duell,  Megrath  and  Warfield,  Patent  law- 
yers, of  New  York. 

Carrie  Warfield  married  Charles  H.  Barton,  and  has  a  daughter, 
Francis  Green  Barton.  Augustus  Bennett  Warfield  is  now  First 
Lieutenant,  Artillery  Corps  of  U.  S.  A. 

Dr.  Andrew  Walker  Warfield  married  Delight  Weir.  Charles 
Henry  Warfield  was  a  druggist  of  Rushville.  Hester  Jane  Warfield 
married  Alvin  Chamberlain.  Rowena  Warfield  married  Dr.  Jas.  A. 
Bennett. 

'"  BENJAMIN  WARFIELD,  OF  "LUGG  OX/* 

The  youngest  son  of  Richard  and  Elinor  (Browne)  Warfield, 
was  Benjamin,  who  joined  his  brother,  Richard,  in  surveying  "  Win- 
copin  Neck,"  in  the  forks  of  Savage  and  Middle  River,  immediately 
at  Savage  Factory.  This  was  willed  to  his  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Ridgely,  by  both  himself  and  his  brother  Richard. 

Benjamin  Warfield's  inheritance  in  "Warfield's  Range"  was 
never  occupied  by  him.  He  surveyed  "Benjamin's  Discovery,"  in 
Anne  Arundel.  He  married  Elizabeth  Duvall,  daughter  of  Captain 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Duvall.  Her  marriage  dower  was  a 
tract  of  780  acres,  known  as  "Lugg-Ox,"  in  the  forks  of  the  Patuxent. 
This  adjoined  his  own  survey.  One  son,  Joshua,  and  a  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  were  their  issue.  Benjamin  Warfield  died  in  early  man- 
hood, in  1717,  leaving  his  children  minors.  His  widow  married  John 
Gaither,  the  second,  who  administered. 

Joshua,  of  Benjamin,  held  the  homestead.  By  his  wife,  Ruth 
Davis,  of  Thomas,  he  had  Benjamin,  Joshua,  Henry,  Thomas,  Caleb, 
Mary,  Elizabeth  and  Elinor.  ''Lugg-Ox"  was  divided  among  these 
heirs.  Benjamin  removed  to  Frederick  County.  Joshua  left  no 
records.  Henry  was  an  attorney,  and  died  a  bachelor.  Thomas 
and  Caleb  remained  upon  the  homestead  and  left  heirs.  Thomas 
was  executor.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  militia.  He  married,  first, 
Elizabeth  Holliday,  and  second,  Elizabeth  Marriott,  and  had  issue, 
Mary,  Lydia  Ellender,  wife  of  Captain  Francis  Bealmear;  William, 
merchant  of  Annapolis;  Dr.  Anderson,  legislator;  Thomas  Wheeler, 
Singleton — William  Warfield  and  David  Ridgely  were  merchants  of 
Annapolis,  and  loaned  money  on  real  estate.  At  the  time  of  his 
death,  William  Warfield  held  most  of  "  Lugg  Ox."  His  wife  was 
Mary  Tyler  Worthington,  granddaughter  of  Hon.  Brice  Thomas 
Beale  Worthington.  Issue,  Thomas  Henry  Warfield  and  Elizabeth 
Holliday  Warfield,  legatees  of  Mrs.  Mary  Tyler  Warfield;    Thomas 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.        91 

Henry  married  Mary  Worthington.  Thomas  Wheeler  Warfield  sold 
his  interest  in  "  Lugg  Ox"  to  William;    his  wife  was  Sarah  White. 

Dr.  Anderson  Warfield,  the  bachelor,  was  a  ready  writer,  in- 
dependent politician,  legislator,  and  closed  his  career  as  a  physician, 
of  Baltimore,  leaving  his  house  and  practice  on  Eutaw  Street,  to 
Dr.  Bealmear,  stepson  of  his  sister.  Caleb  Warfield,  of  Joshua,  sold 
his  interest  in  "Lugg  Ox"  to  Dr.  Anderson  Warfield,  and  resided 
upon  his  wife's  interest  in  the  Sappington  estate.  His  daughters, 
Elizabeth  and  Elinor,  died  maidens.  Thomas  Warfield,  of  Caleb, 
married  Margery  Browne,  daughter  of  Philemon  Browne  and  Mar- 
gery Gaither,  sister  of  Colonel  Edward  Gaither,  Jr.  Their  issue 
were,  Thomas  Warfield,  of  "Good  Hope,"  and  Caleb  Warfield,  who 
removed  to  Kentucky.  ~' 

Thomas  Warfield,  of  "Good  Hope," — Margaret  Foster — issue, 
Abel  Davis  Warfield,  of  Alexandria,  Virginia. — Sarah  Ann  Adams 
issue,  Geo.  Thos.  Warfield,  of  17th  Virginia  Infantry,  killed  in  de- 
fence of  Richmond,  1862.  Edgar  Warfield,  druggist,  of  Alexandria, 
Virginia  and  commander  of  Lee's  Legion  of  Confederate  soldiers — 
Catherine  Virginia  Batcheller — issue,  Edgar  Warfield,  Jr., — Abbia 
Virginia  Belles — issue,  Edgar  Ashley,  George  Elmon — Nellie  J.  Soud- 
son.  Wm.  Ryland — Alice  Down;  Marion  Roberts— Thomas  F. 
Burroughs;  Andrew  Adgate  Warfield — Jane  Elizabeth  Pattie;  Ada 
Francis  Warfield — B.  P.  Kurtz;  Susan  Alice — Walter  Gahan;  Frank 
Warfield — Cora  May  Smith,  Richmond,  Virginia.  Harry  Lee  War- 
field — Lizzie  Allen.  Caleb  Warfield,  of  Thomas  and  Margery  Brown, 
removed  to  Kentucky, — first,  Nancy  Livingstone;  second,  Nancy 
Ray;  third,  Anne  Steel.  Issue  by  second,  Thomas  Brown,  Jphn, 
Louisa,  James,  George;   issue  by  third,  William  Warfield. 

Thomas  Brown  Warfield — first,  Sabra  Ann  Steele — issue,  Sabra 
Steele  Warfield;  second,  Margaret  Rebecca  Campbell — issue,  Charles, 
Thomas,  Myra  Alice,  Clara  Maria,  Nancy  Margaret,  and  William 
Campbell  Warfield,  who  married  Dora  Rawlings.  Issue,  Edwin, 
Herbert,  Theodora  Margaret.  William  Campbell  Warfield  is  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Schools,  and  State  Secretary  of  the  Reading 
Circle,  Mt.  Stering,  Kentucky. 

'^  MAJOR  JOHN  WELSH,  HIGH  SHERIFF,  OF  A.  A.  CO. 

In  1667,  Major  Welsh  was  a  Commissioner  of  Anne  Arundel 
County.  In  1675,  as  the  husband  of  Mrs.  Anne  Grosse,  widow  of 
Hon.  Roger  Grosse,  he  was  executor  of  the  large  Grosse  estate,  and 
summoned  John  Grosse,  Richard  Snowden  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth, 
lately  Elizabeth  Grosse,  Roger  Grosse,  Jr.,  Wm.  Grosse  and  Francis 
Grosse,  in  settlement  of  the  estate. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Grosse)  Welsh  was  the  mother  of  Silvester  and 
John  Welsh,  Jr.  The  latter  was  known  later  as  Major  and  Colonel 
John.  She  died  before  1675,  when  Major  Welsh  married  Mary, 
stepdaughter  of  Nicholas  Wyatt,  and  half-sister  of  Sarah  (Wyatt) 
Dorsey,  wife  of  Colonel  Edward. 


92        FouxDEKS  OF  Anxe  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1679,  Major  Welsh  was  one  of  "The  Quorum,"  and  was 
High  Sheriff  in  1678  and  1679.  In  the  former  year,  he  was  defend- 
ant against  John  Homewood  in  a  suit  against  his  deputy.  In  1683, 
Major  Welsh  was  a  commissioner  for  building  the  courthouse,  and 
in  the  same  year,  a  commissioner  for  the  advancement  of  trade  in 
Anne  Arundel.  In  short,  Major  Welsh  was  continuously  in  the  pub- 
lic service.  His  will,  of  1686,  left  his  South  River  lands,  "  Arnold's 
Grey,"  to  Sjdvester  and  John,  because  they  came  through  his  Grosse 
wife.  Benjamin  Welsh  was  installed  in  the  South  River  homestead. 
The  four  daughters,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Sarah  and  Damaris  Welsh, 
were  joint  heirs  of  his  lands  upon  the  Gunpowder.  "  Unto  my  wife, 
Mary,  '  Preston's  Enlargement,'  near  River  Dam,  Herring  Creek.  I 
give  to  my  brother,  Henry  Welsh,  my  tobacco  box,  silver  headed 
cane,  broadcloth  suit  and  one  thousand  acres  of  land."  This  brother 
I  could  not  find  in  our  records.  Though  named  an  executor,  the 
estate  was  settled  by  son,  Sylvester,  and  his  widow,  Mary,  then 
wife  of  James  Ellis.  """^^  ^.-^- — 

Sylvester's  wife  was  Elinor.  They  had  issue,  Sylvester,  Jr., 
Elinor  and  Lucia. 

Captain,  or  Colonel  John,  married,  first,  Thomasin  Hopkins, 
daughter  of  Gerard  and  Thomasin  Hopkins,  of  South  River.  Their 
daughter,  Sarah,  became  Mrs.  Samuel  Warfield.  Colonel  John's 
second  wife  was  Rachel,  without  doubt,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann 
(Greenberry)  Hammond.  By  her  were  Ann,  wife  of  Nathan  Ham- 
mond, son  of  Major  Gljarles  and  Hannah  Howard.  (2.)  Rachel; 
(3.)  Captain  John,  who  married  Hannah  Hammond,  daughter  of 
John  and  Ann  (Dorsey)  Hammond;  (4).  Thomas;  (5.)  Benjamin; 
(6.)    EUzabeth;    (7.)    Henry  O'Neale;    (8.)    Comfort. 

The  above  testator  was  a  large  shipping  iron  merchant.  His 
partner  was  his  cousin,  Richard  Snowden,  son  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth (Grosse)  Snowden,  a  half-sister  of  Colonel  John  Welsh.  They 
bought  and  sold  lands  also  as  partners.  His  will  of  1733-34,  reads: 
"I  give  to  my  son,  John  Welsh,  my  lands,  'Arnold's  Grey'  and 
'Neglect.'  To  my  sons,  Thomas  and  Benjamin,  I  give  'Welsh's 
Discovery.'  I  give  to  William  Davis,  '  WiUiam's  Delight.'  "  Lands 
and  monej'  were  left  to  wife,  Rachel,  and  daughters,  Rachel  and 
Comfort.  The  married  daughters  also  named  were  Sarah,  wife  of 
Samuel  Warfield,  and  Sophia  Hall.  "To  my  brother,  Robert,  my 
wearing  apparel,  my  watch,  and  my  gold  ring.  My  cousin,  Richard 
Snowden,  my  brother,  Robert,  and  my  wife,  Rachel,  to  administer." 

Benjamin  Welsh,  his  brother,  married  Elizabeth  Nicholson. 
The  daughters  of  Major  John  Welsh  were:  ^  Mary,  wife  of 
Josias  Toogood;  Sarah — John  Giles;  Elizabeth — Dailiel  Richardson; 
Damaris — Thos.  Stockett.  A  thousand  acre  tract  in  Baltimore 
County,  known  as  "Three  Sisters,"  was  sold  by  these  sisters. 

Robert,  the  youngest  child  of  Major  John  Welsh,  born  after  the 
death  of  the  Major,  married  Katherine  Lewisy'  Issue,  James,  Lewis, 
Robert,  Jemima  Edwards,  Elizabeth  Tongue,  Grace  Elliot,  Kath- 
arine Stewart,  John,  and  Benjamin,  inheritor  of  "Preston's  En- 
largement." 


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John  Welsh,  the  third — known  also  as  Captain — inherited  the 
homestead,  but  married  in  Howard  County,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Ann  Dorsey  Hammond,  whose  residence  was  adjoining 
the  "Old  Brick  Church."  John  Welsh  took  up  an  immense  tract 
in  Northern  Howard,  and  on  it  placed  his  sons,  John,  PhiHp,  Henry 
and  Samuel. 

These  sons  married  kindred  wives.  The  fourth  John  Welsh, 
married  both  a  Hammond  and  a  Dorsey — Lucretia,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Nicholas,  and  Sarah  (Griffith)  Dorsey.  Philip  Welsh — Eliza- 
beth Davis,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Lucretia  Griffith.  Samuel  Welsh 
— Rachel  Griffith,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Dorsey — all 
daughters  of  sisters  and  a  brother,  heirs  of  Orlando  Griffith  and  his 
wife,  Katherine  Howard. 

The  grounds  upon  which  St.  Ann's  Church  stands,  and  the  Peggy 
Stewart  house,  in  Annapolis,  were  held  by  Major  John  and  his  heirs. 

Dr.  Welch  and  his  brother,  Robert,  of  Annapolis,  who  thus 
write  their  names,  are  descendants  of  the  High  Sheriff  and  Member 
of  "The  Quorum." 

^  THE  STOCKETT  BROTHERS. 

My  record  of  this  family  is  the  work  of  a  descendant  of  Annap- 
olis, whose  daughter  kindly  presented  a  copy. 

Our  Rent  Rolls  show  surveys  made  near  the  Susquehanna  River, 
in  Harford,  in  the  name  of  Stockett.  In  1658,  four  brothers,  Thomas, 
Lewis,  Henry  and  Francis,  came  to  the  province  and  obtained  grants 
imder  the  Calverts. 

The  family  was  of  the  Church  of  England,  loyal  to  King  Charles. 
After  the  crushing  defeat  of  the  royal  cause  at  Worcester,  in  1651, 
these  worthies  gathered  up  all  they  could  from  the  wreck  of  their 
property  and  came  to  Maryland. 

Captain  Thomas  Stockett,  of  "Bourne,"  had  in  his  family, 
George  Alsop,  who  wrote  the  tract  on  Maryland,  known  as  "  Alsops 
Character  of  Maryland."  Dr.  Francis  Stockett,  was  appointed  Clerk 
for  the  Court  of  Baltimore,  in  1658,  but,  resigning  it,  was  in  the 
Assembly  of  Delegates  at  St.  Maries  in,  1658-59. 

Captain  Thomas  Stockett  was  in  the  Assembly,  1661-66. 

Captain  Thomas  and  Henry  Stockett  were  also  Judges  of  the 
County  Courts  until  1668,  in  which  year  Captain  Thomas  Stockett 
was  appointed  High  Sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel,  to  which  he  had 
removed.  A  commission  was  issued  to  Lewis  Stockett,  of  Baltimore 
County,  from  1636  to  1667,  as  Colonel  and  Commander-in-Chief  of 
all  the  forces  of  Baltimore  County,  on  the  Susquehanna  and  Bay, 
as  well  as  Kent  Island. 

In  1668,  all  three  brothers  removed  to  Anne  Arundel,  and 
located  on  "Stockett's  Run,"  near  Birdsville.  Captain  Thomas 
Stockett  held  "  Obligation,"  664  acres;  Henry  Stockett  held  "  Bridge 
Hill,"  664  acres;  Dr.  Francis  Stockett  held  "Dodon,"  664  acres. 
They  there  lived  and  died. 


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Among  their  old  family  papers,  was  a  description  of  the  coat 
of  arms,  and  one  engraving  on  the  silver  tankards,  "or,  a  lion  ram- 
pant, Sa,  on  a  chief  of  the  last,  tower  tripple  toured,  or  between  two 
bezants;  Crest  on  a  stump  of  a  tree,  couped  and  eradicated  or  a 
line  sejant,  Sa." 

Another  interesting  paper  was  that  of  Joseph  Tilly,  the  register 
or  clerk  of  All  Hallows  Parish,  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  in  which 
the  Stocketts  were  located. 

"  About  or  in  ye  year  of  ye  Lord  1667  or  8,  I  became  acquainted 
with  four  gents  ye  were  brothers,  and  then  dwellers  here  in  Mary- 
land. The  elder  of  them  went  by  the  name  Colonel  Lewis  Stockett: 
ye  second  by  the  name  of  Captain  Thomas  Stockett;  ye  third  was 
Doctor  Francis  Stockett,  and  ye  fourth  brother  was  Mr.  Henry 
Stockett. 

"These  men  were  but  newly  seated  or  seating  in  Anne  Arundel 
County,  and  they  had  much  business  with  Lord  Baltimore,  then 
ppetr  of  ye  Province. 

"My  house  standing  convenient,  they  were  often  entertained 
there. 

"They  told  me  they  were  Kentish  men,  or  men  of  Kent,  and 
yet  they  were  concerned  for  King  Charles,  ye  First:  were  out  of 
favor  with  ye  following  government,  they  mortgaged  a  good  estate 
to  follow  King  Charles,  the  Second,  in  his  exile,  and  at  their 
return,  they  had  not  money  to  redeem  their  mortgage,  which  was  ye 
cause  of  their  coming  hither. — (Signed.)     Joseph  Tilly." 

Captain  Thomas  Stockett  married  Mary  Wells,  daughter  of 
Richard  Wells,  of  Herring  Creek,  who  was  prominent  in  the  Puri- 
tan colony  of  Virginia.  He  was  one  of  the  Commissioners  appointed 
to  represent  the  parliament  in  1654,  with  Captain  Wm.  Fuller,  and 
others,  and  we  find  him  in  the  Council  of  1658,  after  the  Calverts 
had  regained  the  province.  He  was,  also,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
owning  a  considerable  estate. 

Captain  Thomas  and  Mary  (Wells)  Stockett  left  one  son,  Thomas 
Stockett.  After  Captain  Stockett's  death,  in  1671,  his  widow  mar- 
ried George  Yate,  the  surveyor,  and  had  issue,  George  Yates,  John 
Yates  and  Ann  Yates — sometimes  written  Yeates.  She  survived 
her  second  husband,  whose  will,  of  1691,  left  his  seal  and  silver 
marked  with  his  coat  of  arms  to  his  son  George.  The  latter  married 
Rachel  Warfield,  of  Richard.  Mrs.  Yate's  will,  of  1699,  left  her 
daughter  Frances,  wife  of  Marius  (Mareen)  Duvall,  her  silver  seal 
in  a  lozenge  shield;  and  to  her  son,  Thomas  Stocket,  "  a  black  walnut 
box  which  hath  his  father's  coat  of  arms  engraved  in  ye  bottom 
thereof." 

Thomas  Stockett  married  Mary  Sprigg,  daughter  of  Thomas, 
of  West  River,  who  owned,  also,  a  large  tract  in  Prince  George. 
Upon  portions  of  this  were  located  the  descendants  of  Colonel  John 
Francis  Mercer  and  the  Stewart  family,  connected  with,  and  des- 
cended from,  the  Sprigg  family.  Thomas  Stockett,  Jr.,  surveyed 
many  disputed  tracts  of  land — leaving  b}^  his  first  wife,  Thomas 


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and  Eleanor.  The  latter  married  Richard  Williams.  His  second 
wife  was  Damaris  Welsh,  (or  Welch),  daughter  of  Major  John  and 
Mary  Welsh,  of  South  River,  and  of  Annapolis.  Issue,  Benjamin, 
Lewis,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Beale,  Mrs.  Beard,  Mrs.  Brewer,  Mrs  Mayo, 
Mrs.  Rollins,  or  Larkin. 

Thomas  Stockett,  the  third,  built  the  brick  dwelling  near  Bird- 
ville,  in  1743,  and  planted  choice  selections  of  fruit  brought  by  him 
from  England.  He  made  an  attractive  home.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Noble,  of  Piscataway,  Prince 
George  County.  Issue,  Thomas,  Mary  Elizabeth  and  Thomas  Noble 
Stockett.  Mary  Elizabeth — Samuel  Harwood,  son  of  Captain  Rich- 
ard, and  Ann  Watkins  Harwood.  They  removed  to  Montgomery 
County,  Maryland.  Their  daughter,  Mary  Stockett,  married  Alex- 
ander Warfield,  son  of  John  Worthington  Warfield,  of  the  Big  Seneca, 
from  whom  descends  Captain  Noble  Creager,  of  the  United  States 
Army,  and  his  sister.  Miss  Virginia  Creager,  of  Baltimore. 

Thomas  Noble  Stockett,  born  1747,  married  Mary  Harwood, 
daughter  of  Captain  Richard  Harwood  and  Ann  Watkins.  Mary 
Harwood  was  the  only  daughter. 

Dr.  Thomas  Noble  Stockett  took  an  active  part  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Freedom. 

He  was  appointed  by  commission,  a  copy  of  which  is  now  in 
possession  of  his  descendants  in  Annapolis,  as  surgeon— assistant  to 
Colonel  Thomas  Ewing's  Battalion  of  Militia,  for  the  Flying  Camp. 
He  soon  after  was  commissioned  Surgeon,  and  joined  the  arm}^  under 
General  Smallwood,  of  the  Maryland  Line,  then  in  the  North.  The 
Valley  Forge  hardships  so  impared  his  health  that  he  had  to  return 
home,  and  was  employed  afterwards  in  the  recruiting  service.  He 
was  large,  robust,  florid  complexion,  over  six  feet  in  height.  The 
issue  of  Dr.  Thomas  Noble,  and  Mary  (Harwood)  Stockett  were: 
Mary — Wm.  Alexander,  merchant  of  Annapolis;  Richard  Galen 
Stockett,  M.  D.,  of  Stockwood,  Howard  County — Margaret  Hall, 
daughter  of  Major  Henry  Hall  and  Margery  Howard,  of  Joseph. 

Thomas  Mifflin  Stockett  was  second  in  command  of  a  ship,  and 
was  killed,  in  1799,  in  an  engagement  with  a  French  privateer. 
Joseph  Noble  Stockett — first,  Ann  Caroline  Battee,  and  left  no  issue. 
Second,  Ann  Sellman,  daughter  of  General  Jonathan  Sellman,  whose 
handsome  portrait  now  hangs  in  the  Stockett  house  in  Annapolis. 
Her  mother  was  Ann  Elizabeth  Harwood,  daughter  of  Colonel  Rich- 
ard and  Margaret  (Hall)  Harwood.  Their  only  issue  was  the  late 
Francis  H.  Stockett,  of  Annapolis,  whose  record  of  the  Stockett 
family  was  published  in  1892,  from  which  I  quote. 

The  third  wife  of  Joseph  Noble  Stockett  was  Sophia  Watkins, 
daughter  of  Major  Joseph  Watkins  and  Ann  Gray.  Their  issue  were, 
John  Shaaff  Stockett — Georgetta  Stockett;  Thos.  Richard — Jemima 
Edmunds,  of  England.  Dr.  Charles  William — Maria  L.  Duvall, 
only  child  of  Dr.  Howard  M.  Duvall;  Mary  Sophia — first  Dr.  Richard 
Harwood  Cowman,  Surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy;  second, 
John  Thomas  Stcckett,  only  son  of  George  Lee  Stockett,  son  of  Dr. 


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Richard  Galen  Stockett,  of  Howard  County,  who  was  a  celebrated 
civil  service  engineer  and  Past  Master  of  the  Masons.  Ann  Stockett, 
of  Dr.  Thomas  Noble — Rhoderick  Warfield,  of  "  Warfield's  Range," 
Howard  County,  and  with  him  removed  to  Kentucky,  where  they 
raised  a  large  family.  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Noble 
Stockett — Turenne  Watkins,  son  of  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins  and 
Ruth  Dorsey,  and  with  him  removed  to  Kentucky. 

Mr.  Joseph  Noble  Stockett,  who  inherited  the  old  Stockett  home- 
stead, was  an  ardent  member  of  the  ancient  South  River  Club,  as 
his  ancestors  had  been,  and  would  there  spend  the  entire  day. 

HARWOOD  FAMILY. 

One  of  the  earliest  surveys  of  1651  upon  Rhode  River  was 
"Harwood,"  in  the  name  of  Robert  Harwood.  This  tract  was  later 
in  litigation,  but  Abell  Browne,  the  Justice  and  High  Sheriff  of 
Anne  Arundel,  held  it  and  willed  it  to  his  son,  Robert  Browne.  Whilst 
I  have  not  found  the  fact,  the  inference  is  good  that  said  Robert  was 
named  for  Robert  Harwood,  the  original  surveyor. 

The  most  remarkable  courtship  on  record  was  that  of  a  Robert 
Harwood,  a  relative  of  Dr.  Peter  Sharpe,  the  Quaker  of  Calvert. 
In  his  will,  of  1672,  Dr  Sharpe  left  a  personal  memorial  to  "  Robert 
and  Elizabeth  Harwood,  their  children  and  friends  in  the  ministry." 

The  succeeding  Harwood  family  seems  to  have  come  from  both 
Robert  and  a  certain  Thomas  Harwood  D.  D.,  of  "Streatley,"  Rector 
of  Littlelor,  in  Middlesex.  He  founded  a  school  for  the  poor,  and 
was  succeeded  by  several  successive  rectors.  One  of  the  earliest 
deeds  is  that  of  Thomas  Harwood,  of  Streatley,  Berks  County,  Eng- 
land, to  his  son,  Richard  Harwood,  for  "  Hookers  Purchase,"  at 
the  head  of  Muddy  Creek,  Anne  Arundel  County,  Maryland. 

The  above  Richard  lived  upon  it,  and  by  his  wife,  Mary,  had 
Thomas  Harwood,  born  1698,  who  married  Sarah  Belt;  Pachard 
Harwood — Anne  Watkins. 

Thomas  and  Sarah  Belt  were  the  parents  of  Captain  Thomas 
Harwood,  of  Prince  George  County,  under  General  Smallwood.  His 
wife  was  Rachel  Sprigg,  of  Osborne,  of  Prince  George  County.  Issue, 
Thomas,  ancestor  of  James  Kemp  Harwood,  of  Baltimore.  (2.) 
Osborne  Sprigg — Elizabeth  Ann  Harwood,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Richard  and  Margaret  Hall,  his  wife.  (3.)  Margaret — Wm.  Hall; 
(4.)  Rachel — Major  Harry  Hall,  from  whom  comes  Dr.  Julius  Hall, 
of  Baltimore.  (5.)  Lucy — John  Battle;  second.  Colonel  Richard 
Harwood. 

Richard  Harwood,  second  son  of  Richard  and  Mary,  the  settlers, 
married  Anne  Watkins,  born  1737,  and  had  nine  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, twins.  Their  first  son  was  Colonel  Richard  Harwood,  of  "  South 
River  Battalion"  (militia).  His  wife  was  Margaret  Hall,  daughter 
of  Major  Henry,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Henry,  of  St.  James. 

Thomas  Harwood,  fourth  son  of  Richard  and  Anne,  was  the 
first  Treasurer  of  the  Western  Shore  of  Maryland,  under  the  Council 


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of  Safety,  about  1776,  and  continued  in  that  office  until  his  death, 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Benjamin.  From  Treasurer 
Thomas,  came  Richard — Miss  Callahan,  whose  son,  William — Hester 
Ann  Lockerman.  Their  descendants  hold  the  Harwood  House,  of 
Annapolis. 

John,  fifth  son  of  Richard  and  Ann  Watkins — Mary  Hall, 
daughter  of  Major  Henry  Hall. 

Samuel,  sixth  son  of  Richard  and  Ann — Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Thos.  Stockett  and  Elizabeth  Noble,  his  wife.  They  removed  to 
Montgomery  County.  Their  daughter  became  the  wife  of  Alex- 
ander Warfield,  of  the  Seneca. 

From  Nicholas,  seventh  son  of  Richard  and  Ann  Watkins, 
through  his  daughter,  Sarah  Duvall,  is  descended  Dr.  Marius  Duvall, 
United  States  Navy,  From  Mary,  second  daughter,  wife  of  Wm. 
S.  Green,  came  Eliza — James  Henly  Iglehart.  Matilda,  wife  of 
John  Nicholas  Watkins  and  Nicholas — his  cousin,  Mary  Augusta 
Harwood. 

Benjamin  Harwood,  the  Treasurer,  was  immarried.  The  mina- 
ture  and  trinkets  foimd  in  the  treasury  some  years  ago,  belonged 
to  him. 

The  issue  of  Colonel  Richard  and  Margaret  Hall,  his  wife,  were, 
Anne  Elizabeth — Major  Jonathan  Sellman;  (2.)  Elizabeth  Anne 
— Osborn  Sprigg  Harwood;  (3.)  Richard  Hall  Harwood,  Judge  of 
the  Circuit  Court  of  Anne  Arundel — Annie  Green.  Issue,  (1.)  Eliza 
— George  Wells,  of  Annapolis;  (2.)  Mary  Augusta — Nicholas  Green, 
her  cousin;  (3.)  Matilda — David  McCulloh  Brogden;  (4.)  Rebecca 
— N.  L.  Coulter. 

(4.)  Henry  Hall,  of  Richard  and  Margaret — Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Edward  Lloyd,  of  "Wye,"  in  1805.  Issue,  (1.)  Betty 
Francis  Scott  Key;  (2.)  Mary — Dr.  William  Ghiselin;  (3.)  Josephine 
— Edward  G.  Tilton,  United  States  Navy. 

(5.)  Joseph,  of  Richard  and  Margaret — Anne  Chapman,  and 
second,  Mitilda  Sparrow.  Issue,  (3.)  Ann  Matilda — Charles  Hoops; 
(4.)  James — Ann  Mackall;  (5.)  Chapman — Elizabeth  Claude;  (7.) 
Margaret — Dr.  William  Watkins,  of  Howard.  Their  son,  Harwood 
Watkins,  editor  of  the  Ellicott"  City  Times,  and  a  popular  young 
lawyer,  died  unmarried  in  early  manhood. 

(6.)    Thomas  was  a  lawyer  of  Baltimore,  and  died  unmarried. 

(7.)    Mary — Thos.  Noble  Harwood,  her  cousin, 

(8.)  Henrietta — Thos.  Cowman.  Issue,  (1.)  Thomas — Matilda 
Battle;  (2.)  Richard — Harriet  Green,  later  wife  of  Thomas  Hall, 
whose  daughter,  Henrietta — Wilham  Hall,  of  Annapolis. 

(9.)  Benjamin,  born  1783 — Henrietta  Maria  Battle.  Issue,  (1.) 
Lucinda  Margaret — Dr,  John  Henry  Sellman,  her  first  cousin;  (3.) 
Ann  Caroline — Benjamin  Harrison,  of  Baltimore;  (4.)  Henrietta 
Eliza — George  Johnson,  son  of  Chancellor  John  Johnson.  The 
second  wife  of  Benjamin  Harwood  was  Margaret  Hall,  of  William, 
third,  his  cousin.  Issue,  (1.)  Benjamin,  of  Mississippi;  (4.)  Mary 
Dryden — Thos  Kent;  (10.)  Priscilla — John  B.  Weems,  who  had, 
(1.)  Ann  Bell;    (2.)  Mary  Dorsey. 


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Osborne  Sprigg  Harwood,  son  of  Thos.  and  Rachel  Sprigg,  his 
wife, — Ehzabeth  Anne,  daughter  of  Colonel  Richard  Harwood  and 
Margaret,  his  wife.  Their  second  daughter,  Margaret, — Wm.  John 
Hall,  her  first  cousin,  and  had  issue,  Mary  Priscilla.  Fourth  daughter 
— Francis  Henry  Stockett,  of  Annapolis;  fifth,  Harriet  Kent, — 
Philip  G.  Schurar,  of  Annapolis;  sixth,  William  Sprigg — Elizabeth 
Sellman,  daughter  of  Thos.  Welsh  and  Elizabeth  Sellman,  his  wife. 

Third,  Rachel  Ann,  third  daughter  of  Osborne  and  Sprigg — 
James  Iglehart;  issue,  Anne  Sellman — Jas.  X  Waddell.  Second, 
Harwood — A.  Owen  Kent.  Third,  James — Sallie  Waddell;  killed 
at  Battle  of  Gettysburg,  1863.  Fourth,  Wm.  Thomas — Catherine 
Spottswood  Berkeley.  Fifth,  Thos.  Richard  Sprigg,  youngest  of 
Osborne  Sprigg  and  Elizabeth — Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of  Wm.  P, 
Mills,  of  Baltimore. 

The  deed  from  Thomas  Harwood,  of  Streatley,  to  his  son,  Rich- 
ard, closes  as  follows:  "And  from  and  immediately  after  his  decease, 
to  the  use  of  Thomas  Harwood,  son  of  said  Richard  Harwood,  and 
his  heirs." 

Richard,  of  this  last  Thomas,  left  his  dwelling,  "  Hooker's  Pur- 
chase," to  his  niece,  Lucy  Battle,  and  to  his  sister-in-law,  Rachel 
Harwood,  during  life.  "Anthony's  Purchase,"  being  the  dwelling 
of  his  late  brother,  Thomas  Harwood,  and  after  his  death,  to  my 
nephew,  Osborne  Sprigg  Harwood. 

Thomas  Harwood,  of  Richard,  the  settler,  left  "  Brazen  Harpe 
Hall"  to  his  son,  Benjamin;  and  Benjamin  left  it  to  his  two  children. 
It  was  afterward  divided  and  part  of  it  is  called  "  Harwood  Hall," 
and  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  Beale  D.  Mullikin,  a  descendant  of  Benja- 
min Harwood.  The  old  Harwood  burying  ground  is  on  that  part 
of  the  estate,  but  there  is  hardly  a  trace  of  it  left.  "  Harwood  Hall" 
is  about  ten  miles  from  Marlboro,  Prince  George  County.  Sarah 
(Belt)  Harwood,  widow  of  Thos.  Harwood,  did  not  "  chuse"  to  accept, 
and  wrote  to  "certifi"  that  she  preferred  her  third  part. 

Major  Sprigg  Harwood  was  one  of  "the  glorious  nineteen  electors." 
In  1886,  when  seventy-eight  years  of  age,  he  gave  his  view  of  that 
memorable  fight  for  constitutional  reform,  said  he:  "We  had  a 
caucus  in  Baltimore,  and  agreed  to  assemble  in  Annapolis,  and  to 
send  an  address  to  the  twenty-one  Whigs  already  qualified  in  the 
Senate  chamber,  waiting  for  three  more  to  make  a  quorum.  But 
they  would  hold  no  communication  with  us  until  we  qualified.  I 
consulted  my  people  here  for  instructions.  They  said, /Go;  the 
principle  is  right  and  we  will  stand  by  you' — for  the  people  generally 
thought  the  country  was  gone.  John  S.  Sellman  wrote  to  us  to 
meet  at  Annapolis;  and,  after  some  delay,  three  of  the  nineteen 
concluded  to  go  into  the  College.  The  Whigs,  in  return,  gave  us 
what  we  were  demanding — the  election  of  the  Governor  by  the  people. 
We  were  satisfied." 

Major  Sprigg  Harwood  was  one  of  the  county  delegates  to  the 
Congressional  Convention,  in  favor  of  the  dissolution  of  the  Union, 


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and  recognizing  the  Southern  Confederacy.  In  1864,  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  State  Convention  called  by  the  people.  He  was  also, 
long  Clerk  of  the  Court  for  Anne  Arundel. 

^  THE  HALL  FAMILY. 

All  Hallows  and  St.  James  parish  records  give  many  items  of 
interest  concerning  both  Halls  and  Harwoods.  Rev.  Henry  Hall,  the 
first  to  come  over,  was  a  priest  of  the  Church  of  England.  He  was 
sent  by  Henry  Lord  Bishop,  of  London,  with  letters  to  Hon.  Francis 
Nicholson,  then  Governor  of  the  Province,  who  inducted  Rev.  Henry 
Hall  as  First  Rector  of  St.  James.  This  office  was  held  till  his  death, 
in  1722.  A  stained  glass  window  to  his  memory  is  still  in  St.  James 
Church.  In  1701,  Rev.  Henry  Hall  married  Mary  Duvall,  of  Mareen, 
the  Huguenot.     They  had  five  sons  and  three  daughters. 

From  John  are  descended  the  families  of  Thos.  J.  Hall  and 
William  Hall,  of  St.  James. 

From  Major  Henry,  the  oldest  son,  who  married  Martha  Howard, 
of  Joseph,  grandson  of  Captain  Cornelius,  were  Henry,  born  1727,  and 
John,  born  1729.  This  last  was  Barrister  John  Hall,  a  very  distin- 
guished lawyer,  who  refused  an  admiralty,  but  was  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  Safety,  and  of  the  Continental  Congress.  He  married 
Eleanor  Dorsey,  of  "  Hockley,"  but  left  no  descendants.  He  was 
buried  on  the  farm  called  "The  Vineyard,"  some  seven  miles  from 
Annapolis.  A  portrait  of  him  is  now  in  possession  of  Miss  Nellie 
Ridont,  whose  grandmother  was  a  sister  of  his  wife. 

Henry  Hall,  the  older  brother  of  Barrister  John  Hall,  was  also 
known  as  Major  Henry.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth  Watkins.  Their 
oldest  son  was  Major  Harry  Hall,  who  married  Margery  Howard, 
of  Joseph  and  Martha,  of  "All  Hallows."  Issue  four  children,  else- 
where given.  By  his  second  wife,  Rachel  Harwood,  he  had  five 
children,  viz. :  Mary  Anne — Councilor  Thos.  W.  Hall,  son  of  Edward 
Hall,  Their  only  son,  Julius  Hall,  moved  to  Calvert  County  and 
there  practised  medicine  for  a  number  of  years.  His  wife  was  Jane, 
daughter  of  Governor  Joseph  Kent,  of  Maryland.  His  son  Julius — 
Elizabeth  Claude  Stockett,  daughter  of  Francis  Henry  Stockett  and 
Mary  Priscilla,  his  wife. 

The  issue  of  Major  Henry  Hall,  by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth, 
Lansdale,  were:  First.  Edward — Martha  Duckett.  Issue,  Eleanor 
W.  Priscilla,  Henrietta,  Richard,  Captain  John,  and  Thomas. 

Second.  Isaac,  from  whom  descended  the  family  of  thiP  late 
Harry  Hall,  of  West  River,  the  father  of  Edward.  Dr.  Estep  Hall 
and  Augustus  Hall. 

Third.     Margaret — Colonel  Richard  Harwood. 

Fourth.  William,  known  as  William,  third.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Harwood,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas,  of  St.  James  Parish. 
Their  son,  Thomas — Henrietta,  widow  of  Thos.  Cowan.  Their 
daughter,  Henrietta — Wm.  Henry  Hall,  of  Annapolis.  The  second 
wife  of  Thomas,  above,  was  Mary  Watkins,  who  had  John  Thomas 
— Harriet  Barker,  of  Baltimore. 


100      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Second.  Richard,  of  William,  third,  left  descendants  in  Prince 
George  County.,  viz.:  Richard — Miss  Perkins.  Issue,  the  late  John 
Hall,  Treasurer  of  Prince  George;  Turner,  Summerfield  Hall.  The 
daughters  were  Mrs.  Marine,  of  Baltimore,  Mrs.  Beale,  Mrs. 
McDonald,  Miss  MoUie  Hall,  of  Beltsville.  Their  homestead  was 
the  handsome  estate  of  Colonel  Herbert. 

Third.  Margaret,  of  William,  third — Benjamin  Harwood,  of 
Colonel  Richard, 

Fourth.  Rachel — Solomon  Sparrow.  I^^ifth.  Harry — Anne 
Geston.  Sixth.  Mary  Dryden — Alfred  Sellman.  Seven.  Elizabeth 
Watkins,  whose  daughter  Eleanor — Richard  Sellman.  Rachel  Sprigg 
— Dr.  Blake  Hall.  Eight.  Wm.  John — Margaret  Hall  Harwood,  of 
Osborne  Sprigg  Harwood. 

THE  RIDOUT  FAMILY. 

John  Ridout,  secretary  of  Governor  Sharpe,  left  a  distinguished 
family.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Governor  Samuel  Ogle,  and 
his  wife,  Ann  Tasker.     Both  v/ere  buried  at  "White  Hall." 

Obituary  notices  of  them  are  among  the  records  of  St.  Margaret's, 
written  by  their  son,  Horatio  Ridout,  Register  of  that  parish  for  a 
number  of  years.  Horatio  Ridout  married  Rachel  Goldsborough, 
of  Cambridge.  She  bore  him  one  son,  John  Ridout,  whose  issue  by 
a  second  wife  were,  Eliza  N.,  Rachel  S.,  Ann  Ogle,  Horatio  and 
Samuel  Ridout. 

Horatio,  of  John,  married  again,  Ann  Weems.  Issue,  Mary — 
Jacob  Winchester;  Horatio — Jemima  Duvall,  of  Richard;  Rev. 
Samuel  Ridout — Hester  Ann  Chase,  daughter  of  Thomas;  Weems 
Ridout — first,  Elizabeth  Duvall,  second,  Elizabeth  Beeman;  Orlando 
Ridout — Margaret  Atlee;  Elinor  Ridout,  Francis  Hollingsworth 
Ridout  died  single;  Anna  Rebecca — Captain  Thos.  K.  Messick; 
James  Maccubin  Ridout  and  Miliora  Ogle  died  single. 

The  descendants  of  Horatio  and  Jemima  Duvall  are,  Horatio 
Sharpe — Ellen  J.  Rogers;  Zachariah  Duvall  Ridout— Ellen  Messick; 
Francis  Hollingsworth — Eliza  Shepherd;  Weems  Ridout,  the  cour- 
teous merchant  of  Annapolis — Edith  Marden;  Grafton  Duvall — Sallie 
Dashiell;   Charles — Carrie  Conner. 

Samuel  Ridout,  of  John,  of  Horatio,  was  the  friend  and  father- 
in-law  of  Rev.  Walter  Dulany  Addison.  From  him  descends  Dr. 
Wm.  G.  Ridout,  of  Annapoils,  who  possesses  a  handsome  portrait 
of  Mrs.  Mary  (Young,  Woodward)  Hesselius. 

One  of  her  descendants,  upon  seeing  for  the  first  time,  the  above 
portrait  of  Mrs.  Kesselius,  asked.  Dr.  Ridout,  "What  queen  is  that?" 
The  reply  was,  "You  are  not  far  from  right  in  calling  her  a  queen, 
for  she  had  all  the  graces  of  a  queen,  and  to  her  own  family,  she 
was  a  queen  of  hearts." 

There  stands,  to-day,  a  magnificent  colonial  residence  upon  a 
hill  overlooking  the  tragic  battlefield  of  the  Severn.  It  was  built  by 
John  Ridout  and  is  still  held  by  his  descendants,  of  Annapolis. 

Dr.  Ridout,  Jr.,  and  Mrs.  Ligon,  of  Howard,  are  of  his  household. 


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THE  BEALE  FAMILY. 

A  Scottish  family,  with  a  ringing  bell  as  its  coat  of  arms,  was 
early  represented  in  our  province. 

The  leader  was  a  famous  officer,  Colonel  Ninian  Beale,  born  in 
Fifeshire,  or  near  Edinburgh,  about  1625.  Having  fought,  in  1650, 
against  Cromwell  at  Dunbar,  he  was  captured  and  transported  to 
Calvert  County,  Maryland. 

This  same  immigrant  was  called  the  "Covenanter,"  whose  zeal 
caused  him  in  some  way,  to  be  mixed  up  with  the  killing  of  a  Bishop 
Montgomery,  in  an  effort  to  keep  Episcopacy  out  of  Scotland. 

He  came,  in  1655,  and  located  in  Calvert  County.  Intelligent, 
and  of  a  strong  character,  he  at  once  became  a  leader  in  the  contests 
of  that  period. 

He  was  with  Colonel  Coursey  and  Colonel  William  Stephens, 
"  When  they  sent  Captain  Beale  before  them  to  find  Captain  Brandt." 
Information  being  delivered  into  his  lordship's  hands  by  Captain 
Ninian  Beal^,  it  was  ordered  to  be  entered  in  the  Council  book; 
and  by  his  lordship's  special  command,  power  be  given  to  Captain 
Ninian  Beale,  of  Calvert  County,  to  press  man  and  horse  anytime, 
upon  urgent  occasion,  to  give  his  lordship  intelligence."  Ordered, 
also,  at  the  same  time,  "  that  six  men  in  arms,  under  Captain  Ninian 
Beale,  be  commanded  out  to  continue  ranging  between  the  head  of 
the  Patuxent,  up  to  the  Susquehanna,  forth  for  discovery  of  the 
Indian  enemy."  Captain  Beale,  in  1689,  signed  the  Declaration  of 
Remonstrance,  in  which  it  was  declared,  that  "All  rumors  of  an 
Indian  invasion,  supported  by  Catholics,  were  found  to  be  false." 

For  Captain  Beale's  services  he  was  granted  an  estate  that 
extended  over  several  counties.  He  surveyed  near  the  National 
Capitol,  and  upon  one  of  his  surveys,  a  number  of  Presbj^terian 
families  were  induced  to  settle.  One  of  his  tracts  was  the  "  Rock  of 
Dumbarton."  Georgetown  stands  upon  this  survey.  There  was 
another  one  at  Bennings,  and  still  another  at  Collington,  Prince 
George  County.  Here  was  located  Ninian  Beale,  Jr.,  the  testator  of 
1710,  who  named  only  two  children,  Mary  and  Samuel.  His  sister, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Colonel  Ninian  and  Ruth  Moore,  married  Colonel 
Archibald  Edmondson,  whose  daughter,  Ruth  Edmondson,  married 
Rev.  John  Orme,  who  married  Elizabeth  Johns,  whose  daughter,  Char- 
lotte Orme,  became  Mrs.  Daniel  Douglass.  Colonel  Ninian  died,  1717, 
age  ninety-three  years. 

Colonel  George  Beall,  youngest  son  of  Colonel  Ninian,  born  at 
Upper  Marlborough,  in  1695,  removed  to  Georgetown,  and  there 
died,  1780.  He  built  a  large  house  upon  N  Street,  and  many  believe 
that  he  gave  name  to  Georgetown.     It  was  upon  his  property. 

Thomas  Beal'^,  of  Colonel  George,  by  a  second  marriage  to  the 
widow  Beal^,  had  twin  daughters,  who  became  the  wives  of  George 
C.  Washington  and  Major  Peter,  and  mothers  of  Lewis  Washington 
and  Colonel  Peter, 


102      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"The  Cedars,"  of  Bennings,  for  Colonel  Ninian  Beale,  was  the 
homestead  of  another  Ninian  Beale,  whose  family  Bible  reads  as 
follows:  "Rachel  born  1711;  Ninian,  1713;  Charles,  1715;  Elinor, 
1717;  Joshua,  1719."  He  held  "The  Cedars;"  married  Sarah  Green- 
field, and  had  Captain  George  Beale,  whose  wife  was  Ann  Truman 
Greenfield.  Their  daughter,  Ann  Truman  Beale,  married  Fielder 
Magruder;  Susan — Samuel  Sheriff,  and  became  the  mother  of  George 
Beale  Sheriff,  the  last  heir  of  "The  Cedars." 

Another  Ninian  Beal^  is  found  at  Georgetown.  He  signs,  in 
a  bold  hand,  "Ninian  Beale,  of  Ninian."  He  is  thought  to  be  the 
Ninian,  of  Ninian,  who  was  born  at  Bennings,  in  1713.  His  issue 
were  Charles,  Ruth,  Margaret,  Mary,  Rachel,  Elinor  and  Susannah. 
Ruth  became  the  wife  of  Captain  Charles  Gassaway;  Margaret — 
Benjamin  Edwards;  Mary — Dr.  Watkins,  and  left  Gassaway  and 
Thomas  Watkins,  of  Brookeville;  Rachel — Hardidge  Lane,  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  was  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Coleman  and  Mrs.  Vansweringen, 
of  Virginia;  Elinor — Zachariah  Offutt,  of  Montgomery  County, 
Susannah — Alexander  Catlett,  father  of  Grandison  Catlett;  Charles 
Beale — a  daughter  of  Lord  Fairfax. 

In  1719,  two  brothers,  William  and  Charles  Beale,  took  up 
1,200  acres  in  Montgomery  County,  known  as  "The  Brothers."  In 
1720,  they  surveyed  "Beale's  Manor." 

A  still  later  Ninian  Beale,  of  Georgetown,  had  a  son  Robert, 
who  had  a  son  James,  who  had  a  son  Zephaniah,  ensign  in  Captain 
Edward  Burgess  Company  of  Montgomery  Militia.  He  married 
Keesiah  White,  widow  of  Wm.  Pritchett,  of  "  Eleanor  Green,"  near 
Rockville.  Their  son  Rezin  Beale,  took  part  in  the  suppression  of 
the  Indians,  in  1790.  The  father  was  Major  and  the  son  became 
General  Rezin  Beale,  of  Wooster,  Ohio.  He  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Johnson,  and  had  Nancy  Campbell  Beale, 
wife  of  Cyrus  Spink,  of  Wooster.  Their  daughter  Rebecca  Beale 
Spink — John  Wilson  McMillan,  son  of  Martin  McMillan  and  Nancy 
Clark.  Their  daughter  is  Miss  Kate  Louise  McMillan,  of  Wooster, 
Ohio. 

Another  Ninian  Beale  married  Elizabeth  Gordon,  and  had 
George,  who  married  Ann  Magruder.  Brooke  Beale  was  the  seven- 
teenth son  of  his  father. 

Another  Beale  family  was  in  Annapolis.  Hannah  Beale  became 
^  the  wife  of  Thomas  Randall,  and  the  mother  "oTUrith  (Randall) 
Gwings.  "     -      - 

John  Beale,  whose  coat  of  arms  upon  his  will  at  Annapolis,  does 
not  show  a  "ringing  bell,"  was  a  distinguished  attorney,  connected 
by  marriage,  with  Howards  and  Dorseys  and  Norwoods.  His  name 
was  handed  down  in  many  allied  families.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Norwood,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Captain 
Cornelius  Howard.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Beale,  became  Mrs. 
Wm,  Nicholson,  the  mother  of  Beale  Nicholson,  and  the  wife  of 
Richard  Dorsey,  of  "Hockley."  A  daughter  of  this  marriage 
became  the  wife  of  another  John  Beale. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      103 

The  following  data  was  sent  to  me  by  Mrs.  Dorsey  of  the  Con- 
gressional Library,  Washington. 

Tombstones  of  the  Beale  family,  formerly  in  the  Presbyterian 
Cemetery,  at  Georgetown,  but  transferred  to  "Oakhill"  at  the  same 
place. 

"  Here  lieth  Colonel  George  Beale,  who  departed  this  life  at 
Georgetown,  March  15,  1780;   aged  eighty-five  years. 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Colonel  George 
Beale,  who  departed  this  life  October  the  2nd,  1748;  age  forty-nine 
years." 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  George  Beale.  He  was  born  in 
Georgetown,  February  25th,' 1729.  He  died  October  15th,  1807,  in 
the  seventy-ninth  year  of  his  age.  He  lived  respected,  and  died 
lamented." 

Will  of  George  Beale  probated  at  Rockville,  the  17th  of  March, 
1780.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Brooke 
and  his  second  wife,  Barbara  Dent.  Their  children  were,  Mary 
Beale,  under  ten  in  1750,  when  Barbara  Dent  Beale,  her  grandmother, 
made  a  deed  of  a  negro  girl  to  her;  she  died  5^oung.  Esther  died 
young.  Thomas  died  young.  George,  born  1729.  Leevin  died  in 
Martinique;  Patrick,  Rebecca,  Lucy  Magruder;  Thomas  died  young; 
Mary  died  young. 

Will  of  Colonel  George  Beale: 

"In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  To  son  Thomas  Beale,  'Con- 
juror's Dissappointment;'  also  a  part  of  'Dumbarton,'  to  be  divided 
by  the  main  road,  that  part  that  lies  south  to  belong  to  grandson, 
George  Beale.  To  daughter,  Elizabeth  Evans,  negro  man  to  serve 
four  years,  and  to  be  free  made  15th  March,  1780."  Witnessed 
by  W.  Smith,  Richard  Cheney,  Abraham  Boyd. 

Thomas  Beale  bought  "Conjuror's  Dissappointment"  and 
"Rock  of  Dumbarton."  Married  Anne  Deme.  His  will  made,  14th 
October,  1814;  probated,  October  7th,  1819.  She  died,  1827. 
Their  children  were  Elizabeth,  married  as  first  wife,  G.  C.  Washing- 
ton, and  Harriet  Ann,  married  Peter.  Another  daughter  of  Colonel 
George  Beale  married  Evans.  On  January  18th,  1720,  George 
Beale  received  a  grant  of  1,380  acres,  known  as  "Rock  of  Dum- 
barton."    Liber,  J.  L.,  No.  A.  pp.  55,  Maryland  Land  Records. 

Will  of  George  Beale,  second  son  of  Colonel  George  Beale.  To 
wife,  Elizabeth,  all  real  and  personal  property  I  received  with  her. 
Two  negroes;  cochehee  with  two  horses;  $100  for  mourning  me  and 
right  of  dower  in  estate.  To  son  George  Beale,  i^lOO,  and  to  his 
children,  negroes  named  in  the  bill  of  sale  recorded  in  Montgomery 
County,  after  his  death.  Also  to  children  of  George  Beale,  Patrick 
and  Anna  Beale,  three  negroes  apiece.  To  son  George,  equal  share 
of  personal  property.  To  son  Levin  Beale,  land  he  now  lives  on 
during  his  life  and  that  of  his  present  wife,  remainder  between  his 
two  children  John  and  Anna  Beale,  to  them  three  negroes  apiece. 
To  grandsGi,  Thomas,  son  of  Ninian  Beale,  the  same.  Son  Heze- 
kiah  and  Ctptain  Thomas  B.  Beale,  executors.     To  son  Hezekiah, 


104      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

the  rest  of  the  jClOO.  To  Rev.  Stephen  Balch,  two  negroes  and 
their  increase  for  his  children.  To  Levin  P.  W.  Balch,  $150,  To 
Captain  John  Rose,  negroes,  etc.  Will  made  the  11th  of  June,  1802; 
probated,  the  20th  of  October,  1807,      Washington,  J,  H.  p.  137. 

His  son,  George  Beale,  was  born  1748,  died  1807,  Captain 
Thomas  Brooke,  born  September  20th,  1770,  died  September,  1820. 
Will  made,  November  23rd,  1808;   probated,  October  14th,  1820, 

Anna  married  Captain  John  Rose,  Elizabeth  married  Rev, 
Stephen  Balch, 

I  do  not  know  the  maiden  name  of  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  though 
I  have  tried  to  discover  it,  ,.i,'        „    j^   '^ 


v^  MAREEN  DUVALL,  THE  HUGUENOT. 

No  more  striking  figure  in  colonial  history  is  found  than  the 
personal  achievements  of  this  fleeing  immigrant  from  Nantes,  about 
1650. 

He  came  as  one  of  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  adventurers,  brought 
over  by  Colonel  William  Burgess,  He  settled  near  Colonel  Burgess, 
in  Anne  Arundel  County,  on.  the  south  side  of  South  River  and 
became  one  of  the  most  successful  merchants  and  planters  of  that 
favored  section. 

When  political  influences  were  most  active  during  the  revolu- 
tion of  1689,  Mareen  Duvall  was  among  the  leaders  who  sustained 
the  Lord  Proprietary,  His  name  is  found  in  Colonel  Greenberry's 
letter  to  Governor  Copley,  as  one  of  the  Jacobin  party,  whose 
mysterious  meetings  he  could  not  solve. 

The  land  records  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Prince  George  Counties 
show  that  this  Huguenot  planter  and  merchant  held  a  vast  estate, 
and  left  his  widow  and  third  wife  so  attractive  as  to  become  the 
third  wife  of  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  and  later  the  wife  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Henderson,  the  commissary  of  the  Chuch  of  England.  Together 
they  built  old  Trinity,  or  Forest  Chapel,  near  Collington,  in  Prince 
George  County, 

The  will  of  Mareen  Duvall  is  an  intelligent  one.  It  was  pro- 
bated, in  1694;  about  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the  Capitol  from 
St,  Mary's  to  Annapolis. 

It  is  not  known  who  were  his  first  wives.  One  of  them  was 
closely  allied  to  the  celebrated  John  Larkin,  a  neighbor  and  endur- 
ing friend  of  Mareen  Duvall,  Five  of  his  twelve  children  were 
married  during  the  lifetime  of  the  Huguenot,  "  Mareen,  the  Elder," 
also  called  by  his  mother-in-law,  "Marius,"  married  Frances  Stockett, 
daughter  of  Thomas,  He  was  the  ancestor  of  John  P,  Duvall,  a 
member  of  the  Virginia  Legislature, 

Captain  John  Duvall,  who  held  another  large  estate,  married 
Elizabeth  Jones,  daughter  of  William  Jones,  Sr,  of  Anne  Arundel 
County.  She  added  considerably  to  his  estate.  Thvnr  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  became  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Warfield,  the  y  mngest  son  of 


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Richard,  the  immigrant.  Her  wedding  gift  was  780  acres  of  "  Lugg 
Ox,"  in  the  forks  of  the  Patuxent.  Her  sister,  Comfort,  became 
Mrs.  Wilham  Griffith,  of  Frederick  County. 

Eleanor  Duvall,  of  Mareen,  became  Mrs.  John  Roberts,  of  Vir- 
ginia. Samuel  Duvall  married  Elizabeth  Clarke,  in  1687;  Susannah 
became  Mrs.  Robert  Tyler,  and  was  the  ancestress  of  General  Bradley 
T.  Johnson;  Lewis  Duvall  married  Martha  Ridgely,  only  daughter 
of  Hon.  Robert  Ridgely,  of  St.  Inigoes,  in  1699. 

"Mareen  the  Elder,"  and  "Mareen  the  Younger"  are  both 
named  by  the  Huguenot  testator  of  1694.  The  latter  seemed  to  be 
his  favorite.  He  married  Elizabeth  Jacob,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Jacob.  His  sister  Catherine,  married  William  Orrick,  in  1700. 
And  his  sister,  Mary,  in  1701,  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Henry  Hall, 
the  English  Rector  of  St.  James  Parish. 

The  Huguenot  names  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Roberts,  and 
daughter  Johanna,  who  became,  in  1703,  Mrs.  Richard  Poole.  Ben- 
jamin Duvall,  of  the  Huguenot,  married  Sophia  Griffith,  in  1713, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Maccubbin)  Griffith.  These  were 
the  ancestors  of  Judge  Gabriel  Duvall,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States.  Benjamin  and  Sophia's  issue  were,  Susanna — Samuel 
Tyler;  Sophia — Thos.  Butt;  Benjamin — Susanna  Tyler.  Issue, 
Gabriel,  (Judge  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court),  who  was 
twice  married,  first  to  Miss  Bryce,  daughter  of  Captain  Robert,  of 
Annapolis;  second  to  Miss  Jane  Gibbon,  of  Philadelphia. 

Edward  Duvall  and  Isaac  Duvall,  brothers  of  Judge  Gabriel, 
were  lieutenants  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  remained  bachelors. 
Isaac  Duvall,  of  Benjamin  and  Jemima  Taylor,  married  Miss  Hard- 
ing, of  Montgomery  County,  and  removed  to  West  Virginia  about 
1812.  He  owned  an  extensive  glass  factory  at  Charlestown,  after- 
wards Wellsburg,  on  the  Ohio.  He  left  three  sons,  among  whom 
was  General  Isaac  Harding  Duvall,  and  four  daughters.  From 
Julia  A.  descends  Mrs.  Anne  O.  Jackson,  of  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 
and  her  sister  Mrs.  List,  of  Wheeling.  From  William,  brother  of 
Isaac,  by  his  wife,  Harriet  Doodridge,  comes  Mrs.  Kate  Rector 
Thibaut,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mareen  Duvall,  "  The  Younger,"  by  Elizabeth  Jacob,  had 
Mareen  in  1702, — Ruth  Howard;  Susannah — first,  Mr.  Fowler,  and 
second,  Mark  Brown.  Elizabeth — Dr.  Wm.  Denune;  Samuel — 
Elizabeth  MuUikin;  Benjamin — Miss  Wells;  John — Miss  Fowler; 
Jacob — Miss  Bourne,  of  Calvert.  Samuel  and  EHzabeth  (Mullikin) 
Duvall,  daiighter  of  James  Mullikin,  son  of  the  immigrant,  had 
James — Sarah  Duvall,  of  Mareen  and  Ruth  (Howard)  Duvall,  and 
Samuel,  in  1740, — Mary  Higgins.  From  Barton  Duvall,  of  Samuel 
and  Mary,  who  married  Hannah  Isaac,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
^n  (Williams)  Isaac,  came  Richard  Isaacs  Duvall,  Dr.  PhiHp  Barton 
Dtivall  and  Dr.  Joseph  Isaac  Duvall. 

Richard  Isaac  Duvall — first,  Sarah  Ann  Duvall,  of  Tobias,  and 
had  James  M.  Duvall,  of  Baltimore,  Philip  Barton  Duvall,  who 
read  medicine  with  Dr.  Samuel  Chew,  of  Baltimore,  and  graduated, 


106      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

in  1860,  at  the  University  of  Maryland,  and  went  south  in  1861,  and 
joined  the  Confederate  State's  Army  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville,  Va.  Samuel  F.  Duvall,  of  the  Confederate  Army, 
several  times  wounded;  Daniel  C.  Duvall,  and  Sallie,  and  several 
other  children  who  died  in  infancy.  Richard  Isaac  Duvall — second, 
Rachel  M.  Waring,  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth  (Turner)  Waring,  and 
had  Richard  Mareen  and  Marius  Turner  Duvall,  twins,  born  1856. 

Richard  M.  Duvall,  a  member  of  the  Baltimore  Bar,  married, 
1895,  JuHa  Anna  Webster  Goldsborough,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Schley 
and  Julia  Anna  Webster  (Strider)  Goldsborough,  of  Frederick,  Md. 

Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Mullikin)  Duvall  had  a  son,  Isaac,  who 
was  twice  married.  One  of  his  sons  was  Basil  Mullikin  Duvall,  who 
married  Delilah  Duvall,  of  Philemon,  of  Montgomery,  and  had  issue, 
Agrippa,  of  Kentucky, — Miss  Smith,  of  Kentucky;  Mary  A. — Thos. 
J.  Betts,  of  Baltimore;  Miss  Margery  Duvall;  Van  Buren  Duvall, 
of  Texas;  Augusta — Dr.  Thos.  C.  Bussey,  of  Baltimore  County; 
Kate — George  Ellicott,  of  the  family  who  founded  Ellicott  City. 

The  homestead  of  Mr.  Basil  Mullikin  Duvall,  now  held  by  Mrs. 
Elhcott,  is  immediately  upon  the  Cattail,  of  the  Patuxent,  in  upper 
Howard  County. 

The  last  wife  and  widow  of  the  Huguenot  was  Miss  Mary  Stanton. 
Before  1700,  she  became  the  wife  of  Col.  Henry  Ridgely,  the  immi- 
grant, and  with  him,  closed  the  administration  of  the  estate  of  the 
Huguenot.  The  younger  Mareen  objected  to  his  guardian,  Col. 
Ridgely,  but  the  courts  did  not  sustain  him.  After  the  death  of  Col. 
Ridgely,  in  1710,  Mrs.  Mary  Ridgely  bought  a  tract  of  land  from 
Wm.  Ridgely,  Sr.  and  Jr.,  brother  and  nephew  of  her  late  husband. 
Mrs.  Mary  Ridgely  next  appears  as  the  wife  of  Rev.  Jacob  Hender- 
son, the  English  rector  sent  over  to  visit  the  churches  of  the  province. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henderson  left  an  enduring  monument  to  their  memory 
by  the  erection,  in  1735,  of  Holy  Trinity  Chapel.  Having  endowed 
the  same,  they  left  it  as  a  memorial  to  the  public,  and  by  act  of  the 
General  Assembly,  it  was  converted  into  a  "  Chapel  of  Ease."  There 
is  a  marble  slab  in  the  vestibule,  stating  the  fact  of  its  erection  at 
the  cost  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henderson.  There  are  also  a  number  of 
memorial  windows  erected  in  it  to  the  Duvalls,  Mullikins,  Bowies 
and  others. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Henderson,  at  Upper  Marlborough,  shows  that 
she  had  a  brother  in  Philadelphia,  and  that  her  maiden  name  was 
Mary  Stanton.  She  was  an  intelligent  and  attractive  lady.  It  is 
not  certain  that  she  left  any  children  by  any  of  her  three  husbands. 

RICHARD  BEARD. 

Richard  Beard,  of  South  River,  came  up  from  Virginia  with 
his  brother-in-law.  Colonel  William  Burgess.  His  wife  Rachel,  was 
a  sister  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Burgess,  both  daughters  of  Edward  Robins, 
of  Virginia.  He  took  up  "Beard's  Habitation,"  on  Beards  Creek, 
and  built  Beards  Mill.     He  represerted  Anne  Arundel  in  the  Assem- 


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blies  of  1662  and  1663.  In  his  will  of  1675,  he  named  his  sons  Rich- 
ard, (the  deputy-surveyor,  who  made  a  map  of  Annapolis),  and  John 
Beard.  Daughters  Ruth,  Rebecca  (Nicholson),  and  daughter  Rachel 
Clark,  and  her  son,  Neal  Clark,  who  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
Captain  George  Puddington.  Mrs.  Rachel  Clark  next  married 
Thomas  Stimpson,  and  by  him  had  two  daughters,  Rachel  and 
Comfort.  The  former  became  Mrs.  Colonel  Charles  Greenberry;  the 
latter,  wife  of  John  Dorsey,  only  son  of  Joshua. 

Mrs.  Stimpson  next  appeared  as  Mrs.  Rachel  Killburne.  In 
1701,  she  deeded  to  her  daughters,  Rachel  Greenberry  and  Comfort 
Stimpson,  furniture,  lots  in  Annapolis,  large  silver  porring,  small 
silver  tankard,  large  silver  "cordiall"  cup,  silver  punch  cups,  and 
silver  spoons.  To  her  son-in-law,.  Wm.  Killburne,  and  her  daughter- 
in-law,  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  she  gave  several  memorials.  To  Charles 
Carroll  she  gave  twenty  shillings  for  a  ring.  To  her  granddaughter, 
Rachel  Clark,  a  silver  bodkin  and  a  gold  ring.  A  memorial  was  also 
given  to  Henry  Davis,  Sr. 

During  that  same  year,  1701,  she  became  Mrs.  Rachel  Freeborne. 
Her  daughter,  Comfort,  was  now  named  Comfort  Dorsey.  She  gave 
to  Anna  Hammond,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Rachel,  his  wife  (Mrs. 
Greenberry),  a  negro  girl.  In  1716,  Mrs.  Freeborne  sold  to  Charles 
Carroll  a  house  and  lot  adjoining  Henry  Ridgely.  She  deeded 
"Turkey  Quarter"  to  her  son  Neale  Clark. 

Thomas  Freeborne  took  up  "Freeborne's  Progress,"  in  Howard 
County.  It  was  later  held  by  Robert  Ridgely,  of  Elk  Ridge,  through 
his  wife,  Sarah.  This  tract  passed  through  several  transfers,  finally 
deeded  by  Mrs.  Margaret  Gumming  to  Rachel  Hammond. 

Richard  Beard  named,  as  executors,  his  sons,  Richard  and  John 
and  his  "brother-in-law.  Colonel  Wm,  Burgess."  Both  of  his  sons 
left  large  families  in  Anne  Arundel,  from  one  of  whom  descended 
Mrs.  Lancelot  Warfield,  of  "Brandy." 

"^  JOHN  GAITHER,  OF  SOUTH  RIVER. 

The  name  of  John  Gaither  was  sixth  on  the  list  of  the  corpor- 
ation of  James  City. — (Holten.) 

"Came  in  the  Assurance,  1635,  Jo.  Gater  and  Joan  Gater,  aged 
36  and  23  years,  and  John  Gater,  15  years." — (Holten's  List  of  Va.) 

On  a  neck  of  land,  on  the  eastern  branch  of  Elizabeth  River, 
the  Virginia  records,  already  quoted,  show  John  Gater  (Gaither) 
seated  upon  five  hundred  acres  for  the  transportation  of  ten  persons. 
He  was,  also,  a  contributor  to  the  support  of  the  Non-Conformist 
Church. 

In  1662,  the  following  record  was  made  in  Maryland:  "Then 
came  John  Gaither  and  demanded  the  renewment  of  a  warrant  for 
450  acres — renewed."  In  1663,  John  Gaither  and  Robert  Proctor 
surveyed  "Abington,"  at  the  head  of  South  River.  It  adjoined 
"Freeman's  Fancy,"  "Freeman's  Stone"  and  "Freeman's  Landing." 


108      FouNDEEs  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

These  three  settlers  were  sons-in-law  of  Joseph  Morley,  whose 
will,  of  1674,  made  Robert  Proctor  and  John  Gaither  his  executors, 
and  legatees  of  his  whole  estate. 

They  sold  "Morley's  Lot"  and  " Morley 's  Grove"  to  Colonel 
William  Burgess.  Robert  Proctor  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  late 
widow  of  John  Freeman,  and  daughter  of  Joseph  Morley,  sold  Free- 
man's lands  to  Captain  George  Puddington,  which  were  later  bought 
by  John  Gaither  from  Captain  Edward  Burgess,  executor  of  Captain 
Puddington. 

Captain  John  Browne,  mariner,  of  London,  sold,  in  1690,  to 
James  Finley,  three  hundred  acres  out  of  "Abington;"  said  land 
laid  out  for  John  Bearing.  And  during  that  same  year,  Captain 
John  Browne  sold  to  John  Gaither,  lands  that  had  been  laid  off  for 
Mr.  Chapman  out  of  "Freeman's  Fancy."  Captain  Browne,  also, 
sold  to  John  Gaither,  lands  in  Abington,  recently  held  by  Robert 
Proctor.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1705,  John  Gaither  held  all 
of  Freeman's  lands  and  all  of  Abington,  except  that  held  by  William 
Ridgely  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife. 

His  widow,  Ruth  (Morley)  Gaither,  married  again,  Francis 
Hardesty.  Dying  intestate,  a  commission  consisting  of  John 
Howard,  John  Hammond  and  John  Duvall,  divided  the  estate. 

His  heirs  were,  John  Gaither,  Jr.,  born  1677;  Ruth,  born  1679 
— John  Warfield  (of  Richard  and  Ehnor  Browne  Warfield);  Ben- 
jamin, born  1681;  Rachel,  born  1687 — Samuel  White;  Mary,  born 
1692;   Rebecca,  born  1695;    Susan,  born  1697. 

John  Gaither  contributed  liberally  to  the  defense  of  the  settlers 
against  Indian  invasions. 

John  Gaither,  Jr.,  as  heir-at-law,  deeded  to  his  brother  Benja- 
min, and  to  Edward  Gaither,  portions  of  his  father's  estate. 

The  issue  of  John  and  Jane  (Buck)  Gaither  were,  Benjamin, 
Alexander,  Richard,  David,  Amos,  Joshua  and  Rezin,  all  inheriting 
"Abington." 

By  a  second  marriage,  to  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Benjamin  War- 
field,  he  had  John,  Edward  and  Samuel  Gaither.  These  inherited 
and  located  upon  "Left  Out,"  near  Dayton,  Howard  County. 

From  these  descended  Mr.  Samuel  Gaither,  the  Commissioner 
of  Howard. 

Benjamin  Gaither  will  be  noted  in  Howard  Coimty. 

Edward  Gaither,  (of  John)  in  1715,  resurveyed  his  father's 
estate  into  "Gaither's  Collections."  This  adjoined  Richard  Snow- 
den's  South  River  estate.  Edward  Gaither  married  Mrs.  Margaret 
Williams,  whose  two  heirs  were  Joseph  and  Margaret  Williams. 
Their  inheritance  was  "Folkland,"  "The  Plains"  and  "Plumbton," 
adjoining. 

The  will  of  Edward  Gaither,  in  1740,  named  his  daughter, 
Rachel  Jacob;  son,  Moses,  inherited  the  surplusage  of  "Freeman's 
Fancy,"  "Freeman's  Stone,"  "Landing,"  "Gaither's  Range," 
and  "Round  About  Hills" — some  three  hundred  acres.  "To  my 
daughter-in-law    (stepdaughter),    Margaret    Williams,    'Folkland,' 


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'The  Plains'  and  'Plumbton/  adjoining;  a  part  of  which  was 
bequeathed  to  my  son-in-law  (stepson) ,  Joseph  Williams."  His  child- 
ren named  were,  daughter  Sarah,  Edward,  Jane,  Leah,  Dinah  and 
Moses,  to  whom  he  left  his  personal  property.  Wife,  Margaret, 
executrix.  In  her  will,  of  1762,  she  confirmed  the  title  to  her 
daughter,  Margaret  Howard,  wife  of  Joseph,  and  named  her  daugh- 
ters heirs. 

Edward  Gaither,  of  Edward,  married  Sarah  Howard,  and  came 
into  possession  of  "Gaither's  Collection,"  and  offered  the  whole 
tract  for  sale,  in  the  Maryland  Gazette,  in  1752.  It  was  bought 
by  John  Ridgely  and  others.  He  left  no  will,  but,  in  1787,  his  son, 
Edward  Gaither,  Jr.,  who  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Revolution,  and 
field  officer  of  the  militia,  a  resident  of  Howard  County,  and  a 
witness  to  the  will  of  Charles  Carroll,  left  the  following  record: 
"To  my  friend  Colonel  Rezin  Hammond,  I  leave  my  Granby  Dim 
horse,  my  saddle,  bridle,  sword  and  gold  mourning  ring.  To  my 
friend,  David  Stewart,  a  gold  mourning  ring  and  silver  spoons.  All 
my  estate  to  my  mother,  Sarah  Gaither,  and  brothers,  Henry,  "^ 
Ephraim,  John  and  Elijah  Gaither,  and  sister  Margery.  To  brother 
Elijah,  my  lands  'Day's  Discovery,'  'Gaither's  Adventure'  and  part 
of  'Rebecca's  Lot,'  bought  of  John  Ellicott,  and  part  of  'Mt.  Etna,' 
bought  of  Dr,  Ephraim  Howard.  He  and  Colonel  Rezin  Hammond 
my  executors.  Witnesses,  Stephen  West,  Jr.,  Samuel  Norwood  and 
John  Railings," 

In  1798,  James  Gaither  named  his  wife.  Patience,  who  was  to 
hold  his  estate,  which  later  descended  to  Dorsey  Jacob,  Jr.,  John 
Hall  and  others,  and  Elizabeth  Stansbury  Gaither. 

Margery  Gaither,  sister  of  Colonel  Edward  Gaither,  married 
Philemon  Browne.  Their  daughter,  Margery  Browne  married, 
Thomas  Warfield,  of  Caleb,  and  removed  to  Kentucky. 

Nancy  Gaither,  of  "  Venison  Park,"  near  Savage,  in  1817,  named 
her  nephew,  Basil  Simpson,  her  sister,  Sarah  Middleton,  brother, 
Basil  Simpson,  son,  Ephraim  Simpson  Gaither  and  nephew,  Ephraim 
Gaither,  of  William. 

CHEW. 

John  Chew,  of  "Chewtown,"  Somersetshire,  England,  came  to 
Virginia  in  the  "  Sea  Flower,"  in  1622,  and  was  gladly  received  there 
by  m.embers  of  his  family,  who  had  preceded  him,  in  1618,  in  the 
ship  "Charitie,"  He  settled  at  James  City,  built  a  house  for  his 
wife,  Sarah,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses.  He 
is  there  recorded  as  a  prosperous  merchant. 

He  removed  to  Maryland  with  his  neighbors,  in  1649,  and 
received  a  grant  for  five  hundred  acres,  paid  for  in  Virginia  tobacco. 
With  him  came  his  wife,  Sarah,  and  two  sons,  Samuel  and  Joseph. 
Descendants  of  the  latter,  through  a  daughter  of  John  Larkin,  are 
still  residents  of  Virginia. 

Samuel  Chew  laid  out  "  Herrington,"  on  Herring  Creek.  In 
1650,  a  grant  was  issued  to  him  as  "his  Lordship's  well-beloved 
Samuel  Chew,  Esq."     In  1669,  he  was  sworn  in  as  one  of  the  justices  - 


110      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

of  the  chancery  and  provincial  courts.  His  name  appears  in  both 
Houses  of  the  Assembly  until  his  death,  in  1676.  In  1675,  he  was 
Colonel  Samuel  Chew,  and  was  ordered,  with  Colonel  William  Bur- 
gess, to  go  against  the  Indians  at  the  liead  of  the  Severn.  His  will, 
of  1676,  bequeathed  the  Town  of  Herrington,  negroes,  able-bodied 
Enghshmen,  and  hogsheads  of  tobacco,  to  his  heirs,  and  made  his 
wife,  ■  Ann  (Ayres)  Chew,  his  executrix  She  was  the  Quakeress 
daughter  of  William  Ayres,  thus  recorded  in  Virginia:  "William 
Ayres  received  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  on  the  main  creek 
of  Nansemond  River,  in  1635,  for  transportai.ing  five  persons." 
Perhaps  this  patentee  was  related  to  Thomas  Ayres,  associated  with 
Edward  Bennett  in  a  plantation  in  this  county."  Lower  Norfolk, 
"records  a  power  of  attorney  from  Samuel  Chew,  of  Herringtown, 
and  Anne,  his  wife,  sole  daughter  and  heiress  of  William  Ayres,  of 
Nansemond  County." 

Colonel  Samuel  and  Ann  Chew  had  a  large  family.  Their 
daughter,  Sarah,  is  recorded  in  the  Chew  records,  as  the  wife  of  "a 
Burges."  She  married  Captain  Edward  Burgess,  oldest  son  of 
Colonel  William.  Samuel  Chew,  Jr.,  was  located  on  "  Poplar  Ridge." 
From  him  descended  Colonel  Samuel  Chew,  of  "  Upper  Bennett,"  a 
member  of  the  "Federation  of  Freemen,"  and  Colonel  of  Militia. 
He  married,  first,  Miss  Weems,  and  second,  Priscilla  Clagett,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Clagett.     She  was  a  sister  of  Bishop  Clagett. 

Colonel  John  Hamilton  Chew,  married  his  cousin  Priscilla, 
daughter  of  Bishop  Claggett.  Dr.  Samuel  Chew,  of  Baltimore,  and 
Rev.  John  Chew,  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  were  his  heirs. 
Captain  Samuel  Chew,  of  Herring  Bay,  and  Colonel  Philemon 
Lloyd  Chew  were  sons  of  Samuel  Chew  and  Henrietta  Maria  Lloyd, 
his  wife,  v/hose  three  daughters  were,  Henrietta  Maria,  wife  of  Cap- 
tain Edward  Dorsey,  of  the  "Tuesday  Club;"  Mary,  wife  of  Governor 
William  Paca;  Margaret,  wife  of  John  Beale  Bordley.  These  three 
daughters  resided  in  Annapolis. 

The  homestead  of  John  Beale  Bordley  is  now  held  by  the  Ran- 
dall family.  Retiring  to  Joppa,  on  the  Gunpowder,  and  still  later 
to  "  Bordley  Island,"  John  Beale  Bordley  ordered  champagne  by 
the  cask,  and  Madeira  by  the  pipe.  It  was  an  ideal  home  of  an 
age  when  spinning  wheels  and  looms  were  going  incessantly;  when 
brickyards,  windmills  and  rope  walks  were  in  operation;  when  a 
brewery  converted  the  hops  which  Governor  Sharpe  had  imported. 
Colonel  Philemon  Lloyd  Chew  married  Henrietta  Maria,  daughter 
of  Edward  Tilghman. 

Major  Richard  Chew,  of  Calvert,  married  Margaret  Mackall, 
daughter  of  General  James  John  Mackall.  Their  son  married  Anne 
Bowie,  sister  of  Governor  Robert  Bowie. 

Benjamin  Chew,  fifth  son  of  Samuel  and  Anne  Ayres,  married 
Elizabeth  Benson.  Their  son  was  Dr.  Samuel  Chew,  of  "  Maidstone," 
near  Annapolis,  who  married,  first,  Mary  Galloway,  of  Samuel,  of 
"TuHp  Hill,"  and  had  Benjamin  Chew,  of  "Cleveden;"  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Colonel  Edward  Tilghman,  and  Anne,  wife  of  Samuel  Gallo- 
way. 


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Dr.  Samuel  Chew  married,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of  Aquilla 
Paca,  and  widow  of  Richard  Galloway.  Their  son  was  Judge  Samuel 
Chew,  who  married  Anna  Maria  Frisby,  and  died  at  Chestertown 
without  issue.     He  was  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Delaware. 

.  Dr.  Samuel  Chew,  of  "Maidstone,"  removed  to  Dover,  and 
became  Judge  of  the  three  lower  counties,  now  Delaware.  He  was 
called  the  fighting  Quaker,  and  was  immortalized  as  follows: 

"Immortal  Chew  first  set  our  Quakers  right; 
He  made  it  plain  they  might  resist  and  fight; 
And  the  gravest  Dons  agreed  to  what  he  said, 
And  freely  gave  their  cast  for  the  King's  aid, 
For  war  successful,  and  for  peace  and  trade." 

For  sustaining  the  law  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  the  three 
lower  counties,  as  a  militia  law,  he  was  expelled  from  the  Quaker 
Society.  In  commenting  upon  it,  he  wrote:  "Their  bills  of  excom- 
munication are  as  full  fraught  with  fire  and  brimstone  and  other 
church  artillery,  as  those  even  of  the  Church  of  Rome." 

The  offense  of  Judge  Chew  was  his  decision  that  "self-defense 
was  not  only  lawful,  but  obligatory  upon  God's  citizens." 

His  son,  Benjamin  Chew,  born  1722,  rose  rapidly  in  law  and 
became  eminent.  He  was  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Delegates  in 
Dover,  and  was  a  neighbor  of  Judge  Nicholas  Ridgely. 

In  1755,  he  was  Attorney-General  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1756, 
he  was  Recorder  of  Philadelphia.  In  1774,  he  was  Chief  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania.  His  definition  of  high  treason 
has  become  historical.  Said  he,  "  Opposition,  by  force  of  arms,  to 
the  lawful  authority  of  the  King  is  high  treason;  but,  in  the 
moment,  when  the  King,  or  his  Ministers,  shall  exceed  the  consti- 
tutional authority  vested  in, them  by  the  constitution,  subrnission  to 
their  mandates  becomes  treason."  His  object  was  reform  rather 
than  revolution. 

His  hoterestead,  "Cliveden,"  on  the  old  Germantown  Road, 
became  still  more  celebrated.  In  it  had  gathered  the  British  forces, 
who  sent  out  a  fire  of  musketry  upon  the  American  forces.  The 
delay  caused  by  trying  to  drive  the  British  from  their  stronghold, 
occasioned  the  loss  of  the  battle  of  Germantown. 

Judge  Chew's  four  daughters  were  celebrated  for  their  beauty. 
"Peggy"  was  the  special  admiration  of  Major  Andre,  a  favorite 
guest  at  "Cliveden."  Upon  her  his  poetic  pen  recorded  many  com- 
pHmentary  verses,  still  extant.  When  Colonel  John  Eager  Howard, 
the  hero  of  the  Revolution,  had  won  "Peggy  Chew"  as  his  wife, 
she  remarked  to  some  distinguished  French  officers,  who  were  guests 
at  Belvidere,  "That  major  Andre  was  a  most  witty  and  cultivated 

gentleman."     Her  patriotic  husband  added:   "  He  was  a spy, 

sir,  nothing  but  a spy." 

"  The  old  homestead,  with  its  rough  walls  of  stone,  its  entrance 
guarded  by  marble  lions,  is  now  blinded  and  defaced  by  age.  In 
its  halls  hang  portraits  older  than  the  house." — (Marion  Harland.) 


112      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Harriet  Chew,  of  "Cliveden,"  presided  at  "Homewood,"  of 
Charles  Carroll,  only  son  of  the  signer.  Juliana  became  Mrs.  Philip 
Nicklin  and  Sophia  was  Mrs.  Henry  Phillips. 

From  Benjamin  Chew,  the  younger,  through  Katherine  Banning, 
came  Benjamin,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Chief  Justice  Tilghman. 
Eliza — James  Murray  Mason,  father  of  Catherine,  wife  of  John  T. 
B.  Dorsey. 

Henry  Banning  Chew  married  Harriet  Ridgely,  of  Hampton. 

Their  descendants  reside  near  Towson. 

i^  PRESTON,  AT.  PATUXENT. 

Colonel  Richard  Preston,  of  the  Patuxent,  was  a  leading  settler 
from  Virginia.  He  arrived  in  Virginia,  about  1642,  and  held  a  high 
position  for  one  of  his  faith.  Surrounding  him,  in  Nansemond 
County,  were  many  others  of  the  same  faith,  opposed  to  the  estab- 
lished church,  and  with  him  removed  to  Maryland,  in  1649.  Richard 
Preston  arrived  with  his  wife  and  children,  numbering  seven  in  all, 
and  entered  land  for  seventy-three  persons.  Upon  his  demand, 
Governor  William  Stone  issued  the  following  order:  "These  are  to 
authorize  Mr.  Richard  Preston,  commander  of  the  north  side  of 
Patuxent  River,  for  one  month  next  ensuing,  with  the  advice  of 
his  Lordship's  Surveyor  General,  to  grant  warranty  to  the  said 
Surveyor  for  the  laying  out  of  any  convenient  quantities  of  land, 
upon  said  river,  on  the  north  side  thereof,  not  formerly  taken  up  by 
any  adventurers  that  shall  make  their  just  title  appear.  Provided 
that  he,  the  said  Mr.  Preston,  do  testify  such  titles,  particularly 
unto  the  Secretary's  ofhce  before  the  return  of  the  certificate  of 
Surveyor,     Given  at  St.  Leonard's,  15  July,  1651. — Wm  Stone." 

Five  hundred  acres  were  surveyed  for  him  in  1650.  It  was 
named  "Preston."  Upon  this  he  erected  a  house  which  still  stands, 
and  is  the  oldest  house  in  Maryland.  It  is  built  of  brick.  It  is 
two  stories  high,  with  three  dormer  windows  front  and  two  back. 
The  lower  room,  where  the  assembly  met,  has  been  divided  by  a 
plaster  partition.  The  inner  walls  are  panelled.  A  porch,  with 
the  house  roof  extending  over  it,  is  in  the  rear.  The  house  stands 
on  the  neck  between  the  Patuxent  and  St.  Leonard's  Creek. 

Captain  Wm.  Fuller  took  up  land  adjoining  it,  and  Governor 
William  Stone  held  lands  not  far  below,  on  the  south  side  of  the 
Patuxent. 

In  1652,  Richard  Preston  was  commanded,  by  authority  of 
Parliament,  to  levy  and  raise  one  able  bodied  man  out  of  every 
seven  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Patuxent,  from  the  mouth  of  said 
river  as  far  as  Herring  Creek,  with  victuals,  arms  and  ammunition, 
to  meet  at  Mattapania,  and  be  thence  transported  for  the  service 
under  Captain  William  Fuller. 

Colonel  Preston's  petition,  signed  by  sixty  of  his  neighbors,  in 
1652,  to  Richard  Bennett  and  William  Claiborne,  Commissioners  of 
Parliament,  was  a  stirring  appeal  for  their  rights.     It  was  followed 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties,      113 

by  another  of  similar  tenor  in  1653.  Bennett  and  Claiborne  replied 
that  these  petitioners  should  secure  their  rights,  advising  them  to 
stand  fast. 

Then  followed  the  struggle  of  the  Severn. 

John  Hammond,  in  his  pamphlet  "  Hammond  vs.  Heamans," 
records  that  he  alone  seized  the  records  at  Richard  Preston's  house. 
Yet,  in  1655,  "attachment  was  granted  Richard  Preston  on  the  estate 
of  Captain  William  Stone,  to  be  liable  to  satisfy  unto  Richard  Preston 
the  summe  of  twenty-nine  pounds  for  gunnes  and  ammunition, 
taken  from  the  house  of  said  Preston  by  Josias  Fendall,  one  of 
Captain  Stone's  officers  and  complices,  in  the  last  rebellion." 

Richard  Preston's  name  stands  either  at  the  head  or  next  to 
Captain  Fuller's  in  all  official  acts  of  that  period;  and  during  the 
absence  of  Wm.  Durand,  Secretary,  the  records  were  ordered  to  be 
kept  at  his  house.  It  is  interesting  to  note  the  peculiar  transition 
m  the  early  religious  faith  of  these  Virginia  leaders.  We  find  them 
making  stringent  laws  against  Quakers,  yet  some  of  the  most  aggres- 
sive leaders  soon  joined  the  Quakers.  Captain  Wm.  Fuller,  Wm. 
Durand,  Richard  Preston,  Wm.  Berry,  Thom^as  Meers,  Philip  Thomas, 
Peter  Sharp,  changed  their  faith;  and  even  Richard  Bennett  suc- 
cumbed before  his  death.  Richard  Preston's  will  left  several  tracts 
of  Eastern  Shore  lands  to  his  daughters;  but  most  of  his  Patuxent 
estate  to  his  son  James,  if  he  be  living,  or  will  come  into  the  province, 
to  be  held  by  him  until  his  grandson,  Samuel  Preston,  shall  attain 
to  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  To  his  kinsmen,  Ralph  Dorsey, 
John  and  James  Dorsey,  he  willed  a  portion  of  personality  and  real 
estate,  in  Calvert. 

Samuel  Preston  later  removed  to  Philadelphia,  and  left  a  long 
line  of  descendants. 

Mr.  Dixon,  who  came  into  possession  of  this  historic  homestead, 
has  taken  a  pride  in  preserving  the  old  building,  which,  though  now 
delapidated  through  age,  stands  alone  as  the  one  relic  of  a  revolu- 
tion, one  hundred  years  before  our  Revolution  for  Independence. — 
(Allen  in  Colonial  Homesteads.) 

DAVIS. 

Seventy-five  Davises  are  recorded  among  our  "Early  Settlers," 
during  the  decade  of  1660-1670. 

Sir  Thomas  Davis  was  of  the  London  Company,  to  settle  Vir- 
ginia, and  he  came  over  in  "The  Margaret,"  to  James  City,  in  1619. 
During  that  same  year  he  was  in  the  Assembl}^  of  Virginia  from 
"Martin's  Brandon." 

In  1637,  Thomas  Davis  was  granted  a  plantation  of  three  hun- 
dred acres  for  transporting  six  settlers.  In  1642,  his  plantation  was 
upon  the  east  side  of  the  Elizabeth  River,  in  Nansemond  County, 
from  which  most  of  our  Virginia  pilgrims  came  up  to  Maryland  in 
1650.  Upon  Herring  Creek,  in  the  very  midst  of  these  settlers,  I 
find  a  Thomas  Davis.     But  in  the  absence  of  any  testamentary 


114      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

records,  or  Rent  Roll  records,  in  his  name,  previous  to  1700,  I  am 
inclined  to  believe  that  Thomas  Davis,  Sr.,  wife  Mary  Pierpoint, 
whose  will  was  made  in  1743,  but  not  probated  until  1749,  may  be 
called  the  settler 

The  will  of  Thomas  Davis,  Sr.,  shows  that  he  had  accumulated 
a  good  estate.  He  names  his  dear  wife,  Mary,  to  whom  is  given  all 
his  personal  estate.  "To  grandson,  Caleb  Davis,  son  of  Richard,  I 
give  the  lands  where  his  mother,  Ruth  Davis,  now  lives,  called 
'  Duvall's  Delight,'  two  hundred  acres.  To  son  Thomas,  'Laswell's 
Hopewell.'  To  son  John,  'Davistone'  and  'Whats  Left,  'adjoining. 
To  son  Samuel,  lands  in  Prince  George.  To  son  Robert,  "Ranters 
Ridge.'  To  son  Francis,  'Pearl'  out  of  'Diamond'  and  'Davis 
Addition'  from  'Grimestone.'  Wife  Mary,  John  and  Francis, 
executors.  Personal  estate,  after  death  of  wife,  to  go  equally  to  five 
sons  and  five  daughters." 

Richard  Davis  was  then  dead,  and  Thomas  Davis,  Jr.,  followed 
soon  after.     Both  wills  probated  in  1749. 

Thomas  Davis,  Jr., — Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Gaither. 
He  names  his  sons,  Ephraim  and  Amos;  daughters,  Mary  and  Sarah. 
To  them  was  left  a  part  of  "Snowden's  Second  Addition."  "To 
daughter,  Betsj'^  Davis,  I  give  'Benjamin's  Lot.'  "  This  was  the 
mother's  part  of  Benjamin  Gaither 's  estate,  and  in  her  will  as  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Brown,  she  names  her  son,  Amos,  and  her  daughters,  Mary 
Norwood  and  Sarah,  wife  of  Edward  Burgess,  and  daughter,  Betsy 
Davis.  Ephraim  Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Gaither)  Davis, 
inherited  the  homestead  at  Greenwood.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  was 
from  the  house  of  Cornelius  Howard,  of  Simpsonville,  and  as  his 
widow  became  the  wife  of  Wm.  Gaither. 

Thomas  Davis,  the  son,  inherited  the  homestead.  He  was  in 
command  of  a  company,  and  was  at  the  front  in  the  Whiskey 
Rebellion  in  Pennsylvania.  He  was,  also,  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Brookeville  Academy,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 
Allen  Bowie  Davis,  of  "Greenwood." 

Taking  the  name  of  his  distinguished  grandfather.  General  Allen 
Bowie,  Mr.  Davis  has  made  a  reputation  which  goes  beyond  the 
borders  of  his  state. 

As  an  agriculturist,  he  advanced  to  the  highest  success.  As 
an  educator,  he  was  always  at  the  front.  President  of  the  Board 
of  the  Academy,  of  the  Public  School  Board  and  President  of  the 
Board  of  the  Agricultural  College,  he  struggled  hard  to  locate  that 
institution  near  his  own  home,  where  the  natural  soil  was  far  better 
suited  for  a  "Model  Farm."  Mr.  Davis  wrote  a  very  good  httle 
text  book  upon  agriculture  to  be  used  in  the  public  schools  as  an 
entrance  to  the  College  of  Argiculture. 

His  first  wife  was  Comfort  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Chief  Justice 
Thomas  Beale  Dorsey.  The  mother  of  his  children  was  Miss  Hester 
Wilkens,  of  Baltimore.  His  only  son,  William,  died  in  Montana, 
where  he  had  married  a  daughter  of  Bishop  Whipple.  His  sister, 
Hester,  died  unmarried.     Misses  Rebecca  and  Mary  Dorsey  Davis 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      115 

having  retired  from  the  beautiful  old  homestead,  now  reside  in  Balti- 
more. Many  relics  of  the  homestead  were  donated  by  them  to 
the  Rockville  Historical  Society. 

2^  Robert  Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  was  seated  upon  "Ranters' 
Ridge,"  near  Woodstock.  His  wife  was  Ruth  Gaither,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth.  Their  issue  are  found  in  the  following  trans- 
fer of  1772,  viz:  "John  Davis,  oldest  son  of  Nicholas,  son  of  Robert, 
Sr.,  and  Ely  Davis;  Robert  Davis,  Thomas  Davis  and  Ichabod 
Davis,  sons  and  devisees  of  Robert  Davis,  Sr.,  deed  '  Ranter's  Ridge' 
to  Rezin  Hammond."  Another  transfer  in  the  name  of  Ruth  Ran- 
dall, still  later  Ruth  Nelson,  widow  of  Robert  Davis,  and  widow  of 
Nathan  Randall,  joined  Caleb  Davis,  the  legatee  of  both  Nathan 
and  herself,  in  deeding  a  portion  of  "  Good  Fellowship"  to  Mr.  Knight. 
Still  later  Caleb,  of  Baltimore,  deeded  his  interest  in  "  Good  Fellow- 
ship" to  several  Baltimore  agents.  He  was  the  father  of  Hon.  Henry 
G.  Davis. 

Richard  Davis,  of  Robert,  was  the  celebrated  defender  of  Balti- 
more, in  1814.  His  descendants  still  hold  portions  of  the  large 
estate  of  Robert  Davis.  They  are  William  and  Richard  Davis  and 
their  descendants. 

Richard  Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  was  located  near  High- 
land, Howard.  He  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  John  Warfield  and 
Ruth  Gaither.  They  had  sons,  Richard,  Thomas — Mary  Sapping- 
ton;  Caleb — Lurcetia  Griffith,  of  Orlando.  His  inheritance  was 
"Duvall's  Delight,"  on  Patuxent.  His  daughter,  Elizabeth — Philip 
Welsh.  This  Caleb  was  not,  as  has  been  stated,  the  father  of  our 
Democratic  candidate  for  Vice-President.  His  brother,  Thomas, 
lived  upon  the  Sappington  estate  near  "Warfi eld's  Range"  and 
"Laurel."  This  estate  has  only  recently  passed  from  the  Davis 
name. 

Sarah  Davis,  of  Thomas, — Colonel  Henry  Griffith,  whose  son 
heired,  through  Mrs.  Mary  Davis  and  Dr.  Francis  Brown  Sappington, 
a  tract  near  Laurel. 

John  Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Mary, — Anne  Worthington/  Francis 
Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Mary, — Anne  Hammond,  daughtef  of  John 
and  Anne  (Dorsey)  Hammond,  and  had  Thomas  Davis,  who  settled 
in  Carroll  County.  He  was  in  the  Revolution.  His  sons  were, 
Henry,  George  and  Dr.  Frank  Davis.  The  first  two  have  many 
descendants  in  Baltimore.  Mr.  Harvey,  Davis,  of  Howard,  is  a 
grandson  of  Revolutionary  Thomas  Davis,  j  Zachariah  Davis,  brother 
of  Thomas,  was  located  near  Mt.  Airy,  in  Carroll.  His  son,  William 
Davis,  was  the  father  of  Eldred  Griffith  Davis,  the  popular  collector 
of  taxes  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mary  Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Mary, — John  Riggs,  of  "Riggs' 
Hills."     Ruth  Davis,  of  Thomas  and  Mary, — Joshua  Warfield,  of 
"  Lugg  Ox,"  whose  mother,  Elizabeth  (Duvall)  Warfield,  married 
second   John   Gaither,   whose   daughter,   Ptuth — Robert   Davis,   of' 
Woodstock. 


116      Founders  or  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  addition  to  this  line  of  Thomas  Davis,  of  Anne  Arundel,  there 
were  several  William  Davis's — father  and  son.  The  latter  held  an 
estate  of  Captain  John  Welsh.  ~  There  was  also  a  Henry  Davis,  and 
from  him  likely  descen<ied  Professor  Davis,  of  St.  John's  College, 
the  father  of  Hon.  Henry  Winter  Davis. 

JOHN  RANDALL,  SENIOR. 

This  founder  of  a  distinguished  line  of  sons  of  Maryland,  was 
born  in  what  is  now  Richmond  County,  Virginia,  then  a  part  of 
Westmoreland  Co.,  in  1750.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas 
Randall,  who  came  from  England  in  the  early  part  of  that  century; 
settled  in  Westmoreland  County,  married  Jane  Davis,  a  daughter 
of  a  Virginia  planter;  became  a  large  land  holder  and  a  member  of  the 
Court  of  Justices  in  the  Northern  Neck  of  Virginia.  John  put  him- 
self under  the  tutelage  of  Mr.  Buckley,  of  Fredericksburg,  an  arch- 
itect and  builder,  who  designed  and  constructed  many  of  the  most 
celebrated  colonial  residences  and  public  buildings  in  Virginia  and 
Maryland.  He  came  to  Annapolis  in  1770,  where  he  designed  and 
constructed  several  of  the  most  admired  specimens  of  colonial  archi- 
tecture, among  the  rest,  what  is  now  known  as  the  Lockerman  or 
Harwood  House,  on  Maryland  Avenue,  Annapolis.  He  was  an 
earnest  upholder  of  the  rights  of  the  colonies  in  the  years  preceding 
the  Revolution,  but  earnestly  protested  against  the  repudiation  of 
debts  due  to  the  inhabitants  of  Great  Britian,  as  by  published  signed 
protests  of  that  day  appear.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution 
he  was  a  merchant  in  Annapolis  and  was  appointed,  under  a  commis- 
sion from  the  Governor  and  Council  and  afterwards  by  a  resolution 
of  the  Continental  Congress,  as  Commissary  in  the  Army.  He  served 
during  the  Revolution  as  an  officer  of  the  Maryland  Line  and  many 
of  his  letters  are  in  the  Archives  of  Maryland.  Returning  to  . 
Annapolis  after  the  war,  he  established  himself  there  as  a  merchant. 
President  Washington  appointed  him  Collector  of  the  Port  of 
Annapolis  and  he  held  that  position,  or  that  of  Navy  Agent,  until  his 
death  in  1826,  He  married  Deborah  Knapp,  of  Annapolis,  who 
survived  him  with  eleven  children  and  died  at  Annapolis  in  1852, 
ninety  years  of  age. 

DANIEL  RANDALL. 

Daniel  Randall,  son  of  John  Randall,  the  elder,  was  in  active 
service  during  the  War  of  1812,  as  a  volunteer,  and  thereafter  was 
commissioned  as  Paymaster  in  the  Regular  Army.  He  served. as 
such  during  the  Indian  Wars  and  the  Mexican  War  under  General 
Scott  and  was  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1851,  Assistant  Pay- 
master General  and  in  charge  of  the  Pay-Department  of  the  Army. 

He  was  highly  esteemed  and  Fort  Randall,  then  on  the  frontier, 
was  named  after  him,  as  evidence  of  his  universal  popularity. 


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^  HENRY  K.  RANDALL. 

Henry  K.  Randall,  another  son  of  John  Randall,  the  elder,  was 
in  the  militia  during  the  War  of  1812;  was  then  appointed  an  officer 
in  the  Custom  House  in  the  City  of  Baltimore;  was  an  Agent  of  the 
Government  in  closing  up  the  affairs  of  the  Choctaw  Nation  in  Geor- 
gia and  for  many  years  afterwards  was  Chief  Clerk  of  Revolutionary 
Pensions  in  the  Treasury  Department.  He  married  Emily,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Munroe  of  Washington,  D.  C.  and  died  in  1877,  survived 
by  her  and  two  daughters,  Mrs.  William  B.  Webb  and  Mrs.  Henry 
Elliott.  He  was  a  large  real  estate  holder  in  Washington  and  did 
much  to  advance  the  prosperity  of  that  city. 

/  HON.  ALEXANDER  RANDALL. 

Honorable  Alexander  Randall  of  Annapolis,  son  of  John  Ran- 
dall, the  elder,  was  born  at  Annapolis  in  January  1803;  educated  at 
St.  John's  College,  from  which  he  obtained  his  B.  A.  and  M.  A. 
degrees;  practiced  law  for  over  fifty  years  in  Annapolis,  for  over 
twenty  years  in  partnership  with  his  nephew,  Alexander  B.  Hagner, 
afterwards  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Bench  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 
He  was  appointed  Auditor  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  by  Chancellor 
Bland.  In  1841  he  was  a  member  of  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  but  declined  a  re-nomination;  was  elected  by  the  Whig  Party. 
His  colleague  from  the  double  district,  as  then  constituted,  was 
Honorable  John  P.  Kennedy.  He  prepared,  as  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  District  of  Columbia,  a  Code  of  Laws  of  Maryland,  since 
the  separation  of  the  District,  which  were  deemed  important  to  be 
adopted  by  Congress  for  the  District,  and  they  were  added  to  the 
District  Code. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1851  of 
Maryland  and  in  1864  was  elected  Attorney  General  of  Maryland. 
In  1877  he  retired  from  the  practice  of  law  and  became  the  President 
of  the  Farmers  National  Bank  of  Annapolis,  of  which  he  had  been 
a  Director  and  the  Attorney  from  early  life.  He  died  November 
20th  1881  at  his  residence,  in  Annapolis,  leaving  twelve  children  sur- 
viving him.  He  married  Catharine,  daughter  of  Honorable  William 
Wirt,  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States,  who  died  survived  by 
five  children; — his  second  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
John  G.  Blanchard,  Assistant  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore 
City,  who  survived  him  with  seven  children. 

During  many  years  Mr.  Alexander  Randall  was  a  Vestryman 
of  St  Anne's  Church,  Annapolis  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Visitors  and  Governors  of  St.  John's  College.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Diocesan  Conventions  of  his  church  for  many  years,  and 
several  times  a  deputy  from  Maryland  to  its  General  Conventions. 
He  founded  and  managed  for  many  years,  as  president,  the  Annap- 
olis Water  Company,  and  its  Gas  Company;  and  was  one  of  the 
active  promoters  and  directors  in  its  first  railroad  company  (the 


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118      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Annapolis  &  Elk-Ridge),  and  telegraph  company.  He  led  a  most 
active  and  useful  life — as  a  lawyer,  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  Christian 
— and  left  a  large  family  of  carefully  educated  and  trained  children, 
who  represent  his  influence  for  good,  both  in  Maryland  and  in  other 

BURTON  RANDALL,  M.  D. 

Burton  Randall,  M.  D.,  youngest  son  of  John  Randall,  Sr.,  was 
graduated  as  a  physician  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army.  He 
had  a  long  and  active  service  through  the  Creek,  Seminole  and  other 
Indian  wars;  through  the  Mexican  War  and  on  the  frontiers.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  he  had  charge  of  various  important  hospitals  and 
army  posts.  He  married  Virginia  Taylor,  a  niece  of  General  Zachary 
Taylor,  who  survived  him  with  two  children.  When  he  retired,  in 
1869,  he  held  the  brevet  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  army, 
and  settled  at  Annapolis,  where  his  family  still  resides. 

JOHN  RANDALL,  JUNIOR. 

John  Randall,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  John  Randall  and  Deborah 
(Knapp)  Randall,  lived  and  died  in  Annapolis,  leaving  no  descend- 
ants. He  was  a  farmer  and  also  a  partner  with  his  father  in  the 
merchantile  firm  of  Randall  &  Son,  at  Annapolis.  He  married 
Eliza  Hodges,  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  and  died  in  186L 

HON.  THOMAS  RANDALL. 

Hon.  Thomas  Randall  was  the  second  son  of  John  Randall,  the 
elder.  After  graduating  from  St.  John's  College,  Annapolis,  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Chancellor  Johnson,  the  elder;  was  an 
officer  of  the  regular  army  during  the  War  of  1812,  severely  wounded 
in  one  of  the  battles  near  Niagara,  captured  by  the  British  and 
carried  to  Quebec;  made  a  remarkable  escape  from  prison  during 
the  depth  of  winter,  but  was  recaptured  and  exchanged  after  the 
war;  was  Captain  of  Artillery,  in  1820,  but  resigned  and  practiced 
law  in  Washington,  D.  C;  was  appointed  by  President  Monroe,  a 
Special  Agent  of  the  United  States  in  the  West  Indies,  to  endeavor 
to  stop  the  depredations  of  pirates  in  that  part  of  the  world;  was 
appointed,  in  1826,  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Territory  of 
Florida,  where  he  settled  and  practiced  law,  with  his  nephew,  Thomas 
Hagner,  in  Tallahassee;  v/as  appointed  Adjutant  General  under 
Governor  Call,  during  the  Seminole  War.  He  married  Laura,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  William  Wirt,  and  left  surviving  him,  in  1877, 
three  daughters  and  numerous  descendants. 

RICHARD  RANDALL,  M.  D. 

Richard  Randall,  M.  D.,  son  of  John  Randall,  the  elder,  was  a 
graduate  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; settled  in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  had  a  large  practice. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      119 

He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  the  president  of  the  African  Colon- 
ization Society,  and  finally  went  out  to  Liberia  as  Governor.  He 
died  there  of  African  fever,  a  martyr  to  the  cause  of  African  Colon- 
ization. 

HON.  ALEXANDER  BURTON  HAGNER. 

Hon.  Alexander  Burton  Hagner,  born  July  13th,  1826,  in 
Washington,  was  son  of  Peter  Hagner,  for  many  years  a  First 
Auditor  of  the  Treasury,  and  Francis  Hagner,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Randall,  the  elder,  of  Annapolis,  Maryland.  Mr.  Hagner  grad- 
uated at  Princeton  University,  in  1845,  read  law  and  practiced  law 
in  Annapolis,  with  his  uncle,  Hon.  Alexander  Randall.  He  was  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  Maryland  Bar  and  engaged  in  many  important 
cases,  civil  and  criminal,  in  the  lower  courts  and  in  the  Court  of 
Appeals.  Also,  in  many  important  Naval  Court  Martials,  among 
others  he  was  of  counsel  for  the  defence  in  the  celebrated  prosecutions 
of  Mrs.  Warton  for  poisoning  General  Ketchum  and  Eugene  VanNess. 
He  served  as  special  judge  in  a  number  of  cases  in  Maryland,  under 
the  single  judge  system,  which  prevailed  prior  to  the  adoption  of 
the  Constitution  of  1867,  where  the  regular  judge  was  disqualified 
from  sitting.  He  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Delegates  of  Maryland, 
in  1854,  and  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 
was  a  candidate  for  Congress,  in  1857,  and  again  in  1874,  but  was 
defeated.  In  1860,  he  was  a  Presidential  Elector  on  the  Bell  and 
Everett  ticket.  In  1879,  he  was  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Bench  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  held  that  posi- 
tion until  his  resignation  of  it  in  1903.  During  his  long  service  on 
the  Bench,  he  presided  in  many  important  trials  and  wrote  many 
elaborate  and  important  opinions.  Among  the  chief  of  these  is  the 
opinion  in  what  was  known  as  "The  Potomac  Flats  Case,"  involv- 
ing the  government  ownership  of  the  extensive  flats  opposite  the 
City  of  Washington.  Judge  Hagner  wrote  that  opinion,  which  was 
adopted  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  and  which  is 
one  of  the  most  important  cases  in  its  results  upon  the  District 
welfare,  and  one  of  the  most  learned  and  able  opinions  to  be  found  in 
our  law  reports.  He  married  Louisa,  daughter  of  Randolph  Harrison, 
of  Virginia,  and  they  live  in  the  City  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

^  HON.  JOHN  WIRT  RANDALL. 

Hon.  John  Wirt  Randall,  son  of  Hon.  Alexander  and  Catherine 
(Wirt)  Randall,  born  at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  March  6th,  1845; 
educated  at  St.  John's  College,  Burlington  College,  New  Jersey, 
and  Yale  University;  read  law  in  his  father's  office,  who  was  then 
Attorney  General  of  Maryland;  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1868.  He 
was  soon  after  appointed  Register  in  Bankruptcy  for  the  Fifth  Con- 
gressional District  of  Maryland,  by  Hon.  Salmon  P.  Chase,  Chief 
Justice  of  the  United  States,  who  had  been  a  student  in  the  office  of 
Wilham  Wirt  (Mr.  Randall's  grand-father)  whilst  Mr.  Wirt  was 
Attorney  General  of  the  United  States.     Mr.  Randall  served  three 


120      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

terms  as  Councilor  of  the  City  of  Annapolis;  revised  and  codified  its 
Ordinances  and  By-laws;  served  one  term  (1884)  in  the  House  of  Dele- 
gates, and  four  terms  (1888,  1890,  1896  and  1898)  in  the  Senate  of 
Maryland.  During  the  last  named  session  he  was  President  of  the 
Senate,  and  was  a  capable  and  dignified  presiding  officer.  He 
remodelled  the  financial  systems  of  the  City  of  Annapolis  and  of  Anne 
Arundel  County,  by  abolishing  the  old  Collectors  of  Taxes  and  creat- 
ing and  regulating  the  Treasurer  System;  remodelled  the  Public 
School  System  of  the  City  of  Annapolis,  and  provided  by-laws  and 
a  bonded  debt  for  the  erection  of  the  present  fine  public  school 
buildings  of  Annapolis,  and  their  management;  was  the  author, 
in  1884,  and  introducer  of  the  Joint  Resolutions  of  the  General 
Assembly  establishing  "Arbor  Day"  in  Maryland,  and,  in  1898,  of 
the  highly  approved  Road  Laws  of  Anne  Arundel  Covmty,  and  of 
many  other  valuable  general  and  local  statutes.  On  the  retire- 
ment of  his  father  from  the  law-firm  of  Randall  &  Hagner,  he 
succeeded  him  as  a  member  of  that  firm;  and  after  the  retire- 
ment of  the  Hon.  Alexander  B.  Hagner  from  the  firm,  by  reason  of 
his  elevation  to  the  Supreme  Bench  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  he 
associated  with  him  his  brother,  Daniel  R.  Randall,  recently  State's 
Attorney  for  Anne  Arundel  County — constituting  the  law-firm  of 
Randall  &  Randall.  Mr.  Randall  has  been,  since  1879,  a  director 
of  the  Farmers  National  Bank  of  Annapolis,  and  since  1881,  its 
president.  He  has  been,  since  1874,  a  Vestryman  and  the  treasurer 
of  St.  Anne's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Visitors  and  Governors  of  St.  John's  College,  since  1881, 

He  has  represented  his  parish  for  many  years,  in  its  Diocesan 
Conventions,  and,  in  1901  and  1904,  was  chosen  by  that  Convention 
one  of  its  Lay  Deputies  to  the  General  Triennial  Conventions  of 
that  church. 

He  has  been  president  of  the  Maryland  Bankers  Association 
and  of  the  Maryland  Civil  Service  Reform  Association,  as  well  as 
of  various  industrial  companies,  organized  to  promote  the  prosperity 
of  his  native  city. 

He  is  fond  of  historical  studies  and  has  contributed  a  number 
of  papers  and  addresses  on  such  subjects.  In  1895,  at  the  request 
of  the  "  Baltimore  Sun,"  he  wrote  for  that  paper,  a  series  of  articles 
upon  what  was  then  known  as  "The  Eastern  Shore  Law,"  consid- 
ered historically  and  legally  being  the  law,  then  prevailing,  which 
required  that  one  of  the  two  United  States  Senators  from  Mary- 
land should  always  be  a  resident  of  the  Eastern  Shore.  In  1899, 
he  was  selected  by  the  City  of  Annapolis,  to  deliver  an  address,  as 
its  representative,  on  the  occasion  of  the  250th  anniversary  of  the 
settlement  of  Annapolis,  and  the  passage  of  the  Religious  Tolera- 
tion Act,  and  delivered  in  the  hall  of  the  House  of  Delegates,  an 
address,  which  was  published  by  the  city  in  pamphlet  form,  and 
much  admired  for  its  scholarly  and  historical  ability.  The  same  year 
he  delivered,  before  the  Maryland  Bankers  Convention,  on  invita- 
tion, an  address  on  "Colonial  Currencies,"  showing  the  peculiar- 


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ities  of  the  tobacco,  wampum  and  fur,  or  peltry  currencies  of  the 
early  colonies,  which  was  considered  as  a  masterly  treatment  of  the 
subject,  and  was  published  by  the  Convention.  Some  of  Mr.  John 
Wirt  Randall's  other  published  addresses  have  been,  "  Divorce,  and 
the  Marriage  of  Divorced  Persons,"  a  defense  of  the  existing  canons 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  on  the  subject.  "The  Cen- 
tennial of  Maryland's  First  Banking  Institutions,"  delivered  before 
the  Convention  of  the  Maryland  Bankers  Convention,  in  1904. 
"Some  of  the  Wonders  of  Astronomy;"  "Christian  Manliness;" 
"  Lovers  of  the  Beautiful,  How  They  May  Show  Their  Faith  by 
Their  Works,"  an  address  delivered  before  the  Philokalian  Society 
at  St.  John's  College,  etc. 

He  married  Hannah  Parker  Parrott,  daughter  of  P.  P.  Parrott, 
of  Arden,  Orange  County,  New  York,  in  1879.  They  have  four 
children,  three  daughters  and  a  son.  Their  eldest  daughter  was 
married,  in  1902,  to  Wm.  Bladen  Lowndes,  son  of  Ex-Governor 
Lloyd  Lowndes.  Mr.  Randall  owns  and  occupies  his  father's  old 
homestead,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  interesting  of  the  old 
historic  houses  in  Annapolis,  with  ample  grounds  about  it,  facing 
upon  the  State  House  Circle. 

AMOS  GARRETT,  FIRST  MAYOR  OF  ANNAPOLIS. 

When  Annapolis  had  arisen,  in  1708,  to  the  dignity  of  a  city. 
Amos  Garrett,  its  wealthy  merchant,  was  its  mayor.  He  was  one 
of  the  largest  land  holders  in  the  county,  and  though  a  bachelor, 
he  seemed  to  buy  lands  simply  to  accommodate  those  who  needed 
money.  These  tracts  were  all  later  resurveyed  under  the  title, 
"Providence." 

There  is  no  better  evidence  of  the  Christian  character  of  this 
English  merchant  than  that  exhibited  in  his  will,  which  I  herein 
condense,  It  was  made  in  1714.  "I,  Amos  Garrett,  merchant, 
desire,  if  I  dye  in  Maryland,  to  be  interred  after  the  third  day  of 
decease.  That  there  be  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Howell, 
on  my  plantation,  preached  a  funeral  sermon,  and  that  the  gentle- 
man remind  all  present  to  employ  their  time  in  doing  good.  That 
my  executor  purchase  a  marble  tombstone.  I  desire  that  my  dear 
mother,  two  sisters,  brother-in-law,  any  of  my  nieces  or  nephews, 
to  see  it  performed.  That  at  my  funeral,  there  be  not  given  such 
plenty  of  liquors  as  is  usual,  but  that  many  people  coming  from 
far  thereto,  may  have  wine  and  cakes.  And,  if  it  cannot  be  gotten 
ready  at  my  funeral,  as  soon  after  my  decease  as  possible  there  be 
bought  by  my  executor,  at  the  best  hand,  one  thousand  pair  of 
men's  and  women's  deerskin  gloves,  and  ye  same  time  be  delivered 
out  to  the  poorest  of  my  customers,  husband  and  wife,  widower 
or  widow,  batchelor  or  old  maid,  each  one  pair,  and  an  account  be 
kept  to  whom  delivered. 

"My  funeral  cost  for  wine  and  cake  and  gloves  I  would  not 
have  exceed  two  hundred  pounds.  I  used  to  buy  good  thick  deer- 
skin gloves  for  two  shillings  and  six  pence  a  pair.     As  to  the  cost 


122      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

of  my  tombstone,  I  am  not  for  a  fine  one.  I  leave  that  to  the  dis- 
cretion of  those  concerned.  I  desire,  also,  the  following  books  to 
be  sent  for,  to  be  delivered  to  every  person  that  has  a  pair  of  gloves, 
and  can  read,  or  that  promises  to  take  all  opportunity  of  getting 
some  person  to  read  to  him  or  her.  Any  one  having  such  books 
shall  not  sell  them  but  they  shall  descend  to  the  next  of  kin.  The 
party  to  have  his  name  wrote  or  stamped  on  the  book. 

"List  of  books:  200  Bibles,  with  testaments  and  common 
prayer  book;  100  of  Dr.  Jeremy  Taylor's  Holy  Living  and  Dying.; 
100  of  ditto  Golden  Grove  and  Guide;  100  Dr.  Wm.  Sherlock  on 
Death;  100  of  Dr.  John  Goodman's  Penitent  Pardoned;  100  of 
Thomas  Doolittle's  on  Lord's  Suffering;  80  of  Dr.  AVm.  Bates 
Sermons;  100  of  Thomas  Wordworth's  Remains;  100  of  Matthew 
Meade's  Good  of  Early  Obedience;  20  of  John  Bonn's  Guide  to 
Eternity,  making  in  all  1,000  books. 

"  I  give  out  of  my  personal  estate,  to  the  children  of  my  sister, 
Mary  Woodard,  £600;  to  sister,  Elizabeth  Ginn,  £600;  To  loving 
mother,  £1,000;   to  my  brother-in-law,  Henry  Woodard,  £300. 

"To  Henry  Faces  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Seth 
Garrett,  £100  and  one  lot  in  Annapolis,  where  a  free  school  is  kept. 
To  Thomas  Faces,  a  lot  in  Annapolis,  adjoining  John  Baldwin.  To 
James  Garrett,  of  Seth  of  London,  lots  in  Annapolis,  formerly  Chas. 
Killburnes.  To  niece  Elizabeth  Woodward,  daughter  of  Henry,  £300 
and  six  tracts  of  land;  to  niece  Mary  Woodward,  of  Henry,  £300 
and  six  tracts  of  land;  to  nephew,  William  Woodward,  £400  and  six 
tracts  of  land  and  tv.^o  lots  in  Annapolis;  to  Hannah  Woodward,  of 
Henry,  £300  and  six  tracts  of  land;  to  Amos  Woodward,  of  Henry, 
£500  and  six  tracts  and  two  lots,  in  Annapolis;  to  nephew  Garrett 
Woodward,  of  Henry,  £500  and  six  or  eight  tracts;  to  mother,  Sarah 
Garrett,  thirteen  tracts  and  four  lots,  in  Annapolis,  during  life,  to 
descend  to  sister  Elizabeth  Ginn;  to  the  Church  of  St.  Anne's,  for 
the  use  of  its  minister,  a  house  bought  of  Samuel  Dorsey,  and  four- 
teen tracts  of  land;  to  my  mother,  £100  for  mourning  rings  and 
such  memorials. 

"  In  witness  whereof  to  every  side  of  this  my  will  set  my  hand 
and  seal,  it  containing  sheets  of  paper  fairly  writ. — Amos  Garrett." 

On  March  29th,  1728,  was  exhibited  the  administration  bond 
of  Amos  Garrett,  in  common  form  by  Amos  Woodward,  his  admin- 
istrator, with  Samuel  Relee,  William  Chapman,  Caleb  Dorsey,  Rich- 
ard Warfield,  Richard  Hill  and  John  Beaie,  his  sureties,  in  sixty 
thousand  pounds  sterling,  dated  28th,  March,  1728,  which  bond  is 
ordered  to  be  filed.  At  the  same  time,  was  exhibited  by  said  Amos 
Woodward,  a  will  of  said  Amos  Garrett,  Esq.,  made  in  the  year, 
1714,  but  not  evidenced  or  executed,  which  at  the  request  of  said 
Amos  Woodward,  is  ordered  to  be  recorded  at  the  expense  of  the 
estate. 

The  tablet  seen  on  Mr.  Garrett's  tombstone,  in  St.  Anne's 
churchyard,  is  identical  with  the  words  of  his  will.  It  is  upon  a 
slab  of  white  marble,  with  a  griffin  rampant  surrounded  by  fieur 


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di  lis,  with  the  following  inscription:  "Here  lieth  interred  the  body 
of  Mr.  Amos  Garrett,  of  the  City  of  Annapolis,  in  Anne  Arundel 
County,  in  the  Province  of  Maryland,  merchant,  son  of  Mr.  James 
and  Mrs.  Sarah  Garrett,  late  of  St.  Olive  Street,  Southwark,  then 
in  the  Kingdom  of  England,  now  a  part  of  Great  Brittian,  who 
departed  this  life  on  March  8th,  1727.     Aetatis  56." 

WOODWARDS. 

William  Woodward,  of  London,  sent  three  sons  to  Maryland. 
They  were  Henry  Woodward,  William  Woodward  and  Abraham 
Woodward. 

Henry  Woodward  located  upon  the  Patuxent,  and  married 
Mary  Garrett,  sister  of  Amos  Garrett,  the  wealthy  merchant  of 
AnnapoHs,  first  mayor  of  the  city.  They  had  issue,  William  Wood- 
ward, known  as  the  Goldsmith;  Mary — Mr.  Holmes,  of  England; 
Elizabeth — Benjamin  Baron,  of  Maryland;  Sarah — C.  Calhon,  of 
England.  Amos  Woodward,  of  Henry,  married  Achsah  Dorsey,  of 
Caleb  and  Elinor  (Warfield)  Dorsey.  Issue,  Mary,  Elinor,  Eliza- 
beth; Henry  Woodward,  only  son  of  Amos,  married  Mary  Young, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Richard  Young  and  Rebecca  Holsworth,  his 
wife,  of  Calvert  County.  Issue,  Rebecca — Philip  Rogers;  Eleanor — 
Samuel  Dorsey;  Mary — first,  Mr.  Govane,  second,  Samuel  Owings; 
Harriet — first.  Colonel  Edmund  Brice,  second,  Colonel  Alexander 
Murray;  Achsah  died  young. 

Mary  (Young)  Woodward — second  John  Hessilius  Artist. 

WilHam  Woodward,  of  William,  of  London,  left  three  children, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah  and  William., 

Abraham  Woodward,  (of  William  of  London) — first,  Elizabeth 
Firlor,  second,  Mrs.  Priscilla  Orrick,  widow  of  James  Orrick,     Issue,  , 

William,  Rebecca,  Martha,  Abraham,  Thomas,  Mary — Wm.  Tarris,  ^o-^^-^ 
Priscilla,  Henry,  Elizabeth  and  Eleanor, 

William  —  Alice  Ridgely,  daughter  of  WilHam  and  Jane 
(Westall)Ridgely.  Issue,  Jane — Nelson  Waters;  Henry — Mary  White; 
Abraham,  killed  in  the  Revolution;  William,  Jr. — Jane  Ridgely, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Orrick.  Issue,  William — Mary 
Jacobs  and  went  west;  Henry,  born  1770;  Ahce — Stephen  Wat- 
kins;  Ann — William  Ridgely,  of  Allegheny;  Sarah — Mr.  Connand 
went  to  Tennessee.  ^ 

Henry  Woodward,  born  1770 — Eleanor  Turner  (widow),  daugh-  '' 

ter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Williams   and  Rachel   Duckett,   his  wife. 
Issue,    Jane   Maria — Judge   WilHam   Henry    Baldwin;     WilHam — '"  . 
Virginia    Burneston;      Henry    Williams    Woodward — first,    Sarah  ^ 
GambriU,  second,  Mary  E.  Webb;    Rignal  Duckett — second,  M.  J.  ^ 
Hall;   Rachel  Ann,  Eleanor,  and  Martha  Ridgely — James  RawHngs. 

Henry  Williams  Woodward  and  Sarah  GambriU,  of  Augustine, 
had  issue,  Juliet — Professor  Phil.  Moore  Leakin.  Issue,  Mrs. 
Robert  Welsh,  of  Baltimore;  Phil.  Moore  Leakin,  of  New  York,  and 
a  brother  in  Baltimore. 


124      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Henry  Williams  Woodward — second,  Mary  Edge  Webb.  Issue, 
William  Woodward,  born  December  31st,  1835,  died  March  20th, 
1889,  and  James  T.  Woodward,  president  of  the  Hanover  Bank, 
New  York.     (Elsewhere  recorded.) 

William  Woodward  was  a  cotton  merchant,  and  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Cotton  Exchange.  In  1864,  he  removed  from 
Baltimore  to  New  York,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Union,  Manhattan,  Yacht  Club,  Lewannaka,  Tuxedo,  South  Side 
Fishing  Club,  Racket,  and,  also,  member  of  the  Baltimore  and 
Washington  clubs.  He  married,  September  27th,  1865,  Sarah 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Peckham)  Rodman,  of 
■Rhode  Island.  Issue  Mary  Edge,  Julia  Rodman,  Edith  and  William 
Woodward,  graduate  of  Harvard,  class  of  '98,  and  of  the  Harvard 
Law  School,  of  1901.  His  clubs  are  Institute  Porcellain,  Institute 
Zees. 

Jas.  T.  Woodward,  of  New  York,  holds  the  homestead,  "  Edge- 
wood,"  just  north  of  Gambrill's  Station.  It  was  his  birthplace. 
Mr.  James  T.  Woodward  went  to  New  York  soon  after  the  war, 
and  became  connected  with  the  importing  house  of  Ross,  Campbell 
&  Co.  His  good  business  judgment  and  habit  of  observing  closely 
the  conditions  of  trade  throughout  the  general  field,  gave  value  to 
his  opinions  on  commercial  matters.  In  the  early  seventies  he 
became  a  director  in  the  Hanover  Bank.  His  acquaintance  among 
the  important  men  of  the  financial  district  was  broadening,  his 
experience  was  ripening. 

In  1877,  the  large  interest  of  the  well-known  bankers  J.  &  I. 
Stewart,  in  the  Hanover  Bank,  was  bought  by  Mr.  Woodward  and 
his  late  brother,  William  Woodward,  Jr.  He  was  elected  to  the 
presidency  of  the  bank,  and  retired  from  the  importing  firm  in  which 
he  had  become  a  partner. 

Mr.  Woodward  has  been  president  of  the  Hanover  Bank  since 
that  time.  When  he  assumed  the  presidency  the  deposits  of  the 
bank  were  $6,000,000;  they  are  now  $45,000,000.  There  could  be 
no  more  striking  evidence  of  the  wisdom  of  his  management. 

The  fact  that  he  has  brought  his  bank  to  be  one  of  the  three 
leading  banks  of  the  City  of  New  York,  is  ample  proof  that  he  has 
won  and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  the  business  community.  But 
Mr.  Woodward  has  a  broader  sphere  of  influence  than  that.  His 
attentive  observation  of  the  money  market,  now  a  fixed  habit,  has 
made  him  a  man  to  be  consulted  in  the  financial  district.  In  the 
preliminary  discussions  of  large  investments,  in  investigations  that 
precede  bond  sales  by  the  United  States  Treasury,  and  in  the 
determination  of  financial  policies,  Mr.  Woodward's  views  are 
influential  and  always  incline  to  the  side  of  safety  and  prudence. 

He  has  a  characteristically  positive  way  of  expressing  his  opin- 
ions, which  is  often  observed  in  men  whose  conclusions  are  the  fruit 
of  ripe  thought,  and  may,  therefore,  be  given  with  confidence.  At 
a  meeting  of  the  Clearing  House  Association,  held  on  October  4th, 
last,  Mr.  Woodward,  although  he  had  not  sought  the  place,  was 


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elected  president  of  the  Association;  an  office,  at  once,  of  both 
dignity  and  responsibility.  The  Clearing  House  is  the  vigilant 
guardian  of  the  financial  interests  of  the  commercial  community, 
and  a  tower  of  observation  over  all  banks;  guarantor  to  the  business 
public  that  no  bank  can  go  far  into  imprudence  without  detection. 

Like  a  wise  man,  Mr.  Woodward  looks  also  to  the  pleasant 
things  of  life,  as  the  means  for  banishing  cares. 

Though  a  model  of  punctuality,  when  duty  calls,  yet  when  the 
season  and  weather  are  propitious,  he  comes  to  visit  his  plantations 
in  Anne  Arundel,  near  Gambrill's  Station,  and  in  Prince  George,  at 
Collington,  to  hunt  across  country,  maintaining  the  old  favorite 
pastime  of  his  colonial  ancestors.  He  delights  to  have  his  social 
companions  of  New  York  join  him,  at  his  bachelor  quarters,  during 
the  hunting  season.  Amiable,  agreeable  and  entertaining,  his  friends 
are  lasting  and  loyal. 

He  is  a  member  of  numerous  clubs,  among  them  being  the  Union, 
the  Knickerbocker,  the  Metropolitan,  the  Tuxedo,  and  the  Riding 
Club. 

Mr.  Woodward  is  also  taking  interest  in  developing  the  useful- 
ness of  St.  John's  College.  Woodward  Hall  has  been  erected  to  his 
name.  He  has  also  succeeded  in  paying  off  the  debt  upon  St.  John's. 
After  the  inauguration  of  Governor  Warfield,  Mr.  Woodward  brought 
a  tally-ho  party  from  New  York,  to  call  upon  him  at  the  govern- 
ment house. 

SKETCH  OF  THE  LIFE  OF  THE  LATE  RIGNAL  T. 

WOODWARD,  OF  ABINGTON  FARM,  MILLERSVILLE, 

ANNE  ARUNDEL  COUNTY,  MD. 

Rignal  T.  Woodward  was  born  at  Abington  Farm,  Anne  Arundel 
County,  Maryland,  his  father's  place.  His  father  was  the  Hon.  Rignal 
Duckett  Woodward,  the  third  son  of  Henry  Woodward,  of  Anne 
Arundel  County,  and  his  wife,  Eleanor  Williams,  of  Prince  George 
County.  His  mother  was  a  Miss  Elizabeth  Hardisty,  whose  mother 
was  Miss  Hodges.  The  Hon.  Rignal  Duckett  Woodward  was  a 
planter,  one  time  sheriff  of  the  county,  and  for  a  number  of  years, 
presiding  justice  of  the  Orphans  Court.     He  died  in  1888.  > 

Rignal  T.  Woodward  was  educated  at  the  Academy  at  Millers- 
ville.  His  father  wanted  him  to  go  to  college,  but  he  preferred  to 
go  into  business.  When  he  was  seventeen  years  old  he  entered  the 
office  of  his  uncle  Mr.  William  Woodward,  a  commission  merchant, 
doing  business  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  under  the  firm  name  of 
William  Woodward  &  Co.  Later  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Wood- 
ward, Baldwin  &  Co.  In  1863,  the  firm  opened  an  office  in  New 
York  City,  and  he  was  sent  there.  In  October,  1863,  he  was 
admitted  into  the  firm  as  a  partner.  On  January  26th,  1864,  he 
married  Mary  H.  Raborg,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Dr.  Christopher 
H.  Raborg,  of  Baltimore.     By  her  he  had  eight  children,  namely: 


126      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Mary  Raborg,  born  December  19th,  1864,  died  August  10th, 
1865;  Rignal  Duckett,  December  28th,  1865;  Christopher  Raborg 
born  January  24th,  1867,  died  August  16th,  1868;  Wilham  Baird, 
born  April  4th,  1868,  died  August  18th,  1868;  Christopher  H.  R., 
born  May  31st,  1869;  Mary  Raborg,  born  December  16th,  1870; 
Charles  Woodward,  born  June  2nd,  1872;  Elijah,  born  July  14th, 
1874. 

Mr.  Woodward  continued  to  reside  in  New  York  City  until  May, 
1898,  when  he  moved  to  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  His  wife,  Mary  H. 
(Raborg)  Woodward,  died  March  5th,  1900.  On  the  death  of  his 
father,  Mr.  Woodward  became  the  owner  of  Abington  Farm.  On 
February  5th,  1902,  he  married  JuHa  Winchester  Bowling,  daughter 
of  Chief  Justice  Benjamin  Winchester,  of  Louisiana.  The  death 
of  Mr.  Woodward  was  recently  announced  in  the  Baltimore  Sun. 
The  interment  was  in  his  native  county. 

Wilham  Woodward,  (of  Henry,  of  Wilham,  of  London,)  and  Jane, 
his  wife,  had  William  Garrett  Woodward  and  Maria  G.  Woodward, 
who  became  Mrs.  Edmiston,  of  London.  A  letter  from  the  former 
to  the  latter,  giving  a  good  view  of  the  trying  days  in  which  he 
lived,  and  containing  some  genealogical  information,  is  still  pre- 
served by  his  descendants. 

Wilham  Garrett  Woodward  married  Dinah  Warfield,  daughter 
of  Alexander  and  Dinah  Davidge.     They  had  two  daughters. 

Maria  Graham  became  the  second  wife  of  Captain  Henry  Bald- 
win; Ehzabeth  Woodward  became  the  second  wife  of  Alexander 
Warfield,  of  Sam's  Creek, 

Wilham  Woodward,  late  head  of  Woodward,  &  Baldwin  &  Co., 
of  Baltimore,  leading  dry-goods  merchants,  descendant  of  Henry  and 
Eleanor  (Williams)  Woodward,  removed  to  Baltimore,  and  entered 
the  house  of  Mullikin  &  Co.  He  later  formed  the  partnership  of 
Jones  &  Woodward,  which  was  merged  into  Woodward,  Baldwin 
&  Co.  Mr.  Woodward  was  an  organizer  of  the  first  temperance 
society  of  Maryland.  He  was  a  director  in  numerous  institutions. 
His  wife  was  Virginia  Barnetson,  of  Baltimore.  Six  daughters  and 
three  sons  are  their  heirs. 

Mr.  Woodward  was  ranked  as  a  christian  philanthropist,  and 
an  enterprising  man  '  of  business,  worthy  to  succeed  the  great 
merchant,  Amos  Garrett,  of  Annapolis. 

Thomas  Woodward,  son  of  Abraham,  of  William,  lived  at  Wood- 
wardville,  in  Anne  Arundel,  upon  the  Patuxent.  He  married  Mrs. 
Margaret  I  jams,  nee  Margaret  Waters.  Issue,  Abraham,  Nicholas 
R.,  Priscilla.  Nicholas  R.  Woodward  married  Margaret  Mullikin, 
and  left  Sophia  Hall — Richard  Anderson;  Eliza  Ann,  Catherine M. 
— Jacob  Strider.  By  a  second  wife,  Sarah  Gambrill,  Nicholas  R. 
Woodward  had  John  Randolph — Caroline  V.  Gardner;  Abraham 
. — Annie  Anderson;  Emily  R.  Nicholas;  Daniel  Dodge — Jennie 
nderson. 


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Mr.  William  Nicholas  Woodward,  son  of  John  Randolph  Wood- 
ward, is  now  Deputy  Clerk  of  Anne  Arundel.  He  married  Jennie 
G.  Ashwell,  of  New  Jersey.  His  sisters  are,  Mrs.  Laura  M.  Moore, 
of  West  Virginia,  and  Annie  V.  Woodward. 

Mr.  Woodward  was  born  at  Woodwardville.  He  has  a  place 
south  of  Gambrill's  Station,  and  also  holds  the  old  Dorsey  property 
near  Savage.  He  resides  in  Annapolis,  and  has  recently  purchased 
a  property  upon  Murray  Hill. 

THE  PINKNEY  FAMILY. 

In  the  house  just  opposite  the  Chase  mansion,  afterward  owned 
by  the  Lockerman  and  Harwood  families,  was  born  William  Pink- 
ney,  the  fifth  Bishop  of  Maryland.  His  paternal  grandfather, 
Jonathan  Pinkney  settled  in  Annapolis  before  the  Revolution.  He 
was  a  sturdy  Englishman,  but  "  He  adhered  with  a  mistaken,  but 
honest  firmness,  to  the  cause  of  the  mother  country,  and  suffered 
severely  the  consequences  of  his  conscientiousness."  All  of  his 
property  was  confiscated. 

The  five  children  of  Jonathan  Pinkney  by  his  two  wives,  both 
sisters,  were  Margaret,  Nancy,  Jonathan,  William  and  Ninian. 

Jonathan,  Jr.,  was  cashier  of  the  Farmers  Bank  of  Maryland. 
He  left  a  large  family.  William  became  the  great  lawyer  and  states- 
man, whose  history  is  given  below.  The  third  son,  Ninian,  was  the 
father  of  Bishop  Pinkney,  of  Maryland.  He  was  twice  married;  his 
first  wife  was  a  sister  of  Mr.  Louis  Gassaway,  but  left  no  heirs;  the 
second  was  Mrs.  Amelia  Grason  Hobbs,  a  widow  with  three  children. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  Grason,  of  Talbot  County,  and 
sister  of  the  governor.  The  children  by  Mr.  Pinkney  were  Amelia, 
William  and  Ninian. 

The  father  held  the  important  position  of  "Clerk  of  the  Council" 
for  thirty  years.  Mrs.  Pinkney's  vivid  remembrances  of  both  wars 
are  extant,  and  are  reproduced  in  Rev.  Orlando  Hutton's  life  of 
Bishop  Pinkney. 

After  removing  from  their  home  on  Maryland  Avenue,  the 
family  lived,  until  the  death  of  Mrs.  Pinkney,  in  a  frame  cottage, 
under  the  shadow  of  the  Naval  Academy,  and  close  to  the  then 
governor's  palace.  In  1853,  the  site  was  sold  to  the  government, 
but  Mrs.  Pinkney  was  allowed  to  remain  during  life. 

William  Pinkney,  second  son  of  the  English  settler,  was  a 
student  of  King  William's  School.  It  is  related  that  Judge  Samuel 
Chase,  towards  the  close  of  the  American  war,  stepping  one  day  into 
a  debating  society,  was  astonished  at  the  eloquence  of  a  young  drug 
clerk.  Seeking  him  out,  the  Judge  urged  him  to  study  law.  The 
young  clerk  made  known  his  necessities,  whereupon  Judge  Chase 
offered  him  his  library,  which  was  accepted.  The  young  man  was 
William  Pinkney.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1786,  he  afterwards 
became  "the  wonder  of  his  age." 


128      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1788,  William  Pinkney  was  a  delegate  to  the  convention 
which  ratified  the  Constitiution  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
later  a  member  of  the  House,  Senate  and  Council.  In  1796,  was 
commissioner  under  the  Jay  treaty.  In  1805,  was  Attorney-Gen- 
eral of  Maryland.  In  1806,  was  minister  to  England.  In  1811, 
was  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States. 

At  the  battle  of  Bladensburg,  in  1812,  he  commanded  a 
volunteer  company,  and  was  wounded.  He  handed  down  to  his 
distinguished  relative.  Bishop  William  Pinkney,  of  Bladensburg,  a 
statement  giving  the  cause  of  that  disastrous  defeat  as  a  want  of 
both  powder  and  preparation.  Mr.  Pinkney  was  in  Congress  in 
1815,  and  a  minister  to  Russia  in  1816.  Upon  his  return,  he  was 
given  an  ovation  in  his  native  city.  In  1819,  he  was  elected  United 
States  Senator,  which  he  held  until  his  death  in  1822. 

The  latest  Pinkney  homestead,  in  Annapolis,  stood  facing  the 
State  House.  The  site  is  now  occupied  by  the  new  State  building  for 
the  Court  of  Appeals  and  State  Library,  but  the  Pinkney  building 
was  removed  intact,  to  a  site  opposite  College  Green.  It  is  still 
held  by  his  descendants. 

HON.  REVERDY  JOHNSON. 

Honorable  Reverdy  Johnson  was  born  at  Annapolis,  21st  of 
May,  1796,  in  the  house,  the  beautiful  park  of  which,  extends  to 
State  House  Circle,  now  the  property  of  Hon.  J.  Wirt  Randall. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  educated  at  St.  John's  College,  and  at  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  began  the  study  of  law.  He  was  the  son  of  Hon. 
John  Johnson,  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  and  Attorney-Gen- 
eral of  Maryland,  who  married  Deborah  Ghiselen,  daughter  of 
Reverdy  Ghiselen,  long  commissioner  of  the  Land  Office  at  Annapolis. 

Reverdy  Johnson  commenced  his  career  at  Marlborough.  His 
first  attempt  was  a  failure.  He  became  discouraged  and  thought 
of  giving  it  up;  but  upon  the  advice  of  Judge  Edmund  Key,  of 
that  judicial  circuit,  determined  to  continue.  He  was  appointed 
State's  Attorney  for  Prince  George,  in  1817.  Two  years  later  removed 
to  Baltimore,  where  he  made  the  reputation  of  a  profound  student  of 
law.  With  Mr.  Thomas  Harris,  he  reported  the  decisions  of  the 
Maryland  Court  of  Appeals  (seven  volumnes). 

In  1821,  he  was  elected  a  State  Senator  and  re-elected  in  1825. 
In  1845,  was  chosen  United  States  Senator;  resigning,  in  1849,  to 
accept  the  office  of  Attorney-General  under  President  Taylor.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Peace  Commission,  in  1861;  was  elected 
United  States  Senator  again  in  1862.  In  1868,  General  Grant 
appointed  him  minister  to  England,  where  he  negotiated  the  treaty 
for  the  settlement  of  the  Alabama  claims.  This  treaty  was  rejected 
and  he  was  recalled  in  1869.  Though  a  Unionist,  he  voted,  in  1866, 
against  the  impeachment  of  President  Johnson. 

Reverdy  Johnson  married  Mary  Mackall  Bowie,  daughter  of 
Governor  Robert  Bowie.  Her  portrait,  painted  by  Sully,  whilst  at 
the  Court  of  St.  James,  is  now  in  the  Peabody  Institute.     She  was 


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the  financial  manager  of  the  household  that  he  might  be  free  for 
public  duties.  In  1869,  they  celebrated  their  golden  wedding.  She 
died  in  1873,  and  he  in  1876,  whilst  a  guest  at  the  governor's  man- 
sion in  Annapolis,  within  a  stone's  throw  of  his  birthplace,  and  in 
sight  of  his  Alma  Mater. 

SAPPINGTON  FAMILY. 

The  records  of  All  Hallows  show  two  brothers,  Thomas  and 
John  Sappington,  near  South  River.  They  had  clearly  come  down 
the  bay  from  the  homestead  of  Nathaniel  Sappington,  of  Cecil 
County,  whose  home  was  near  the  Sassafras  River. 

The  will  of  Thomas  Rutland,  of  South  River,  probated  1731, 
names  his  son,  Thomas  ;  daughter,  Elizabeth  Stuart;  grandson, 
Thomas  Sappington,  and  granddaughter,  Jeane,  child  of  daughter 
Ann  Wayman,  wife  of  Leonard  Wayman. 

The  records  of  All  Hallows  show  the  marriage  of  Thomas 
Sappington  to  Mary  Rutland,  and  the  birth  of  their  son,  Thomas 
Sappington,  legatee  of  Thomas  Rutland.  John  Sappington,  of  All 
Hallows,  located  his  son,  John  Sappington,  Jr.,  upon  the  estate  known 
as  "Sappington,"  upon  which  still  stands  the  quaint  little  college 
at  Sappington  Station,  of  the  Annapolis  &  Elk  Ridge  railroad.  The 
present  house  is  claimed  to  have  been  built  by  Caleb  Sappington, 
of  John,  Jr.     It  is  an  interesting  relic  of  earlier  days. 

The  Sappington  family  will  be  continued  in  Howard  Coimty 
records. 

RUTLAND  FAMILY. 

Thomas  Rutland,  the  settler,  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
Linthicum.  Three  succeeding  Thomas  Rutlands  follow.  The  daugh- 
ters of  the  first  were,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stuart,  Mrs.  Ann  Wayman  and 
Mrs.  Mary  Sappington.  Thomas  Rutland's  wiU,  of  1783,  names  his 
descendants. 

The  second  Thomas  Rutland  married  Ann  Beale  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Norwood,  daughter  of  Andrew  by  his  wife, 
Elizabeth  Howard,  of  Captain  Cornelius.  The  will  of  Mrs.  Thomas 
Rutland,  in  1773,  names  her  aunt,  Hannah  Norwood. 

She  gave  a  pair  of  sleeve  buttons  to  Mary  Snowden,  daughter 
of  Eliza  (Rutland)  Snowden,  but  left  the  bulk  of  her  estate  to  the 
daughters  of  her  sister,  Elizabeth  (Nicholson)  Dorsey.  Those  nieces 
were  Ann  Beale,  Eliza  Harrison  and  Mary  Dorsey.  The  will  of 
Joseph  Howard  shows  'his  daughter  married  another  Thomas 
Rutland.  There  was  a  row  of  houses  in  AnnapoHs,  built  by  Thomas 
Rutland,  the  large  importing  merchant  of  AnnapoHs. 

RANDALL. 

Early  among  the  land  holders  of  North  Severn,  was  Christopher 
Randall,  who  held  "Randall's  Range,"  "Randall's  Fancy"  and 
"Randall's  Purchase."     He  died  in  1684,  when  an  inventory  of  his 


130      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

estate  returned  by  Matthew  Howard,  shows  his  wife  was  Joan. 
Richard  Owings,  a  brother-in-law  of  Thomas  Randall,  son  of  Christo- 
pher, was  a  debtor,  and  Christopher,  Jr.,  Thomas  Randall  and  one 
sister  were  the  heirs.     All  these  removed  to  Baltimore  County. 

Closely  connected  with  this  Randall  family  were  the  English 
merchants,  Thomas  and  Anthony  Bale,  written  in  the  chancery 
records  as  both  Bale  and  Beal.  The  will  of  Urath  Bale,  who  names 
her  aunt,  Hannah  Randall,  is  on  record  at  Annapolis.  Hannah 
Bale  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Randall,  who  died  in  1722.  Her 
will,  of  1727,  names  her  son,  Christopher,  and  her  daughter,  Urath 
(Urith),  later  wife  of  Samuel  Owings,  of  Owings  Mills. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Randall  also  named  her  daughter-in-law,  Catherine, 
wife  of  Christopher,  her  son,  and  leaves  a  ring  to  her  brother-in-law, 
Christopher  Randall,  whose  wife  was  Ann.  The  latter  left  a  will, 
in  Baltimore,  naming  his  sons,  Roger,  Aquilla  and  John.  The  latter 
heired  the  Anne  Arundel  estate.  The  daughters  were  Johanna,  Ruth 
and  Rachel, 

Christopher  and  Thomas  united,  in  1710,  in  selling  "Randall's 
Range"  to  John  Harwood. 

Both  branches  of  this  family  live  in  the  neighborhood  of  Ran- 
dallstown  and  Owings  Mill.  The  estate  of  Samuel  Owings  occu- 
pied a  pretty  large  slice  of  Baltimore  County,  and  all  through  the 
West  are  descendants  who  still  bear  the  name  of  Urith,  handed 
down  from  "Urath  Bale." 

Captain  John  Randall,  of  Anne  Arundel,  held  "a  flat,"  in  1731, 
from  which  a  man  fell  and  was  drowned. — (St.  Paul  Records.) 

Richard  Randall,  of  Anne  Arundel,  owned  "Tower  Hill."  His 
heirs  were  Margaret,  Elizabeth  and  John  Randall.  They  sold  this 
tract  in  1792.  Richard  Randall's  sisters  were,  Elizabeth — Ben- 
jamin Atwell,  in  1799;  Lorena — Frederick  Goatee,  in  1800;  Atridge 
— John  Smith,  1807;  Ruth — Joseph  Norman,  1792;  Anna — George 
Kirby,  1798. 

Another  Anne  Arundel  branch  of  the  family  was  Catherine  Ran- 
dall, whose  will,  of  1729,  names  "her  son  Robert  Welsh,"  and  her 
grandsons,  James  Lewis  and  Robert  Welsh,  and  gave  them  "Town 
Hill"  and  "Diligent  Search." 

The  present  Randall  family,  of  Annapolis,  comes  from  a 
Virginia  settler,  who  came  up  much  later  than  Christopher  Randall. 

This  branch  will  elsewhere  be  given. 

JOHN  GILL. 

John  Gill  was  born  in  Annapolis,  August  15th,  1841.  His 
father  was  Richard  W.  Gill,  son  of  John  Gill,  of  Alexandria,  Virginia, 
and  his  mother  was  Miss  Ann  E.  Deale,  daughter  of  Captain  James 
Deale,  of  Anne  Arundel  County. 

In  an  autobiography  of  his  early  life  General  Gill  writes: 
"My  father  died  when  I  was  about  ten  years  old.     My  mother 
was  left  with  four  children — two  girls  and  two  boys.     Fortunately, 
my  father  had  left  an  estate  sufficient  to  provide  comfortably  for 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      131 

all  of  us,  and  my  mother,  a  woman  of  most  excellent  sense  and  judg- 
ment, made  the  best  possible  disposition  of  her  income,  with  the 
view  of  educating  her  children. 

"  My  father's  death  left  a  scar  that  time  could  never  efface.  One 
of  his  associates  at  the  bar,  in  announcing  his  death  to  a  full  bench 
of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  Maryland,  said:  'I  will  not  attempt  to 
eulogize  the  dead,  but  I  cannot  refrain  from  saying  that  I  have 
never  known  one  who  more  deservedly  and  universally  possessed 
the  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him.' 

"  For  several  years  after  my  father's  death  we  were  all  kept  at 
home.  My  mother  secured  a  most  excellent  governess,  a  Miss  Boyce, 
who  proved  most  satisfactory,  and  was  liked  so  much  that  she  soon 
became  part  of  our  household. 

"At  the  age  of  about  fifteen,  I  was  sent  to  the  preparatory 
school  of  St.  John's  College,  In  1856,  my  mother  and  sisters  con- 
cluded that  it  was  best  for  me  to  go  to  a  boarding  school,  and  the 
Lawrenceville  High  School,  near  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  was  selected. 

"  I  shall  never  cease  being  grateful  to  my  mother  for  sending  me 
to  this  school.  At  the  head  of  it  was  a  very  distinguished  educator. 
Dr.  Samuel  Hamill,  well  known  throughout  the  country,  and  the 
best  man  I  ever  knew  to  train  boys  in  the  way  they  should  go.  I  was 
graduated  at  Lawrenceville  in  the  fall  of  1859,  and  from  there  went 
to  the  University  of  Virginia. 

"  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  I  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier 
in  the  Confederate  Army." 

General  Gill  came  to  Baltimore  after  the  war,  and  went  into  the 
grain  business,  establishing  the  firm  of  Gill  &  Fisher.  This  firm  is 
still  in  existence,  and  Mr.  Charles  D.  Fisher,  the  original  partner  of 
General  Gill,  is  still  a  member.  General  Gill,  however,  retired  from 
the  firm  about  twenty  years  ago,  to  become  president  of  the  Mer- 
cantile Trust  and  Deposit  Company  on  its  organization.  He  is  fond  of 
relating  his  early  experience  in  the  grain  trade,  which  was  before  the 
establishment  of  the  present  perfect  system  of  elevators  and  inspec- 
tions. He  said  his  firm  employed  its  own  inspectors  and  weighers, 
and  he  would  frequently  meet  incoming  vessels,  with  cargoes 
of  southern  wheat  and  corn,  some  distance  down  the  harbor,  and 
have  all  terms  of  its  purchase  and  its  inspection  settled  by  the  time 
it  reached  the  steamship  which  was  to  take  it  aboard.  He  prides 
himself  on  the  fact  that,  in  1879  and  in  1880,  his  firm  sent  out 
about  five  hundred  cargoes  of  grain  to  foreign  ports. 

General  Gill  married  a  daughter  of  Mr.  W.  W.  Spence,  and  has 
five  children,  all  daughters.  He  is  still  hale  and  hearty,  and  in  full 
possession  of  all  his  faculties,  mental  and  physical.  Few  in  his 
employ  have  the  same  capacity  for  work  as  General  Gill;  and  his 
tireless  energy  in  the  many  intricate  financial  problems  with  which  he 
has  had  to  deal,  has  frequently  caused  astonishment  to  his  asso- 
ciates and  fellow  workers. 


132      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

^  JOHN  MARRIOTT. 

Following  close  upon  the  Howards  and  Porters  of  the  Severn, 
we  find  John  Marriott,  in  1681,  living  upon  Peter  Porter's  plantation, 
at  Indian  Landing.  At  that  time  the  Indians  had  made  an  attack 
upon  his  household,  and  Mrs.  Marriott  had  been  compelled  to  seek 
her  neighbors'  protection.  She  was  Sarah  Acton,  of  the  AnnapoUs 
family. 

In  his  will,  of  1718,  John  Marriott  names  a  large  family,  viz.: 
"To  son  Joseph,  my  tract,  'Cordwell,'  where  he  lives.  To  son 
Emanuel,  'Hereford'  and  dwelhng.  To  son  John,  the  remaining 
part  of  'Hereford'  and  one  hundred  acres  of  'Brookslys  Point.'  To 
two  sons,  Augustine  and  Silvanus,  the  remainder  of  '  Brookslys,'  and, 
also,  four  hundred  and  forty  acres  out  of  'Shepherd's  Forest,'  on  the 
Patuxent.  I  give  to  John  Riggs,  fifty  acres  of  'Shepherd's  Forest.' 
(The  English  wills  show  a  close  connection  between  Marriott  and 
Riggs).  I  give  to  Henry  Sew  ell  the  sum  of  forty  shillings,  and  to 
Wm.  Stevens  a  like  amount.  To  daughter,  Ann  Gambrill,  I  give 
£5.  To  daughter,  Sarah  Marriott,  I  give  £30.  The  balance  to  my 
five  sons,  Joseph,  Emanuel,  John,  Augustine  and  Silvanus." 

Joseph  and  Augustine  were  executors.  Peter  Porter,  Wm. 
Stevens  and  Edward  Benson  were  witnesses. 

John  Sewell's  wife,  Mary  Marriott,  was  a  descendant  of  John 
Marriott,  who  was  a  large  land-holder  on  the  Severn  River  about 
1667.  John  Marriott's  wife,  Sarah  Acton,  was  a  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Acton,  who  settled  on  the  Severn  River,  in  1651,  at  "Acton's 
Hill,"  now  called  "Murray's  Hill,"  Annapolis.  He  came  with  that 
celebrated  colony  from  Sewell's  Point,  Virginia. 

A  similarity  of  Christian  names  again  occurs  at  this  time,  in 
England  and  Maryland,  and  shows  close  connections,  mentioned  so 
prominently  by  Sir  Bernard  Burke,  in  his  Peerage,  Landed  Gentry 
and  Armory  and  Heraldr}'',  running  back  previous  to  the  arrival 
of  William  the  Conqueror.  The  Marriotts  are  also  mentioned  by 
Burke  as  having  arrived  in  England  with  William  the  Conqueror — 
three  brothers,  viz. :  Rudolphus,  Guillermus  and  Augustine  Marriott. 
Burke  also  states  that  there  was  an  Augustine  Marriott  living  in 
London,  1689. 

John  Marriott,  the  pioneer  in  Maryland,  named  in  his  will, 
1716-18,  his  children — Sarah  Yieldhall,  Mary  Sewell,  Achsah  Hall 
and  John  Marriott.  Sarah  Marriott  was  the  wife  of  Wm.  Yieldhall; 
Mary  Marriott,  the  wife  of  John  Sewell;  John  Marriott  married 
Nancy  Warfield,  daughter  of  Alexander  Warfield,  and  Achsah 
Marriott  married  John  Hall,  of  Whitehall,  and  their  daughter,  Sarah 
Hall,  married,  first,  Francis  Rawlings,  secondly.  Captain  Henry 
Baldwin. 

Sallie  Baldwin,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Rawlings-Hall) 
Baldwin,  married  Denton  Hammond.  Issue,  Elizabeth,  Camilla 
and  Matthias  Hammond.  Camilla — Dr.  Herbert  and  had  a  son. 
General  James  Rawlings  Herbert,  whose  daughter,  Camilla,  married 
Wm.  Pinkney  Whyte,  Jr.     Elizabeth — Richard  Cromwell;   Matthias 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      133 

Eliza  Brown;  John  Marriott,  who  died  1798, — Elizabeth  Davis, 
daughter  of  Richard  Davis  and  Ruth  Warfield,  his  wife,  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Ruth  (Gaither)  Warfield. 

John  Marriott,  in  his  will,  1798,  mentions  wife  Elizabeth.  Issue, 
John,  Richard,  Ruth,  Rachel  and  Elizabeth  Marriott.  Richard — 
Sarah  Hammond,  daughter  of  John  Hammond,  and  their  son,  Gen- 
eral Wm.  Hammond  Marriott — Jane  McKim;  his  brother,  Richard 
Marriott,  married  a  granddaughter  of  Anthony  Stewart,  of  Peggy- 
Stewart  fame. 

In  1756,  Mr.  Emanuel  Marriott,  the  son  of  Mr.  Joseph  Marriott, 
was  taxed  as  a  bachelor  for  the  support  of  the  church  of  St.  Anne's,  ' 
on  a  schedule  of  £100. 

The  will  of  Augustine  Marriott,  who  held  the  homestead  at 
Indian  Landing,  and  married  Mary  Warfield,  of  John  and  Ruth 
Gaither,  in  1729,  reads  as  follows:  "My  wife,  Mary,  if  she  does  not 
marry,  to  hold  the  whole  estate  during  life.  My  son,  John,  to  hold 
'Shepherd's  Forest.' " 

His  three  daughters  named  were  Sarah,  wife  of  Wm.  Yieldhall; 
Mary,  wife  of  John  Sewall;  Achsah,  wife  of  John  Hall,  and  her 
three  daughters.  John  Marriott,  Joseph  Warfield  and  Joshua 
Gambrill  were  witnesses. 

John  Marriott,  the  son,  married  Elizabeth  Davis,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Ruth  (Warfield)  Davis.  In  his  will,  of  1798,  he  named 
his  sons,  Richard,  John,  Rachel,  Ruth,  and  Elizabeth;  wife, 
Elizabeth;  lands,  "Lancaster  Plains." 

THE  COLE  FAMILY. 

*^'^  Edith  Cole,  wife  of  John  Mallonee,  was  the  daughter  of  Dennis 
Garrett  Cole  and  Rachel,  his  wife,  of  Baltimore  County,  November 
8th,  1748.  Their  children  were  Thomas,  James,  William  and 
Leonard  Mallonee. 

Dennis  Garrett  Cole  was  the  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Garrett) 
Cole,  and  Hannah  Garrett  was  the  daughter  of  Dennis  and  Barbara 
Garrett.  Thomas  Stone  and  Dennis  Garrett  purchased  "Long 
Island  Point"  in  1683,  and  in  1691,  Thomas  Stone  gave  his  moiety 
in  this  land  to  the  children  of  Dennis  Garrett,  deceased,  and  stated 
it  was  for  his  love  and  affection. 

"Long  Island  Point"  was  to  the  east  and  adjoining  "Cole  Har- 
bor," settled  by  Thomas  Cole  in  1668,  and  the  latter  was  covered 
by  the  following  lines:  Beginning  at  Harford  Run  on  the  east,  where 
it  flows  into  the  Patapsco  River,  thence  west  one  mile,  binding  on 
the  water  front  to  about  Sharp  Street;    thence  north  about  half  ^^^ 
mile  to  Saratoga  Street,  then  east  to  Harford  Run;    thence  to  tl^ 
place  of  the  beginning,  containing  550  acres.     John  Cole  sold  Rich^ 
Owings,  in  1702,  809  acres,  "Cole's  Choice,"  in  the  same  sect' 
All  of  these  tracts  were  described  as  on  the  north  side  of  the  new 
west  branch  of  the  Patapsco  River,  and  now  covered  by  Balt^ 
City  from  Sharp  Street  to  the  east.  '^' 


134      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  Cole  families,  of  Old  England,  appear  to  have  had  the  same 
Christian  names  as  the  early  settlers  in  Maryland  and  Virginia,  viz. : 
John,  Thomas,  William,  Skipwith,  et  al.  Cole — Stake  Lyne — John 
Thomas  and  William.  There  was  a  fine  monument  erected  to  the 
Cole  family  at  Petersham,  in  1624.  John  Cole,  tenth  in  line  from 
William  Cole,  Comity  Devon,  1243.  Cole — Marazon — Francis  Sewell 
Cole,  esquire,  nineteenth  in  direct  descent  from  Edward,  third, 
and  the  family  long  in  County  Devon.  Cole — Woodniem — John 
Cole,  1614,  father  of  William  Cole,  officer  in  Cromwell's  Army.  James 
Garrett,  Esquire,  County  Carlow,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Blake,  same  family  as  Sir  William  Garrett,  Lord  Mayor  London, 
1555. 

Sir  Bernard  Burke,  in  his  "Armory  and  Heraldry,"  gives  the 
Sewell  family  in  England  three  coats  of  arms;  the  Cole  family, 
twenty-two;  Stone,  thirty;  Garrett,  three;  Kirby,  fourteen;  Randall, 
fifteen;  Warner,  nineteen;  Acton,  twenty-seven.  These  names  are 
all  shown  in  the  above  as  Sewall  connections. 

/  RAWLINGS. 

Much  has  been  written  lately  concerning  this  family.  As  none 
of  the  writers  seem  to  have  gone  to  the  wills  for  information,  I  will 
reproduce  them  and  leave  interested  descendants  to  fit  them. 

It  has  been  stated  that  Henry  Rawlings,  father  of  Anthony, 
the  public  man,  was  the  immigrant.  There  seem  to  have  been 
others.  The  archives  are  full  of  Anthony  Rawlings,  and  the  chan- 
cery records  add  more  light.  His  will  of  1652,  names  sons,  John 
and  Anthony,  who  inherited  adjoining  lands  up  on  the  Patuxent. 
He  names  his  oldest  daughter,  Anne,  and  youngest  daughter,  Mar- 
garet.    His  wife  was  Jane  Rawlings. 

In  1676,  Elizabeth  Rawlings,  widow  of  Nicholas,  made  an  oral 
will  in  which  she  desired  Elizabeth  Mackey  to  take  care  of  her  child, 
and  to  collect  from  her  debtors  what  was  due. 

In  1696,  Richard  Rawlings  named  his  two  sons,  Richard  and 
John;   his  daughters  were  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  and  wife  Jane. 

In  1717,  John  Rawlings,  of  Dorchester,  named  his  brother, 
Anthony,  and  his  nephew,  John  of  Anthony,  also  his  nephew,  John 
King,  and  his  son-in-law,  Mark  Fisher.    His  wife  was  Elizabeth. 

Daniel   Rawlings,  of   Charles   County,   in    1726,  held   a   large 

estate  both  there  and  in  Calvert.     He  left  his  ''home  plantation,  on 

St.  Leonard's  Creek,"  to  my  youngest  son,  Daniel.     I  confirm  unto 

my  son-in-law,  John  Clare  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  part  of   'Elton 

^Head  Manor,'   called   'Rawlings'  Choice,'  now   occupied  by   John 

Bfiare  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth.     To  daughter,  Anne  Rawlings,  the 

orth  part  of  'Rawlings'  Choice'  and  five  hundred  acres  of  the  same 

Bai^ct  to  son  Isaac  Rawlings.     To  daughter  Mary  Halloway,  negroes. 

and    Isaac  and  son-in-law  John  Clare  executors. 

GeneJ)."  — Dan  Rawlings. 

Wm.  Pohn  Parran,  Wm.  Day,  and  Alexander  Parran  were  witnesses. 


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Daniel  Rawlings,  of  Calvert  County,  in  1748,  named  sons, 
Daniel  and  John,  and  daughters,  Nancy  and  Margaret.  He  held 
tract  "Rawlings'  Choice"  "left  me  by  my  father."  He  bought, 
also,  his  brother  Isaac's  lands. 

Of  this  family  upon  "Rawlings'  Manor,"  one  brother,  Isaac, 
still  later,  was  in  Mississippi  when  that  was  only  a  territory.  In 
one  of  his  letters,  which  I  have  seen,  he  wrote  that  "his  brother, 
Captain  Thomas  Rawlings,  was  then  at  the  front  with  General 
Jackson  in  his  Indian  campaign  at  Pensacola."  After  the  war. 
Captain  Thomas  returned  to  Calvert,  and,  at  forty  years  of  age, 
married  his  cousin,  Mary  Dalrymple,  whose  mother  was  Christiana 
Clare,  of  John.  She  was  then  a  girl  of  fifteen  years.  Together 
they  lived  upon  "Rawlings'  Choice"  and  had  one  son  who  died 
in  early  manhood.  This  girl  of  fifteen  years,  later  married  another 
cousin,  her  first  lover.  Dr.  S.  J.  Cook,  and  became  the  mother  of 
Mrs.  J.  D.  Warfield. 

Anthony  Rawlings,  Jr.,  of  Dorchester,  in  1728,  left  a  colt  to 
his  father,  and  named  his  sister  Mary,  and  cousins,  Mary  and  Charles 
Daughety.  To  his  brother,  John,  he  left  his  clothes  and  silver  shoe 
buckles.  Sister  Margaret  Hail  was  made  legatee  of  all  his  personal 
property  and  his  executrix     — 

Aaron  Rawhngs,  of  Anne  Arundel  Coimty,  in  1741,  named  his 
wdfe,  Susannah,  and  sons,  Jonathan,  Aaron,  William  and  Stephen. 
The  last  two  inherited  "  Darnall's  Groves,"  in  Prince  George  County, 
"My  lands  in  Baltimore  County,  called  'Brown's  Adventure,'  to 
sons  and  daughter  Ann.     Aaron  to  hold  the  homestead. 

This  testator's  wife  was  Susannah  Beard,  the  daughter  of 
Stephen.  Her  will  closes  the  Rawlings  previous  to  the  Revolution.  In 
1762,  she  named  her  sons,  Aaron,  Moses,  Richard,  daughter  Mary, 
and  four  married  daughters,  Ann,  Susannah,  Rachel  and  Elizabeth. 
Her  son,  Aaron,  and  son-in-law,  Gassaway  Watkins,  executors. 

The  further  records  of  this  family  have  been  already  published. 


^ 


THE  SEWELLS  OF  VIRGINIA. 


Henry  Sewell  came  to  Virginia  from  England  previous  to  1632. 
He  gave  his  name  to  "  Sewell/sJ'oint "  at  the  entrance  to  Elizabeth 
River,  opposite  to  Fortress  Monroe.  His  wife  was  Alice  Willoughby, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Willoughby,  who  came  to  Virginia  in  1610, 
and  was  Justice  of  Ehzabeth  City,  1628;  Burgess,  1629-32,  and 
Councilor,  1644-50.  At  the  court  holden  May  31st,  1640,  Henry 
Sewell  and  Captain  Sibley  were  authorized  to  build  a  church  at  Mr 
Sewell's  Point.  August  2nd,  1640,  Captain  Thomas  Willot-'-i  the 
Esquire,  Captain  John  Sibley,  Mr.  Henry  Sewell,  Mr.  Edwrufter  the 
ham  and  Mr.  William  Julian,  are  to  pay  for  themselves  ac  of  Chan- 
the  church  minister,  Mr.  Thomas  Harrison. 

Peter  Porter's  name  appears  in  1641.     He,  in  1650,hiUp  How- 
Maryland,  at  the  head  of  Severn  River,  "Peter  Porter kney,  was 


136      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1641,  the  orders  of  the  Court  directed  that  this  parish  church 
should  be  built  at  Mr.  Henry  Sewell's  Point  at  the  cost  and  charge 
of  the  inhabitants,  and  chapel  of  ease  at  Elizabeth  River. 

Henry  Sewell  had  two  children,  Anne  and  Henry.  Anne  was 
born  1634,  and  married  Lemuel  Mason,  son  of  Francis  Mason.  Henry 
Sewell,  the  younger,  was  born  1639.  Henry  Sewell,  the  elder,  was 
elected  to  the  House  of  Burgesses  from  Elizabeth  City,  in  1632,  and 
from  Lower  Norfolk  County  in  1639.  He  died,  1644,  and  at  a  Court 
holden  same  year  in  Lower  Norfolk  County,  at  the  house  of  Ensign 
Thomas  Lambert,  February  20th,  "The  Court  doth  think  fit  and 
orders  it,  Mr.  Matthew  Phillips,  the  administrator  of  Mr.  Henry 
Sewell  ,deceased,  shall  within  ten  days  satisfy  and  pay  to  Mr.  Thomas 
Harrison,  clerk,  one  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco,  and  satisfaction 
in  consideration  for  the  burial  and  preaching  of  the  funeral  sermon 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sewell,  deceased,  and  for  breaking  ground  in  the 
chancel  of  the  church  for  the  burial  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sewell. 

Mr.  James  Warner  was  elected,  in  1649,  Church  Warden  at 
Sewell's  Point,  and,  in  1651,  settled  on  the  Severn  River,  Maryland. 

At  a  -Court,  holden  February  25th,  1649,  the  opinion  is  con- 
cerning the  estate  of  Henry  Sewell,  with  the  consent  of  John  Holmes, 
overseer,  with  Lemuel  Mason  and  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  Sewell, 
witnesses,  agreed  the  estate  of  Mr.  Matthew  Phillips,  late  deceased, 
be  responsible  for  the  estate  ofHenry  Sewell,  and  Mrs.  Ann  Phillips 
administratrix  of  said  Matthew  Phillips,  responsibility  to  be  left  to 
the  decision  of  four  disinterested  persons.  Henry  Sewell,  the  younger 
then  ten  years  old,  to  be  sent  abroad  by  orders  of  the  Court  for 
seven  years,  in  charge  of  his  kinsman,  Mr.  Thomas  Lee.  A  deposi- 
tion taken  in  1662,  shows  Henry  Sewell,  the  younger,  to  have  been 
born,  1639,  and  a  deposition  taken  in  1672,  shows  Henry  Sewell, 
the  younger,  deceased  sine  prole. 

The  custom  in  England  at  this  time,  of  giving  the  same  christian 
name  to  two  or  more  sons  was  not  uncommon,  for  instance,  Henry 
the  elder,  Henry  the  younger,  and  Henry  the  middle.  The  Mary- 
land settler  was  evidently  of  this  family. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  people  in  the  vicinity  of  Sewell's 
Point  about  1650,  who  came  up  to  Maryland  and  settled  on  or  near 
the  Severn  River.  Among  them,  Edward  Lloyd,  Cornelius  Lloyd, 
Matthew  Howard,  Thomas  Todd,  William  Crouch,  James  Horner, 
Nicholas  Wyatt,  Thomas  Howell,  Thomas  Gott,  William  Galloway, 
B/iaiT.  Porter,  James  Warner,  Richard  Acton  and  others. 

orth  pafoUowing  is  an  account  sales,  in  1638,  for  Henry  Sewell, 
Baict  to  s^oint,  Virginia,  from  his  factor  in  London,  England,  of 
and  Isaaent  over  in  the  ships,  America  and  Alexandria,  and  for 
Gene.i)."  ;  a  cargo  in  a  shallop  with  sassafras  roots,  sold  in  England, 
Wm.  i:ohmd  the  cash  receipts  to  have  been  £650,  19s.  and  6d. 


FouNDEns  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      137 

MUSTER  ROLLS— REVOLUTIONARY  WAR  SEWELLS. 

John  Sewell,  June  3rd,  1778,  served  during  the  war. 

James  Sewell,  second  battalion,  Colonel  William's  regiment, 
October,  1780. 

John  Sewell,  fourth  battalion,  July  27th,  1776. 

Joseph  Sewell,  1776,  Captain  Goldsborough  Company. 

John  Sewell  served  until  1781. 

John  Sewell,  5th  Regiment,  1776. 

John  Sewell  enlisted  in  Captain  Goldsborough  Company,  1776. 

Charles  Sewell,  July  2nd,  1776. 

Daniel  Sewell,  enlisted  July  4th,  1776. 

WiUiam  Sewell,  1776,  discharged  1779. 
^  Clement    Sewell,    May  4th,    1777,    promoted   Maryland    Line, 
September  14th,  1777. 

William  Sewell  re-enlisted,  June  4th,  1778;  Maryland  Line 
April  4th,  1779. 

John  Sewell,  June  8th,  1778;   corporal  1779;   sergeant  1780. 

William  Sewell,  March  11th,  1776,  4th  Infantry. 

Hon.  Grover  Cleveland,  ex-president  of  the  United  States,  is 
a  descendant  of  the  Sewell  family 

Margaret  Borodale  married  Rev.  Jonathan  Mitchell.  Their 
daughter,  Margaret  —  Major  Stephen  Sewell.  Their  daughter, 
Susannah — Rev.  Aaron  Porter.  Their  daughter,  Susannah — Aaron 
Cleveland,  whose  son  was  William  Cleveland,  who  had  a  son.  Rev. 
Richard  Falley  Cleveland,  who  was  the  father  of  Grover  Cleveland 
— eighth  in  direct  line  from  Rev.  Jonathan  Mitchell,  and  seventh 
from  Stephen  Sewell. 

THE  SEWELLS  OF  THE  SEVERN. 

"  Sew  ell's  Point,"  upon  which  the  Independent  Churchmen  had 
built  their  conventicle  in  1638,  and  upon  which  the  coming  James- 
town exhibition  will  be  held,  sent  to  the  Severn,  along  with  many 
others,  a  descendant  of  Henry  Sewell,  the  prominent  pillar  of  that 
chm-ch. 

Henry  Sewell  of  the  Severn,  made  surveys  with  the  Howards 
in  1662.  He  settled  near  James  Warner,  another  member  of  the 
Virginia  church,  and  later,  married  his  daughter,  Johanna. 

From  a  case  in  chancery,  the  following  history  is  established. 
By  James  Warner's  will,  his  daughter,  Johanna,  heired  "Warner's 
Neck."  It  was  "not  to  be  disposed  of  by  none  from  them,  but 
his  said  daughter  and  her  heirs  forever."  It  was,  in  the  face  of 
that  will,  later  sold  by  James  Sewell,  son  of  Henry  and  Johanna 
to  Samuel  Howard.  Henry  Sewell,  Jr.,  contested  this  sale  on  the 
plea  of  entail.  The  Provincial  Court  passed  upon  it,  but,  after  the 
death  of  all  the  original  parties,  it  was  carried  to  the  Court  of  Chan- 
cery, which  reversed  the  decision  of  the  Provincial  Court. 

The  Rent  Rolls  show  that  it  was  handed  down  by  Philip  How- 
ard to  his  widow,  and  by  her  next  husband,  Henry  Pinkney,  was 


138      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

held  in  the  Howard  estate.  The  will  of  James  Warner  names 
Samuel  Howard  and  Henry  Sewell,  "sons."  To  the  first  he  left  a 
"broad  cloth  suit;"   to  the  latter,  a  suit  of  " stuff e." 

Henry  Sewell,  Jr.,  remained  upon  the  homestead.  He  took  up 
"Sewell's  Fancy,"  and  bought  a  part  of  "Duvall's  Delight"  upon 
the  Patuxent,  from  Charles  Carroll.  In  his  will,  of  1726,  he  named 
Mary,  his  wife,  and  Samuel,  Mary,  Henry,  Joseph,  Philip  and  John 
Sewell.  Having  bought,  of  Richard  and  Adam  Shipley,  their 
father's  purchase  of  "Howard  and  Porter's  Range,"  this  tract  was 
left  to  his  sons.  "Hereford,"  the  Marriott  tract  ,was  also  in  pos- 
session of  Henry  Sewell,  the  testator  of  1726.  This  may  have  come 
through  his  wife,  Mary,  a  Marriott.  This  tract  was  closed  out  by 
the  heirs  to  their  brother  John  Sewell. 

John  married  Hannah  Carroll,  daughter  of  Daniel  Carroll,  at 
St.  Anne's,  Annapolis,  May  30th,  1721.  Hannah  and  Daniel  Car- 
roll, of  Daniel,  were  baptized  at  St.  Anne's  March  2nd,  1713.  Daniel 
Carroll  married  EHzabeth  Purdy,  at  "All  Hallows,"  1730.  John 
and  Hannah  (Carroll)  Sewell  had  John,  born  1725,  and  Henry,  1723^ 
and  were  baptized  at  "All  Hallows,"  July  4th,  1726. 

John,  of  John  and  Hannah  Sewell,  married  Mary  Marriott, 
daughter  of  Augustine  and  Mary  (Warfield)  Marriott,  1729.  Issue, 
John,  born  1761,  Achsah,  1768,  Augustine,  Sarah  and  Mary  Sewell. 

John  Sewell,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Marriott)  Sewell,  married 
Lydia  Baldwin,  in  1804,  daughter  of  James  and  Sallie  (Rawlings) 
Baldwin.     Issue,  John,  Sarah,  Matilda,  Eliza  and  Mary  Sewell. 

John  Sewell,  of  John  and  Lydia  Sewell,  married  Juliet  Gambrill, 
daughter  of  Augustine  and  Maria  (Woodward-Baldwin)  Gambrill. 
Issue,  Augusta — Rev.  W.  L.  Welch;  John  died  single;  Charles — 
Elizabeth  Whitney.  Issue,  Burnett  S.  Sewell  and  Juliet  Gam- 
brill Sewell. 

Juliet  Sewell,  daughter  of  John  and  Juliet  (Gambrill)  Sewell,. 
married  Summerfield  Baldwin.  Issue,  Charles,  Summerfield,  Juliet, 
Dorothy  and  Willard  Baldwin.     \ 

Matilda  Sewell  married  George  Savage.  Issue,  George,  John, 
Lydia  and  Rev.  Riley  W.  Savage.  Sarah  Sewell  married  Benja- 
min Clark.     Mary  and  Eliza  Sewell  died  single. 

Mary  Sewell,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Marriott)  Sewell, 
married  Patrick  Orme,  of  Montgomery  County,  and  left  two  children 
— Mary — a  Mr.  Newlin,  and  Rebecca — Dr.  Perry,  of  Washington, 
D.  C.  Mr.  Orme  married  a  second  time,  and  left  three  daughters. 
One  married  Richard  Sewell,  another  Mr.  Bailey,  and  the  third,  Mr. 
Landstreet,  all  of  Baltimore  City. 

Augustine  Sewell,  of  John  and  Mary  (Marriott)  Sewell,  married 
Mary  Pitts,  1784,  daughter  of  Thomas  Pitts,  of  WilHam.  Issue, 
John  Marriott  Sewell,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Baltimore;  Mary 
— Francis  Baldwin,  of  James  of  Edward.  Issue,  John,  James  F.,, 
Thomas  Pitts,  Mary  Pitts,  Susan  and  Sallie  Baldwin. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      139 

Juliet  Sew  ell — Thomas  Worthington,  and  left  a  son,  Thomas 
Worthington.  Juliet  (Sewell)  Worthington  married  a  second  time, 
Augustine  Sappington.     Issue,  Nicholas  and  Mary  Sappington. 

Augustine  Sewell,  Jr.,  died  single.  George  Sewell  died,  age 
sixteen.  Charles  Pitts  Sewell  died,  age  six  years.  Eleanor  Sewell, 
daughter  of  Augustine  and  his  second  wife,  Anne,  married  James 
Gaskins.     Issue,  Emily  Stewart,  Edward  and  Thomas  Gaskins. 

Sarah  Sewell,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Marriott)  Sewell, 
married  Thomas  Pitts,  in  1782,  of  Thomas  of  William,  and  brother 
of  Mary  Pitts,  who  married  Augustine  Sewell.  '  Issue,  Achsah  and 
Thomas  Pitts. 

The  Sewells  and  their  allied  families  were  among  the  very 
earliest  settlers  in  Maryland,  and  held  land  where  both  Annapolis 
and  Baltimore  are  now  located. 

The  old  Sewell  homestead  near  Indian  Landing  at  the  head  of 
the  Severn  River,  Anne  Arundel  County,  has  been  in  the  possession 
of  the  family  since  1673,  and  is  still  owned  by  the  descendants  of 
the  Sewells.  It  was  surveyed  for  John  Marriott,  in  1673,  and  in 
his  will,  dated  1718,  he  left  it  to  his  sons,  John,  Silvanus  and 
Augustine  Marriott.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Augustine  and  Mary 
(Warfield)  Marriott,  held  it  imtil  1773,  when  it  was  transferred  to  John 
Sewell  and  his  wife,  Mary  Marriott,  a  daughter  of  Augustine  Mar- 
riott, and  sister  of  Sarah  Marriott.  In  1791,  John  Sewell  trans- 
ferred it  to  his  son,  John  Sewell,  and  it  has  been  in  the  family  ever 
since. 

The  first  church  built  in  this  section  was  known  as  the  Cross 
Roads,  now  Baldwin's  Memorial;  and  the  members  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  and  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches  worshipped  together. 
The  first  trustees  were  John  Sewell,  Matthias  Hammond  and 
Augustine  Gambrill. 

(This  matter  was  given  to  the  author  before  its  publication  in 
the  Sunday  "Sun,"  and  by  request,  is  republished.) 

Extract  from  a  letter  written  mnny  years  ago  by  one  of  the  Sewell  family. 

"Our  great-grandfather,  John  Sewell,  married  Miss  Mary 
Marriott,  who  was  born  on  the  old  Marriott  estate  near  the  Indian 
Landing  at  the  head  of  the  Severn  River.  John  Sewell,  who  died 
1805,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Marriott,  who  died  1800,  lived  to  a  good 
old  age  on  the  old  Sewell  homestead,  situated  on  the  Annapolis 
and  Baltimore  road,  about  eleven  miles  distance  from  Annapolis, 
and  adjoining  the  Marriott  estate. 

"A  sister,  Sarah,  married  William  Yieldhall.  They  had  no 
children,  and  left  all  their  possessions  to  Thomas  Furlong,  whom 
they  had  reared  and  educated  under  peculiar  circumstances.  And 
this  deed  of  kindness  was  never  forgotten  by  our  family,  so 
characteristic  of  the  Sewells  and  their  love  of  hospitality. 

"  Achsah  Sewell,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Marriott)  Sewell, 
married  Leonard  Mallonee,  at  that  time  a  class  leader  in  the  Metho- 
dist Church;   and,  to  give  you  some  idea  of  the  ways  of  Methodism 


140      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

at  that  period,  I  will  relate  a  little  incident.  Major  Philip  Ham- 
mond and  uncle  Leonard  were  fast  friends,  both  members  of  the 
church,  but  had  previously  been  fond  of  dancing — passionately  so; 
and  on  the  occasion  of  the  marriage  of  one  of  Major  Hammond's 
family,  our  uncle-in-law,  Leonard  Mallonee,  being  a  guest  at  the 
wedding,  their  old  passion  for  dancing  overcame  them,  and  they 
both  indulged  in  that  pleasing  dissipation,  and  they  were  both 
turned  out  of  church. 

"The  entire  community  had  worshipped  at  our  great-grand- 
father's house — John  Sewell — before  there  was  any  church  in  that 
vicinity.  Bishops  Asbury  and  George,  Reverends  Henry  Smith, 
Alfred  Griffith,  Samuel  Rozzell  and  Joshua  Wells  preached  from 
the  same  desk — an  heirloom  still  remaining  at  the  same  old  home- 
stead of  the  Sewell  family.  After  our  great-grandfather's  death, 
the  house  was  kept  open  for  preaching;  the  desk  still  occupying 
the  same  old  place. 

"The  piety  and  zeal  of  our  great-grandparents  won  for  them 
the  title  of  "The  Two  Christians"  throughout  the  neighborhood. 

"  This  old  homestead  is  also  sacred  to  the  memory  as  being 
the  place  where  the  first  camp-meeting  was  held  on  Severn  Cir- 
cuit, called  the  Baltimore  and  Severn  Camp-meeting,  presenting 
quite  a  novelty  for  those  times,  as  the  grove  was  illuminated  by 
lamps  brought  from  the  oldest  Methodist  Church  in  Baltimore. 
The  first  church  on  the  Severn,  called  Cross  Roads,  adjoined  this 
tract." 

Sewell  tombstones,  at  the  old  Sewell  homestead  in  Anne 
Arundel  County,  at  the  head  of  the  Severn  River,  near  the  old 
Cross  Roads  Church  and  Indian  Landing: 

John  Sewell  died  1805,  born  1725.  Wife,  Mary  (Marriott) 
Sewell  died  1800.  Son,  John  Sewell,  born  1761,  died  1817.  Wife, 
Lydia  Sewell,  born  1781,  died  1850.  Son,  John  Sewell,  born  1813, 
died  1844.  Wife,  JuHet  W.  Sewell,  born  1814,  died  1845.  Son, 
John  Sewell,  born  1838,  died  1850,  single.  EHza  Sewell,  born  1815, 
died  June  6th,  1873. 

Seven  generations  sleep  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  in  consecu- 
tive line,  viz.:  Henry,  Henry,  John,  John,  John,  John,  and  John 
Sewell. 

COUNCIL  PROCEEDINGS. 

September,  1681,  Archives  of  Maryland. 

Sir: — Mr.  Edward  Dorsey  came  here  last  night  very  late,  and 
brought  news  that  the  Indians  had  robbed  John  Marriott — beaten 
him  and  his  wife,  and  turned  them  out  of  doors.  I  design,  to-day 
being  2nd  September,  to  go  up  and  take  ten  or  twelve  men.  If 
you  please  to  give  me  any  further  orders,  be  pleased  to  direct  to 
Towne,  to  him  who  is.  Sir,  your  most  humble  servant, 

Robert  Proctor. 

September  2nd,  1681.  To  Captain  Thomas  Francis,  at  Road 
River.     Deliver  with  speed. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      .141 

September  2nd,  1681,  Anne  Arundel  County. 

Rt.  Honble. — The  occasion  of  my  present  presumption  is  to 
inform  your  Lordship  of  a  robbery  committed  by  the  Sinnequain 
— Seneca — Indians  (as  is  supposed),  on  the  first  day  of  this  instant, 
at  the  house  of  John  Marriott  at  the  head  of  Anne  Arundel  River, 
upon  the  Ridge  formerly  Peter  Porter's.  The  enclosed  was  sent 
to  me  and  the  same  day  being  our  election  day,  I  had  an  oppor-s 
tunity  to  speak  with  the  said  John  Marriott,  which  for  substance 
gave  me  the  following  narrative,  viz.:  That  nine  Indians  came  to 
his  house,  September  1st,  inst.  in  the  morning  and  pressed  hard  for 
entrance  into  his  house,  which  he  resisted,  taking  his  gun  in  hand 
and  standing  upon  his  guard,  willing  his  wife  to  take  the  children 
and  make  escape  to  the  nearest  plantation,  which  was  hindered  by 
more  Indians,  till  then  indescerned,  but  still  appearing  more  and 
more,  to  the  quantity  of  one  hundred  or  thereabouts.  They  then 
pressed  so  sore  upon  him  that  into  the  house  they  would  go;  no 
threat  or  sign  of  anger  would  deter  them.  Out  of  which,  they  have 
carried  all  that  he  hath  in  this  world,  and  killed  his  hogs,  which  he 
says  he  had  thirty  in  his  pen,  which  troubled  his  cornfield,  some 
of  which  they  have  taken  away,  others  they  killed  for  pastime  and 
let  lye,  that  of  numbers  he  finds  only  three  or  four  alive.  His 
cattle  he  knows  not  what  they  have  killed,  for  they  have  all  for- 
saken the  plantation.  His  tobacco,  which  was  hanging  in  the 
houses,  they  have  thrown  down  and  spoiled.  All  of  which,  tendeth 
to  his  great  loss,  and  putting  the  neighboring  plantations  in  great 
feare,  so  that  there  are  many  of  them  together  for  their  future 
safety. 

In  humble  manner,  I  have  truly,  though  briefly,  acquainted 
your  Lordship  with  the  robbery.  I  humbly  crave  your  pardon  for 
what  is  remiss,  and  subscribe  myself,  your  faithful  and  obedient 
servant.  Thomas  Ffrancis. 

Near  the  old  Sewell  homestead,  at  the  head  of  the  Severn  River, 
Anne  Arundel  County,  Maryland,  which  has  been  in  the  family  for 
about  two  hundred  years,  a  tragic  event  transpired,  and  has  often 
been  spoken  of  in  bygone  days  by  the  Sewells. 

One  of  the  early  settlers  in  this  neighborhood,  started  out  to 
hunt,  and  took  his  little  dog  with  him.  After  he  had  been  out  some 
time  he  heard  the  Indian  war-whoop  over  the  hills,  and,  in  his  effort 
to  retrace  his  steps,  he  found  he  could  not  escape  the  Indians.  He, 
therefore,  took  his  little  dog  and  climbed  up  into  the  hollow  of  a 
large  tree.  As  the  Indians  were  passing,  the  dog  barked  and  the 
hiding  place  was  discovered,  and  he  was  pulled  down  by  the 
Indians  and  tied  to  a  stake.  And  the  Indians  piled  pine  light  wood 
around  him  and  having  set  fire  to  it,  proceeded  to  have  a  war  dance, 
and  he  was  burned  alive. 

Later  on,  when  corn-husking  and  cider-pressing  time  came,  the 
same  Indians  came  to  assist,  and  the  white  settlers  put  in  the  cider 
a  copious  supply  of  rum,  of  which  the  Indians  drank  freely,  and  then 
went  into  the  barn  to  sleep  off  the  effect. 


142      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

It  was  now  the  white  people  had  their  revenge,  as  they 
barricaded  the  door  and  set  fire  to  the  barn,  and  the  same 
Indians  who  burned  the  white  man  were  consumed. 

PITTS  FAMILY. 

^  Wilham  Pitts  came  from  England  to  visit  friends  in  Baltimore 
and,  while  here,  went  out  in  Baltimore  County  and  stopped  at  a 
then  fashionable  hotel,  and  at  night  dreamed  of  a  beautiful  French 
lady,  and  in  his  dream  became  greatly  enamored.  And  lo,  the  very 
next  morning  at  breakfast  there  sat,  directly  opposite  to  him  at 
the  table,  the  veritable  French  lady  of  his  dream.  He  was 
introduced  and  subsequently  they  were  married,  and  instead  of 
returning  to  England,  settled  in  Baltimore  County. 

There  were  two  sons  by  this  romantic  marriage,  William  and 
Thomas  Pitts.  The  former  remained  in  Baltimore  County  and  the 
latter  went  to  Anne  Arundel  County  and  married  Susannah  Lusby, 
and  had  eight  children — Thomas,  Charles,  John,  Elizabeth,  Susan, 
Ann,  Henrietta  and  Mary  Pitts.  Thomas — Sarah  Sewell,  1782; 
Mary — Augustine  Sewell;  Ann — Mordecai  Stewart,  of  South  River; 
Elizabeth — Charles  McElfresh;  Susan  died  single.  The  Pitts  family 
moved  to  Frederick  County. 

John  Pitts,  of  Thomas — Elizabeth  Hall,  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Hall,  of  New  Market,  and  had  six  children — Nicholas,  John  Lusby, 
Anna  Maria,  Thomas,  William  and  Charles  H.  Pitts,  the  gifted 
lawyer  of  Baltimore — Elizabeth  Reynolds.  Issue,  T.  Glenn,  Edward, 
Charles  and  Martha  Pitts. 


V 


\  MALLONEE  FAMILY. 

Achsah  Sewell,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Marriott)  Sewell, 
married  Leonard  Mallonee,  of  John.  She  was  born  in  1768,  married 
in  1791,  died  in  1859,  in  her  91st  year.  Leonard  Mallonee  was  born 
1763,  died  1854,  in  his  92nd  year.  Issue,  John,  Brice,  William, 
Denton,  Achsah,  Mary  Edith  and  Anne  Sewell  Mallonee. 

John  Mallonee  married  Rachel  Lyon,  a  niece  of  Moses  Sheppard, 
the  founder  of  Moses  Sheppard  Asylum.  The  children  of  John  and 
Rachel  (Lyon)  Mallonee  were  William,  John,  Rachel,  Leonard,  James 
and  Benjamin  Mallonee. 

Brice  Mallonee  married  Louisa  Fairall,  1824.  Issue,  John 
Stephen,  William,  Alexander,  Brice,  Martin  Van  Buren,  Achsah, 
Edith,  Maryland  and  Virginia  Mallonee. 

William  Mallonee  married  Thomazine  Keirll,  daughter  of  John 
W.  Keirll,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Baltimore,  previous  to  1840. 
The  latter  was  lost  on  the  steamer  Lexington,  which  was  burned 
on  Long  Island  Sound  at  night,  in  1840.  The  children  of  William 
and  Thomazine  Mallonee  were,  John,  Leonard,  William,  Matthew, 
Mark  and  Achsah  Mallonee.  William  Mallonee  was  a  prominent 
dry-goods  merchant  in  Baltimore,  previous  to  1840,  and  located  on 
the  corner  of  Baltimore  and  Hanover  Streets. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      143 

Denton  Mallonee,  son  of  Leonard  and  Achash  (Sewell)  Mallonee 
— in  1821,  Ann  Kirby,  daughter  of  George  and  Anna  (Randall) 
Kirby.  Issue,  George,  Leonard  and  Achsah  Ann  Mallonee.  George 
Leonard — Amanda  E.  Carter,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Elizabeth, 
Carter,  of  Baltimore.  Issue,  George  Carter,  John  Denton  and  Anne 
E.  Mallonee.  Achsah  Ann — Frederick  Custis  Hyde.  Issue,  Anna  M. 
Eleanor  and  George  M.  Hyde.  The  last  named  married  Elizabeth 
Wallace,  of  Westchester,  New  York,  and  had  a  child,  Elise  Wallace 
Hyde. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Leonard  and  Achsah  (Sewell)  Mallonee — 
•George  Bradford,  of  Howard  County.  Issue,  William  Charles,  John, 
Luther,  Ann,  Melvina  and  Achsah  Bradford.  The  latter  became 
Mrs.  Edwin  Owings,  of  Lisbon. 

Achsah  Mallonee,  daughter  of  Leonard  and  Achsah  (Sewell) 
Mallonee — Alfred  Fairall.  Issue,  Thomas,  William,  John,  Horace, 
Alfred,  Achsah,  Henrietta,  Alexina  and  Elizabeth  Fairall.  Anne 
Sewell  Mallonee,  daughter  of  Leonard  and  Achsah  (Sewell)  Mallonee 
— WiUiam  Kirby,  1833. 

MUSTER  ROLL  OF  KIRBYS,  IN  THE  WAR  OF  THE 
REVOLUTION. 

Richard  Kirby,  in  Flying  Camp,  July  27th,  1776. 

Anthony  Kirby,  1781. 

John  Kirky,  1781. 

Nathaniel,  1783. 

Joseph,  of  Annapolis,  1781. 

John  Kirby,  1776. 

David  Dirby. 

John  Kirby,  blown  from  a  barge. 

^  KIRBY  FAMILY. 

Walter  Kirby  was  early  in  Kent  Island,  and  the  Rent  Rolls 
show  he  patented  lands  in  1667.  In  1679,  he  was  honored  by  the 
Lord  Proprietary  to  take  charge  of  important  Chancery  proceedings. 
Walter  Kirby,  in  his  will  dated  1702,  mentions  his  wife,  Elizabeth, 
and  children,  William,  James,  Matthew,  Benjamin,  Mary  and 
Rebecca  Kirby. 

WilHam,  son  of  Walter,  in  his  will,  1717,  named  his  wife,  Ann, 
and  children,  Walter,  James,  Sarah  and  Mary  Kirby.  Benjamin, 
of  Walter,  in  his  will  of  1721,  mentioned,  wife,  Elizabeth.  Walter 
Kirby,  of  William,  died  in  1755;  his  wife  was  Sarah  Kirby.  Wil- 
liam Kirby,  of  Walter,  died  in  1768,  wife,  Rachel;  children,  Walter, 
Elizabeth  and  Ann  Kirby.  Benjamin  Kirby,  son  of  Matthew  of 
Walter,  died  in  1774,  on  Kent  Island.  Issue,  Joshua,  died  1794; 
Benjamin,  died  1783;  Nicholas,  died  1800;  Littlelar,  died  1810; 
Elizabeth— Edmond  Custis,  1796,  died  1807;  Margery— Jonathan 
Harrison,  1786;    Rebecca — Dr.  Jacob  Ringgold,  1787;    Sarah  and 


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William  Kirby.  The  above  named  children  of  Benjamin  Kirby 
went  to  Baltimore  previous  to  1783.  William  Kirby  was  in  business 
in  Baltimore,  at  the  corner  of  Calvert  and  Water  Streets,  from 
1796  to  1800. 

William  Kirby  bought  "  Pratt's  Choice,"  West  River,  in  1802, 
from  Thomas  Tillard,  and  in  his  will,  dated  1818,  named  his  wife, 
Mary,  and  children,  William,  Francis,  Benjamin,  Solomon,  Joseph, 
George,  Jane,  Anne,  Sarah  and  Charlotte  Kirby. 

George  Kirby  married  Anna  Randall  at  St.  Anne's,  Annapolis, 
October  25th,  1798.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Christopher  Randall, 
who  settled  on  the  Severn  River  previous  to  1679.     Died  1847. 

William  Kirby,  of  George — Anne  Sewell  Mallonee,  1833,  died 
1872.  Issue,  Leonard,  born  1834,  died  1891;  Isabella,  born  1836, 
died  1877;  Norval,  Ann,  William  and  George  A.  Kirby.  Norval 
Ann  Kirby — Philip  Hammond,  1862.  Issue,  Anne — Woodland  C. 
Phillips;  Cora — Ralph  Gilbert  Lee;  Wilham — Anna  Barbara  Benson; 
Norval  Adele — Charles  Leonard  Owens;  Maud — William  Henry 
Cole;  Philip  and  Zoe  Kirby  Hammond,  unmarried.  Isabella  Kirby 
died  1877 — Arthur  Hammond,  1865.  Issue,  Luther  Kirby  Ham- 
mond. 
^  Philip    and    Arthur    Hammond    were    lineal    descendants    of 

General  John  Hammond,  who  died,  1707.  Upon  the  estate  of  Major 
Philip  Hammond,  now  owned  by  Mr.  George  Kirby,  are  the  follow- 
ing monuments: 

"This  monument,  erected  in  memory  of  a  great  and  good  man, 
Philip  Hammond,  Esquire,  who  died  May  10th,  1760,  in  tjie  64th 
year  of  his  age." 

"  This  monument  covers  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Rachel  Hammond, 
daughter  of  John  Brice,  Esquire,  and  relict  of  Philip  Hammond, 
Esquire;   born  April  13th,  1711;    died,  Tuesday,  April  11th,  1786." 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Mrs.  Rachel  Hopkins,  daughter  of 
Philip  Hammond,  Esquire,  deceased,  born  May  2nd,  1740;  died 
September  11th,  1773." 

"This  monument  covers  the  remains  of  Denton  Hammond, 
son  of  Philip  Hammond,  Esquire,  born  March  10th,  1745;  died 
March  2nd,  1784." 

"This  monument  covers  the  remains  of  Philip  Hammond,  son 
of  Philip  Hammond,  Esquire,  born  April  2nd,  1739;    died  1783." 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  Mr.  Matthias  Hammond,  son  of  Philip 
Hammond,  Esquire,  born  May  24th,  1740;   died  March  11th,  1786." 

"Erected  in  memory  of  Colonel  Rezin  Hammond,  son  of  Philip 
and  Rachel  (Brice)  Hammond,  his  wife;  died  September  1st,  1809, 
in  his  65th  year." 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Matthias  Hammond,  son  of 
Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Wright)  Hammond,  who  died,  1819,  in  his 
35th  year." 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  EHzabeth  Mewburn,  daughter  of 
Phillip  Hammond,  Esquire,  who  died  1819,  age  22  years." 


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William  M.  Kirby — Virginia  Downing  Parrish,  of  Missouri. 
Issue,  William  Clyde,  Guy  Donnell,  Leila  Virginia  and  Anne  Louis 
Kirby. 

George  A.  Kirby — Mary  Ella  Hodges,  daughter  of  James  and 
Josephine  A.  Hodges.  Issue,  Bessie  Sewell,  Mary  Hanson  and 
William  George  Kirby.  Bessie  Sewell  Kirby — George  R.  A.  Hiss, 
in  1900,  and  he  died  in  1904.  Issue,  George  R.  A.  Hiss,  born  1903. 
Mr.  Hiss,  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Colonel  William  Burgess,  who 
was  appointed  by  Lord  Baltimore  in  1665,  to  command  the  militia 
of  the  province,  and  acted  as  governor  during  Lord  Baltimore's 
absence. 

ACTON. 

Richard  Acton  was  at  Annapolis  in  1657.  Daniel  Dulany,  in 
one  of  his  pleadings  in  a  contest  over  the  early  surveys  of  Annapolis, 
said  that  Thos.  Todd  probably  assigned  his  Annapolis  survey  to 
Acton,  whilst  Thomas  Hall's  lands  going  to  Christopher,  the  son, 
who  left  it  to  his  mother,  Elizabeth,  and  both  dying  without  issue, 
the  land  was  escheated.  Todd's  Harbor,  in  the  hands  of  Robert 
Lusby,  also  reverted  back  by  escheat.  This  indeed  took  place 
pretty  generally  in  Annapolis.  The  Lord  Proprietary  reserved  lands 
in  the  city,  but  Thomas  Bordley  and  Thomas  Larkin,  combining 
with  Lancelot  Todd,  pretending  to  be  heir-at-law  of  said  Thomas 
Todd,  deprived  the  Lord  Proprietor  of  it. 

Upon  the  south  limits  of  Annapolis  to-day,  is  "Murray's  Hill," 
named  for  the  distinguished  family  who  has  held  it  for  many  years. 
Its  present  owner  is  the  former  paymaster  of  the  navy,  Murray  of 
the  West  River  branch.  This  tract,  upon  which  stands  a  very  old 
colonial  homestead,  was  formerly  known  as  "Acton"  and  it 
adjoins,  if  not  a  part  of  the  Carroll  estate,  which  was  the  survey  of 
Thomas  Todd. 

John  Acton  was  a  son  of  Richard  Acton;  and  Sarah,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Richard — John  Marriott,  the  pioneer  settler  of  "  Porter's  Hill." 

Philip  Hammond,  the  rich  merchant,  built  the  present  mansion 
upon  the  Acton  tract,  now  Murray's  Hill. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  WORTHINGTON. 

There  are  many  traditions  but  few  records  of  this  family. 

"'All  who  bear  the  name  of  Worthington  in  this  country,"  says 
Mr.  W.  Worthington  Fowler,  in  his  notes  on  the  Worthington 
family,  "derived  their  origin  from  two  sources:  First,  from  an 
immigrant  who  settled  in  Maryland.  Second,  from  Nicholas 
Worthington,  who  came  to  New  England  in  1650,  and  was  the  only 
immigrant  of  that  name  in  New  England  at  that  time." 

"  There  is  on  record,  in  the  archives  of  Pennsylvania,  a  coroner's 
inquest  upon  the  body  of  a  Worthington  immigrant,  who  died  in 
passage  to  that  province,  which  shows  he  belonged  to  the  Worth- 
ingtons  of  Manchester,  England."     Mr.  Fowler  adds. 


14G      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

"About  twenty  miles  northeast  of  Liverpool,  in  the  Hundred 
of  Leyland,  is  the  town  of  Worthington,  established,  "says  Burke, 
"in  high  repute  from  the  time  of  the  Plantagenets."  The  old  hall 
where  the  family  resided  for  seven  hundred  years,  was  pulled  down 
long  ago.  The  present  representative  of  the  family  is  Edward 
Worthington,  of  "The  Bryn,"  County  Chester,  1868. 

The  family  is  connected  by  marriage  with  Norris,  Orrell,  Rad- 
cliffe,  Lawrence,  Ashton,  Byron,  Leven,  Anderson  and  Standish, 
ancestors  of  Stout  Myles  Standish,  "the  Captain  of  the  Puritan 
Band." 

The  coat-of-arms,  given  by  Burke,  is  that  of  the  main  stem  of 
Lancashire  Worthingtons,  viz.:  "Argent,  three  pitch  forks  (or 
tridents),  sable,  crest,  a  goat  passant,  argent,  holding  in  his  mouth 
an  oak  branch." 

Our  records  at  Annapolis  show  that  Captain  John  Worthington 
was  here  as  early  as  1675,  and  in  1686  bought  "Greenberry  Forest" 
from  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry.  He  married,  soon  after,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Matthew  Howard,  his  neighbor  upon  the  Severn.  In 
1692,  Captain  Worthington  was  appointed  associate  justice  of  Anne 
Arundel;  and,  in  1699,  was  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly, 
during  which  year  his  will  was  written.  It  reads:  "I  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  dear  and  loving  wife,  Sarah  Worthington,  the  whole 
use  and  profit  and  comfort  of  this  my  now  dwelling  plantation, 
and  all  my  personal  estate,  she  paying  the  legacies  hereinafter 
specified,  and  being  by  me  ordered  to  give  all  the  children  what 
learning  the  country  will  afford  at  her  personal  cost.  And  if,  in 
case  my  said  wife  shall  marry  again,  then  the  children  to  be  for 
themselves  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  but  if  she  continue  a  widow,  then 
all  my  sons  to  live  with  her  to  be  her  assistance  and  comfort  till 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  And  after  the  decease  of  my  wife, 
Sarah,  then  the  personal  estate  to  be  divided  equally  amongst  my 
children. 

"Then  I  give  to  my  son,  John  Worthington,  the  plantation  I 
now  live  on  and  all  the  land  adjoining,  being  four  hundred  acres, 
lying  on  the  Severn  River. 

"Then  I  give  to  my  son,  Thomas  Worthington,  my  planta- 
tion called  "Greenberry  Forrest,'  being  four  hundred  acres,  more 
or  less,  and  'Lowe's  Addition,'  being  a  tract  of  three  hundred  and 
fifty  acres,  all  lying  near  Magothy  River. 

"Then  I  give  my  son,  William  Worthington,  the  plantation 
called  '  Howard's  Inheritance,'  containing  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres;  also,  a  parcel  of  woodland  ground,  part  of  Mr.  William 
Hopkin's  plantation,  as  doth  appear  by  the  last  will  of  Mr. 
Matthew  Howard,  deceased,  and  two  hundred  acres,  lying  where 
Mr.  Richard  Beard's  mill  stands;  and  two  hundred  and  seventy 
acres  near  the  fish  pond  in  'Bodkin's  Creek,'  of  the  Patapsco  River. 

"Then  I  give  to  my  daughter,  Sarah  Worthington,  two  young 
working  negroes,  or  fifty  pounds  sterling,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  or 
the  day  of  marriage." 


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Charles  Worthington,  born  after  the  above  will  was  written, 
was  similarly  provided.  In  addition  to  the  above  tracts,  the  Worth- 
ington heirs  held  "Howard's  Pasture,"  "Pendenny  and  Expecta- 
tions" and  "  Howardstown,"  formerly  surveyed  for  Philip  Howard. 

Upon  a  tombstone  on  the  farm  of  the  late  R.  Tilghman  Brice, 
just  opposite  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  may  be  read  the 
following  inscription: 

"  Here  lieth  interred,  the  body  of 
Captain  John  Worthington, 
Who  departed  this  life 
April  9th,  1701.     Aged  51  years." 

The  tombstone,  an  immense  slab  of  greyish  marble  color,  is  in 
excellent  preservation,  and  the  inscription  perfectly  legible.  It,  also, 
bears  on  top  a  most  beautiful  and  remarkable  insignia.  The  inter- 
pretation of  the  crest  is,  "To  him  who  lies  beneath  this  stone,  time" 
(represented  by  the  hour-glass)  has  taken  to  itself  wings  (wings, 
between  which  stands  the  hour-glass).  His  mortal  remains  must 
here  lie  (mortality  represented  by  death's  head),  until  summoned 
by  the  trumpet  of  the  arch-angle  (trumpets  crossed  behind  death's 
head)  to  wear  the  victor's  crown  (laurel  wreath)."  The  slab  covers 
a  well-preserved  walled  grave,  which  is  only  a  few  yards  north  of 
the  homestead,  the  form  and  material  of  which  is  still  preserved. 

About  1688,  Captain  John  Worthington  married  Sarah  Howard. 
Issue,  John,  born  1689;  Thomas,  1691;  WiUiam,  1694;  Sarah,  1696; 
Charles,  1701. 

John,  1713 — Helen,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Heath 
Hammond.  Issue,  William,  Charles,  Vachel,  Anne — Thomas  Beale 
Dorsey,  Elizabeth — Nicholas  Dorsey,  John,  Samuel  and  Thomas 
Worthington. 

John  Worthington,  Jr.,  in  his  will,  styled  himself  merchant, 
gave  to  daughter,  Ann  Dorsey,  the  homestead,  "Wyatt's  Harbor" 
and  "Wyatt's  Hills."  To  son,  John,  " Worthington's  Fancy"  and 
"  Worthington's  Beginning"  and  part  of  "Duvall's  Delight,"  "Food 
Plenty"  and  other  tracts  bought  of  Orlando  Griffith,  some  2,620 
acres;  also  "Whiskey  Ridge,"  at  Liberty,  Frederick  County,  To 
son,  Charles,  "Hunting  Ground,"  "Ridgely's  Range,"  "Broken 
Ground,"  "Howard  and  Porters  Fancy"  and  "Abington,"  adjoin- 
ing, some  950  acres.  To  Samuel,  1,000  acres,  "Welsh's  Cradle," 
in  Baltimore  County.  To  son  Thomas,  three  tracts  on  the  Patapsco, 
some  1,680  acres.  To  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  "Todd's  Risque"  and 
"  Andover."  To  granddaughter,  Helen  Lynch,  £60.  To  grandsons, 
John  and  William,  sons  of  William,  deceased,  "Whiskey  Ridge" 
on  the  Linganore,  700  acres. 

William,  1734 — Hannah  Cromwell.  Issue,  William,  John — 
Mary  Todd.  Her  will,  of  1776,  announced  herself  as  the  widow  of 
John  Worthington,  and  named  her  daughters,  Elinor,  Ann,  Eliza- 
beth,|Hannah  and  Margaret.     She  made  her  brother,  Wm.  Linch, 


148      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

and  Wm.  Wilkinson  executors.  Elinor  Griffith  was  a  witness. 
Hannah  Worthington,  her  daughter,  1798,  named  her  sisters,  Ann 
Craddock,  Margaret  Lamar,  and  niece,  Elizabeth  Mary  Tolley. 

John  Worthington,  of  John  and  Helen,  married  Susannah 
Hood,  sister  of  Zachariah,  the  stamp  agent.  Issue,  Thomas,  Nicholas, 
William,  James,  Ann,  Sarah  and  Elizabeth — Caleb  Dorsey.  Thos. 
Worthington  named  Margaret,  daughter  of  my  late  brother  William; 
niece,  Sarah  Wilson;   nephew,  Abraham  Worthington 

Samuel  Worthington,  of  John  and  Helen,  1759— Mary  Tolley, 
daughter  of  Walter  Tolley,  of  Joppa.  Issue,  John,  Tolley,  Comfort, 
wife  of  John  Worthington  Dorsey,  Ann  Hawley,  Martha  Love, 
Thomas  Tolley,  James  Tolley,  Edward,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Walter  and 
Vachel  Worthington,  all  inheriting  from  $3,000  to  $8,000  each. 
By  his  second  marriage  to  Martha  Garrettson,  he  willed  her  "  Bat- 
sons'  Forest,"  "Welsh's  Cradle,"  negroes,  plate,  furniture.  Named 
his  daughters,  Charlotte  Merryman,  Sarah  Dorsey,  Catherine  Larsh, 
Susannah  Worthington,  Eleanor  Worthington,  Martha  and  Eliza- 
beth Worthington.  Sons,  Nicholas  and  Garrett  Worthington.  To 
John  Tolley  Worthington  he  left  the  family  graveyard,  to  be  handed 
down  by  him,  whom  he  made  executor  with  son  Charles. 

By  codicil  be  revoked  the  legacies  of  real  estate  to  his  daughters, 
and  left  it  to  his  sons,  John  Tolley,  Walter  and  Charles  Worthington. 
His  son  Garrett  was  given  a  large  estate  under  the  condition  of  his 
paying  certain  legacies  to  his  daughters,  Susannah,  Eleanor  and 
Martha.     Son  Nicholas  was  also  required  to  aid  in  their  support. 

John  Tolley  Worthington,  executor  of  Samuel  and  Mary, 
married  Mary  Worthington,  daughter  of  Hon.  Brice  Thomas  Beale. 
Issue,  Brice,  Ann  Ridgely  and  Mary — John  T.  H.  Worthington. 
The  will  of  John  Tolley  Worthington  left  to  his  "grandson,  John 
Tolley  Wortihngton,  son  of  my  daughter  Mary, '  Cottage,  or  Welcome 
Here,'  all  of  'Welsh's  Cradle'  and  'Murray's  Plains,'  purchased  of 
Garrett  G.  Worthington,  and  most  of  my  real  estate.  To  grand- 
daughter, Polly  Worthington  Johns,  daughter  of  my  daughter, 
Nancy  Ridgely  Johns,  all  lands  not  divised  to  grandson,  John 
Tolley.  To  granddaughter,  Ann  Maria  Worthington,  lands  in 
Baltimore  City.  To  grandson,  Richard  Johns,  lands  in  Baltimore 
City.  Named  son-in-law,  John  T.  H.  Worthington.  He  named, 
also,  as  residuary  legatees,  his  grandchildren.  Comfort,  Samuel, 
Polly  Worthington,  John  Tolley  and  Sarah  Weems  Johns. 

He  referred  to  the  helplessness  of  his  wife  and  urged  his  grand- 
son to  give  her  all  necessary  attention.  To  him,  also,  was  committed 
the  care  of  the  family  graveyard. 

Walter,  of  Samuel  and  Mary — Sarah  Hood.  Issue,  Mary — 
Charles  Worthington  Dorsey,  Martha,  Elizabeth,  Comfort,  Hannah, 
John  Tolley  Hood,  Samuel  and  Charles.  Samuel  Worthington,  Jr., 
the  bachelor,  named  his  sister,  Ann  Hawley;  brother,  Vachel; 
nieces,  Mary  Tolley  and  Comfort  Worthington,  daughters  of  brother 
Walter,  and  nephew  John  Tolley  Hood  Worthington  (children  of 
Walter  and  Sarah  Hood,  daughter  of  John  Hood,  Jr.,  by  Hannah 


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Barnes).  Nephew  Samuel  Worthington,  son  of  brother  Edward, 
inherited  "  my  ciphered  china  and  tea  caddy,"  or,  if  he  preferred, 
one  hundred  dollars  instead,  the  said  china  to  go  to  niece  Ann 
Ridgely  Worthington,  daughter  of  brother  John  Tolley  Worthington. 
"  All  the  remainder  of  my  estate  to  my  brother,  John  Tolley. 

--     WORTHINGTONS  OF  SAMUEL  AND  MARY  TOLLEY. 

Thomas  Tolley  Worthington  was  born  in  Maryland,  17th 
December,  1771,  (a  twin  of  James  Tolley  Worthington  infra.), 
and  died  at  his  home  in  Mason  County,  Kentucky,  near  Bryant's 
Station,  30th  July,  1843.  On  6th  June,  1799,  he  married,  first, 
Lydia  Whipps,  who  died  15th  December,  1803.  The  issue  of  this 
marriage  were,  (1)  Rachel,  born  24th  April,  1800;  died  7th  Decem- 
ber, 1837.  (2)  Walter  Tolley,  born  17th  May,  1802  died  5th  May, 
1828. 

On  1st  November,  1804,  he  married  his  sister-in-law,  Avery 
Whipps.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  were,  (1)  Lydia,  born  4th 
August,  1805;  (2)  Samuel,  born  25th  January,  1807;  died  3rd  Octo- 
ber, 1862.  (3)  Comfort  Ann,  born  8th  May,  1808;  died  29th  May, 
1830.  (4)  Edward,  born  1st  April,  1809;  died  28th  September, 
1829,  unmarried.  (5)  John  Tolley,  born  6th  March,  1811;  died 
20th  May,  1836.  (6)  Mary  Ann,  born  2nd  September,  1812;  died 
12th  April,  1881.  (7)  Vachel,  born  7th  May,  1814;  died  5th  May, 
1856,  unmarried.  (8)  Thomas  Tolley,  born  25th  November,  1815; 
died  28th  September,  1856,  unmarried.  (9)  Charles,  born  5th  July, 
1817;  died  1st  September  1838,  unmarried.  (10)  Garrett,  born 
15th  June,  1819;  died  12th  October,  1857.  (11)  Madison,  born 
10th  April,  1821;  died  12th  June,  1897.  (12)  Martha,  born  25th 
February,  1823,  living.  (13)  Nicholas  Brice,  born  25th  May,  1825; 
died  27th  September,  1862.  (14)  Henry,  born  1st  September,  1826; 
died  18th  October,  1895. 

Rachel  married  Thomas  Mannen,  of  Mason  County,  Kentucky. 
Walter  Tolley  married  Elizabeth  Slack,  of  Mason  County,  Kentucky, 
Lydia  married  James  G.  Pepper,  of  Mason  County,  Kentucky. 
Samuel  married,  first,  Elizabeth  Robinson;  second,  Malusia  Robin- 
son (sisters),  of  Tuckahoe  County,  Kentucky;  third,  Sarah  Runyan, 
of  Mason  County.  Comfort  Ann  married  John  Robinson,  of 
Tuckahoe  County.  John  Tolley  married  Rachel  Donovan,  of 
Mason  County.  Mary  Ann  married,  first,  George  Barker;  second, 
Evan  Pickerell,  both  of  Bracken  County.  Garrett  married  Laura 
Adams,  of  Fleming  County.  Madison  married,  first,  Lizzie  Bledsoe; 
second,  Tillie  Holton.  Martha  married  William  T.  Craig,  of  Bracken 
County.  Nicholas  Brice  married,  first,  Jane  Craig;  second,  Maria 
Goward,  both  of  Mason  County.  Henry  married  Maria  Slack,  of 
Mason  C!ounty. 

James  Tolley  Worthington,  twin  of  Thomas  Tolle}^  was  born 
in  Maryland,  17th  December,  1771,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky,  near  Harrodsburg,  28th  September,  1829.     In 


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the  early  spring,  1801,  he  married  Margaret  P.  Stade.  The  issue 
of  this  marriage  were:  (1)  Vachel,  born  2nd  February,  1802;  died 
7th  July,  1877.  (2)  Mary  Tolley,  born  January,  1804;  died  Feb- 
ruary, 1878.  (3)  John  Tolley,  born  1808-9.  (4)  Comfort,  born 
28th  August,  1812;  died  28th  August,  1890.  (5)  William,  born 
1814-15;  died  in  early  youth.  (6)  Margaret  Ehzabeth,  born  23rd 
February,  1817;  died  19th  June,  1862.  (7)  Charles  Thomas,  born 
3rd  April,  1819;  died  14th  December,  1876.  (8)  Ellen  Catherine, 
born  1st  March,  1821;  died  27th  January,  1872.  (9)  Edward  Strade, 
born  29th  October,  1824;  died  30th  April,  1874.  (10)  Augusta, 
born  1827;  died  in  infancy. 

Vachel  married,  first,  25th  May,  1825,  Mary  Ann  Burnet,  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  born  29th  June,  1802;  died  25th  October,  1834, 
and  had  issue,  (1)  Rebecca  Burnet,  (2)  James  Tolley,  (3)  Jacob 
Burner,  (4)  Rebecca  Burnet,  (5)  Jacob  Burnet,  all  dying  in  infancy 
but  James  Tolley,  still  living.  On  6th  January,  1839,  he  married, 
second,  Julia  Wiggins,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  born  18th  October,  1816; 
died  7th  September,  1877,  and  had  issue,  (1)  Edward,  (2)  Samuel, 
(3)  Julia,  (4)  William. 

James  Tolley  married  Anne  Mary  Postlethwaite,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky.  No  issue.  Edward,  unmarried,  Samuel  died,  6th 
December,  1848. 

Julia  married  William  Pope  Anderson,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Issue,  Vachel  Worthington,  Larz.  Worthington,  Catherine  Long- 
worth,  Julia  Wiggins,  died  21st  January,  1876;  William  Pope, 
Laura  Wiggins,  died  4th  August,  1891;  Ida  Longworth,  died  24th 
October,  1897;  Francis  Baldwin,  William  Pope  Anderson,  her  hus- 
band, died  20th  November,  1897.  William  married  Susan  Carpen- 
ter.    Issue,  Julia,  Helen,  Louise  Skinner,  Elizabeth  Carpenter. 

Mary  Tolley  married,  first,  Madison  Worthington,  son  of  her 
uncle,  Edward  Worthington,  and  had  issue,  Margaret  Stade,  died, 
1886,  and  Caroline,  died  in  youth.  She  married,  secondly.  Dr. 
George  Venable,  of  Hopkinsville,  Kentucky,  and  had  issue,  George 
Worthington,  and  James  Edward.  Margaret  married  Frederic 
Augusta  de  Seebach-Juny,  and  had  issue,  George  Ousley,  Frederic 
Augustus,  Madison,  Edward  de  Seebach.  George  Worthington 
Venable  married  Louisa  Blair  and  had  issue,  Mary  Tolley,  died  1880; 
Julia  Augusta,  died  1896;  Susanna  Worthington;  Agnes  Louise, 
died  1884. 

John  Tolley  married  Susan  Hoard,  of  Mercer  County,  Kentucky, 
and  had  issue,  Margaret  Strade,  Maude,  Mary  Tolley.  Comfort 
married  Buckner  Miller,  of  Jefferson  County,  Kentucky,  and  had 
issue,  James  Tolley,  Margaret  Stade,  Charlie,  Henry,  Anna,  Julia 
Worthington.     William  died  in  youth. 

Margaret  Elizabeth  married,  27th  September,  1834,  George 
Mason  Long,  and  had  issue,  Margaret  Mason  and  Francis  Martin. 
Margaret  Mason  married  Smith  Gordon,  and  had  issue,  Margaret 
Elizabeth,  Francis  Zacharie,  Archie  Calvert.     Frances  Martin  mar- 


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ried  John  Thomas  Janney,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  had  issue, 
Anna  Mason,  Margaret  Marshall,  Alice  Moore,  Ethel  Hyams,  Thomas, 
George  Mason  Long. 

Charles  Thomas  married  Joanna  Theresa  Gill,  and  had  issue, 
Erasmus  Tolley,  Anna  Elizabeth,  James  Tolley,  Vachelj  Hood, 
Joanna  Theresa,  Charles  Thomas,  Union,  Vachel  (2),  Mary  Tolley. 

Ellen  Catherine  married,  first,  James  Bruce  Johnstones,  and 
had  issue,  Margaret  Anna,  Edward  Worthington,  Charles  Worth- 
ington,  Julia  James,  Ellen  Bell,  Mary  Tolley,  of  whom  Charles 
Worthington  only  is  surviving.  She  married,  secondly,  William 
Edward  Keyes,  of  Louisville,  Kentucky.     No  issue. 

Edward  Stade  married  Anna  Eliza  Powell.     No  issue. 

Edward  Worthington  was  born  in  Maryland,  18th  June,  1773, 
and  died  in  Hopkinsville,  Kentucky,  1846.  In  1899  he  married 
Eliza  G.  Madison,  of  Point  Pleasant,  Virginia.  The  issue  of  this 
marriage  were,  (1)  Samuel  Madison,  (2)  John  Tolley,  (3)  Edward, 
(4)  James  Tolley,  (5)  Rowland  Madison,  (6)  Mary  Aim  Lewis,  (7) 
Eliza  Martha  Augusta,  (8)  Lucy  Lewis,  (9)  Margaret  Jane  Catherine. 
Samuel  Madison  married  his  cousin,  Mary  Tolley  Worthington, 
of  James  Tolley,  supra. 

John  Tolley  married,  first,  Ann  Hoard  Slaughter,  of  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky.  Issue,  William  Hoard.  He  married,  secondly, 
his  cousin  Elizabeth  Ann  Worthington,  of  Maryland.  Issue,  Walter 
Edward,  Sarah  Martha  Ann,  Eliza  Madison,  John  Tolley  Hood. 
He  married,  thirdly,  Jane  Alida  Holland,  of  Whitestone,  New  York. 
Issue.  James  Edward,  Rowland  Madison,  Lewis  Gilmore. 

Edward,  unmarried.  James  Tolley,  unmarried.  Rowland 
Madison,  married  Ann  Maria  Wells,  of  Rushville,  Illinois.  Issue, 
Eliza  Madison,  Edward,  Mary  Lewis,  James  Wells,  Anna  Maria, 
Lucy  Jane,  Sarah  Grier. 

Mary  Ann  Lewis,  unmarried.  Eliza  Martha  Augusta  married 
Judge  English,  of  Sacramento  City,  California,  and  had  one  daughter. 

Lucy  Lewis,  unmarried.  Margaret  Jane  Catherine  married  Dr. 
Charles  Shackelford,  of  Hopkinsville,  Kentucky.  Issue,  Lucy, 
Elizabeth  Madison,  Edward  Worthington. 

Charles,  of  Samuel  and  Mary, — Susan  Johns.  Issue,  Mary 
Tolley,  Samuel,  Richard,  John,  Sallie,  Henry,  Benjamin,  Rosetta, 
Edward. 

Ann  Worthington,  of  John  and  Helen, — Thomas,  Beale  Dorsey, 
youngest  son  of  Caleb  and  Elinor  (Warfield)  Dorsey,  of  Hockley. 
Issue,  Caleb,  John  Worthington  Dorsey,  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Jr., 
and  Sarah  Meriweather. 

Ehzabeth  Worthington,  of  John  and  Helen, — Nicholas  Dorsey,^ 
of  Joshua  and  Anne  Ridgely.     (See  Dorsey.) 

Thomas  Worthington,  of  John  and  Helen,  1761, — Ehzabeth 
Hammond.  Issue,  John  Worthington,  1785, — Anne  Dorsey,  of 
Nicholas  and  Elizabeth,  of  AnnapoUs  Junction.  Issue,  Nicholas, 
Lloyd,  John,  Noah,  Thomas,  Reuben,  Elizabeth,  Ann,  Comfort  and 
Henrietta.     Nicholas   was   the   large    landholder;    Lloyd   went    to 


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Missouri;  Reuben  was  drowned;  Noah  and  Thomas  were  bachelors. 
John — Miss  Cockey.  Issue,  Nicholas — Miss  O'dell,  granddaughter 
of  General  Towson, — Issue,  John — Miss  Parshall,  of  Pennsylvania, 
whose  daughter  is  Mrs.  Matilda  Pomeroy  of  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Judge  Dye  Worthington,  of  Howard,  long  judge  of  the  Orphans 
Court,  married  Henrietta  Ridgely,  of  Dr.  Charles  C.  Ridgely,  of 
Clarkesville.  Otis  Worthington,  his  brother, — first.  Miss  Walters, 
and,  second,  NelHe  Dorsey,  of  Amos.  Thomas  Worthington — 
second,  Marcella  Owings,  of  Joshua.  Issue,  Mary,  Noah,  Thomas 
Dye,  Rezin  Hammond — first,  Rachel  Shipley,  of  Robert;  second, 
Mary  Shipley.  Issue  Thomas  Chew  Worthington,  whose  large 
estate  was  near  Woodstock. 

John  Tolley  Worthington — Mary  Govane,  daughter  of  James 
Hood,  of  Hood's  Mill,  whose  wife  was  Sarah  Howard,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Howard  and  Mary  Govane.  Issue,  Mary  Govane  Hood, 
whose  inheritance  was  later  sold  by  her  husband  and  herself  to 
Samuel  Bentz,  and  by  him  named  "The  Stock  Farm."  It  bordered 
on  "Dexterity"  at  Hood's  Mill;  took  in  "Sally's  Chance,"  her 
mother's  tract.  It  was  deeded  by  John  Tolley  Worthington,  and 
Mary  Govane,  his  wife,  to  Samuel  Bentz,  in  1858. 

The  following  notice  of  his  estate  is  taken  from  the  Baltimore 
Sun:  "John  Tolley  Worthington,  son  of  John  Tolley  Worthington, 
who  died  in  1860,  holds  an  estate  which  covers  most  of  Worthington 
Valley.  His  mother  was  Mary  Govane  Hood.  Mr.  Worthington 
inherited  the  'Shawan'  Hunting  Ground,  about  1,000  acres,  near 
Cockeysville.  His  father's  estate  called  'Mont  Morency,'  was  left 
to  him,  Mrs.  Sallie  Conrad  and  L.  W.  Cipriani,  his  nephew." 

The  following  quotation  from  a  Washington  paper  refers  to  him: 
"There  are  many  persons  living  in  Baltimore  to  whom  the  name, 
Bodisco,  will  recall  another  brilliant  marriage;  that  of  the  beautiful 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Tolley  Worthington.  Some  years 
before  the  war.  Miss  Mary  Worthington  went  abroad  with  the 
Count  and  Countess  Bodisco.  She  was  presented  at  the  French 
Court,  which  was  then  the  most  brilliant  in  Europe.  On  this 
occasion  she  wore  a  superb  pink  watered  silk  gown,  the  front  of 
which  was  trimmed  with  rosettes  in  which  glistened  diamonds.  She 
married  Leonette  Cipriani,  an  Italian  general  of  noble  birth.  One 
year  later,  the  daughter  returned  to  her  home  and  there  died.  Her 
only  son  inherited  her  interest  in  Worthington  Valley. 

James  Worthington,  of  John, — Elizabeth  Griffith,  of  Colonel 
Henry,  Jr.  Issue,  John  Hammond  Worthington,  Nicholas  Griffith, 
Sarah,  Susan,  Thomas,  William,  Mary  H.,  Upton  and  Elizabeth 
Worthington. 

John  Hammond  —  Ann  Hammond  Dorsey,  of  Joshua  and 
Henrietta  Hammond.  Issue,  Joshua  Dorsey  Worthington,  Nicholas, 
John  T.  Worthington. 

Nicholas  Worthington,  of  John  H.  and  Ann, — first,  Sarah  E, 
Anderson.  Issue,  Laura — Lloyd  E.  Dorsey.  Second,  Henrietta  A. 
Dorsey. 


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Charles  Worthington,  of  James  and  Elizabeth, — Ann  Brashear. 
Upton  Worthington,  of  James  and  Elizabeth — Catherine  Dorsey, 
of  Joshua  and  Henrietta.  Nicholas  Griffith  Worthington,  of  James 
and  Elizabeth, — in  Kentucky,  Eliza  White. 

Thomas  Worthington,  second  son  of  Captain  John — Elizabeth 
Ridgely, "daughter  of  Henry  and  Katherine  (Greenberry)  Ridgely. 
Issue,  Ann,  born  1713;  "Sarah,  1715;  Elizabeth,  1717;  Katherine, 
1720;  Rachel  Ridgely,  1722;  Thomasine,  1724;  Brice  Thomas 
Beale,  1727;   Ariana,  1729;   Thomas,  1731;    Nicholas,  1734. 

Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Worthington  bought  "Broome"  and 
"Wardridge"  of  Henry  Ridgely,  third,  and  resided  there.  It 
bordered  upon  "Hockley",  and  upon  it  are  both  the  Ridgely  and 
Worthington  graveyards. 

From  that  old  homestead  went  forth  to  Elk  Ridge,  the  follow- 
ing daughters,  whose  history  belongs  to  Howard  County:  Sarah 
Worthington — Basil  Dorsey,  born  at  Hockley;  Elizabeth — Henry 
Dorsey,  of  Joshua  and  Ann  Ridgely;  Katherine — Major  Nicholas 
Gassa^ay,  of  Colonel  Nicholas,  of  South  ^iver;  Rachel  Ridgely 
Worthington — Cornelius  Howard,  of  Joseph,  her  neighbor;  Thom- 
asin — Alexander  Warfield,  of  John;  Ariana — Nicholas  Watkins,  Jr. 
All  inherited  portions  of  "Worthington  Range,"  at  Clarksville,  and 
"Partnership,"  between  Highland  and  Fulton. 

The  sons  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Ridgely  Worthington 
remained  in  Anne  Arundel.  Thomas  Worthington  died  in  1753, 
when  the  following  obituary  notice  was  written  upon  his  life;  his 
wife,  Elizabeth,  died  1734:  "Last  Monday  morning,  died  at  his 
plantation,  about  five  miles  from  town,  in  the  63rd  year,  or  grand 
climatical  year,  of  his  age,  Mr.  Thomas  Worthington,  who,  for  many 
years  past,  and  to  the  time  of  his  death,  was  one  of  the  representa- 
tives for  this  county  in  the  Lower  House  of  the  Assembly.  He 
served  his  country  with  a  steady  and  disinterested  fidelity;  was 
strictly  honest  in  principle  and  practice,  and,  therefore,  had  the 
esteem  of  all  that  knew  him.  He  was  a  good  father  and  sincere 
friend;  was  frugal  and  industrious,  and  was  possessed  of  many 
qualities  which  constituted  the  character  of  a  good  and  sincere 
Christian."— (Maryland  Gazette,  1753.) 

Hon.  Brice  Thomas  Beale  Worthington,  his  son,  w^as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  colonial  legislature  preceding  the  Revolution,  and  was 
upon  the  active  list  in  the  defense  of  the  province.  He  married 
Ann  Ridgely,  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Warfield) 
Ridgely.  Their  daughter  Mary — John  Tolley  Worthington,  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  Tolley,  of  Joppa.     Issue,  Brice,  Mary  and  Ann. 

Mary  Tyler  Worthington,  granddaughter  of  Hon.  Thomas 
Beale,  became  the  wife  of  Wilham  Warfield,  the  Annapolis  merchant, 
great-grandson  of  Benjamin  Warfield,  of  "  Lugg  Ox." 

Major  Nicholas  Worthington,  next  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth, married  Catherine  Griffith,  daughter  of  Captain  Charles  and 
Catherine  (Baldwin)  Griffith.  Their  homestead  was  "  Summer  Hill." 
It  stood  west  of  Hockley,  and  south  of  the  Annapolis  and  Elk  Ridge 


154      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

railroad,  until  destroyed  by  fire.  Major  Worthington  was  a  rep- 
resentative in  the  General  Assembly  at  Annapolis,  and  commanded 
the  militia  of  his  section.  His  oldest  son,  Thomas  Worthington,, 
was  located  near  "The  Rising  Sun,"  a  celebrated  wayside  resort. 
He  married  Margaret  Mullikin.  Charles — Elizabeth  Booth;  Nich- 
olas— Elizabeth  Rutland;  Catherine — Colonel  Baker  Johnson;  Brice 
John  Worthington — Ann  Fitzhugh. 

John  Griffith  Worthington,  his  twin  brother,  was  a  representa- 
tive in  the  Legislature,  and  died  a  bachelor.  Achsah — Dr.  Richard 
Goldsborough;  Sarah — Dr.  William  Goldsborough.  These  daugh- 
ters of  "Summer  Hill"  have  left  long  lines  of  distinguished  men 
and  women,  in  Frederick  and  upon  the  Eastern  Shore. 

Thomas  and  Margaret  (Mullikin)  Worthington's  descendants 
were  Thomas  and  Dr.  Charles  Griffith  Worthington,  the  history 
of  whom  belongs  to  Howard  County. 

"  BELVOIR." 

Upon  a  commanding  ridge  overlooking  an  extensive  landscape, 
and  in  full  view  of  Round  Bay,  stands  the  best  preserved  colonial 
home  near  Annapolis.  It  is  "  Belvoir,"  built  upon  "  Wyatt's  Ridge." 
It  is  a  long  brick  building  with  wide  hallway  and  well-proportioned 
rooms.  It  was  built  by  John  Ross,  when  Register  of  the  Land 
Office.     It  became  next  the  property  of  Colonel  Maynadier. 

Hon.  Brice  John  Worthington,  son  of  Colonel  Nicholas,  of 
"Summer  Hill,"  to  extend  his  estate  from  Eagle  Nest  Bay  to  South- 
River,  a  distance  of  seven  miles,  purchased  "Belvoir"  at  a  cost  of 
$25,000,  and,  it  is  claimed,  made  $13,000  on  tobacco  in  one  year. 
He  married  Anna  Lee  Fitzhugh,  niece  of  Colonel  Maynadier  of  "  Old 
Windsor,"  Baltimore  County,  whom  he  met  on  one  of  his  fox-hunt- 
ing rims  with  the  Colonel. 

In  a  large  field,  nearly  a  fourth  of  a  mile  from  the  dwelling, 
surrounded  by  an  iron  railing,  rest  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Maynadier 
and  those  of  Mrs.  Ann  Arnold  Key,  grandmother  of  Maryland's 
poet.  The  latter  grave  has  the  protective  stamp  of  the  Colonial 
Dames  of  Maryland;  and  upon  the  old  tombstone  one  may  read: 
"In  memory  of  Mrs.  Ann  Arnold  Key,  who  departed  this  life 
January  5th,  1811,  in  the  84th  year  of  her  age." 

She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Ross,  who  held  land  in  several 
counties,  viz.:  "Ross  Range,"  in  Frederick  County;  "Carpenter's 
Point,"  Talbot  County,  and  later,  the  builder  of  "Belvoir."  upon 
Nicholas  Wyatt's  survey  of  "Wyatt's  Ridge." 

Mrs.  Key's  sister,  Elizabeth  Ross,  married  Dr.  Upton  Scott, 
a  wealthy  citizen  of  Annapolis,  whose  homestead  has  been  made 
the  seat  of  the  hero,  "Richard  Carvil." 

Ann  Arnold  Ross  married  Francis  Key,  son  of  Philip  Key,  of 
St.  Mary's.  Upon  the  burning  of  her  house  at  Carpenter's  Point, 
her  sight  was  destroyed  by  fire  and  smoke  while  rescuing  two 
servants  from  the  flames.     She  then  crossed  the  bay  and  took  up  her 


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residence  with  her  daughter,  Ehzabeth  Ross  Key,  wife  of  Colonel 
Henry  Maynadier,  of  "  Belvoir,"  where  she  ended  her  days.  Mrs. 
Key  had,  also,  two  sons,  John  Ross  and  Philip  Barton  Key.  The 
former  was  an  active  patriot  of  the  Revolution;  the  latter  a  Tory, 
whose  property  was  confiscated.  This  same  property  came  to  him 
through  the  generosity  of  his  brother,  heir-at-law  of  the  estate,  who 
shared  with  his  brother;  and,  after  the  war,  again  shared  his  estate 
with  his  Tory  brother. 

General  John  Ross  Key  married  Anne  Rhoche  Charlton,  whose 
son  was  Francis  Scott  Key,  author  of  the  "Star  Spangled  Banner." 
His  sister,  Anne,  became  the  wife  of  Chief  Justice  Roger  Brooke 
Taney. 

Francis  Scott  Key  married  Mary  Tayloe  Lloyd:  their  son, 
Philip  Barton  Key,  met  a  tragic  death — killed  by  General  Daniel 
E.  Sickles.  His  brother,  Samuel  P.  Key,  fell  in  a  duel  at  Bladens- 
burg.  His  daughter,  wife  of  Senator  George  H.  Pendleton,  also  met 
a  tragic  death,  in  falling  from  her  carriage.  He,  himself,  died 
suddenly  in  Baltimore,  in  1843,  and  now  lies  in  Mt.  Olivet  Cemetery, 
Frederick,  under  a  handsome  monument  erected  over  him  in  1898. 
His  wife  rests  beside  him."  The  above  quotation  is  from  an 
excellent  contribution  to  the  Ellicott  City  Times. 

The  unprotected  tomb,  thus  described,  has  only  recently  been 
guarded  by  the  Society  of  Colonial  Dames,  which  is  rescuing  many 
"more  graves  from  desecration. 

Hon.  Brice  John  Worthington  was  fourth  in  line  in  distinguished 
service  in  legislative  halls,  at  Annapolis.  He  was  an  ardent  Fed- 
eralist. When  Alexander  Contee  Hanson,  General  Lingan,  "Light- 
Horse"  Harry  Lee,  Dr.  Peregrine  Warfield,  Majors  Ephraim  and 
William  Gaither,  and  other  defenders  of  Hanson's  Press,  had  been 
mobbed  in  Baltimore,  Hon.  Mr.  Worthington  rode  in  his  carriage 
to  bring  them  to  his  home  at  "Belvoir."  When  Samuel  Chase  had 
been  impeached  in  Washington,  he  rode  there  and  remained  with 
him  during  his  trial. 

Upon  the  arrival  of  United  States  Senator  Henry  Moore  Ridgely 
at  Washington,  he  asked  General  Samuel  Smith  if  "his  cousin, 
Brice  John  Worthington,  still  lived."  The  General  answered,  "Yes 
and  his  heart  is  as  big  as  this  capitol."  This  big-hearted  Federalist 
and  friend  in  need,  though  his  county  had  been  democratic,  still 
kept  a  seat  in  the  halls  of  legislation,  where  three  of  his  direct 
ancestors  had  sat  before  him — all  from  the  neighborhood  of  ''Eagle 
Nest  Bay." 

His  issue  were  Catherine — Dr.  Wm.  Gautt;  Elizabeth — 
Edward  Rutland;  George  Fitzhugh — Elizabeth  Harwood;  Nicholas 
Brice — Sophia  K.  Muse;  Hester  Ann — Dr.  Richard  McCubbin; 
Brice  John — Matilda  Pue;  CaroHne — WiUiam  Holliday;  Mary  and 
Charles  F.  Worthington. 

"Belvoir"  is  now  held  by  a  Catholic  society,  but  its  history 
belongs  to  the  brightest  and  most  palmy  days  of  the  province. 


156      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

William  Worthington,  of  Captain  John,  1717, — Sarah  Home- 
wood.  He  was  a  justice  in  1719.  He  bought,  or  held,  a  tract  of 
Thomas  Homewood  near  the  Magothy  River  in  Anne  Arundel  County. 
Wornell  Worthington  was  the  only  son  of  William,  who  left  descend- 
ants. He  married  Anna  Hammond.  The  "  William  Worthington," 
recorded  in  "The  Bowies  and  Their  Kin,"  "born,  1748,"  was  his 
son.  I  quote  from  the  above:  "Reared  by  his  grandfather,  he 
inherited  a  large  estate  upon  the  Magothy,  opposite  'Three  Sisters,' 
and  called  his  home  'Mount  Ida.'  " 

In  1773,  his  land  was  named  "  Worthington's  Courting." 
He  married  Jane  Contee,  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Contee 
and  Sarah  Fendall.  He  was  polished,  affable  and  generous;  but 
his  property,  some  1,200  acres,  was  sacrificed  to  pay  his  friends' 
debts.  He  went  to  Nottingham.  His  wife  inherited  "Brookefield" 
and  its  graveyard.  It  is  now  known  as  "The  Valley,"  and  is  held 
by  his  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Thomas  F.  Bowie,  Jr.  It  was  willed  to 
Walter  Worthington,  the  eldest  son. 

General  Thomas  Contee  Worthington,  of  William,  born  1782, 
died  at  Frederick,  1847.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Governor's 
Council,  and  was  in  Congress,  in  1830.  He  was  an  officer  in  the 
State  Militia,  and  in  the  war  of  1812,  in  which  he  was  commissioned 
Brigadier-General  of  9th  Brigade  of  Maryland  Troops.  He  never 
married. 

Judge  Wm.  G.  D.  Worthington,  of  William, — Eliza  Jordan. 
He' was  minister  to  South  America;  trod  the  sunburnt  pampas,  and 
climbed  the  snow  clad  peaks  of  the  Andes;  was  sent  to  Greece,  and 
advocated  its  independence.  He  was  Judge  of  the  Court  in  Balti- 
more. Alexander  Contee  Worthington  and  his  son,  of  Baltimore, 
are  descendants. 

Walter  Brooke  Cox  Worthington,  youngest  son, — Mrs.  Priscilla 
Oden,  daughter  of  Governor  Robert  Bowie.  His  daughter  Eliza- 
beth Margaret — Thomas  F.  Bowie,  Jr.,  and  inherits  "The  Valley." 
He  was  wealthy  and  kind.  His  son  William — a  daughter  of  General 
Thomas  F.  Bowie,  United  States  Congressman  and  political  leader 
in  Prince  George.  His  son,  Hal.  Bowie,  my  classmate  at  Dickin- 
son College,  a  splendid  soldier  during  the  War  of  1861,  was  one  of 
its  victims. 

Charles  Worthington,  of  Captain  John, — Sarah  Chew.     Issue, 

Elizabeth,  Charles  and  John.     He  removed  to  Baltimore  County. 

Sarah  Worthington,   of  Captain   John, — Nicholas  Ridgely,   of 

Henry  and  Katherine  Greenberry.     Her  descendants  are  in  both 

Maryland  and  Delaware. 

CAPT,  JOHN  BRICE. 

From  a  copy  held  by  Nicholas  Brice,  of  Philadelphia,  made 
from  Judge  Nicholas  Price's  record,  the  following  is  taken,  by 
permission  of  Mrs.  Edith  Marden  Ridout,  of  the  Severn: 

"Captain  John  Brice  came  from  Hamershire,  England.  He  is 
recorded  as  gentleman,  merchant,  planter,  member  of  the  House 


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of  Burgesses,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  Captain  of  the  Severn  Hun- 
dred. He  married  Sarah,  widow  of  Captain  John  Worthington. 
His  crest  and  coat  of  arms,  a  Hon's  head,  are  still  extant. 

"Captain  Brice  was  guardian  for  the  Worthington  heirs  and 
extended  the  estate.  One  son  and  two  daughters  were  the  issue  of 
his  marriage  to  Mrs.  Worthington.  Ann — Vachel  Denton:  Rachel 
— Philip  Hammond,  the  Annapolis  merchant.  John  Brice,  Jr., 
Judge  of  the  Provincial  Court — Sarah  Frisby,  daughter  of  James 
and  Ariana  (Vanderheyden)  Frisby." 

Mrs.  Ariana  Frisby  was  three  times  married.  Her  last  husband 
was  Edmund  Jenings,  secretary  of  the  province,  by  whom  she  had 
a  son,  Edmund  Jenings,  Jr.  John  and  Sarah  Frisby  Brice  left 
Ariana — Dr.  David  Ross;  Sarah — Richard  Henderson,  of  Blad- 
ensburg.  John,, the  bachelor  official  of  Annapolis;  Colonel  James 
Brice — Juliana  Jenings,  whose  wedding  gift  was  the  magnificent 
colonial  homestead  on  Prince  George  Street.  Annapolis. 

Colonel  James  Brice  left  a  note  book  with  maps  of  the  battles 
of  the  Revolution,  in  which  he  was  engaged.  His  daughter,  Juhana 
Jenings  Brice  became  the  wife  of  Judge  John  Stephen,  of  St.  Mary's 
County,  son  of  Rev.  Stephen  of  St.  Mary's,  whose  church  still  stands. 

Judge  Stephen  removed  to  Bladensburg.  He  had  eight  sons, 
only  one  of  whom,  Nicholas  Carroll  Stephen,  had  issue.  Benjamin 
D.  Stephen,  John  Stephen  and  Mrs.  Juliana  Jenings  Dieudonne, 
all  of  Bladensburg,  are  his  heirs.  From  these  I  have  seen  the  Brice 
records. 

Mr.  James  Frisby  Brice,  son  of  Colonel  James  Brice,  left  the 
following  record  of  the  families  of  Edmund  and  Thomas  Jenings, 
the  two  distinguished  officials  of  the  province.  He  records :  "  Thomas 
Jenings,  my  grandfather,  was  born  in  England.  The  place  and 
time  of  his  birth  are  not  known  to  us;  nor  do  we  know  the  christian 
names  of-his  father  and  mother.  The  former  died  when  he  was 
quite  j^oimg.  He  was  a  cousin  to  the  Duchess  of  Marlborough, 
whose  name  was  Sarah  Jenings.  He  came  to  this  country  when 
ninteen  years  of  age.  My  brother,  Thomas  J.  Brice,  found  in  the 
Executive  Chamber  a  record  of  his  commission  as  Attorney-General 
of  the  State,  about  the  year  1773. 

"He  studied  law  in  England  with  Mr.  James  Best,  and  at  his 
request,  named  a  son  and  daughter  for  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Best,  who 
left  them  legacies.  Elizabeth  Jenings  was  a  celebrated  beauty. 
She  became  Mrs.  Hodges  of  Baltimore.  We  are  related  to  the 
family  of  Edmimd  Jenings,  Secretary  of  the  Pro\'ince,  through  his 
marriage  to  my  great-grandmother,  Ariana,  mother  of  Sarah  Frisby. 

"Edmund  Jenings  and  wife  went  to  London,  where  she  died. 
He  returned  and  died  in  1757.  Their  son,  Edmund  Jenings, 
remained  in  England,  and  wTote  to  his  half  sister,  Sarah  (Frisby) 
Brice,  for  information  of  the  family." 

Mr.  Thomas  J.  Brice,  brother  of  the  above  recorder,  held  the 
Brice  mansion  until  his  death,  which  was  caused  by  a  blow  given 
him  whilst  asleep,  presumably  by  a  servant  to  secure  a  legacy. 


158      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  historic  house  descended  to  Nicholas  Carroll  Stephen,  the 
attorney  of  Bladensburg,  who  sold  it  to  Ex-Mayor  Martin,  its 
present  owner.    It  is  by  all  odds,  the  most  elegant  home  in  Annapolis. 

Edmund  Brice,  of  John  and  Sarah, — Harriet  Woodward.  Their 
son,  James  Edmund  Brice  was  consul  to  St.  Domingo.  His  mother, 
later,  became  the  wife  of  Dr.  William  Murray,  of  West  River. 

Margaretta  Augusta,  of  John  and  Sarah,  became  the  wife 
of  Major  Andrew  Leitch,  of  General  Washington's  staff.  Their 
daughters  were  Mrs.  John  Addison,  Mrs.  Dr.  Thomas  Scharff,  of 
Georgetown,  whose  daughter,  Jane,  married  Rev.  John  Johns, 
rector  of  Christ  Church. 

Elizabeth,  of  John  and  Sarah, — first,  Lloyd  Dulaney,  who  fell 
in  duel  with  Rev.  Mr.  Allen,  in  Hyde  Park;  second,  Major  Walter 
Dulaney,  of  the  British  Army.  They  resided  at  Annapolis.  Their 
daughter  Mary,  married  Henry  Rogers;  Sally  Grafton  Dulaney — 
Oliver  Donaldson. 

The  wives  of  General  James  Lingan,  who  was  killed  in  the 
Baltimore  mob  of  1812,  and  of  Patrick  Sim,  were  daughters  of 
Sarah  Brice  and  Richard  Henderson,  of  Bladensburg. 

John  Brice,  the  third,  married  Mary  Clare  Carroll  MacCubbin. 
Their  sons  were  John,  Nicholas,  Henry  and  Edmund. 

John,  the  fourth, — Sarah  Lane,  and  had  issue,  Mary  Clare — 
Christian  Keener;  Providence  Dorsey — Darius  Clagett;  Eliza — 
I.  P.  Kraffth,  Prussian  Consul.  Their  daughter,  Mary  E.,  became 
the  wife,  and  (now  deceased.)  widow  of  Judge  Reuben  M.  Dorsey, 
of  Howard  County. 

Judge  Nicholas  Brice — Anna  Maria  Margaret  Tilghman.  Their 
son,  John  Henry  Brice — Sophia  Howard;  Charles  Carroll  Brice — 
Susan  Selby.  Issue,  Anna  Maria  Brice — Jesse  Marden.  Their 
daughter,  Edith,  is  now  Mrs.  Weems  Ridout,  of  St.  Margaret's 
Parish. 

Richard  Tilghman  Brice,  of  Charles  Carroll,  held  the  historic 
homestead  overlooking  the  beautiful  Severn,  a  picture  of  which  he 
kindly  offered  me. 

JOHN  BALDWIN,  OF  SOUTH  RIVER: 

This  Virginia  descendant  of  John  Baldwyn,  the  hero  of  1622, 
became  a  Quaker  convert  of  the  South  River  settlement.  His  will 
of  1684,  named  his  wife,  Elizabeth;  daughter,  Margaret,  wife  of 
Thomas  Cruchley,  the  Annapolis  attorney;  his  daughter  Lydia, 
widow  of  Thomas  Watkins  and  mother  of  Thomas  Watkins,  Jr.; 
his  daughter,  Ruth,  wife  of  Captain  Philip  Howard;  his  son,  John 
heir  and  executor.  The  testator  also  names  his  grand  children,  viz. : 
Hannah  Howard,  Lydia  Cruchley  (sister  of  Ruth  Warfield),  and 
Thomas  Watkins,  Jr. 

John  Baldwin,  the  son,  married  Hester,  widow  of  Nicholas 
Nicholson  and  daughter  of  John  B^Msssia.  Their  sons  were  Thomas 
and  John.     Catherine,  wife   of  Captain  Charles   Griffith,   was   the 


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•only  daughter.  From  Thomas  and  Agnes  Baldwin  came  Anne,  wife 
of  Judge  Samuel  Chase,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence, 
and  Hester,  wife  of  Judge  Townley  Chase. 

John  Baldwin,  the  third,  removed  to  Cecil  County.  He  was 
the  progenitor  of  the  McLane  and  Milligan  families  of  Delaware; 
represented  in  Maryland  by  Hon.  Louis  McLane,  once  president  of 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  father  of  Governor  Robert 
McLane,  ambassador  to  France  under  President  Cleveland.  The  late 
Mayor  Robert  McLane,  a  nephew,  by  his  courageous  work,  suc- 
ceeding the  disastrous  fire  of  1904,  has  helped  to  restore  a  more 
beautiful  city. 

There  is  a  will  at  Annapolis,  which  shows  that  John  Baldwin, 
the  Quaker,  must  have  had  another  son  not  named  in  his  will,  viz.: 
James  Baldwin,  the  testator  of  1727.  He  names  his  sons  John, 
James,  Thomas,  Tyler;  and  daughters  Susanna  and  Mary  Baldwin. 
"To  son  James,  the  homestead  of  my  father,  John  Baldwin,  by  his 
last  will  and  testament."     Thomas  Baldwin  was  a  witness. 

The  will  of  Robert  Tyler  sheds  further  light  on  this  family.  It 
reads:  "My  tract,  ' Borough,' to  go  afterwards  to  grandson,  John 
Baldwin;  to  grandson,  Tyler  Baldwin;  to  grandson,  Thomas  Bald- 
win; to  grandson,  James  Baldwin — sons  of  Mary  Baldwin." 

The  Baldwin  family  of  Anne  Arundel,  suppose  that  their  pro- 
genitor, Edward  Baldwin,  descended  from  one  of  the  sons  of  James 
Baldwin,  the  testator  of  1727.  I  am  aware  that  he  is  put  down  in 
the  Baldwin  book  as  an  independent  member,  not  further  traced. 

Edward  Baldwin  settled  in  Anne' Arundel,  on  a  tract,  "  Brogdens" 
His  wife  was  Miss  Meeks.  Issue,  James,  Henry,  Deborah  and  Lydia. 
The  oldest  son,  James,  bore  the  name  of  the  testator  of  1727;  this 
indicates  a  connection. 

Mr.  Edward  Baldwin  and  his  wife,  both  died  young,  leaving 
minors.  These  were  well  brought  up  by  a  Mr.  Wilson,  of  Annapolis, 
Mr.  Guildhall  and  Mr.  Woodward.  James  inherited  the  homestead; 
Henry  was  seated  at  "  Rising  Sun,"  adjoining  his  brother. 

Coming  to  manhood  at  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution,  Henry 
raised  a  company  of  militia,  and  later  served  in  the  field.  Captain 
Henry  married,  first,  Sarah  Hall,  widow  of  James  Rawlings.  Their 
daughter,  Sarah,  became  Mrs.  Denton  Hammond.  Issue,  Colonel 
Matthias;  Elizabeth  —  Richard  Cromwell;  Camilla  —  Dr.  Fairfax 
Herbert,  of  Howard.  Their  sons  were  the  noted  Confederate 
General  James  Rawlings  Herbert,  and  his  brothers  John  and  Edward. 

Captain  Henry  Baldwin — second,  Maria  Woodward,  daughter 
of  Wm.  Garrett  Woodward,  by  Dinah  Warfield,  his  wife.  Their 
only  son  was  Judge  William  Henry  Baldwin,  who  married  Jane 
Maria  Woodward,  of  Lieutenant  Henry  Woodward.  Eliza,  his  sister, 
married  Thomas  Worthington.  Their  two  children  were  Dr.  Wm. 
Henry  Worthington  and  Achsah  Dorsey.  Judge  Wm.  Henry  Bald- 
win, of  Annapolis,  left  sons  and  daughters  of  distinction:  Maria 
Eleanor — Hon.  Benjamin  Gantt;  Martha  E. — Rev.  N.  J.  B.  Morgan; 


160      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Wm.  Henry  Baldwin,  Jr.,  Richard,  Christopher  Columbus,  Sum- 
merfield,  Rev.  Charles  Winterfield,  presiding  elder  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  graduate  of  Yale, — first,  Annie  E.  Hopkins;  second,  Annie 
M.  Thomas. 

Christopher  Columbus  Baldwin  married  Miss  Roman,  of  Hagers- 
town. 

The  late  Richard  Baldwin,  former  Register  of  Wills  in  Anne 
Arundel  County,  lived  at  Waterbury,  upon  Howard's  and  Porter's 
Range.  His  wife  was  Sophia  Furlong.  Their  oldest  daughter,  Jane, 
now  Mrs.  Cotton,  has  completed  indexes  of  wills  and  testamentary 
proceedings  in  Anne  Arundel.  Her  brothers  and  sisters  are  Wm. 
Henry,  H.  Furlong,  Richard,  Christopher  Columbus,  Fannie-Louisa 
and  Washington,  wa^  j  ;  v^Q-j;:ir^  ^  Y'iMSK  :>f  tXl,    f^}^<.n-:t^'-fAC. 

Summerfield  Baldwin  —  Fannie  Cugle.  Issue,  William  and 
Summerfield  Baldwin.     He  married,  second,  Miss  Juliet  Sewell. 

Rignal  Baldwin,  attorney-at-law,  Baltimore, — Rosa  Hall,  of 
Washington,  D.  C.  Issue,  Rignal,  Morgan  H.,  Springfield,  Henry 
Wilson  and  Charles  Severn  Baldwin.  Mr.  Rignal  Baldwin  graduated 
from  Dickinson  College,  but  died  in  his  prime. 

WilHam  Henry  Baldwin,  Jr.,  at  fourteen  years,  was  employed 
by  Jones  &  Woodward,  later  Wilham  Woodward  &  Co.,  and  still 
later,  in  1844,  when  Mr.  Baldwin  became  a  partner,  it  took  the  name 
still  held,  Woodward,  Baldwin  &  Co.  The  death  of  Mr.  Woodward, 
in  1896,  left  Mr.  Baldwin  senior  member.  He  founded  the  Maryland 
Savings  Bank,  and  was  its  first  president.  He  was  of  the  board 
of  Eutaw  Savings  Bank,  Maryland  Trust  Co.,  Merchants  National 
Bank  and  The  American  Fire  Insurance  Co.;  president  of  the 
Mercantile  Library;  member  of  Merchants  and  Manufacturers 
Association;   and,  lastly,  the  owner  of  Savage  Factory. 

In  1859,  he  married  Mary  P.  Rodman,  daughter  of  Samuel,  of 
Rhode  Island.  Their  son,  Frank  Gambrill  Baldwin,  is  of  the  same 
firm.  Carroll  Baldwin  represents  the  New  York  branch.  The 
daughters  are  Misses  Maria  Woodward  and  Salhe  Rodman  Baldwin. 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  a  vestryman  of  Grace  Church.  He  died 
October,  1902,  and  was  interred  at  Baldwin's  Memorial  Church, 
near  Waterbury. 

James  Baldwin,  oldest  son  of  Edward,  through  his  son  Edward, 
had  granddaughters,    Eilzabeth — Joseph  Tate;  Lydia — John  Sewell. 

Francis  Baldwin,  of  James, — first,  Sarah  Duvall,  of  Ephriam, 
and  second,  Mary  Sewell,  of  Augustine.  He  died  at  "  Boyd's  Chance," 
an  inheritance  from  his  father,  James.  His  heirs  were,  Mary  Pitts, 
Sarah,  Susan,  John  and  Thomas  Pitts  Baldwin. 

\^  PITTS: 

Thomas  Pitts,  of  Wilham,  settled  at  "Pitts'  Orchard,"  Anne 
Arundel,  and  married  Susannah  Lusby.  Issue,  Thomas,  Charles, 
John,  Elizabeth,  Susan,  Henrietta,  Ann  and  Mary  Pitts.  Thomas 
Pitts,  Jr., — Sarah  Sewell,  of  John.     Issue,  Thomas  and  Achash. 


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Mary — Augustine  Sewell;  Elizabeth — Charles  McElfresh,  of 
Frederick  County;  Ann — Mordecai  Stewart,  of  South  River.  Third 
daughter,  Eleanor, — Philip  McElfresh.  Rev.  Thomas  Pitts,  of 
Thomas, — Elizabeth  Hall,  of  Nicholas,  of  New  Market.  Their  sons 
were  Nicholas,  John  Lusby,  Thomas,  William  and  Charles  H.  Pitts, 
the  gifted  lawyer  of  Baltimore.  He  married  Miss  Reynolds,  and  had 
Charles,  Edward,  Glen  and  Martha  Pitts,  who  became  Mrs.  John 
Nicholson, 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  NORWOOD. 

After  leaving  the  Glebe  Land  of  Elizabeth  River  Church, 
Captain  John  Norwood  located  upon  the  Severn,  by  the  side  of  the 
Dorseys  and  Howards.  He  became  the  first  Sheriff  of  the  new 
settlement  of  Providence. 

The  following  records  show  that  he  was  a  man  of  influence 
among  the  Virginia  settlers:  "John  Norwood  demands  six  hundred 
acres  for  transporting  self,  wife  and  two  children,  John  and  Andrew, 
and  two  servants,  John  Hays  and  Elizabeth  Hills,  in  1650." 

In  1657,  another  record  reads:  "John  Norwood  demands  lands 
for  transporting  three  other  servants,  Thomas  Hill,  1654,  and  George 
Barrett  and  Elizabeth,  in  1657.  Ivane  Barrington,  John  Heild, 
Franc  Evans,  Amy  Severie,  Mary  Webb,  Demetrius  Cartrite,  Mary 
Browne  and  Edward  Pyres  were  transported  by  him  in  1661.  He 
assigned  these  rights  to  Richard  Cheary.  He  demands  land,  also, 
for  transporting  John  Horrington  into  the  province  in  1662,  and 
assigned  the  same  to  Susanna  Howard,  for  the  use  of  her  son,  Charles 
Stephens,  son  of  Charles  Stephens,  deceased." 

In  1661,  a  commission  was  issued  to  Captain  John  Norwood,  of 
the  Severn,  to  command  all  the  forces  from  the  head  of  the  river  te 
the  south  side  of  the  Patapsco. 

Captain  Norwood  and  Edward  Dorsey,  gentleman,  took  up 
lands  together  on  the  Severn  in  1650. 

The  archives  contain  the  following  record  of  Captain  John 
Norwood  as  sheriff  of  Providence:  "Mr.  John  Norwood,  sheriff  of 
Providence,  hath  petitioned  this  Court,  that,  whereas,  Wm.  Evans, 
Thomas  Trueman,  Captain  William  Stone,  Mr.  Job  Chandler,  Ed- 
ward Packer,  George  Thompson,  Robert  Clarke,  Henry  Williams 
and  John  Casey  owe  him  for  charges  and  fees  due  to  him  from  said 
persons  when  they  were  prisoners  upon  the  last  rebellion  of  Captain 
William  Stone  (as  the  said  sheriff  hath  deposed  in  Court),  it  is 
ordered,  that,  if  said  persons  shall  not  satisfy  the  several  sums  to 
said  John  Norwood,  the  sheriff  of  those  counties  shall  seize  by 
distress,"  etc. 

Andrew  Norwood,  of  Captain  John,  was  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners for  laying  out  the  town  of  Annapolis.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Captain  Cornelius  Howard.  Their  daughter,  Ehzabeth, 
married  John  Beale,  the  attorney. 

From  this  marriage  came  Ann,  wife  of  Thomas  Rutland,  and 
Elizabeth  Nicholson,  wife  of  Richard  Dorsey,  of  "Hockley." 


162      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

COLONEL  NICHOLAS  GREENBERRY,  KEEPER  OF  THE 
GREAT  SEAL. 

This  name  has  been  handed  down  in  nearly  every  family '^f 
Anne  Arundel. 

Nicholas  Greenberry,  his  wife  Anne,  their  two  children,  Charles 
and  Katherine,  and  three  servants,  arrived  in  the  ship  "Constant 
Friendship,"  in  1674.  In  1680,  he  acquired,  by  purchase  from 
Colonel  William  Fuller,  son  of  Captain  William  Fuller,  a  tract  of 
land  called  "Fuller";  later  known  as  "White  Hall."  This  he 
resurveyed  as  "Greenberry  Forest." 

Five  years  later,  he  sold  a  portion  of  this  tract  to  Captain  John 
Worthington;  and,  in  1685,  bought  the  tract  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  known  as  "Towne  Neck."  This  became  later,  "Green- 
berry Point.".  The  history  of  its  transfers  has  already  been  given 
in  the  early  settlement  of  Anne  ArundeL  Upon  this  tract  Colonel 
Greenberry  died. 

Colonel  Greenberry  was  one  of  the  commissioners,  in  1683,  to 
lay  out  "towns  at  Towne  Land  at  Proctor's — att  South  River  on 
Colonel  Burgess'  Land  and  att  Herring  Creek  on  the  Towne  Land." 

He  rose  to  prominence  during  the  transfer  of  the  proprietary 
government  to  King  William  and  Queen  Mary.  In  1690,  he  was  a 
staunch  follower  of  Captain  John  Coode,  and  signed  the  address  to 
King  William.  Took  the  desposition  of  John  Hammond  concern- 
ing the  alleged  treasonable  words  of  Richard  Hill,  in  reference  to 
the  Prince  of  Orange. 

During  that  year,  John  Coode  was  made  commander-in-chief 
of  his  majesty's  forces  in  the  province,  with  Major  Nicholas  Green- 
berry, and  Colonel  Nicholas  Gassaway  as  two  of  his  lieutenants. 
They  were  a  prominent  part  of  the  committee  of  twenty,  who  held 
political  sway  in  Anne  Arundel.  In  1691,  Major  Greenberry  was 
one  of  the  seventeen  citizens  who  signed  articles  of  impeachment 
against  my  Lord  Baltimore.  That  same  year  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Provincial  Court.  As  a  member  of  the 
Governor's  Council  under  Sir  Lionel  Copley,  he  attended  all  of  its 
meetings  with  great  punctuality. 

In  1692,  as  one  of  the  military  commanders.  Colonel  Nicholas 
Greenberry  was  authorized  to  erect  three  forts  against  invading 
Indians;  being  especially  in  charge  of  the  one  in  Anne  Arundel. 
He  was  further  authorized  to  press  all  smiths  in  cleansing  and  fixing 
the  public  arms.  Colonel  Ninian  Beale,  of  Calvert,  then  in  charge 
of  all  the  provincial  forces,  was  ordered  to  offer  Colonel  Nicholas 
Greenberry  all  necessary  assistance  in  erecting  the  several  forts. 

On  the  death  of  Sir  Lionel  Copley,  in  1693,  Colonel  Greenberry, 
as  president  of  the  Council,  became  Acting-Governor  of  the  Province, 
until  superseded  by  Sir  Edward  Andros. 

Colonel  Greenberry's  letter  to  Sir  Lionel  Copley,  captain  general 
and  governor  of  Maryland,  strikes  thus  at  the  opposition  in  the 
province:    "Sir, — I  have  been  creditably  informed  lately  of  a  great 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      163 

cabal  in  our  county,  held  by  the  Grand  Leaders  of  the  Jacobite 
Party,  viz.:  Colonel  Coursey,  Major  Sayer,  Colonel  Darnall,  Major 
Dorsey,  Richard  Smith,  Samuel  Chew  and  John  Hanson.  Their 
rendezvous  was  at  Darnall's,  Chew's,  Dorsey's  and  one  Mareen 
Duval's,  but  the  occasion  of  their  meeting  is  not  to  be  known." 

Signed.     Nicholas  Greenberry. 
Severn  River,  July  25th,  1692. 

During  that  same  year,  he  addressed  a  letter,  signed  by  the 
members  of  the  Council,  reflecting  on  the  loyalty  of  Governor  Francis 
Nicholson.  Charges  of  misconduct  in  office  were  also  brought  by 
him  and  other  members  of  the  Council,  against  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence, 
Thomas  Bland  and  Colonel  Jowles. 

Colonel  Greenberry  died  1697,  aged  seventy  years.  His  widow, 
Ann,  died  1698.  Both  were  buried  at  "Greenberry  Point  Farm," 
on  the  north  side  of  the  Severn  River,  opposite  Annapolis. 

His  tombstone  bears  this  inscription:  "Here  lie^b  interred,  the 
body  of  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry,  Esq.,  who  dooarted  this  life 
the  17th  day  of  December,  1697.     Aetatis  suae  .seventy." 

The  will  of  Colonel  Greenberry,  stamped  wjrh  ,,  remarkable  seal, 
left  his  dwelling  plantation  to  his  beloved  wife.  Aim;  after  her  death 
to  son  Charles;  in  case  of  his  death  without  isaue,  to  go  to  his  three 
daughters,  Catherine,  Ann  and  Elizabeth ,  forever.  "  I  give  to  son 
Charles,  my  plantation  '  White  Hall.'  The  remainder  of  my  per- 
sonal estate  here  and  in  the  Kingdom  of  England,  after  my  wife's 
third  part  thereof  is  deducted  therefrom,  to  be  divided  by  equal 
portions  to  son  Charles  and  daughters,  with  this  proviso:  as  to  my 
daughter,  Ann,  in  case  her  husband,  John  Hammond,  be  not  seized 
in  fee  simple  of  the  plantation  on  which  he  now  dwells,  or  any 
other,  then  in  that  case,  my  portion  to  her  shall  remain  in  my 
executors'  hands  till  the  death  of  said  John  Hammond,  as  a  reserve 
for  her  support  in  widowhood.  If  she  die  before  her  husband, 
then  my  bequest  to  her  children.  Wife  Ann  and  son  Charles 
executrix  and  executor.  March  5th,  1697-8.  Nich.  Greenberry. 
(Seale.) " 

The  colonel's  home  tract  was  later  held  by  Mr.  Palmer,  the 
recent  Register  of  Wills  of  Anne  Arundel  County.  It  is  now  owned 
by  Mr.  Charles  E.  Remsen, 

Colonel  Greenberry's  letters  show  him  to  have  been  a  man  of 
marked  intelligence.  As  president  of  the  Council,  and  Chancellor, 
he  was  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  and  Judge  of  the  High  Court  of 
Chancery. 

His  only  son,  Colonel  Charles  Greenberry,  bore  many  of  the 
busy  characteristics  of  his  father.  He  was  the  life  and  support  of 
St.  Margarets  Church,  to  which  he  left  his  estate,  "White  Hall," 
after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Rachel  Stimpson. 

Colonel  Charles  Greenberry  went  before  the  special.  Court  for 
restoring  the  records  which  had  been  destroyed  in  1704,  and  entered 
all  the  transfers  of  his  family  connections,  including  those  of  his 
brother-in-law,  Henry  Ridgely.     From  deeds  transferred  to  his  wife, 


164      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

we  learn  that  she  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Stimpson,  by- 
Rachel  Clark,  daughter  of  Richard  Beard,  of  South  River.  Her 
history  is  fully  recorded  in  the  sketch  of  Richard  Beard. 

Colonel  Charles  Greenberry  had  one  daughter,  Ruth,  who 
became  Mrs.  Williams.  A  silver  dram  cup  and  other  memorials  were 
given  her  by  Mrs.  Rachel  Killburne. 

Colonel  Charles  Greenberry  died  in  1713.  His  widow  married, 
in  1715,  Colonel  Charles  Hammond,  son  of  Charles  and  Hannah 
(Howard)  Hammond.  Colonel  Charles  Greenberry,  in  his  will,  left 
his  estate,  "White  Hall,"  to  his  wife;  to  descend,  at  her  death,  to 
the  vestry  of  Westminster  Parish,  for  the  maintenance  of  a  minister. 

He  named  his  sister,  Katherine  Ridgely's  children,  Henry, 
Nicholas,  Ann  and  Elizabeth  Ridgely;  his  sister,  Elizabeth  Golds- 
borougu    and  his  sister,  Anne  Hammond.'.^ 

His  brother-in-law,  John  Hammond,  Jr.,  was  made  an  executor 
with  his  wife. 

^  BROWNE,  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL. 

Upon  an  original  will,  at  Annapolis  is  the  stamp  of  a  Stork. 
Burke  traces  tb  ^  LeBrune  name,  which  is  fiftieth  on  the  Battle 
Abbey  Roll  to  Sir  Stephen,  oldest  son  of  Hugh,  one  of  the  Lords  of 
Wales.  His  wife  was  Eva,  sister  of  Griffith,  Prince  of  Wales.  His 
descendants  were  Sir  John  of  Essex,  and  Thomas  Browne,  of  London, 
from  whom  descended  Thomas  Browne,  heir,  and  John  Browne, 
second  son,  of  London. 

Their   crest,  says   Burke,  is  a  Stork.    This   John   Browne,  of 
London,  is  upon  our  records  in  the  following  letter: 
To  Philip  Calvert, 
Hon.  Sir: 

These  are  to  certify,  that  whereas,  George  Goldsmith  hath 
promised  me  to  procure  me  a  parcell  of  land  if  I  could  get  a  warrant, 
these,  therefore,  are  to  desire  that  you  will  be  pleased  to  grant  me  a 
warrant  upon  the  rights  hereunder  written.  I  shall  remain,  your 
ever  loving  friend  to  command. 

John  Browne. 
January  ye  16th,  1659. 

For  bringing  into  the  province  John  Browne,  James  Browne. 
John  Browne  (and  two  others.)  "  Warrant  issued  to  lay  out  500 
acres  of  land  for  John  Browne  upon  the  rights  entered  as  above. 
Return  the  last  day  of  August,  next.       Signed  by  the 

Governour." 

In  1673,  "John  Browne,  mariner,  of  London,"  bought  two 
tracts  "Hope"  and  "Increase,"  near  Round  Bay.  These  tracts, 
showing  the  history  of  their  purchase  are  to  be  seen  in  our  Record 
Office,  in  the  name  of  Richard  Warfield  and  at  his  request,  were  so 
recorded  among  the  restored  records  after  the  burning  of  the  State 
House.  As  no  transfers  attended  the  record,  the  inference  is  clear 
they  came  into  Warfield's  possession  through  his  wife,  Elinor  Browne, 
the  heiress  of  Captain  John  Browne,  of  London.     Captain  Browne 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      165 

was  closely  allied  to  Robert  Proctor,  who  held  the  Port  of  Annapolis, 
known  then  as  "Proctor's  Landing."  In  1690,  Captain  Browne  sold 
Proctor's  interest  in  Abington  and  Freeman's  Lands,  to  John  Gaither, 
a  brother-in-law  of  Proctor.  Captain  Browne  and  Peregrine  Browne, 
his  brother  were  earnest  advocates  of  the  Proprietary  during  the 
Revolution,  which  placed  King  William  in  control  of  Maryland  in 
1690-91.  Their  vessels  were  anchored  in  the  harbor  of  Plymouth, 
when  Captain  John  Coode,  the  leader  of  the  King's  adherents  in 
Maryland,  came  on  board  with  a  packet  of  letters  for  his  allies  in 
Maryland. 

Colonel  Coursey,  Captain  Hynson,  Mr.  Lillington,  Mr.  Lingan  and 
Richard  Warfield,  all  loyal  subjects  of  the  Proprietary,  were  ori  board 
of  these  vessels,  bound  for  the  Province.  Captain  Coode  gave  his 
packet  to  Benjamin  Ricand  for  delivery.  During  tb<^  passage  the 
packet  disappeared  and  upon  an  investigation,  in  wUi":  there  were 
many  depositions,  no  light  was  thrown  on  the  sul  .,c,  but  Coode 
was  successful  in  his  rebellion.  When  Coode  had  oaused  the  dismissal 
of  Captain  Richard  Hill  from  the  Council  b  ise  the  latter  had 
urged  the  people  of  Anne  Arundel  not  to  -;«Ti  ,  delegates  to  Coode's 
Assembly,  telling  them  that  their  property,  came  to  them  through 
the  grant  of  the  Proprietary  and  they  1)  H  better  not  risk  it  by  rush- 
ing to  the  support  of  the  King,  who  ..  .i^tit  not  be  able  to  hold  the 
Province.  Captain  John  Browne  viote  in  defence  of  Captain  Hill 
the  following: 

"Captain  Richard  Hill  is  a  Scotchman,  bold  in  speech,  who 
spoke  what  others  only  dared  to  think.  On  returning  to  our  vessels 
we  came  across  him  in  the  woods.  He  seemed  much  cast  down.  I 
trust  his  past  usefulness  in  this  Province  will  be  taken  into  considera- 
tion and  hope  you  will  be  able  to  restore  him  to  his  former  position. 

Your  friend, 

Jno.  Browne  and  others. 

The  friends  of  the  King  were  equally  as  severe  on  Captain  James 
Frisby,  "a  brother  of  Captain  Peregrine  Browne  and  his  brother, 
John  Browne,  refusing  to  admit  him  to  his  appointed  seat  in  the 
Council  of  1692,  on  the  ground  that  all  three  were  enemies  to  the  King. 

From  their  records.  Captain  Browne  seems  to  have  made  his 
residence  while  in  Maryland  with  Richard  Warfield  and  with  him 
was  summoned  as  a  witness  in  the  Chancery  case  of  Dorsey  vs. 
Bland. 

'    Captain  John  Browne  was  closely  allied  to  Thomas  Browne,  an 
adjoining  neighbor  of  Richard  Warfield. 

Thomas  Browne  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Browne,  Sr.,  who  took  up 
lands  in  1650,  adjoining  Edward  Lloyd.  John  Browne,  his  brother, 
also  took  up  adjoining  lands  to  Edward  Lloyd,  both  coming  up 
with  the  Virginia  settlers  of  1650.  John  Browne  was  in  the  Severn 
contest  of  1655.  They  both  died  about  1673.  In  1674,  Thomas 
Browne,  Jr.,  heir-at-law  sold  his  father's  plantation  to  his  father-in- 
law,  William  Hopkins. 


166      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Thomas  Browne  married  Katherine  Harris,  aunt  to  Katherine 
Howard,  wife  of  Samuel.  Their  issue  were,  Thomas,  John,  Valen- 
tine and  Joshua. 

In  1692,  Thomas  Browne  was  appointed  a  "Patuxent  Range" 
from  Mr.  Snowden's  plantation  to  the  limits  of  the  Patuxent. 
He  thus  saw  the  many  beautiful  tracts  along  that  river  and  surveyed 
about  thirty.  His  "  Brown's  Chance"  and  Captain  Dorsey's  "  Friend- 
ship" at  Clarksville,  "Brown's  Forest"  at  Columbia,  "Brown's 
Adventure,"  1,000  acres  and  "Ranter's  Ridge,"  near  Woodstock  are 
magniticent  bodies  of  land.  When  Doughoregan  Manor  was  sur- 
veyed iii  .1701,  Thomas  Browne's  plantation,  adjoining  it  was  the 
only  habitation.  In  1713,  he  mortgaged  all  these  tracts  to  Amos 
Garrett,  the  Annapolis  merchant  and  banker,  and  died  in  1715,  before 
redemption,  leaving  his  equity  to  his  sons. 

His  homes-eatl,  upon  which  stood  "the  large  house  of  Thomas 
Browne,"  was  on  i:<ie  Severn,  It  was  known  as  "Clink"  and 
descended  to  John  Browne,  his  executor.  "Brown's  Forest"  went  to 
Valentine;  "Ranter's  Pvidge"  to  Joshua.  Both  succeeded  in  redeem- 
ing them. 

John  Brown  recovered  a  iai,3;e  part  of  the  Severn  estate  and  in 
1728,  surveyed  "  Brown's  Pm  chase,"  near  Guilford. 

"Clink,"  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Rebecca  (Yieldhall) 
Brown,  descended  to  son  John,  who  also  inherited  "Providence" 
adjoining  "Norwood's  Fancy,"  running  with  the  late  Richard 
Warfield's  to  Round  Bay.  A  large  amount  of  stock,  six  negroes,  .a 
man's  saddle  with  green  seat  and  housing,  guns,  pistols,  sword, 
furniture,  a  nine-hogshead  flat,  a  twelve-hogshead  flat  and  a  yawl 
were  also  given  to  son  John. 

"To  my  daughter  Katherine,  I  give  'Grimes'  Hill,'  now  a  part  of 
'Providence,'  adjoining  Edward  Hall.  Household  goods,  a  trooper's 
saddle,  four  negroes  were  given  also.  To  my  daughter,  Margaret,  I 
give  200  acres  of  'Brown's  Purchase,'  lying  on  the  south  side  of 
Ridgely's  branch,  four  negroes,  stock  of  all  kinds,  a  woman's  saddle. 
To  my  daughter,  Ruth  Brown,  200  acres  of  'Brown's  Purchase,' 
stock,  furniture,  negroes  and  saddle.  To  daughter  Ann  Brown,  200 
acres  of  'Brown's  Purchase,'  negroes,  stock,  furniture  and  saddle. 

Signed  John  Brown." 

His  signature  dropped  the  final  e,  though  his  father  always 
added  it.  His  witnesses  were  Absolute  Warfield,  John  Hall,  Benja- 
min Yieldhall.     His  wife  was  Rebecca  Yieldhall. 

Margaret  Brown  (of  John)  married  her  cousin,  a  son  of  Valentine 
Brown  and  in  her  will  of  1774,  named  her  son  Amos  Brown  to  whom 
she  gave  "My  part  of  'Brown's  Purchase,'  north  side  of  Ridgely's 
Branch.  To  son  Valentine,  over  and  above  what  I  shall  hereafter 
give  him,  six  negroes  and  money." 

Elizabeth  Brown,  widow  of  Valentine,  refers  in  her  will  to  "  her 
grandson,  Amos  Brown." 


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Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Coui^TiEs.      167 

"Brown's  Purchase"  adjoins  the  old  homestead  of  Nicholas 
Greenberry  Ridgely,  between  Savage  and  Guilford.  Sarah  Ridgely 
(of  Nicholas  Greenberry)  married  Nicholas  Griffith,  whose  daughter 
Sarah  married  Amos  Brown,  father  of  Colonel  Ridgely  Brown,. 
Confederate  State's  Army. 

"  John  Brown  (of  John) "  held  the  homestead  of  the  Severn  and 
in  his  will  of  1773,  recorded:  "To  my  son  John,  I  give  the  homestead 
and  'Brown's  Purchase.'  To  Basil  I  give  'Providence.'  To  Benja- 
min and  Philemon,  the  remaining  part  of  '  Providence'  and  *  Salmon's 
Hills' — wife  Elizabeth  Brown,  executrix."  She  was  Elizabeth 
Yieldhall,  granddaughter  of  Elizabeth  (Sisson)  Brown. 

In  1774,  she  became  the  wife  of  Vachel  Worthington,  reserving 
by  marriage  contract,  her  own  property  for  William  Yieldhall. 

Vachel  Worthington  became  the  guardian  of  John  Brown's 
sons  with  Captain  Philemon  Warfield  (of  Alexander)  their  surety. 

Valentine  Brown  (of  Thomas)  heir  of  "Brown's  Forest," 
evidently  received  his  name  from  Valentine  Browne,  one  of  the  audi- 
tors of  Her  Majesty's  Exchequer,  previously  a  Commissioner  in  Ireland 
and  Scotland  for  Edward  VI  and  Mary  I.  His  arms  were  granted 
him  in  1561.  The  funeral  entry  of  Sir  Thomas  Browne,  Knight  of 
Hospitall,  records  him  the  third  son  of  Sir  Valentine  Browne,  Knight 
of  Crofts,  by  Thomascine,  his  second  wife,  sister  of  Sir  Nicholas 
Bacon,  Lord  Keeper  of  England. 

Valentine  Brown  (of  Thomas)  took  possession  of  his  estate  upon 
"Brown's  Forest,"  near  Columbia.  He  left  no  will,  but  his  name- 
sake and  relative,  Valentine  Brown  of  1713,  left  his  estate  in  the 
Province  to  a  merchant  and  goldsmith,  of  Dublin. 

EHzabeth  Brown,  widow  of  Valentine  (of  Thomas)  named  her 
sons  Valentine  and  John.  Her  daughters  were  Sarah,  Sidney  and 
Elizabeth  Pierpoint.  She  named  her  grandson  Amos  Brown  and 
made  her  daughter  Sidney  her  executrix. 

Sidney  Brown  was  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Mrs.  Ely  Dorsey,  her 
neighbor.  Her  will  of  1783,  named  her  nephew,  Valentine,  son  of 
Thomas,  nephew  William,  son  of  brother  John  and  niece  Sidney 
Brown. 

"Brown's  Forest"  descended  to  John  (of  Valentine)  who  left  it 
J  to  his  wife  in  1805.  It  adjoined  Rezin  Hammond  on  [the  Patuxent 
^  in  Howard  County.  It  descended  to  Valentine  and  Joshua  and  still 
sj  later,  was  sold  to  Nicholas  Worthington  (of  John).  William,  E  isha 
«v    and  Charles  Brown  received  lands  near  Fulton,  where  they  still  have 

tmany  descendants. 
Joshua  Brown  (of  Thomas)    located    upon    the   lower   part    of 
"Ranter's  Ridge."    The  upper  part  was  bought  by  John  Dorsey,  of 
^   Edward,  and  given  to  his  son  Nathan. 

^  Here  later  lived   Governor  George   Howard.^?  Joshua   Brown 

'  _jnarried  a  daughter  of  Christopher  Randall  and  from  lands  of  his 
estate  surveyed  "Brown's  Addition."  In  1757,  he  and  Roger 
Randall  sold  "Good  Fellowship"  to  Benjamin  Browne. 


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168      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  his  will  of  1774,  Joshua  Brown  left  "Ranter's  Ridge"  to  his 
son  John  Browne.  "To  Joshua  Browne,  Jr.,  was  given  'Whole 
Gammon'  and  'Half  Pone.'  His  daughter  Hannah,  became  Mrs. 
Hipsley.  She  inherited  her  brother  Joshua's  estate,  including 
'Brown's  Loss'  and  'Dorsey's  Gain.'" 

ABELL   BROWNE. 

This  name  is  not  on  the  list  of  our  early  settlers,  yet  he  came 
from  Dumfries,  Scotland.  He  was  Sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel  during 
the  exciting  revolutions  preceding  the  transfer  of  the  Province  to 
King  William. 

Finding  it  impossible  to  make  collections  of  the  levies  for  county 
expenses  and  not  wishing  to  resort  to  harsh  measures,  he  used  his 
own  means  to  meet  necessary  expenses.  The  Archives  contain  his 
petition  for  an  extension  of  official  tenure  in  order  that  he  might 
recover  his  outlays. 

The  Commissioners  made  an  arrangement  with  his  successor  for 
the  relief  of  the  petitioner. 

Abell  Browne  -in  1692,  was  one  of  the  Associate  Justices  of 
Anne  Arimdel.  He  married  first,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Phillips,  of 
Calvert  County,  a  sister  of  Mary,  wife  of  Michael  Taney,  who  with 
Abell  Browne,  was  an  executor  of  their  brother-in-law,  Ambrose 
Landerson,  of  Calvert. 

Samuel  Browne,  son  of  Abell,  appeared  later  in  a  petition  con- 
cerning his  father's  claim  to  "  Harwood,"  a  tract  upon  Rhode  River. 
In  that  petition,  Robert  Browne  appears  as  another  son  of  Abell 
Browne.  He  was  issue,  of  the  second  wife,  the  heir  of  "  Harwood," 
which  by  Abell  Browne's  will  of  1702,  was  left  to  son  Robert  as  also 
"Abell's  Lot"  on  Bush  River. 

The  testator  further  added :  "  Should  Robert  die  without  heirs, 
the  above  property  is  to  go  to  "my  nephews,  Samuel  and  James 
Browne,  sons  of  my  brother  James,  of  Bermuda."  This  nephew 
Samuel  is  claimed  by  the  Browne  family  to  be  the  Naval  officer  of 
1692,  commander  of  the  Phenix  from  South  River  to  London.  There 
is  no  other  record  of  Samuel  Browne,  first  son  of  Abell,  by  his  Phillips 
wife,  but  as  Samuel  Phillips  was  a  commander  of  a  vessel  and  left 
his  property  to  his  nephew  Samuel  Browne,  the  inference  seems  to 
point  to  the  latter  as  the  commander.  One  of  these  was  on  Bush 
River. 

Accepting,  however,  the  family  record,  Mr.  Samuel  Browne 
seems  to  have  located  in  Baltimore  County,  on  Bush  River  as  early 
as  1689,  where  with  Major  Edward  Dorsey  he  signed  a  petition  to 
King  William,  in  favor  of  restoring  the  Province  to  Lord  Baltimore. 
From  his  son  Samuel  likely  descended  Benjamin  Browne,  of  "Good 
Fellowship,"  near  Woodstock,  the  family  homestead  still. 

The  earliest  will  in  Baltimore  County  is  that  of  Samuel  Browne, 
of  1713.    He  named  his  sons  Samuel,  James  and  Absolom. 

The  above  testator  was  evidently  related  closely  to  James 
Brown,  the  nephew  of  Abel,  and  was  no  doubt  the  other  nephew. 


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Robert  Browne,  of  Abell,  sold  "  Harwood,"  and  bought  of  Mr. 
Chapman,  a  tract  on  the  Patuxent,  taken  up  by  Mr.  Wright,  and 
named  "Wrighton."  By  his  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Tin- 
dale,  who  granted  her  "Dinah's  Beaver  Dam,"  on  Herring  Creek, 
he  had  the  following  heirs  named  in  his  will  of  1728:  Abell,  John, 
Robert,  Joseph  and  Benjamin.  This  last  son  had  a  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth Browne,  who  married  Jacob  Carr.  They  joined,  in  1772,  in 
deeding  their  interest  in  "Wrighton"  to  John  Browne,  of  Robert, 
who  bought  out  the  remaining  heirs. 

Abell  Browne,  the  eldest  son  of  Robert,  settled  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Sykesville.  He  upset,  by  a  case  in  chancery,  the  sale 
of  "Harwood"  by  his  father,  and  sold  his  interest  in  the  same,  in 
1786,  to  Vachel  Dorsey,  of  Vachel.  His  wife,  Susannah  Browne, 
joined  him.  Samuel  Browne,  of  Abell,  by  Elizabeth,  his  first  wife, 
was  one  of  the  "Minute  Men"  of  Governor  Thomas  Johnson.  Five 
of  his  relatives  were  killed  in  the  Revolution. 

The  issue  of  Abell  and  Susannah  Browne  were  Elias,  Moses, 
Ruth,  wife  of  Thomas  Cockey,  and  Rebecca,  wife  of  George  Frazer 
Warfield.  Elias  Brown — Ann  Cockey,  and  had  Thomas  Cockey 
Browne,  Stephen  Cockey  Browne,  who  was  a  lieutenant  on  the 
Canadian  frontier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  died  from  consumption 
by  exposure;  Elias  Brown,  Jr.,  the  congressman,  and  William 
Browne  were  the  four  sons. 

Elias  Browne,  Sr.,  died  a  young  man,  in  1800.  His  brother, 
Moses  Browne — Mary  Snowden.  Issue,  Frank — Lucinda  Edmonds- 
ton,  and  had  Moses,  of  Missouri. 

Susanna,  of  Moses,  was  the  wife  of  Elias  Browne,  the  Congress- 
man; Ellen  Browne  was  the  wife  of  Edward  Dorsey,  brother  of 
Chief  Justice  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey.  Their  daughter.  Comfort,  mar- 
ried Gilchrist  Porter,  member  of  Congress  from  Missouri;  and  their 
daughter,  Mary — James  A.  Broadhead,  United  States  Senator  and 
Minister  to  Switzerland.  Ann  Browne,  of  Moses,  married  Colonel 
Steele,  of  Kentucky.  Their  daughter,  Florence,  is  now  the  widow 
of  Senator  Vance,  of  North  Carolina.  Mary  Ann  Browne,  of  Moses, 
— Westley  Bennett,  whose  daughter,  Susan  Ann — Stephen  Thomas, 
Cockey  Browne,  father  of  Ex-Governor  Frank  Browne.  Rebecca 
Browne,  of  Moses, — Dr.  Benjamin  Edmondston,  brother  of  Frank 
Browne's  wife.  Theresa  Browne,  of  Moses, — Larkin  Lawrence.  All 
of  these,  viz.:  Edward  Dorsey,  Frank  Browne,  Colonel  Steele,  Dr. 
Edmondston,  and  a  number  of  other  relatives,  went  west  in  1831. 

They  formed  a  great  caravan  of  wagons,  with  their  children, 
negroes  and  cattle.  Some  went  to  Kentucky,  some  to  Illinois,  and 
others  to  Missouri,  then  the  far  West. 

Thomas  Cockey  Browne,  of  Elias  and  Ann  Cockey, — Susan 
Snowden,  sister  of  Mrs.  Moses  Browne.  Their  issue  were  Lewis  H. 
Browne,  Stephen  T.  C.  Browne  and  Prudence  Patterson. 

William  Browne  was  the  father  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Browne,  of 
Washington,  to  whom  I  am  indebted  for  information. 


170      FouNDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howaed  Counties. 

Mr.  Chas.  T.  Cockey,  of  Pikesville,  descends  from  Ruth  Browne, 
of  Abell,  wife  of  Thomas  Cockey. 

Rebecca  Browne,  of  Abell,  became  the  wife  of  George  Frazer 
Warfield,  son  of  Azel  and  Susannah  (Magruder)  Warfield,  half- 
brother  of  Dr.  Chas.  Alexander  Warfield.  His  Frazer  name  came 
from  the  Scottish  Clan  of  Frazer,  descendants  of  McGregor. 

Lord  Lovat  was  chief  of  that  clan  when  George  Frazer  Warfield 
was  named.  The  latter  became  a  merchant  of  Baltimore,  and 
built  "Groveland"  at  Sykesville.  Their  issue  were  Dr.  George 
Warfield,  Lewis,  William,  Henry,  Rebecca,  Susanna,  Ann  EHzabeth. 

Rebecca — Richard  Holmes,  a  Virginia  gentleman  of  large  wealth, 
who  removed  to  Maryland,  and  settled  near  Norbeck.  Their  son, 
George  Holmes,  bequeathed  $5,000  to  Hannah  Moore  Academ3\ 
Ella  Holmes — Jno.  R.  D.  Thomas,  of  the  Baltimore  Bar. 

Susanna  Warfield  was  an  authoress  and  accomplished  musician. 
She  composed  the  ode  used  in  the  inauguration  of  President  Wil- 
liam Henry  Harrison.  Her  homestead,  "Groveland",  descended  to 
her  brother,  Lieutenant  William  Henry  Warfield,  a  graduate  of 
West  Point,  a  devout  Christian,  who  devised  it,  after  the  death  of 
his  sister,  to  the  Episcopal  Church,  It  is  now  known  as  Warfield 
College. 

Ann  Elizabeth  Warfield  bcame  Mrs.  John  Wade,  residing  for 
many  years  at  the  St.  James  Hotel;  dying  without  issue  in  her 
eighty  sixth  year. 

Dr.  George  Warfield  removed  south  for  liis  health.  He  married 
Sarah  Brooke  Bentley,  daughter  of  Caleb.  Their  son,  the  late  Lewis 
M.  Warfield,  of  Savannah,  married  Phebe  D.  Wayne,  grandniece 
of  Judge  James  Wayne  ,of  the  Supreme  Court  of  United  States,  and 
daughter  of  Thomas  Smyth  Wayne.  Issue,  Louis  M.  Warfield,  Jr., 
graduate  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  and  Edith  Wayne  Warfield, 
of  Savannah. 

Other  descendants  of  Samuel  Brown,  the  naval  officer,  will  be 
found  in  the  history  of  Howard  County. 

/  COL,  NICHOLAS  GASSAWAY. 

Nicholas  Gassaway  came  to  South  River  in  1650.  He  came 
with  Richard  Owens  and  his  wife,  Mary,  who  settled  in  the  same 
neighborhood. Nicholas  Gassaway  assigned  the  lands  due  him  unto 
Thomas  Bradley,  stating  therein  that  he  came  in  1650. 

In  1663,  a  tract  of  land  called  "Poplar  Ridge,"  on  the  north 
side  of  South  River,  was  laid  out  for  him.  It  adjoined  Captain 
Thomas  Besson,  whose  daughter,  Hester,  as  shown  in  Captain  Bes- 
son's  will,  became  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Gassaway.  John  Besson, 
her  brother,  had  "lands  adjoining  son  Nicholas  Gassaway."  In 
1677,  Mr.  Gassaway  took  up  "Charles  His  Purchase,"  on  the  Gun- 
powder, and  "Gassaway's  Ridge"  in  1679;  "Gassaway's  Addition" 
in  1688.  In  1678,  he  was  Captain  of  the  Provincial  Mihtia;  in  1681, 
was  Major.  The  archives  give  his  letter  concerning  the  insolency  of 
the  Indians.     In  1684,  with  others,  he  was  a  commissioner  to  establish 


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ports  of  entry;  was  Justice  in  1684.  In  1687,  he  joined  Major 
Edward  Dorsey  and  Captain  Edward  Burgess  in  a  letter  refuting  the 
pretended  invasion  of  the  Indians.  In  1691,  he  was  assistant  Com- 
mander of  the  Rangers,  and,  at  the  same  time,  one  of  "  The  Quorum." 
He  was  also  a  lieutenant  under  Colonel  John  Coode. 

Colonel  Gassaway  came  into  possession  of  "  Edward's  Neck," 
taken  up  by  John  Edwards.  In  transferring  that  tract  to  Mr. 
Anthony  Ruley,  he  recorded,  "That  it  came  to  him  by  inheritance." 

His  will  of  1691  reads:  "First.  I  give  to  son  Nicholas,  my 
dwelling  and  lands  in  "Love's  Neck,"  and  seven  negroes;  to  son 
John,  three  hundred  acres  in  the  Gunpowder,  and  after  his  sister 
Hester  Groce's  (Grosse)  decease,  the  land  she  lives  on  and  fifty 
pounds  and  furniture.  To  son  Thomas,  lands  upon  South  River 
and  nine  negroes.  To  sons  Nicholas  and  Thomas,  seven  hundred 
and  eighty  acres  on  Gunpowder,  in  two  tracts,  to  be  divided  equally 
between  them.  To  my  daughter,  Hester  Groce,  ten  pounds 
sterling.  I  give  to  my  daughter,  Ann  Watkins,  two  negroes;  to  my 
daughter,  Jane  Gassaway,  £200  sterling;  to  my  daughter,  Margaret 
Gassaway,  £200  sterling,  and  a  negro  each.  (This  daughter  married 
Thomas  Larkin,  of  John.)  I  give  to  my  grandchildren,  John  Wat- 
kins  and  Elizabeth  Groce,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  sterling,  per  year, 
to  be  paid  out  of  'fund  left  me  by  my  uncle,  John  Collingwood,  of 
London,  merchant,  and  in  possession  of  my  cousin,  Samuel  Beaver.' 
My  son,  Thomas,  to  be  under  the  tuition  of  his  brother  and  sister, 
John  and  Ann  Watkins,  until  he  come  of  age.  My  sons,  Nicholas 
Gassaway,  John  Watkins  and  his  wife,  and  my  son,  Thomas 
Gassaway,  to  be  executors." 

This  will  was  proved  at  a  Court  held  at  Captain  Nicholas 
Gassaway 's,  on  the  27th  of  January,  169  L  This  act  shows  his 
importance  in  the  province. 

Captain  Nicholas  Gassaway,  Jr.,  was  a  merchant  of  South  River. 
He  sold,  in  1698,  lot  No.  28  in  Londontown,  to  Thomas  Ball,  of  Devon, 
England,  merchant.  His  wife,  Anne  Gassaway,  survived  him,  and 
became  Mrs.  Samuel  Chambers,  who  continued  the  business  at 
Londontown.  At  "Gresham,"  on  South  River  neck,  the  home  of  Cap- 
tain Nicholas  Gassaway,  was  placed  a  stone  which  reads:  "Here 
lyeth  interred,  the  body  of  Nicholas  Gassaway,  son  of  Colonel  Nich- 
olas Gassaway,  who  departed  this  life  the  10th  day  of  March,  anno 
dom.,  1699,  and  in  the  81st  year  of  his  age." 

"Gresham"  later  became  the  property  of  Commodore  Maj^o, 
and  is  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Gaither,  of  Baltimore.  The 
stone,  with  her  permission,  has  been  removed  by  Mr.  Louis  Dorsey 
Gassaway,  to  the  grounds  of  St.  Anne's  Church,  Annapolis. 

John  Gassaway,  next  son  of  Colonel  Nicholas,  in  1698,  married 
Elizabeth  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Lawrence, 
the  Quakers.  Their  son  and  executor  was  Nicholas  Gassaway.  Cap- 
tain John  Gassaway  was  buried  in  All  Hallows,  1697. 


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His  widow,  Elizabeth  Gassaway,  married  John  Rigby,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Quaker  burial  ground,  one  mile  west  of  Galesville,  on 
West  River,  in  1700.  Nicholas  Gassaway,  the  son,  will  be  noticed 
in  Howard. 

Captain  Thomas  Gassaway,  youngest  son  of  Colonel  Nicholas, 
married  Susannah  Hanslap,  daughter  of  Major  Henry  Hanslap.  His 
will,  of  1739,  names  his  heirs:  "I  give  to  my  wife,  Susannah,  my 
plantation  for  life;  after  her  decease,  to  son  Henry:  to  son  John, 
all  remaining  lands  adjacent  to  him:  to  Thomas,  500  acres  where 
he  now  lives  in  Baltimore  County:  to  Nicholas,  280  acres  on  the 
Gunpowder:  to  daughter  Elizabeth  Howard^  250  acres  in  Balti- 
more County  called  "James'  Forrest':  to  my  grandson,  John  Beale 
Howard,  one  lot  in  Annapolis:  to  Gassaway  Watkins,  100  acres  on 
which  he  now  lives.     Wife  and  son,  John,  executors." 

John  Gassaway,  executor  of  the  estate,  married  Sarah  Cotter. 
Their  heirs  were  named  in  his  will,  and,  also,  in  the  records  of  "  All 
Hallows." 

From  notes  in  possession  of  the  Boyle  family,  the  following 
references  to  Captain  John  Gassaway  are  given: 

"Annapolis,  June  17th,  1763. — Last  Thursday,  died  at  his 
plantation  near  South  River,  after  a  long  and  tedious  indisposition, 
in  the  55th  year  of  his  age.  Captain  John  Gassaway,  a  gentleman 
who  was  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  Commission  of  the  Peace; 
three  years  sheriff  and  eight  years  one  of  the  representatives  for 
this  county;  in  all  which  public  trusts  he  gained  applause.  He  was 
exemplary  in  his  several  relations  of  husband,  parent,  master,  friend 
and  neighbor,  and  has  left  behind  him  the  character  of  an  honest 
and  upright  man." 

His  daughter,  Ann,  married  Gassaway  Rawlings.  Their  daugh- 
ter, Ann, — Samuel  Maccubbin,  in  1788.  Eliza  Gassaway  Rawlings 
became  Mrs.  Sanders  and  Mrs.  Richard  Alexander  Contee.  Eliza 
Gassaway  Contee — Dennis  Magruder. 

By  Captain  John  Gassaway's  will,  of  1762,  the  home  planta- 
tion was  to  be  held  by  wife  Sarah,  and  then  by  Nicholas,  heir-at- 
law.  Nicholas  heired,  also,  the  plantation  of  his  uncle,  William 
Cotter,  on  Rhode  River,  and  two  other  tracts  purchased  of  Thomas 
Rutland  and  James  Cadles.  To  him,  also,  "  I  give  my  silver  spurs. 
To  my  daughter,  Ann  Chapman,  a  lot  of  negroes.  To  son,  Thomas 
a  lot  of  negroes  and  my  silver  hilted  sword.  To  my  granddaughter, 
Sarah  Johns,  negroes  and  my  stone  studs  set  in  gold,  also  a  lot  of 
stock.  To  my  beloved  wife,  my  silver  watch."  He  directs  his 
executors  to  sell  several  tracts  of  land,  and  appoints  his  wife  and 
Thomas  executrix  and  executor. 

Nicholas  Gassaway,  heir-at-law,  made  no  objection.  Mrs.  Sarah 
Gassaway  renounced  the  administration  and  asked  for  her  third 
part  of  the  estate. 

The  will  of  Captain  Thomas  Gassaway,  the  executor  of  Captain 
John,  shows  a  liberal  guardian  of  the  poor.  "To  my  wife,  Mary, 
my  dwelling  plantation  during  life.     To  brother  Nicholas,  my  gold 


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seal  and  silver-hilted  sword,  and  all  my  lands  purchased  of  Charles 
Stewart.  To  my  cousin,  Thomas,  son  of  Henry;  to  cousin  Henry, 
son  of  uncle  Nicholas;  to  cousins  Susannah  and  Elizabeth  Howard; 
to  my  uncle,  Henry,  all  the  money  he  is  owing  me;  to  Rebecca 
Welsh,  widow;  to  John  Jacobs,  my  teacher;  Elizabeth  Purdy,  a 
widow;  Sarah  Burgess,  widow;  Ann  Stewart,  widow,  all  twenty 
pounds,"  with  as  many  more  legacies  to  the  needy.  His  personal 
estate  was  left  to  his  nephews  and  nieces.  His  wife,  Mary,  execu- 
trix, in  1773.  Through  his  deed,  of  1768,  the  grounds  of  the  Parish 
Church  of  "All  Hallows,"  were  granted  to  Rev.  David  Love,  rector; 
Henry  Hall,  Richard  Williams,  Jr.,  Wm.  I  jams,  Richard  Watkins, 
Lewis  Lee,  Richard  Beard,  Jr.,  vestrymen,  and  Hummer  I  jams  and 
Richard  Burgess,  church  wardens. 

Nicholas  Gassaway,  of  Captain  John  of  South  River,  in  1791, 
named  his  son,  John,  to  whom  he  gave  all  his  real  estate,  provided 
he  did  not  marry  before  twenty-one  years  old.  His  daughters  were 
likewise  required  to  remain  single  until  twenty-one  years.  To  John, 
"I  give  my  clock,  watch,  gold  seal,  my  silver  spurs,  one  silver 
strainer  and  one  silver  tankard."  To  his  daughters,  Mary  and  Sarah 
Cotter  Gassaway,  he  also  left  silver  memorials,  and  all  bonds,  notes 
and  open  accounts,  equally.  "  Doctor  Robert  Pottenger,  my 
relative,  to  be  my  executor." 

Dr.  John  Gassaway,  son  of  the  above  testator,  in  1800,  made 
the  following  will,  which  was  probated,  1812:  "Intending  shortly 
to  go  to  Europe,  I  desire  to  record  my  will.  I  wish  to  be  buried 
in  my  graveyard  on  my  place  called  'Cotter's  Desire  to  Wm.  Gass- 
away,' in  Prince  George  County.  I  wish  a  sermon  by  some  respect- 
able devine  of  the  Protestant  religion.  I  give  all  my  personal  and 
real  estate,  except  what  I  give  to  my  daughter  Caroline,  (daughter 
of  Eliza  Newman:)  First,  one-half  of  my  real  and  personal  estate 
to  my  sister  Mary  Gassaway,  during  life;  the  other  half,  with  above 
exception,  to  my  sister  Sarah  Cotter,  while  during  life.  I  give  to 
my  daughter  Caroline,  the  sum  of  fifteen  pounds  per  annum,  until 
fifteen,  and  ten  pounds  until  twenty.  Whenever  she  marries,  I  give 
her  thirty  pounds,  to  be  paid  by  my  two  sisters,  or  their  h^eirs. 

Henry  Gassaway,  oldest  son  of  Major  Thomas  and  Susannah 
(Hanslap)  Gassaway,  was  the  founder  of  the  Annapolis  branch. 

He  took  up  "  Wrighton,"  and  sold  it  to  Horatio  Sharpe;  he 
sold  his  interest  in  the  homestead  to  his  brother,  John,  Horatio 
Sharpe  and  Joseph  Dick,  and  removed  to  Annapolis. 

His  first  wife  was  Rebecca  Chapman  Gassaway.  Their  son, 
Thomas,  born  1747,  was  the  legatee  of  his  cousin  Thomas.  Thomas 
Gassaway,  of  Henry,  was  Deputy  Sheriff  and  Register  of  Wills  at 
Annapolis  prior  to  1790,  when  his  widow,  Elizabeth  Brice  Gassaway, 
made  a  deposition  concerning  the  Rutland  estate.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  half-brother.  General  John  Gassaway,  an  officer 
in  charge  at  Annapoils  during  the  War  of  1812. 

Louis  C.  Gassaway,  of  Thomas,  was  an  attorney,  and  trustee  in 
numerous  transfers  and  estates.     In  1811,  John,  Henry  and  Louis  C. 


174      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Gassaway  were  voters  in  Annapolis,  when  electors  for  Senators  were 
chosen.  In  1818,  John  and  Louis  Gassaway  voted  for  Representa- 
tives in  Congress,  and  for  two  delegates  to  the  General  Assembly. 

The  marriage  register  at  Annapolis  shows  the  following  records: 
"  1787,  Henry  Gassaway  and  Margaret  Selman;  1788,  John  Gass- 
away and  Mary  Quynn;  1791,  John  Gassaway  and  Ehzabeth  Price; 
1807,  Henry  Gassaway  and  Levinia  Killman." 

General  John  Gassaway  left  an  only  daughter,  Louisa,  who 
left  her  house  and  lot  in  Annapolis  to  "her  dear  friend.  Miss  Whit- 
tington."  Louis  C.  Gassaway — Rebecca  Hendry.  Issue,  Louis 
Gardner,  Charles,  John,  Augustus,  Thomas  R.,  Sophia  and  Amelia 
Gassaway,  Rebecca,  Hester,  Wm.  Hendry  and  Mary  Ehzabeth. 

Louis  Gardner  Gassaway — Ellen  Brewer.  Issue,  Rebecca — 
Wm.  Bryan;  Hester — Nicholas  B.  Worthington.  Issue,  Ann — 
I.  H.  Hopkins;  Mary  Eliza  and  William  Hendry — Emily  Clayton, 
Augustus  Gassaway — Emily  Whittington.     Issue,  Renna — Mr.Caulk. 

Louis  Gardner  Gassaway,  Jr.,  only  child — Marion  B.  Dorsey, 
daughter  of  Michael,  of  Howard  County.  They  had  only  two 
children,  Louis  Dorsey  Gassaway  and  Ellen  Brewer,  wife  of  Lieu- 
tenant Ronald  Earle  Fisher,  United  States  Cavalry,  who  has  only 
recently  returned  from  the  PhiUppines. 

Louis  Dorsey  Gassaway  is  assistant  cashier  of  the  Farmers 
National  Bank,  of  Annapolis,  and  recorder  of  the  ancient  South 
River  Club.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Brooke  Iglehart,  daughter  of 
Wm.  T.  Iglehart,  of  Annapoils,  whose  mother  was  a  descendant  of 
the  first  Thomas  Harwood,  of  South  River.  Through  her,  Mrs. 
Gassaway  is  connected  with  descendants  of  Rev.  Henry  Hall,  the 
first  rector  of  St.  James  Parish  (1698) :  descended,  also,  from  Colonel 
Ninian  Beale,  of  Calvert  County  (1676) :  from  Colonel  Joseph  Belt, 
of  Prince  George.  Her  mother  was  Katherine  Spottswood  Berkeley, 
of  Virginia. 

The  head  of  the  Berkeley  family  in  England,  is  the  Earl  of 
Berkeley,  of  Berkeley  Castle,  Gloucestershire.  One  of  the  Maryland 
family  was  entertained  there,  and  taken  into  the  dungeon  where 
Edward,  the  Second,  was  murdered,  and  where  his  bed  still  stands. 

Mrs.  Iglehart  and  Mrs.  Gassaway  are  thus  descended  from 
Governor  Spottswood,  of  1710;  from  King  Carter;  from  the  first 
Nelson,  father  of  the  governor;  from  Robert  Brooke,  of  the 
Virginia  branch  of  Brookes. 

^  WILLIAM  RICHARDSON,   OF  WEST  RIVER, 

ANNE   ARUNDEL  COUNTY, 

A  friend  of  Wilham  Penn,  he  came  to  Virginia  in  the  "Paul," 
of  London,  in  1634.  He  removed  to  Maryland  in  1666,  and  became 
a  member  of  the  Lower  House  of  the  Assembly  from  1676  to  1683. 
He  was  frequently  the  bearer  of  messages  to  the  Upper  House  with 
instructions  from  Parliament. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      175 

During  his  service,  he  was  upon  the  Committee  of  Security 
and  Defense  of  the  Province,  and  of  the  Committee  upon  Laws  for 
the  Province.  With  Henry  Ridgely,  Edward  Darcy,  Nicholas  Gass- 
away  and  others,  he  was,  in  1683,  also,  upon  a  committee  to  erect 
a  building  for  the  Courts  and  Assembly,  and  for  keeping  the  records 
of  the  Secretary's  office  in  this  Province. 

On  December  19th,  1682,  William  Penn  met  Lord  Baltimore 
at  West  River,  and  after  an  interview  upon  their  divisional  line, 
Penn  set  out,  the  Lord  Baltimore  accompanying  him  several  miles, 
to  the  house  of  William  Richardson,  and  from  thence  two  miles 
further  to  a  religious  meeting  of  his  friends,  the  Quakers,  at  the 
house  of  Thomas  Hooper. 

William  Richardson  married  Elizabeth  Talbot,  widow  of 
Richard,  and  daughter  of  Matthias  Scarborough.  She  brought  to 
him  "Talbott's  Ridge"  adjoining  "His  Lordship's  Manor,"  surveyed 
in  1662. 

Among  the  early  land  grants  at  Annapolis,  lire  those  in  the 
name  of  George  Richardson,  for  transporting  himself  in  1661;  and 
Lawrence  Richardson,  about  the  same  time.  The  latter  was  upon  the 
Severn.  His  will,  of  1666,  named  his  daughter,  Sarah  Richardson, 
and  sons,  John  and  Lawrence  Richardson. 

Sarah  Richardson  became  the  wife  of  Joshua  Dorsey,  of  "  Hock- 
ley," who  sold  his  interest  to  his  brother,  Hon.  John,  and  removed 
to  the  estate  of  his  wife.  This  descended  to  their  only  son,  John 
Dorsey,  by  whom  it  was  sold,  his  wife,  Comfort  Stimpson,'  assent- 
ing, to  Amos  Garrett. 

John  Richardson  came  from  London  and  took  up  a  series  of 
grants  aggregating  13,000  acres. 

Thomas  Richardson  took  up  some  5,000  acres.  He  is  believed 
to  have  been  the  proprietor  of  Thomas  and  Anthony  Richardson, 
of  White  Haven,  in  1722-41. 

Wills  of  six  William  Richardsons  are  on  record  at  Annapolis, 
running  from  1698  to  1775.  William  Richardson  held,  in  1677,  one 
thousand  acres  in  Anne  Arundel.  All  of  this  family  were  men  of 
means  and  education,  holding  important  positions  in  the  province. 

They  had  issue,  William,  born  1668;  Daniel,  1670;  Sophia 
Elizabeth,  died  young,  and  Joseph,  born  1678,  married  Sarah  Thomas. 
There  were,  also,  two  twin  daughters,  Sophia  and  Elizabeth,  born 
1680.  William  Richardson,  Sr.,  died  1697,  and  his  will  is  probated 
at  Annapolis. 

William  Richardson,  Jr.,  married  Margaret  Smith.  Daniel 
Richardson  married  Elizabeth  Welsh,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Welsh  by  his  second  wife,  Mary,  step-daughter  of  Nicholas  Wyatt. 
They  had  issue,  John,  Lauranah,  Daniel — all  dying  young.  The 
remaining  heirs  were,  William,  Elizabeth — Wm.  Harrison,  and 
Sophia — Charles  Dickinson,  of  Talbott  County,  1725.  Daniel  Rich- 
ardson married,  second,  Ruth  (Ball)  Leeds,  widow  of  John  Leeds, 
of  Talbot  County.     Issue,  Daniel  and  Benjamin. 


176      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

William  Richardson,  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Welsh,  resided  in 
Talbot  County,  and  married  Ann  Webb,  daughter  of  Peter  Webb, 
of  Anne  Arundel  County.  Issue,  Peter  and  Wilham,  who  was 
Colonel  of  the  Flying  Camp,  in  the  Revolution.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Green:  was  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Shore,  and  lived  to  be 
ninety-two  years  old,  with  many  great-grandchildren. 

William  Richardson,  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Talbot,  had  by 
Margaret  Smith,  five  sons  — Joseph,  Daniel,  Richard,  Nathan  and 
Thomas;   and  two  daughters — Sarah  Hill  and  Sopha  Galloway. 

Sarah  Hill  was  the  mother  of  Henry  Hill  and  Margaret  Hill, 
both  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William  Richardson.  Sarah  Richard- 
son, wife  of  Henry  Hill,  was  grandmother  of  Priscilla  Dorsey,  of 
Belmont,  and  of  Mary  Gillis.  In  connection  with  these,  the  will 
of  Sarah  Hill,  mother-in-law  of  Joseph  Hill,  named  her  daughter, 
"Elizabeth,  now  wife  of  Thomas  Sprigg,  two  kinswomen.  Sarah  Hop- 
kins and  Elizabeth  Bankston,  daughters  of  my  cousin,  Cassandra 
Giles.  My  sister,  Margaret  Richardson,  my  wearing  apparel.  To 
my  five  cousins  (nephews  and  niece),  sons  of  my  sister,  Margaret 
Richardson,  Sarah  Hill,  Joseph  Richardson,  Daniel  Richardson, 
Richard  Richardson  and  Nathan  Richardson,  all  of  my  plate.  Sarah 
Hill  to  have  my  silver  skillet  and  porringer  that  cover  it  as  her  part. 
To  my  cousin  (niece),  Sophia  Galloway,  daughter  of  my  aforesaid 
sister  Margaret,  another  memorial.  To  Richard  Sprigg,  son  of 
Thomas  Sprigg,  my  spice  box.  To  Henry  Hill,  son  of  Dr.  Richard 
Hill,  a  colored  man.     Son-in-law,  Joseph  Hill,  executor." 

Witnesses,  Mary  Gillis,  John  Gilhs,  John  Davidge. 

The  will  of  Joseph  Hill,  in  1761,  named  his  daughter,  Mary 
Wilkinson,  a  spinster,  to  whom  he  gave  " Folly  Point."  "To  grand- 
daughter, Henny  Margaret  Hill, '  Horn  Neck,' '  Piney  Point,' '  Yeate's 
Come  by  Chance,'  'Yeate  Addition'  and  'Hill's  Forest,'  in  Balti- 
more County.  If  without  heirs,  to  go  to  cousin  (nephew),  Henry 
Hill.  To  my  sister,  Mary  Gillis,  Priscilla  Dorsey  and  sister  Milcah, 
cousin,  Joseph  Richardson,  all  personal  property.  To  cousin  Nathan 
Richardson,  two  hundred  acres  of  '  Hill's  Forest,'  in  Baltimore 
County.  To  cousin,  Joseph  Richardson,  three  hundred  acres  of 
"Hill's  Forest.'  To  brother  Richard  Hill,,  personal  estate.  To 
Elizabeth  Hill,  land  in  Anne  Arundel  County.  To  brother-in-law^ 
Joseph  Richardson,  £10  for  the  Quakers.  To  Sophia  Galloway, 
personal  estate.  To  John  Ruley,  'Edward's  Neck'  and  'Ruley's 
Search.'  Thomas  Sprigg  and  Robert  Pleasant,  personal  estate  and 
executors  of  my  will." 

Daniel  and  Joseph  Richardson,  brothers  of  William,  Jr.,  also 
remained  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  and  owned  parts  of  "Hickory 
Hill,"  about  1707. 

Joseph  Richardson,  Jr.,  bought  "Moneys  True  Dealing,"  of 
John  Edmondson,  in  Dorchester. 

He  married  Dorothy  Eccleston,  daughter  of  General  John 
Eccleston,  of  Dorchester  County. 


Founders  of  Anne  Akundel  and  Howard  Counties.      177 

In  1789,  Joseph  Richardson  married  EHzabeth  Noel,  of  Dor- 
chester. He  was  Justice  of  the  County  Court,  in  1775,  and  one  of 
the  commissioners  to  settle  disputed  boundaries  of  Dorchester,  by 
Frederick  Calvert. 

The  arms  of  the  Richardsons  are  those  of  the  Richardsons  of 
"Rich  Hill."  Crest  a  dexter  arm,  erect,  coupled  below  the  elbow, 
holding  a  dagger  in  the  hand.     Motto:  "Pro  Deo  et  Rege." 

JOHN  MACCUBIN; 

John  Maccubin,  of  the  Lowlands  of  Scotland,  known  in  the 
Highlands  as  McAlpines,  claiming  descent  from  Kennith  II,  who, 
having  imited  the  Scots  and  Picts  into  one  government,  became 
the  first  King  of  Scotland,  came  to  the  Severn  with  the  Howards, 
and  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Samuel  Howard.  He  took  up 
"Timber  Rock,"  and  left  by  his  first  wife,  John,  Samuel  and  Eliza- 
beth Maccubin,  all  named  by  Samuel  Howard  in  1703. 

John  Maccubin  married  again,  Elinor,  and  died  in  1686,  leaving 
a  will  in  which  he  named  his  wife,  Elinor,  executrix,  and  sons,  Samuel, 
Wilham,  Zachariah  and  Moses  inheritors  of  his  tract,  ''Wardrope." 
His  son,  John,  to  inherit  the  homestead,  "  Bramton,"  after  the  death 
or  marriage  of  his  widow.  She  became  the  second  wife  of  John 
Howard,  without  issue. 

Zachariah  Maccubin,  her  son,  married  Susannah  Nicholson, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Hester  Larkin.  The  former  was  the  son 
of  Sir  John  Nicholson,  of  Scotland,  and  the  latter,  (said  to  be  the 
first  child  born  in  Anne  Arundel),  was  the'  daughter  of  John 
Larkin,  from  whose  family,  also,  came  the  wives  of  Colonel 
Edward  Dorsey,  Judge  Samuel  Chase  and  Judge  Townley  Chase. 

The  issue  of  Zachariah  and  Susannah  Maccubin  were  Nicholas 
and  James  Maccubin  (with  others).  Nicholas — Mary  Clare  Carroll, 
only  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  Carroll  and  Dorothy  Blake.  The  former 
was  the  immigrant  son  of  Charles  Carroll  and  Clare  Dun,  of  the  old 
Irish  houses  of  Ely  O'Carroll  and  Lord  Clare.  The  latter  was  the 
daughter  of  Henry  Blake  and  Henrietta  Marie  Lloyd,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Philemon  and  Henrietta  Marie  Lloyd.  An  interesting  view 
of  these  two  famiUes  may  be  found  in  a  chancery  case  of  Carroll 
vs.  Blake. 

Mary  Clare  (Carroll)  Maccubin,  was  the  sole  heiress  of  her 
father's  and  brother's  immense  estate,  which  included  "  The  Plains," 
west  of  Annapolis;  nearly  all  of  the  southeastern  portion  of  An- 
napolis; "Mt.  Clare"  and  "The  Caves,"  near  Baltimore.  To  her 
sons,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Carroll,  it  was  willed  by  Charles 
Carroll,  the  Barrister,  her  brother.  Her  son,  Nicholas  Carroll, 
married  Ann  Jenings,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jenings,  Attorney- 
General  of  Maryland. 

Nicholas  and  Ann  Jenings  Carroll  held  their  homestead  upon 
the  site  of  the  present  public  school,  in  Annapolis.  Their  son,  John 
Henry    Carroll,    inherited    "The    Caves."     He    married    Matilda 


178      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Hollinsworth,  of  Horatio  and  Emily  Ridgely,  daughter  of  Judge 
Henry  and  Matilda  (Chase)  Ridgely.  Their  son  is  General  John 
Carroll,  of  "The  Caves." 

James  Carroll,  son  of  Nicholas  Maccubin  and  Mary  Clare 
Carroll,  has  been  elsewhere  recorded  in  the  families  of  Henry 
Dorsey  Gough  and  General  Charles  Ridgely,  of  Hampton. 

Mrs.  Elinor  Maccubin,  widow  of  John,  was,  as  I  believe,  of  the 
family  of  Dr.  Charles  Carroll,  and  James  Carroll,  of  "All  Hallows" 
Parish;  both  of  whom  were  witnesses  to  her  will,  in  1711.  Her 
daughter,  Sarah  Maccubin,  became  the  wife  of  William  Griffith, 
and  the  mother  of  Orlando  and  Captain  Charles  Griffith,  of 
Anne  Arundel. 

Charles  Carroll,  barrister,  son  of  Dr.  Charles  and  Dorothy 
(Blake)  Carroll,  was  born  1723.  He  was  educated  at  Eton  and 
Cambridge  and  studying  law  in  Middle  Temple,  returned  to 
Annapolis  in  1746.  He  was  an  elegant,  able,  fluent  speaker,  and  a 
terse  writer.  Many  State  papers  were  the  porduct  of  his  pen.  He 
wrote  the  "Declaration  of  Rights";  was  on  the  Committee  of  Cor- 
respondence; president  of  the  Maryland  Convention;  in  the  Council 
of  Safety;  member  of  the  Convention  which  asked  Governor  Eden 
to  vacate;  he  helped  to  form  the  government;  he  was  elected  to 
Congress,  but  declined  the  office  of  Chief  Judge  of  the  General  Court 
of  Maryland;   a  member  of  the  Maryland  Senate. 

He  married  Margaret  Tilghman,  daughter  of  Matthew.  They 
left  no  children. 

He  died  at  Mt.  Clare,  near  Baltimore.  His  tomb  is  in  St. 
Anne's  grounds,  at  Annapolis. 

His  estate  went  to  his  sister's  sons,  the  Maccubin  boys,  who 
changed  their  name  to  Carroll  at  the  command  of  the  barrister,  to 
perpetuate  his  distinguished  name. 

HAMMOND. 

John  Hammond,  author  of  "  Leah  and  Rachel,"  was  in 
Maryland  during  the  Severn  Contest,  in  1655.  From  him  several 
quotations  have  already  been  made. 

The  next  immigrant  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  was  John  Ham- 
mond, of  the  Severn.  His  estate  joined  the  Howards,  and  he  was 
a  brother-in-law  of  them,  having  married  Mary  Howard,  and  not 
Mary  Dorsey,  as  the  will  of  Samuel  Howard  shows. 

In  1689  he  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Court  of  Anne  Arun- 
del, and  one  of  "The  Quorum."  In  1692,  he  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  Lower  House,  with  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely  and  Hon.  John 
Dorsey.  Still  later  he  was  appointed  by  the  royal  administration, 
with  whom  he  was  in  favor.  Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty. 

A  concise  history  of  his  career  is  recorded  in  the  annals  of  St. 
Anne's  Church,  as  an  obituary  notice.  He  was  one  of  the  vestry 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  was  an  ardent  member  of  the  Church 
of  England.     He  gave,  in  1695,  a  deed  for  a  church  site  upon  "Severn 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      179 

Heights"  to  his  friends,  members  of  Westminster  Parish.  The 
only  consideration  was,  "the  love  he  bore  his  neighbors."  He 
acquired  a  large  estate  in  both  the  City  of  Annapohs,  and  upon  the 
Severn.  He  was  a  witness  and  executor  of  his  brother-in-law,  Cap- 
tain Cornelius  Howard,  and  was  considered  a  lea'Hing  man  in  the 
county. 

It  has  frequently  been  written  that  his  English  progenitors  were 
men  of  eminence  in  both  medicine  and  politics. 

St.  Anne's  records  upon  his  death,  in  1707,  read:  "Hon.  John 
Hammond,  Esq.,  Major-General  of  the  Western  Shore  of  Mary- 
land, one  of  her  majesty's  most  honorable  Council  and  Judge  of 
the  High  Court  of  Admiralty  in  the  Province  of  Maryland,  was 
buried  the  29th  of  November,  1707." 

In  St.  Anne's  grounds  his  tombstone  now  rests.  Long  after 
all  vestiges  of  his  old  homestead  upon  the  Severn  had  disappeared, 
this  memorial  was  found  and  removed  to  the  church  grounds  of  his 
devotion.  St.  Anne's  Church  has,  also,  a  well-preserved  Bible,  pur- 
chased by  the  vestry  from  a  legacy  of  £10  left  by  him  to  the  church. 

General  Hammond's  will  reads:  "I  leave  my  home  plantation 
to  my  wife,  Mary.  My  eldest  son,  Thomas,  my  plantation  called 
'Mt.  Airy  Neck.'  To  son,  John,  the  plantation  where  he  lives,  a 
part  of  'Swan  Neck';  to  son,  William,  the  other  part.  Son  Charles 
Flushing,  *  Deer  Creek  Point,' '  Rich  Neck'  and  '  Harnmond's  Forest." 
To  my  first  three  sons,  my  houses  and  lots  in  Annapolis.  My  four 
sons  to  be  my  executors." 

General  Hammond  was  one  of  the  commissioners,  in  1694,  to 
lay  out  lots  and  organize  the  town  of  Annapolis.  All  of  these 
commissioners  saw  the  coming  capital;  each  took  up  several  lots  in 
the  town. 

Thomas  Hammond  was  a  neighbor  of  his  uncle.  Captain, 
Cornelius  Howard.  He  married  Mary  Heath,  daughter  of  Thomas, 
whose  will  distinctly  shows  that  her  daughter,  Mary  Hammond,  was 
the  wife  of  Cornelius  Howard,  Jr.,  Helen,  her  other  daughter,  be- 
came the  wife  of  the  second  John  Worthington,  the  rich  merchant. 
She  bore  him  a  long  and  distinguished  line  of  sons  and  daughters. 

John  Hammond,  Jr.,  was  the  executor  of  his  uncle,  Samuel 
Howard,  under  the  title  of  "cousin" — clearly  shown  to  mean 
"nephew.  "He  married  Ann  Greenberry,  youngest  daughter  of 
Colonel  Nicholas.  She  bore  him  two  daughters,  Comfort  and 
Rachel,  and  two  sons,  Thomas  John  and  Nicholas. 

Colonel  William  Hammond  left  his  inheritance  on  "Swan's 
Neck"  and  became  the  Baltimore  merchant.  His  store  was  one 
of  Henry  Dorsey  Gough's  row,  near  Light  Street,  on  Baltimore. 
He  had  a  distillery  at  Elk  Ridge  and  a  forge  mill  at  "Hockley," 
near  the  Relay.  He  was  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Baltimore.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth  Ravin.  Their 
daughter,  Mary  Hammond,  married  Colonel  John  Dorsey,  another 
Baltimore  merchant,  and  member  of  St.  Paul's  vestry. 


180      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Colonel  William  Hammond  died  at  forty,  and  lies  buried  at 
"Hammond's  Ferry."     Mordecai  and  William  Hammond  were  sons. 

Charles  Hammond,  next  son  of  General  John,  took  up  his  resi- 
dence near  Gambrill's  Station.  It  was  evidently  the  same  site,  if 
not  the  present  house,  of  Major  Philip  Hammond,  now  owned  by 
Mr.  George  A.  Kirby. 

Charles  Hammond  married  his  first  cousin,  Hannah  Howard, 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Ruth  Baldwin.  They  left  a  long  and  wealthy 
line,  viz.:  Colonel  Charles,  the  treasurer;  Philip,  the  big  merchant; 
Nathaniel,  the  planter;  Rezin,  bachelor;  John,  the  big  planter  of 
Elk  Ridge;  and  two  daughters,  Hamutel  and  Ruth  Hammond.  His 
will,  of  1713,  was  witnessed  by  his  neighbors,  John,  Richard,  Alex- 
ander and  Ruth  Warfield,  all  of  the  neighborhood  of  Millersville. 

Colonel  Charles  Hammond  was  State  Treasurer.  Having 
married  Mrs.  Rachel  (Stimpson)  Greenberry,  widow  of  Colonel 
Charles,  they  resided  at  "White  HaU." 

His  will,  of  1772,  named  his  daughter  Mrs.  Ann  Govane;  his 
granddaughter,  Ann  Marriott;  grandsons,  Thomas  and  James  Home- 
wood  Marriott;  William,  Ann  and  Hamutel  Bishop,  children  of  his 
granddaughter  Rebecca  Bishop;  grandson,  Charles  Homewood.  All 
were  legatees  of  "Meritor's  Fancy,"  a  tract  that  came  through  his 
wife. 

"Madam  Rachel  Hammond,  the  worthy  consort  of  Colonel 
Charles  Hammond,"  records  the  Maryland  Gazette,  "died  last 
Saturday  night,  February  25th,  1769." 

Colonel  Charles  Hammond's  death  was,  also,  recorded  thus: 
"On  Sunday  night,  September  3rd,  1772,  died  Hon.  Charles 
Hammond,  Esq.,  president  of  the  Council  and  treasurer  of  the 
Western  Shore." 

After  the  death  of  Mrs.  Hammond,  "White  Hall"  passed  to 
the  vestry  of  St.  Margaret's  Church.  By  an  act  secured  by  Governor 
Sharpe  it  was  later  sold  to  him.  Among  the  Ridout  papers  are 
letters  between  Governor  Sharpe  and  Colonel  Charles  Hammond, 
negotiating  for  a  portion  of  his  daughter's  estate  adjoining. 

Philip  Hammond,  of  Charles  and  Hannah  Howard,  inherited 
the  Annapolis  portion  of  his  father's  estate.  He  was  a  leading 
import  merchant,  having  his  warerooms  in  "Newtown,"  a  recent 
addition  to  the  Port  of  Annapolis.  He  was,  also,  prominent  in 
legislative  and  church  affairs.  His  wife  was  Rachel  Brice,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  Brice,  of  Annapolis. 

His  will,  of  1753,  probated  in  1760,  names  his  heirs.  "To  son^ 
Charles,  all  the  cargo  of  goods  in  store  in  this  coimtry  at  Newtown. 
He  is  to  manage  the  estate,  not  only  the  goods  now  here,  but  such 
as  are  to  come.  My  brother,  John,  to  be  employed  to  assist  him. 
My  daughter,  Ann  Hammond,  is  to  be  paid  £1000.  All  the  rest  of 
my  estate  to  be  divided  among  my  six  sons,  Charles,  John,  Philip, 
Denton,  Rezin  and  Matthias." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      181 

The  last  four  were  bachelors,  Charles  was  known  as  Colonel 
Charles,  of  Curtis  Creek.  He  does  not  appear  to  have  succeeded 
in  settling  up  the  estate.  He  resigned,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
was  recorded  as  "Colonel  Charles  Hammond,  of  Curtis  Creek." 

He  married  Rebecca  Wright  and  left  sons,  Rezin,  Charles,  Philip, 
John;  and  one  daughter,  Hannah.  His  estate  extended  from  Curtis 
Creek  to  Elk  Ridge.     He  died  in  1772.. 

•'■"John  Hammond,  of  Philip,  the  merchant,  married  Henrietta 
Dorsey,  of  Henry  Hall  Dorsey.  His  will,  of  1784,  named  his  son, 
William,  to  whom  he  left  "Champion  Forest,"  extending  from  the 
Severn  to  Elk  Ridge,  and  "Hammond's  Search,"  and  "Support." 

"To  Doctor  Pue,  my  attending  physician,  my  tract  at  Henry 
Dorsey 's  mine  bank,  called  'Prospect.'  "  Named  his  three  daugh- 
ters, Henrietta,  Sarah  and  Mary  Hammond,  to  whom  he  left  a  long 
list  of  tracts,which,  in  case  of  failure  in  heirs,  were  to  go  to  Dr. 
Thomas  Wright  Hammond.  "To  my  daughter,  Elizabeth  Ann 
Hammond,  my  South  River  Quarter  composed  of  '  Abington'  and 
Hereford.'  " 

To  his  son,  William,  he  left,  also,  all  of  his  interest  in  the  un- 
collected claims  of  the  late  Philip  Hammond.  To  his  housekeeper. 
Miss  Anne  Walker,  for  her  kind  attention  and  education  of  his 
children,  he  gave  several  tracts  and  several  negroes  to  wait  on  her. 

To  son,  Thomas  Hammond,  a  large  list  of  tracts  at  the  head 
of  the  Severn.  Finally,  tired  of  naming  them,  he  stopped  with  the 
hope  of  being  spared  to  finish  his  lengthy  will  of  six  or  eight  pages, 
but  he  died  before  finishing  it.  His  amanuensis,  Mr.  Thomas  Pitts, 
completed  it  from  a  schedule  left  for  him  by  the  testator.  It  pro- 
vided for  his  daughter,  Henrietta,  a  long  list  of  tracts.  To  daughter, 
Sarah  Hammond,  another  long  list,  and  to  daughter,  Mary,  a  still 
longer  one,  including  all  of  his  lands  in  Annapolis. 

The  four  bachelor  sons  of  Philip  and  Rachel  (Brice)  Hammond, 
handed  their  estates  down  successively  to  their  remaining  brothers. 
By  the  side  of  their  father  and  mother  their  tombs  may  yet  be  seen 
at  the  early  homestead,  near  Gambrill's  Station,  Annapolis  &  Elk 
Ridge  Railroad. 

The  father  is  recorded  "a  just  and  good  man." 

Denton  Hammond  died  in  1782,  leaving  twenty-eight  different 
tracts  of  land,  many  negroes,  and  much  stock  to  his  brothers  and  to 
the  children  of  his  late  sister,  Mrs.  Anne  Hopkins.  Philip  Hammond, 
Jr.,  died  in  1783,  leaving  twenty-seven  tracts  to  his  brothers  and 
nephews.  Matthais  and  Colonel  Rezin  were  the  Revolutionary 
patriots  in  conventions  and  the  Council  of  Safety.  The  former 
died  in  1789,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  surviving  brother.  Colonel 
Rezin  Hammond,  whose  English  brick  house  stood  north  of  Millers- 
ville. 

Colonel  Rezin,  in  1809,  left  several  tracts  to  William  Hammond 
Marriott,  and  his  nephew,  Philip  Hammond  Hopkins.  "  To  Denton 
Hammond,  son  of  my  nephew  Philip,  2,348  acres  of  'Hammond's 
Inheritance,'  1,877  acres  of  'Hammond's  Enlargement,'  a  part  of 


182      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

'Brown's  Addition'  and  300  acres  of  'Hammond's  Ridge.'  To 
Matthias  Hammond,  son  of  my  nephew  Phihp,  636  acres  of 
'Finland/  1,680  acres  of  'Hammond's  Inclosure,'  1,200  acres  of 
'Hammond's  Plains,'  773  acres  of  '  Piney  Plains'  and  parts  of 
'Hickory  Ridge'  and  'Marsh's  Forest.'  " 

After  setting  free  a  number  of  his  most  faithful  servants,  with 
land  and  houses  for  their  use,  Colonel  Rezin  gives  all  his  remaining 
hosts  of  negroes,  stock,  farming  utensils,  crops  and  money  to  these 
two  heirs;    making  them  his  executors. 

The  above  "nephew  Phillip"  was  the  son  of  Colonel  Charles, 
of  Curtis  Creek,  better  known  as  Major  Philip,  inheritor  of  the  old 
Hammond  homestead;  parts  of  which  are  still  as  well-preserved  as 
when  built  by  him.  Five  fields  of  a  portion  of  that  home  still  bear 
their  original  names.  One  known  as  "  Deer  Park "  fed  the 
celebrated  herd  of  deer  which  adorned  Major  Hammond's  Park. 

Major  Philip  Hammond  married  Elizabeth  Wright.  His  ten 
thousand  acres  were  divided  into  one  thousand  acre  tracts  among 
his  sons.  His  will,  of  1822,  granted  to  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  "  '  Ham- 
mond's Connexion,'  adjoining  Rezin  Hammond's  lands;  to  descend 
to  son  Thomas,  and,  if  no  issue,  to  George  Washington.  Son  Philip, 
to  hold  the  'Sixth  Connexion';  Rezin  to  hold  'Warfield's  Forest,' 
'Owen's  Range'  and  'Hammond's  Connexion';  John  to  hold  'Ham- 
mond's Green  Spring';  Henry  'Snow  Hill';  Matilda  'Hammond's 
Fifth  Connexion';  Harriet,  a  mortgage  of  $10,000." 

Dr.  Thomas  Hammond,  of  Major  Phihp,  was  a  member  of  the 
legislature  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1856.  His  wives  were  Mar- 
garet Boone  and  Mary  Ann  Wesley,  and  his  heirs  were  Phihp  T.  A., 
William  Edger,  Charles,  Arthur,  Silas  Wright,  Mary  Ann  and 
Arabella. 

Philip  and  Arthur  married  sisters  of  Mr.  Geo.  A.  Kirby,  present 
owner  of  the  Hammond  Manor  House. 

The  other  sons  of  Major  Philip  were  John — Harriet  Dorsey; 
Charles  —  Achash  Evans;  Henry,  died  single;  Denton  —  Sarah 
Baldwin;  Philip — Julia  Ann  Hammond  Rezin;  — Ann  Mewburn; 
Matthias  —  Ehza  Brown;  Ehzabeth  —  Dr.  Mewburn;  Harriet  — 
Henry  Pue;  Matilda — Rev.  Richard  Brown;  Mary  Ann — John  W. 
Dorsey,  father  of  the  late  Judge  Reuben  Dorsey,  of  Howard. 

Denton  Hammond,  in  1805,  married  Sarah  Hall  Baldwin, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Henry  Baldwin  by  his  wife,  Sarah  Hall 
Rawlings.  Their  daughters  were  Mrs.  Richard  Cromwell  and 
Camilla,  wife  of  Dr.  Thomas  Snowden  Herbert,  and  mother  of 
General  James  R.  Herbert,  C.  S.  A.,  ex-commander  of  the  Fifth 
Regiment  of  Maryland  Militia,  and  ex-police  Commissioner. 

Matthias  Hammond,  in  1810,  married  Ehza  Brown.  Their 
sons  were  Denton  and  Matthias,  who  inherited  all,  but  were  to  pay 
their  sister,  Caroline  Brown  Hammond,  $5,000.  Rezin  Hammond, 
brother  of  the  testator,  was  executor.  Philip  Hammond,  Sr.,  and 
Philip  Hammond,  Jr.,  were  witnesses. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      183 

Matthias  Hammond,  of  Matthias,  in  1846,  a  resident  of  Anne 
Arundel,  left  all  of  his  lands,  bank  accounts,  to  his  wife,  Margaret 
D.  Hammond,  son  Henry  and  daughter  Elizabeth. 

NATHAN  HAMMOND. 

This  son  of  Charles  and  Hannah  Hammond  started  with 
"Hammond's  Forest,"  and  became  very  rich  in  lands  and  negroes. 

His  wife  was  Captain  John  Welsh's  daughter,  Ann,  who  bore 
him  seven  sons  and  six  daughters.  Philip,  their  son,  married  Bar- 
bara Wright,  and  in  1799,  named  his  heirs  Nathan,  Philip,  Lloyd 
Thomas,  George,  Walter  Charles,  Ariana  Mackelfresh  and  Mary  Ann 
Hammond. 

Dr.  Lloyd  Thomas  Hammond  held  an  estate  near  the  Pine 
Orchard,  in  Howard.  His  neighbor  was  Colonel  Matthias  Hammond, 
with  one  thousand  acres  in  one  body.  Dr.  Lloyd  T.  Hammond,  in 
1806,  was  one  of  the  building  committee  of  the  Old  Brick  Church. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Beale  Meriweather.  Issue, 
Reuben  T.  Hammond,  Judge  Edward  Hammond  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Wm. 
Magruder. 

Rezin  Hammond,  of  Nathan,  left  all  of  his  lands  on  the  Patapsco 
to  Rezin,  his  son,  wife  and  daughter,  both  named  Rebecca.  Rezin 
Hammond,  Jr.,  named  his  sister,  Rebecca  Gist,  and  his  brother 
Matthias  Hammond,  to  whom  he  left  his  estate  in  Delaware  Bottom, 
near  Abel  Browne.     Matthias  willed  his  to  brother,  Nathan. 

Captain  Thomas  Hammond,  of  the  Revolution,  made  the  fol- 
lowing will  on  the  eve  of  his  departure:  "As  I  am  ordered  in  a  day 
or  two,  to  join  General  Washington's  army,  and  if  it  should  please 
our  Supreme  Judge  that  I  should  not  return,  I  make  the  following 
will: 

"To  my  son,  Thomas  Hughes  Hammond,  my  dwelling  and  lots 
on  Howard's  Hill,  in  Baltimore,  whereon  is  a  small  wooden  house. 
If  he  die  without  issue,  it  is  to  go  to  my  brother  Andrew.  My  lot 
of  ground  purchased  of  Henry  Gough,  and  part  of  my  lot  on 
Howard's  Hill  to  be  sold." 

WiUiam  Hammond,  of  WilHam,  began  his  will  thus:  "Glory  be 
to  God  on  high,  peace  and  love  among  men."  His  lands  at  Liberty, 
devised  to  him  by  his  uncle,  Hon.  Upton  Sheredine,  had  been  sold 
to  General  Richard  Coale.  His  sons  were  Larkin  and  William 
Hammond. 

WilHam  Hammond,  a  famous  attorney  and  writer  of  Annapolis, 
built,  in  1770,  one  of  the  historic  houses  of  Annapolis,  now  known 
as  the  Harwood  House,  on  Maryland  Avenue,  nearly  opposite  the 
"Chase  Mansion."  The  foundation  walls  are  five  feet  thick.  Its 
parlor  has  a  carved  wainscot  surrounding  it.  Its  mantel  piece,  win- 
dow, door  frames,  shutters  and  doors  are  carved  in  arabesque,  the 
handsomest  specimen  in  Maryland. 

Mr.  Hammond  built  it  for  an  intended  bride,  and  had  even 
visited  Philadelphia  in  search  of  furniture,  when  the  engagement 
was  broken  and  Mr.  Hammond  remained  a  bachelor. 


184      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1811,  the  house  and  grounds  extending  from  King  George 
Street  to  Prince  George  Street,  were  purchased  by  Chief  Justice 
Chase  for  his  oldest  daughter,  Francis  Townley,  wife  of  Richard 
Lockerman.  She  designed  and  laid  off  its  garden  and  planted 
its  box  walk.  It  descended  to  Mrs.  William  Harwood,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Judge  Jeremiah  Townley  Chase,  and  is  still  held  by  descendants. 

DULANY; 

The  Dulany  records  of  Maryland,  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  make 
mention  of  two  Delany  brothers  and  three  sisters,  from  Cork, 
Ireland,  landing  near  the  town  of  Bellhaven,  now  Alexandria,  about 
1700.  The  eldest  brother,  William,  moved  to  Culpepper,  Virginia, 
and  returned  to  Wye  in  Queen  Annes,  Md.,  and  there  died. 

The  Maryland  record  mentions  William  and  Daniel  Delany, 
brothers,  sons  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Delany,  from  Queen  County, 
Ireland,  who,  in  1700,  changed  the  spelling  to  Dulany,  after  their 
arrival. 

In  support  of  these  traditions,  we  find  the  will  of  Thomas 
Delany  on  record  in  Baltimore,  dated  1738.  It  names  Wm.  Delany, 
to  whom  was  left  "  Wright's  Forest,"  and  Daniel  Delany,  to  whom 
one  shilling  was  given.  There  were  two  more  sons,  Thomas  and 
Dennis. 

In  the  biography  of  Daniel  Dulany,  of  Annapolis,  we  find  him 
at  the  time  of  the  above  will  of  Thomas,  quite  a  prominent  man  in 
the  province;  for  he  was  then  commissioner.  Still  later,  by  the 
influence  of  Colonel  Plater,  into  whose  family  he  is  said  to  have 
married,  Daniel  Dulany  rose  to  Attorney-General  and  judge  of 
admiralty;  ending  as  commissary  general,  agent  and  receiver,  in 
addition  to  being  in  the  Provincial  Councils  of  Governor  Bladen, 
Ogle  and  Sharpe.  He  was  for  several  years  the  leader  of  the  country 
party  in  the  Lower  House. 

His  second  wife  was  Rebecca  Smith,  daughter  of  Colonel  Walter 
Smith.  In  the  grounds  of  St.  Anne's,  at  Annapolis,  his  elevated 
tomb,  erected  to  his  wife  before  1753,  pays  a  marked  tribute  to  her 
memory.  He  died  in  1753,  and  his  official  title  is  added  to  the 
marble  slab  of  the  same  tomb. 

The  issue  by  her  was  Hon.  Daniel  (the  younger),  Walter  and 
Rebecca — Jas.  Paul  Heath;  Rachel — first,  William  Knight,  second. 
Rev.  Henry  Addison;  Dennis,  clerk  of  Kent  County;  Mary — first, 
Dr.  Hamilton,  of  Annapoils,  second,  William  Murdock;  and  Lloyd 
Dulany. 

Walter  Dulany  succeeded  him  as  commissary-general.  He 
married  Mary  Grafton,  daughter  of  Richard.  His  letters  to  her, 
and  her  letters  to  him  during  the  critical  period  of  the  Revolution, 
have  been  preserved  as  interesting  bits  of  history  in  the  work  of 
Miss  Murray,  of  West  River,  in  her  biography  of  Rev.  Walter 
Dulany  Addison,  entitled,  "One  Hundred  Years  Ago." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      185 

The  family  ,as  a  whole,  belonged  to  the  Tories  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  as  such  lost  their  vast  estate  by  confiscation.  The  sisters, 
Rebecca,  Mary,  Kitty  and  Peggy  Dulany  were  later  allowed  four 
hundred  acres  by  Congress. 

These  ladies  have  become  corner  stones  of  very  important 
family  buildings  in  Maryland  history. 

Rebecca  Dulany  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Addison,  Jr.,  of 
"Oxon  Hill."  Much  has  been  written  of  his  coach  and  four,  with 
liveried  outriders;  of  his  handsome  English  coach  horses,  and  of 
the  truly  magnificent  display  of  this  planter. 

The  oldest  son  of  this  marriage  was  Rev.  Walter  Dulany 
Addison,  the  friend  of  Washington  and  founder  of  the  first  church  in 
Washington  City,  to  which  flocked  the  aristocratic  parishioners  in 
their  stylish  outfits.     He  also  built  Addison  Chapel. 

Miss  Murray  has  given  us  an  interesting  sight  into  the  Dulany 
homestead,  which  then  stood  at  the  water's  edge  of  the  Naval 
Academy. 

The  letters  of  Miss  Rebecca  Dulany  to  her  three  sisters,  tell 
of  a  boat  excursion  to  "Rousby  Hall";  of  her  dinner  at  Colonel 
Fitzhughs;'  of  her  ride  in  Colonel  Taylor's  vessel,  to  Colonel  Platers; 
of  the  garden  walks  and  guitar  concerts;  of  the  handsome  entertain- 
ment at  Mrs.  Platers;  of  a  dinner  next  day  at  Colonel  Barnes,  to 
which  she  went  in  Colonel  Platers'  chariot  and  four,  where  there 
were  a  great  number  of  gentlemen  whose  names  she  would  not 
reveal. 

The  son  of  the  above  writer,  tells  also,  of  his  experience  upon 
arriving  at  Annapolis,  from  his  school  in  England.  He  was  invited 
to  an  evening  party  at  the  Dulany  homestead.  Soon  after  dinner 
he  took  a  ride  in  his  English  costume  of  yellow  buckskin,  blue  coat, 
red  cassimere  vest  and  fine  top-boots.  Returning,  he  presented 
himself  at  the  door,  but  was  met  by  his  grandmother  (Mrs.  Mary 
Grafton  Dulany) ,  in  highly  offended  dignity.  "  What  do  you  mean, 
Walter,  by  such  an  exhibition?  Go  immediately  to  your  room  and 
return  in  a  befitting  dress." 

He  next  appeared  in  silk  stockings,  embroidered  vest,  etc. ;  and, 
to  his  amazement,  was  ushered  into  an  apartment  splendidly  adorned, 
filled  with  elegantly  dressed  ladies  and  gentlemen.  The  scene 
equalled  anything  he  had  seen  in  London.  This  view  of  Annapolis 
was  just  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  when  the  French  officers 
who  had  aided  us  were  lions  in  society. 

The  daughters  of  Mr.  Walter  Dulany  and  Mary  Grafton,  were 
Rebecca  Addison  Hanson,  Mrs.  Mary  Fitzhugh,  Mrs.  Kitty  Belt, 
Mrs.  Peggy  Montgomery. 

HON.  DANIEL  DULANY.     (THE  YOUNGER). 

Both  father  and  son  were  leading  men  in  political  affairs,  but 
the  son  eclipsed  the  father.     Yet  the  father  decided  most  of  the 


186      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Chancery  records  I  have  reviewed.  The  son  was  educated  at  Eton 
and  Clare  Hall  in  Cambridge.  He  entered  the  Temple  and  retm-ning 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1727. 

He  became  a  member  of  the  Council,  and  Secretary  of  the 
Province.  His  celebrated  essay  against  the  Stamp  Act  made  him 
renowned,  but  the  position  he  took  in  the  debate  with  Charles 
Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  classed  him  among  the  enemies  to  American 
Independence. 

His  wife  was  Rebecca  Tasker,  daughter  of  Hon.  Benjamin  and 
Ann  (Bladen)  Tasker. 

Their  three  children  were  Daniel,  Barrister  of  Lincoln's  Inn, 
London;  Colonel  Benjamin  Tasker  Dulany,  aid  to  General 
Washington.  He  married  Eliza  French,  whose  daughter  Eliza 
French  Diilany  became  the  wife  of  Admiral  French  Forrest,  of  the 
Confederate  Navy. 

Ann  Dulany  (of  Hon.  Daniel)  married  M.  De  la  Serre,  whose 
daughter  Rebecca,  was  married  at  the  residence  of  Marquis  of 
Wellesley,  to  Sir  Richard  Hunter,  physician  to  the  Queen. 

McMahon,  the  historian,  pays  Hon.  Daniel  Dulany  the  follow- 
ing tribute: 

"For  many  years  before  the  downfall  of  the  Proprietary  Gov- 
ernment, he  stood  confessedly  without  a  rival  in  the  Colony,  as  a 
lawyer,  a  scholar,  and  an  orator,  and  we  may  safely  regard  the  asser- 
tion, that  in  the  high  and  varied  accomplishments  which  constitute 
these,  he  has  had  amongst  the  sons  of  Maryland  but  one  equal  and 
no  superior.  The  legal  arguments  of  Mr.  Dulany  that  yet  remain, 
bear  the  impress  of  abilities  too  commanding,  and  of  learning  too 
profound  to  admit  of  question.  For  man}^  years  before  the  Revolu- 
tion, he  was  regarded  as  an  oracle  of  the  law.  It  was  the  constant 
practice  of  the  Courts  of  the  Province  to  submit  to  his  opinion  every 
question  of  difficulty  which  came  before  them  and  so  infallible  were 
his  opinions  considered,  that  he  who  hoped  to  reverse  them  was 
regarded  as  'hoping  against  hope.' 

"Nor  was  his  professional  reputation  limited  to  the  colony.  I 
have  been  creditably  informed  that  he  was  occasionally  consulted 
from  England  upon  questions  of  magnitude,  and  that,  in  the  Southern 
coimties  of  Virginia,  adjacent  to  Maryland,  it  was  not  unfrequent 
to  withdraw  questions  from  their  Courts  and  even  from  the  Chan- 
cellor of  England,  to  submit  them  to  his  award.  Thus,  unrivalled 
in  professional  learning,  according  to  the  representations  of  his 
contemporaries,  he  added  to  it  all  the  power  of  the  orator,  the 
accomplishments  of  the  scholar,  the  graces  of  the  person,  the 
suavity  of  the  gentleman. 

"Mr.  Pinkney,  himself,  the  wonder  of  his  age,  who  saw  but  the 
setting  splendor  of  Mr.  Dulany's  talents,  is  reputed  to  have  said  of 
him,  that  even  amongst  such  men  as  Fox,  Pitt  and  Sheridan,  he  had 
not  found  his  superior. 

"Whatever  were  his  errors  during  the  Revolution,  I  have 
never  heard  them  ascribed,  either  to  opposition  to  the  rights  of 


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America,  or  to  a  servile  submission  to  the  views  of  the  Ministry,  and 
I  have  been  creditably  informed,  that  he  adhered,  throughout  life, 
to  the  principles  advanced  by  him  in  opposition  to  the  Stamp  Act. 
The  conjecture  may  be  hazarded  that  had  he  not  been  thrown  into 
collision  with  the  leaders  of  the  Revolution,  by  the  proclamation 
controversy  and  thus  involved  in  the  discussion  with  them,  which 
excited  high  resentment  on  both  sides,  and  kept  him  at  a  distance 
from  them  until  the  Revolution  began,  he  would,  most  probably, 
have  been  found  by  their  side,  in  support  of  the  measures  which  led 
to  it.  Mr.  Dulany  was  Secretary  of  the  Province  when  he  conducted 
the  famous  controversy  with  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Upper  House,  under  the  Proprietary  Govern- 
ment. 

"Rewrote  under  the  name  of  ''Antilon"  in  opposition  to  'First 
Citizen.'  Full  copies  of  that  discussion  are  still  extant  in  the  Mary- 
land Gazette  of  our  Maryland  State  Library.  The  political  differ- 
ences which  it  engendered  survived  the  close  of  the  Revolution.  Mr. 
Dulany  held  no  pubhc  office  after  it,  and  the  brilliancy  of  his  talents 
displayed  alone  in  the  forum  of  Provincial  Courts,  did  not  shed  its 
effulgence  in  National  Councils,  and  his  fame,  reflected  from  the 
humble  pedestal  of  State  history,  has  not  depicted  to  the  Nation 
the  phenominal  proportions  of  his  intellect.  Mr.  Dulany  died  in 
Baltimore,  March  19th,  1797,  aged  seventy-five  years  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Paul's  Cemetery,  corner  of  Lombard  and  Fremont 
Streets."— (Riley). 

The  Dulany  mansion  in  Annapolis  stood  in  the  present  Naval 
Academy  grounds,  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  occupied  by  the 
Superintendent. 

Lloyd  Dulany's  old  homestead  is  now  the  pubhc  school  building. 
The  famous  bowl  which  was  brought  over  in  the  Peggy  Stewart 
belonged  to  him.  A  few  evenings  after  its  arrival,  Mr.  Dulany  gave 
an  entertainment  in  which  he  explained  how  the  bowl  was  saved 
when  the  vessel  was  burnt.  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  in  reply 
to  Mr.  Dulany's  explanation,  remarked,  "we  will  accppt  your 
explanation  provided,  this  bowl  always  furnishes  this  same  kind 
of  tea." 

Daniel  Dulany  (of  Walter)  married  Mary  Chew,  widow  of 
Governor  Paca.  Their  son  Lloyd  was  killed  by  Rev.  Bennett 
Allen,  former  Rector  of  St.  Anne's.  Walter  Dulany  was  a  brother. 
To  get  a  definite  idea  of  the  all-prevailing  influence  of  the  Dulany 
name  in  legal  quarters,  study,  as  I  have  done,  the  Chancery  records, 
wherein  their  opinions  were  the  power  behind  the  throne. 

JUDGE  SAMUEL  CHASE. 

Samuel  Chase  known  in  history  as  "The  Torch  of  the  Revolu- 
tion," was  born  in  Somerset  County,  in  1741.  His  father  was  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Chase  of  the  Church  of  England,  half  of  whose  salary 
was  cut  off  by  an  Act  supported  by  his  son. 


188      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Samuel  Chase  studied  law  in  Annapolis.  He  joined  the  "Sons 
of  Liberty."  When  Zachariah  Hood's  property  was  destroyed  in 
revenge  for  his  attempting  to  distribute  stamps  in  the  Colony, 
Chase  was  an  active  participant.  Hood's  friends  who  were  promi- 
nent and  distinguished  families,  resented  Chase's  conduct,  saying, 
"  Chase  was  a  busy-body,  restless  incendiary,  a  ring-leader  of  mobs, 
a  foul-mouthed  and  inflaming  son  of  discord  and  faction — a  pro- 
moter of  the  lawless  excesses  of  the  multitude."  To  these  charges 
Chase  replied  in  a  vehement  address,  in  which  he  admitted  his 
agency,  but  justified  his  conduct.  Fierce,  vehement,  fearless,  he 
bore  a  tinge  of  harshness  which  was  redeemed  by  noble  and  generous 
qualities — but  the  adherents  of  the  Maryland  Court  looked  upon 
him,  then,  as  a  dangerous  fanatic.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Continental  Congress  in  1774,  and  continued  until  1778.  He  was  a 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  In  1783,  was  sent  to 
England  to  collect  a  bank  claim;  recovered  $650,000  of  it.  In  1778, 
was  made  Judge  of  the  newly  established  Criminal  Court  in  Balti- 
more. Colonel  John  Eager  Howard  induced  him  to  remove  to  Balti- 
more and  granted  him  a  whole  square,  now  in  the  centre  of  the  city. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  State  Convention  that  adopted  the 
Federal  Constitution;  he  thought  it  not  democratic  enough.  In 
1791,  he  became  Chief  Justice  of  the  General  Court  of  Maryland, 

In  1794,  on  the  occasion  of  a  riot,  he  had  arrested  two  of  the 
rioters.  They  refused  to  give  bail  and  the  Sheriff  was  afraid  of  a 
rescue,  if  he  took  them  to  jail.  "Call  out  a  posse  comitatus,  then" 
said  the  Judge — "Sir,  no  one  will  serve."  'Summon  me,  then  'I  will 
be  posse  comitatus.  I  will  take  them  to  jail."  Instead  of  presenting 
the  rioters,  the  grand  jury  indicted  the  Judge  for  holding  a  place  in 
two  Courts  at  the  same  time. 

In  1796,  President  Washington  appointed  Judge  Chase  an 
associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Coiu-t. 

In  1804,  he  was  impeached  for  misdemeanor.  He  was  defended 
by  Luther  Martin,  Attorney-General  of  Maryland,  who  in  that 
defence  was  thus  pictured.  "  Rolicking,  witty,  audacious  Attorney- 
General,  drunken,  generous,  slovenly,  grand  —  shouting  with  a 
school  boy's  fun  at  the  idea  of  tearing  John  Randolph's  indictment 
to  pieces  and  teaching  Virginia  Democrats  some  law."  His  address 
was  never  exceeded  in  "powerful  and  brilliant  eloquence,"  in  the 
forensic  oratory  of  the  country." 

It  defeated  the  impeachment,  for  the  two-third  majority  could 
not  be  secured. 

Judge  Chase's  temper  was  better  fitted  for  the  bar  than  the 
bench,  yet  his  courage  and  ardor  were  needed  where  he  held  sway. 

Judge  Chase  married  first,  Ann  Baldwin,  by  whom  he  had  two 
sons  and  two  daughters.  His  second  wife  was  Hannah  Kitty  Giles, 
of  Kentbury,  England.     He  died  June  19th,  1811. 


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JUDGE  JEREMIAH  TOWNLEY  CHASE. 

Judge  Jeremiah  Townley  Chase,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  in  1748, 
and  removed  to  Annapolis  in  1779.  He  was  Mayor  of  Annapolis  in 
1783,  and  there  delivered  an  address  of  welcome  to  General  Wash- 
ington upon  his  resignation  of  this  commission.  Judge  Chase  also 
welcomed  LaFayette  to  Annapolis,  in  1825.  He  was  upon  the  Com- 
mittee of  Safety  for  Baltimore  and  was  a  private  in  the  first  military 
company. 

In  1775,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  convention  from  Balti- 
more County  to  frame  a  Constitution  and  was  a  member  of  the  body 
which  framed  the  declaration  for  Maryland.  He  served  in  Governor 
Thomas  Johnson's  council ;  was  a  member  of  Congress  in  1783  ;  in 
1789,  was  Chief  Judge  of  the  Third  District  and  Chief  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Appeals,  from  which  he  resigned  in  1824.  He  was  firm, 
dignified,  impartial,  kind,  temperate,  and  a  sincere  Christian. '  He 
married  Hester  Baldwin,  name-sake  and  descendant  of  Hester 
Larkin,  daughter  of  John  Larkin,  of  South  River.  As  the  widow  of 
Nicholas  Nicholson  she  married  John  Baldwin,  Jr.  She  died  in  1749, 
aged  one  hundred  years  and  is,s\ipposed  to  be  one  of  the  first  persons 
born  in  Anne  Arundel  County.,  > 

She  left  a  long  line  of  distinguished  dcscendents,  one  of  whom, 
Hester  Ann  Chase  Ridout,  daughter  of  Thomas  Chase  (of  Judge 
Townley)  presented  the  Chase  mansion  to  the  Episcopal  Church. 
Judge  Chase  died  in  1828,  and  was  buried  in  the  City  Cemetery. 

THE  REVOLUTION  OF   1688. 

There  were  several  contributing  causes  in  Maryland  which  helped 
to  swell  the  Revolution  of  1688  in  England.  The  Proprietary  rule 
of  the  Province  had  suffered  greatly  from  the  fact  that  during  its 
whole  existence,  with  the  exception  of  the  few  years  between  1675 
and  1684,  and  the  one  short  period  of  1732,  all  the  proprietors  and 
their  secretaries  resided  in  England.  The  Province  was  held  by 
representatives  not  always  faithful,  not  even  always  discreet,  but 
always  in  conflict  through  their  varying  responsibilities.  They  were 
the  Governor,  Secretary,  Commissary-General,  two  Judges  of  the 
Land  Office,  and  an  Attorney-General,  aided  by  many  more  minor 
appointees. 

Cecilius,  son  of  the  first  Lord  Baltimore,  was  a  trained  adminis- 
trator, discreet,  politic,  able,  deeply  interested  in  the  project  for 
which,  it  is  estimated,  he  must  have  spent  some  £40,000  sterling  with 
but  little  received  in  return.  His  representative  Governor,  Leonard 
Calvert,  was  likewise  an  able  and  well-disposed  administrator,  but 
Charles  Calvert,  son  of  Cecilius,  a  busy  man  of  strong  personality, 
succeeding  in  1675,  was  not  the  able  diplomat  that  his  father  had 
been.  Succeeding  his  uncle,  Philip,  as  Governor,  there  was  at  once 
jealousy  and  dissension. 

It  is  true  he  suppressed  the  Fendall  rebellion,  but  he  was  not 
able  to  suppress  the  men  engaged  in  it. 


190      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Lacking  the  gentleness,  sympathy  and  persuasive  appeal  of  his 
father,  he  was  charged  with  being  cold,  stern  and  self-interested. 

He  married  the  widow  of  his  secretary,  Henry  Sewall,  and  gave 
her  children  and  other  members  of  his  family  some  of  the  most 
important  offices  in  the  Province.  He  restricted  the  suffrage  and 
endeavored  to  keep  the  leaders  of  the  opposition  out  of  the  House  of 
Delegates  by  not  summoning  them,  when  elected.  When  the  house 
was  obstinate  he  did  not  hesitate  to  use  personal  influence  to  secure 
reluctant  assent. 

Only  a  few  years  subsequent  to  a  fall  of  more  than  fifty  per  cent, 
in  the  price  of  tobacco,  the  rent  of  all  lands  after  1670,  was  doubled, 
and  further,  while  a  large  per  cent,  of  the  people  were  Protestants, 
the  government  was  under  the  control  of  Catholics.  Added  to  this, 
he  left  the  province  in  1684  to  his  minor  son  and  a  board  of  deputy 
governors,  at  the  head  of  which  was  his  cousin,  the  notorious  George 
Talbott,  to  be  followed  later  by  William  Joseph,  a  quaint  fanatic,  to 
succeed  him,  whose  ideas  of  "divine  right"  were  not  well  received, 
but  in  reality  brought  on  a  rebellion  in  the  lower  House  of  the 
Assembly  (Mereness).  A  crisis  was  now  at  hand,  not  only  in  the  prov- 
ince, but  in  the  mother  country — it  ended  in  the  revolution  of  1688, 
which  drove  King  James  from  the  throne  and  placed  William  and 
Mary  in  control 

Enemies  of  the  Proprietary  now  began  a  contest  for  control 
under  the  false  cry  that  Catholics  were  plotting  with  Indians  to 
murder  Protestants.  Col.  Henry  Darnall;  Colonel  Pye  and  Mr.  Boar- 
man  were  charged  with  conspiring  with  the  Seneca  Indians  for  that 
purpose,  and  it  was  only  by  the  prompt  action  of  Colonel  Darnall  in 
hurrying  from  place  to  place,  convincing  the  people  of  the  falsity  of 
the  rumor,  that  an  uprising  was  quelled  in  its  early  stage.  Certain 
Protestants,  viz. :  Henry  Hawkins,  Captain  Edward  Burgess,  Colonel 
Nicholas  Gassaway,  Captain  Richard  Hill  and  Major  Edward 
Dorsey,  addressed  a  letter  to  Colonel  Digges,  of  Lord  Baltimore's 
council,  to  know  if  there  was  any  truth  in  the  rumor.  Colonel  Digges 
replied  by  a  total  denial  of  the  charge,  assuring  the  writers  that  Colonel 
Jowles,  Colonel  Darnall  and  Major  Ninian  Beale  would  scour  the 
woods  to  see  if  any  Indians  could  be  found.  His  reply  satisfied  the 
writers  who  then  joined  in  letters  to  the  people  and  to  the  Council 
announcing  their  belief  in  the  falsity  of  the  charges,  and  they  were 
rewarded  by  military  appointments,  viz. :  Mr.  Edward  Dorsey,  Major 
of  Horse;  Mr.'^Nicholas  Gassaway ,Major  of  the  Foote;  Mr.  Nicholas 
Greenberry,  Captain  of  the  Foote,  in  the  room  of  Captain  Richard 
Hill;  Mr.  Edward  Burgess,  Captain  of  the  Foote;  Mr.  Henry  Hans- 
lap,  Captain  of  the  Foote;  Mr.  Henry  Ridgely,  Captain  of  the  Foote. 
Captain  John  Coode  was  the  leading  spirit  in  this  revolutionary  move- 
ment against  the  lord  proprietary.  He  had  been  suppressed  by 
Charles  Calvert  during  an  earlier  attempt  at  rebellion,  but  his  spirit 
was  still  undaimted.  He  and  Captain  Josias  Fendall  had  been  tried 
for  revolt.  Coode  had  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Gerrard,  who 
had  been  a  Councillor  under  Fendall.     He  was  first  a  Catholic  and 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      191 

then  a  Protestant,  and  although  once  a  clergyman,  he  was  considered 
vain,  unprincipled,  caring  nothing  for  Protestantism,  but  using  it 
only  as  a  pretext  in  his  revenge  against  the  lord  proprietor.  With 
such  a  man  as  leader,  was  organized,  in  1689,  a  Protestant  Association 
to  put  William  and  Mary  in  control  of  the  province.  The  records 
were  seized  by  Colonel  Coode,  head  of  the  militia.  The  officers  of 
the  Proprietor  could  only  collect  a  force  of  eighty  men,  who  surren- 
dered without  a  shot. 

This  association  met  with  but  little  approval  by  the  Protestants 
of  Anne  Arundel  County,  who  even  refused  to  send  delegates  to  a 
convention  at  St.  Mary's.  Captain  Richard  Hill,  of  Anne  Arundel, 
urged  the  inhabitants  to  think  well  before  renouncing  the  proprietors 
who  had  given  them  their  property,  to  rush  to  a  government  which 
might  not  be  able  to  hold  it.  For  that  effort  he  was  denounced  by 
Captain  Coode  and  driven  from  power.  In  his  defence.  Captain  John 
Browne,  of  Anne  Arundel,  wrote:  "  Captain  Hill  is  a  Scotchman,  bold 
in  speech,  who  spoke  what  others  only  dared  to  think."  But  the 
Association  was  successful;  Coode  was  put  in  command  of  the  King's 
forces,  assisted  by  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry.  The  new  monarchs 
were  proclaimed,  an  assembly  was  called  and  all  the  offices  filled  with 
Protestants.  Each  of  the  counties,  except  Anne  Arundel,  sent  an 
address  to  the  King  in  support  of  the  movement,  beseeching  him  to 
take  the  government  into  his  own  hands,  but  counter  addresses, 
denouncing  Coode  and  his  followers,  were  also  sent.  The  signatures 
to  the  former,  however,  numbered  twice  as  many  as  the  latter. 

Charges,  strong  and  forceful,  were  brought  against  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Proprietor.  The  King  approved  the  measures  of  the 
Association,  but  the  opinion  of  Lord  Chief  Justice  Holt  in  1690  was, 
''  I  think  the  King  may  constitute  a  governor  whose  authority  will 
be  legal,  though  he  must  be  responsible  to  the  Lord  Baltimore  for 
the  profits." 

The  royal  government,  however,  was  established  in  1692  and 
continued  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  control  of  the  province. 

Sir  Lionel  Copley  was  appointed  Governor.  He  summoned  a 
General  Assembly  which  met  May  10,  1692,  O.  S.,  at  St.  Mary's.  The 
first  act  was  to  acknowledge  William  and  Mary,  and  the  next  to 
establish  the  Episcopal  Church  as  the  State  church  of  Maryland. 
Every  county  was  divided  into  parishes  and  taxes  were  levied  upon 
the  people,  without  distinction,  for  the  support  of  the  ministers,  the 
repair  of  the  old  and  the  building  of  new  churches.  In  1704  an  act 
was  passed  "  to  prevent  the  growth  of  popery,"  by  which  it  was  made 
a  penal  offence  for  a  priest  of  the  Catholic  Church  to  say  mass  or  to 
perform  any  of  their  sacred  functions,  or  for  any  Catholic  to  teach  a 
school.  This  was  subsequently  modified  in  allowing  Catholic  priests 
their  functions  in  private  houses.  This  led  to  the  custom  of  building 
chapels  connected  with  the  dwellings  of  Catholic  families;  nor  were 
Catholics  alone  so  deprived.  All  dissenters  were  alike  treated,  even 
the  gentle  Quakers.     In  1702  the  English  toleration  act  for  "Dis- 


192      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

senters"  was  extended  to  Maryland,  and  in  1706  relief  was  granted 
to  the  "Quakers"  or  "Friends." 

The  Assembly  next  attempted  to  deprive  the  Proprietary  of  his 
rights  in  the  province.  He  was  still  entitled  to  all  of  the  imsettled 
lands,  with  the  right  of  making  grants  for  them,  to  the  quit  rents  and 
certain  duties,  not  connected  with  the  government,  viz. :  port  duties 
of  two  shillings  per  hundred  on  all  tobacco  exported  from  the  colony. 
The  Assembly  disputed  his  claim,  but  Lord  Baltimore  having 
appealed  to  the  King,  the  latter,  by  royal  letter,  authorized  him  to 
collect  his  revenues  in  the  province.  The  Assembly  finally  yielded 
up  to  the  Proprietary  his  port  and  tonnage  duties  and  entered  into 
a  compromise  in  issuing  land  patents.  The  Assembly  now  turned  its 
attention  to  the  location  of  the  State  Capital. 

St.  Mary's  was  the  home  of  the  Catholic  element  of  the  province 
and  it  was  now  too  remote  for  a  convenient  meeting  place.  Both  of 
these  reasons  were  made  effective.  All  prayers  for  retaining  the  gov- 
ernment upon  its  historic  ground  were  laughed  at  and  rejected.  The 
capital  was  removed  to  "the  town  land  at  Proctors,"  which  was 
henceforth  to  be  called  Annapolis,  and  so,  in  a  few  years,  old  St. 
Mary's,  "  in  the  very  State  to  which  it  gave  birth,  in  the  land  which 
it  redeemed  from  the  wilderness,  now  stands  a  solitary  spot  dedicated 
to  God  and  a  fit  memento  of  perishable  man"  (McMahon).  Its  suc- 
cessor, rising  upon  its  ruins,  grew  into  an  attractive  centre  of  wealth. 
A  portion  of  St.  Mary's  population  followed  the  government  to  the 
new  capitol.  The  very  first  record  of  this  new  seat  shows  that 
progress  had  been  made  for  a  coming  city. 

There  is  one  venerable  building  on  State  House  Hill  which  must 
have  been  built  as  the  Court  House  for  the  Port  of  Entry  in  1683.  It 
is  the  time-honored  Treasury  building.  When  it  was  repaired  during 
the  administration  of  Treasurer  Spencer  Jones,  a  special  search  was 
made  to  get  its  date  of  erection,  but  nothing  could  then  be  found. 
The  present  efficient  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Land  Office,  Mr.  George 
Schaeffer,  had  a  picture  of  it  from  a  New  York  journal  showing  the 
members  of  the  Assembly  in  continental  dress  standing  about  it  under 
the  shade  trees  surrounding  it.  Mr.  David  Ridgely,  in  his  excellent 
"Annals  of  Annapolis,"  published  in  1841,  tells  us  that  the  Lower 
House  met  in  the  larger  room  and  the  Upper  House  in  the  smaller 
one,  but  when  that  meeting  took  place  was  left  to  conjecture. 

The  first  Assembly,  by  the  records,  met  in  Major  Dorsey's  house, 
which  a  living  historian,  Mr.  Elihu  S.  Riley,  thinks  was  probably 
the  house  No.  83  Prince  George  Street,  now  Mrs.  Marchand's. 

The  first  State  House  was  built  in  1697,  when  the  Assembly 
met  there  until  its  destruction  by  fire  in  1704,  after  which  Major 
Dorsey's  house  was  again  occupied  imtil  the  completion  of  the  second 
State  House  in  1706.  We  have  a  record  of  the  Armory  which  stood 
north  of  it;  of  King  William's  School,  which  stood  south  of  it,  but 
no  mention  of  the  Treasury  building.  Even  when  the  third  State 
House  was  projected  in  1772  and  its  corner  stone  was  laid  by  Gover- 
nor Eden,  the  clap  of  thunder  from  a  clear  sky  was  noted,  but  still 


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no  mention  of  this  quaint  little  building,  which  must  have  then  taken 
the  place  of  the  second  State  House  for  a  season  until  the  completion 
of  the  third. 

Judging  from  the  want  of  record  after  1694,  the  inference  is  clear 
that  our  historic  little  Treasury  building  was  built  after  the  organiza- 
tion of  Anne  Arundel  Town  as  a  port  of  entry  in  1683,  and  at  the 
time  of  Governor  Nicholson,  was  the  house  in  which  he  called  his 
Council  together  for  the  organization  of  the  capital 

GOVERNOR  NICHOLSON. 

In  1694  Governor  Nicholson  met  in  Council  at  the  Court  House 
in  Anne  Arundel  Town  and  issued  an  order  for  the  removal  of  the 
records  from  the  city  of  St.  Mary's  to  Anne  Arundel  Town,  to  be  con- 
veyed in  good,  strong  bags,  to  be  secured  with  cordage  and  hides, 
and  well  packed,  with  guards  to  attend  them  night  and  day,  and  to 
be  delivered  to  the  Sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  at  Anne  Arundel 
Town.     This  removal  took  place  in  the  winter  of  1694-5. 

The  first  Assembly  was  held  in  a  house  of  Major  Edward  Dorsey 
on  28th  February  1694,  O.  S.,  and  in  1695,  the  town  became 
Annapolis,  with  a  resident  naval  officer  and  a  public  ferry  across 
the  Severn. 

A  contract  was  made  with  Casper  Herman,  a  burgess  from  Cecil, 
for  building  the  parish  church,  school  house  and  State  house,  all  from 
brick  made  near  Annapolis. 

The  foundation  of  the  first  State  House  was  laid  April  30,  1696. 
In  June,  1697,  the  building  was  so  well  advanced  as  to  be  set  apart 
for  pubHc  use.  The  officers  in  charge  were  Governor  Nicholson,  Hon. 
Sir  Thomas  Lawrence,  Baronet,  Secretary;  Hon.  Henry  Jowles, 
Chancellor;  Hon.  Ken  elm  Cheseldyne,  Commissary-General.  Struck 
by  lightning  in  1699  and  entirely  consumed  by  fire  in  1704,  the  first 
State  House  had  but  a  brief  existence.  This  gave  Governor 
Seymour  occasion  to  say,  "I  never  saw  any  public  building  left 
solely  to  Providence  but  in  Maryland." 

Major  Dorsey's  house  was  again  rented  for  the  Assembly  Hall 
until  a  new  State  House  could  be  built. 

Governor  Nicholson  was  a  man  of  integrity,  liberal  in  views,  firm 
in  purpose.  ^ 

When  John  Coode,  the  apostate  clergyman,  had  been  elected  a 
burgess,  Governor  Nicholson  was  determined  that  he  should  not  sit, 
because  no  clergyman  had  ever  sat  in  the  Assembly.  The  House 
stood  on  its  privileges,  but  Nicholson  would  not  swear  him,  and  having 
won  the  cause,  Coode  retired  to  swear  vengeance  on  the  Gov- 
ernor. In  the  face  of  it  the  burgesses  thus  addressed  the  Governor, 
"  We  have  not  the  least  doubt  of  our  rights  or  liberties  being  infringed 
by  our  gracious  Sovereign  or  our  noble  and  worthy  Governor,  and 
we  do  sincerely  acknowledge  that  his  Excellency  governs  by  the 
fairest  measures  and  freest  administration  of  the  laws  we  are  capable 
of  understanding,  and  therefore,  have  not  the  least  apprehension  of 
his  invading  our  rights  or  privileges." 


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A  Commission,  consisting  of  Major  John  Hammond,  Major 
Edward  Dorsey,  Mr.  John  Bennett,  Hon.  John  Dorsey,  Mr.  Andrew 
Norwood,  Captain  Philip  Howard,  Mr.  James  Saunders  and  Colonel 
Nicholas  Greenberry  laid  out  the  town.  Four  of  these  were  property 
holders  on  the  North  Severn  side  and  four  were  residents  of  Middle 
Neck.  They  were  authorized  to  buy,  or  condemn,  all  that  parcel  of 
land  within  the  present  Grave  Yard  Creek  and  Spa  Creek,  to  be  fenced 
in  and  called  the  Town  Common,  or  Pasture;  Governor  Nicholson's 
lot  was  within  this  enclosure,  which  ran  along  East  Street  to  State 
House  Circle.  His  house  was  of  curious  and  ancient  design.  It 
stood  on  the  corner  of  Hyde  and  Cornhill  Streets  and  was  for  many 
years  occupied  by  Mrs.  Richard  Ridgely  (Riley). 

During  Governor  Nicholson's  administration  in  1695,  a  public 
post,  extending  from  the  Potomac,  through  Annapolis  to  Philadelphia 
was  organized.  The  post-man  was  required  to  traverse  it  eight 
times  a  year,  to  carry  all  public  messages,  to  deliver  letters  and  pack- 
ages, for  which  service  he  received  £50  a  year.  This  was  succeeded, 
in  1710,  by  a  general  post  throughout  the  colonies. 

A  picture  is  extant  of  a  house.  No.  83  Prince  George  Street, 
Annapolis,  which  tradition  decides  is  a  part  of  the  house  owned 
by  Major  Edward  Dorsey,  which  became  the  first  Governor's  mansion, 
being  later  occupied  by  Governor  Nicholson.  The  house  is  well 
preserved  and  is  of  solid  architecture.  It  was  formerly  the  residence 
of  Judge  A.  B.  Hagner  and  is  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Francis  T. 
Marchand.  An  addition  was  made  some  years  ago  on  the  right 
wing. 

Annapolis  lately  retained  three  more  Governor's  mansions. 

In  1696  the  Assembly  of  Annapolis  appointed  His  Excellency,  Sir 
Francis  Nicholson,  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence,  Hon.  Nicholas  Greenberry, 
Hon.  Thomas  Tench,  Major  Hammond,  Major  Edward  Dorsey, 
Mr.  James  Saunders  and  Captain  Richard  Hill  a  Commission 
"for  keeping  good  rules  and  orders,"  making  them  a  body  corporate 
for  the  new  capital.  Mr,  Richard  Beard,  surveyor,  made  a  map  of 
the  place.  This  body  was  authorized  to  erect  a  market  house  and 
hold  a  fair  yearly;  a  new  State  House  was  ordered  to  be  built,  and 
if  any  one  would  build  it  a  "  Bridewell"  was  proposed.  This  was  not 
built,  but  a  handsome  pair  of  gates  was  ordered  to  be  placed  at  the 
"  coming  in  of  the  town"  and  two  triangular  houses  built  for  rangers. 

"  To  have  the  way  from  the  gate  to  go  directly  to  the  top  of  the 
hill  without  the  towne,  to  be  ditched  on  each  side  and  set  with 
'quick  setts,'  or  some  such  thing. 

"  That  part  of  the  land  which  lye  on  ye  creeke  by  Major  Dorsey's 
house,  whereby  His  Excellency  at  present  lives,  be  sett  aside  for 
public  buildings,  and  if  in  case  the  same  happen  to  come  within  any 
of  ye  said  Major's  lotts — we  propose  that  land  be  given  him 
elsewhere  for  it." 

A  forty-foot  water  front  for  warehouses  was  reserved,  and  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  consider  the  erection  of  a  chm-ch.  Major 
Edward  Dorsey,   of  that  committee,  reported  a  fund  already  in 


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"banck"  amounting  to  £458.  The  carpenter's  estimate  was  £250; 
brick  maker,  £90;  bricklayer,  having  all  stuff  upon  the  place,  £220. 
The  entire  charge  would  amount  to  £1,200.  The  Assembly  imposed 
a  three-pence  tax  on  tobacco  to  be  continued  until  May  12,  1698,  to 
be  applied  to  building  a  church  at  Annapolis.  The  Assembly 
employed  Mr.  Gaddes,  sent  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  to  read 
prayers  in  some  vacant  parish,  for  which  10,000  pounds  of  tobacco 
were  appropriated  in  remuneration.  The  next  act  was  the  founding 
of  "King  William  School."  The  valuable  library  presented  by  the 
King  was  increased  by  Governor  Nicholson,  who  used  a  portion  of 
the  public  revenue  in  the  purchase  of  necessary  books.  Many  of  the 
volumes  presented  by  the  King  to  Annapolis  are  now  in  the  library 
of  St.  John's  College. 

Following  these  was  the  erection  of  a  jail  on  the  corner  of  a  lot 
belonging  to  the  Episcopal  parsonage.  When  completed,  Annapolis 
was  made  the  chief  seat  of  justice,  where  all  writs  were  made 
returnable. 

In  1700  a  general  visitation  of  the  provincial  clergy  was  held  on 
May  23rd.  Anne  Arundel  was  represented  by  Rev.  Henry  Hall,  of 
St.  James  Parish;  Rev.  Joseph  Colback,  of  All  Hallows,  and  Rev. 
Edward  Topp,  of  St.  Anne's. 

This  convocation  inaugurated  the  first  missions  of  the  province. 
Rev.  Ethan  Allen's  History  of  St.  Anne's  Parish  has  given  consider- 
able light  upon  early  Annapolis,  but  the  loss  of  the  first  twelve  pages 
of  the  parish  records  leaves  the  completion  of  the  church  to  conjec- 
ture. Referring  to  the  early  Puritans  at  Annapolis,  he  adds,  "  It  is 
not  known  that  there  were  any  other  than  Puritans  among  the  resi- 
dents in  1657.  There  were  the  Lloyds,  the  Maccubins,  the  Ridgelys, 
the  Griffiths,  the  Greenberrys,  the  Worthingtons  and  others,  nearly 
all  of  Welsh  descent.  Their  place  of  worship  was  "Town  Neck." 
In  1683,  he  further  adds,  "  And  that  there  was,  thus  early,  Church  of 
England  families  in  the  neighborhood,  is  unquestionable.  Such  we 
take  to  have  been  the  Warfields,  the  Gassaways,  the  Norwoods,  the 
Elands,  the  Howards,  the  Dorseys,  and  the  Hammonds." 

The  Assembly  Act  of  1692,  organizing  thirty  parishes  in  the 
Province,  required  returns  from  existing  churches.  In  1696  Rev. 
Mr.  Coney,  rector  of  St.  Anne's,  reported  374  contributors  and  named 
the  following  vestry:  Thomas  Bland,  Richard  Warfield,  Laurence 
Draper,  Jacob  Harness,  William  Brown  and  Cornelius  Howard.  In 
1704,  its  second  vestry,  reported  by  Rev.  Mr.  Topp,  its  second  rector, 
and  by  Rev.  James  Wootten,  its  third,  were  Colonel  John  Hammond, 
Mr.  William  Bladen,  Mr.  William  Taylord,  Mr.  Amos  Garrett,  Mr. 
John  Truman  and  Mr.  Samuel  Norwood.  The  entries  upon  the 
parish  records  of  that  date  show  the  chiu-ch  then  finished.  The  site, 
the  most  attractive  and  interesting  in  the  city  of  Annapolis,  was 
selected  by  Governor  Nicholson  and  was  bought  of  Benjamin  and 
Henry  Welsh,  for  £130.  The  church  was  built  in  the  shape  of  a  T. 
The  principal  entrance  was  from  the  east.  One  lot  of  the  selected 
ground  was  designed  for  the  rector,  one  for  the  sexton  and  the  third 


196      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

for  the  vestry  clerk.  Within,  and  outside  of  the  present  circle  was 
the  cemetery,  now  removed  to  Cemetery  Creek.  A  few  remaining 
memorials  may  yet  be  read  in  the  sacred  enclosure. 

The  second  State  House  was  finished  in  1706.  It  stood  upon 
the  site  of  the  present  stately  building.  It  was  in  form  an  oblong 
square,  entered  by  a  hall;  a  cupola  surmounted  it.  On  the  north 
side  of  it  stood  an  armory  which  was  also  the  ballroom.  On  the 
south  side  of  the  State  House  was  King  Wilham  School. 

To  restore  the  land  records  destroyed  by  the  fire  of  1704,  a 
special  commission  was  organized  to  hear  and  determine  claims  for 
land  grants.  Colonel  William  Holland  was  Chief  Commissioner. 
The  report  of  that  Commission  now  forms  a  part  of  the  land  records 
of  Annapolis. 

GOVERNOR  BLACKISTON. 

Governor  Blackiston,  who  succeeded  Governor  Nicholson,  on 
account  of  his  health,  did  not  long  remain,  and  Hon,  Thomas  Tench, 
President  of  the  Council,  acted  as  Governor  until  1703,  when 
Governor  John  Seymour  was  appointed. 

GOVERNOR  SEYMOUR. 

Finding  the  Assembly  averse  to  granting  a  charter  tO  the  em- 
bryo city,  the  Governor,  in  1708,  granted  one  in  his  own  name.  This 
act  created  much  resentment  among  the  landed  officials.  They  were 
ready  to  admit  such  power  was  given  by  the  charter  to  the  Proprie- 
tary, but  in  no  manner  could  a  royal  Governor  claim  it.  The  two 
delegates  elected  under  the  charter  were  expelled  from  the  Assembly. 
The  Governor  tried  to  conciliate  the  opponents,  but  failing,  finally 
dissolved  them.  The  new  Assembly  was  of  the  same  sentiment.  Its 
first  act  was  to  demand  the  Governor's  authority  from  the  Queen  to 
erect  a  city.  A  compromise  was  finally  effected,  with  certain 
restrictions.  A  writer  from  Maryland,  who  saw  the  young  capital 
then,  recorded:  "There  are  several  places  for  towns,  but  hitherto  they 
are  only  titular  ones,  except  Annapolis,  where  the  Governor  resides. 
Colonel  Nicholson  has  done  his  endeavors  to  make  a  town  of  that 
place.  There  are  about  forty  dwelling  houses  in  it,  seven  or  eight  of 
which  can  afford  good  lodging  and  accommodations  for  strangers. 
There  are  also  a  State  House  and  a  free  school  built  of  brick,  which 
make  a  great  show  among  a  parcel  of  wooden  houses;  and  a  founda- 
tion of  a  church  is  laid,  the  only  brick  church  in  Maryland.  They 
have  two  market-days  in  a  week,  and  had  Governor  Nicholson  con- 
tinued there  a  few  months  longer,  he  had  brought  it  to  perfection." 

But  Annapolis  on  Proctor's  Landing  was  no  recent  production 
of  Governor  Nicholson.  As  early  as  1681,  Robert  Proctor,  writing 
to  Captain  Thomas  Francis,  of  Rhode  River,  asked  a  reply  to  be  made 
to  him  at  "town."  Major  Edward  Dorsey  was  then  living  at  Proc- 
tor's Landing  and  had  more  than  one  house  in  that  town  when  the 
Assembly  rented  his  house.  In  1705,  just  before  his  death,  he  sold 
to  Charles  Carroll  "a  row  of  houses  on  Bloombury  Square"  which  he 


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had  designed  for  his  children,  but  on  account  of  a  lack  of  "tenants 
they  were  going  to  decay."  These  are  evidences  that  Annapolis, 
when  incorporated  the  capital,  had  a  claim  to  its  present  name  of 
"ancient  city."  Nor  was  Annapolis  the  only  town  then  existing. 
It  had  its  neighbor,  Westminster  Towne,  near  the  Magothy,  as  will  be 
seen  in  a  notice  of  Westminster  Parish,  which  was  named  for  the  town 
and  had  its  rival  down  on  South  River,  known  as  London  Town. 

In  visiting  the  site  of  this  once  prosperous  enterprise  on  the  beau- 
tiful South  River,  I  asked  an  officer  of  the  steamer  that  has  for  many 
years  made  almost  daily  trips  up  and  down  that  river,  if  he  could 
point  out  London  Town.  The  astonished  officer  replied,  "  I  never 
heard  of  it,"  and  yet,  in  1683,  this  town  was  made  a  port  of  entry. 

Upon  a  sloping  plateau  between  two  creeks,  just  at  the  present 
Almshouse,  rose  a  town  which  was  intended  to  rival  its  namesake. 
It  only  failed  because  of  the  death  of  its  projector.  Colonel  William 
Burgess,  in  1686..  It  was  his  gift  to  the  county,  and  his  son,  Captain 
Edward  Burgess,  was  a  Commissioner.  When  the  Lord  Proprietary 
determined,  in  1683,  "to  locate  the  Court  House  on  South  River  as 
soon  as  a  suitable  building  should  be  erected,"  Colonel  Burgess 
secured  a  Commission,  all  of  whom  were  large  land-holders  in  that 
section.  A  meeting  of  that  Commission  was  held  at  "The  Ridge" 
(John  Larkin's  house  where  the  Assembly  met),  just  west  of  South 
River.  After  that  meeting,  which  reported  progress,  the  Archives 
are  silent,  but  the  following  deed  shows  that  a  Court  House  was 
erected  and  John  Larkin  then  held  it.  In  1699  John  Larkin  sold  to 
John  Baldwin  "  two  lots  in  London  Town  with  all  houses,  outhouses 
and  other  improvements,  excepting  the  twenty-five-foot  house 
wherein  the  court  was  formerly  held,  as  also  as  much  ground  besides, 
between  the  said  house  and  the  water,  as  shall  be  sufficient  to  erect 
and  build  a  twenty-foot  house  upon." 

When  the  magnificent,  stately  old  building,  now  used  as  the 
Almshouse  was  built,  may  never  be  known,  but  its  appearance  and 
its  large  rooms  point  rather  to  public,  than  private  purposes.  It  is 
upon  the  town  site  of  London  Town,  described  in  Colonel  Burgess' 
will  of  1686.  An  official  of  Anne  Arundel,  now  seventy-five  years  of 
age,  tells  me  it  was  an  old  building  when  he  was  a  boy.  Near  it  stood 
a  store.  There  are  several  houses  upon  the  same  plateau  which  show 
kindred  age.  The  probabilities  are,  that  our  present  Treasury  Build- 
ing in  Annapolis  and  the  present  Almshouse  of  South  River  were 
both  built  as  Court  Houses  when  Proctor's  Landing  and  "  Colonel 
Burgess'  land  on  South  River"  were  made  into  ports  of  entry,  in  1683. 

London  Town  had  its  shipping  wharf  and  its  streets  named  in 
honor  of  the  most  important  land-holders.  Its  commission,  all  of 
whom  held  lots,  were  Colonel  Thomas  Taylor,  Colonel  William  Bur- 
gess, Major  John  Welsh,  Thomas  Francis,  Richard  Hill,  Nicholas 
Gassaway,  Henry  Constable,  Edward  Dorsey,  John  Sollers,  Henry 
Ridgely,  Richard  Beard  and  Edward  Burgess. 

Thomas  Gassaway  in  1718,  sold  Lot  No.  28  in  London  Town  to 
Thomas  Ball,  a  merchant  of  London.    It  adjoined  a  lot  granted  to 


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Coloner  Thomas  Taylor.  Honorable  George  Plater  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  deeded  Lot  29  to  Thomas  Gassaway,  son  of  John,  in  1749; 
John  Burgess  and  Jane,  his  wife,  sold  a  lot  to  Stephen  West  before 
1733.  Alexander  Warfield  and  Francis  Pierpoint,  his  brother-in-law, 
sold  a  lot  to  William  Maccubbin,  in  1719,  which  lot  had  been  taken 
up  by  Francis  Pierpoint,  the  elder. 

Colonel  Henry  Ridgely  held  lots  in  London  Town,  which  he  sold 
before  his  death,  in  1710.  Many  other  transfers  of  lots  may  be  seen 
in  our  Record  Office. 

London  Town  was  a  port  of  entry  at  the  same  time  as  Annapohs. 
Surrounding  it  was  the  richest  agricultural  section  of  the  country. 
The  largest  land-holders  were  there  located.  Near  by  was  All  Hal- 
lows Church  and  the  South  River  Club,  both  still  in  existence  and 
both  bearing  abundant  evidence  of  their  dignified  age  and  eminent 
respectability. 

South  River  had  a  rector,  Rev.  Duell  Pead,  who  baptized  at 
Proctor  in  1682  and  preached  to  the  assembly  at  the  Ridge,  in  1683, 
as  recorded  in  "Old  Brick  Churches."  He  later  became  the  rector 
of  All  Hallows.  This  church  dates  from  1722.  Its  church-yard  has 
the  following  monuments  to  the  titled  men  who  dwelt  therein. 

A  tablet  with  his  coat  of  arms  announces  the  death  of  Samuel 
Peale,  of  London  Town,  in  1733.  A  Latin  inscription  in  1766,  records 
the  virtues  of  Margaret,  wife  of  James  Dick,  merchant  of  London 
Town.  The  oldest  inscription  is  that  of  Major  Thomas  Francis,  of 
Rhode  River,  a  pioneer  ranger  of  that  section.  Colonel  Burgess' 
memorial  tablet  follows  and  will  be  elsewhere  found.  Dating  back 
to  1733,  the  Anne  Arundel  Society  have  found  inscriptions  to  the 
following:  Greenberry,  Gassaway,  Ridgely,  Worthington,.; Newman, 
Homewood,  Howard,  Peele  of  Weshire,  Dick,  Allein,  Craggs,  Nor- 
wood, Rawlings,  Norris,  Davidson,  Maccubbin,  Hammond,  Graham, 
Curten,  Key,  Robinson,  Robosson,  Brewer  and  Carroll. 

Fapaily  records  ^  collected  are  Sellman,  Stockett,  Harwood, 
Griffith^  Worthington).,  Davis,  Riggs,  Frisby,  Dorsey,  Warfield, 
Humphrey.  \ 

All  Hallows  Church  is  entered  by  the  south  door  and  opens  into 
a  vestry  room  at  the  west  end  which  was  once  surmounted  by  a 
belfry  with  a  bell  bearing  date  1727.  The  floor  of  the  aisle  is  tiled 
and  lies  lower  than  that  of  the  pews.  The  windows  are  double  with 
segmental  arch. 

In  1727,  the  Bishop  of  London  sent  for  the  rector,  Rev.  Joseph 
Colbatch  to  come  to  England  for  consecration.  The  civil  authorities 
procured  a  writ  of  ne  exeat,  which  prevented  his  leaving  the  Pro- 
vince and  Maryland  had  no  bishop  until  the  consecration  of  Bishop 
Claggett. 

St.  James  Parish,  at  Herring  Creek,  had  a  church  that  needed 
repairs,  in  1695,  as  shown  by  the  following  record: 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  vestry,  April  1,  1695,  it  was  ordered  that 
the  Sheriff  pay  to  Morgan  Jones  eight  hundred  pounds  of  tobacco 
for  covering  the  old  church  and  finishing  the  inside  according  to 


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agreement."  At  another  meeting  the  same  month,  an  order  was 
made  to  build  a  new  church  "  forty  feet  by  twenty-four  and  twelve 
feet  high,"  This  was  not  carried  out  until  1717,  when  the  vestry 
ordered  and  paid  for,  in  1718,  twenty  thousand  brick  made  on  the 
glebe — acquired,  in  1707,  from  James  and  Elizabeth  Rigby. 

The  vestry  of  St,  James  had  a  long  contest  over  a  tract  of  land 
containing  715  acres.  It  was  willed  by  Nicholas  Terret  to  St.  James 
Church.  Upon  it  was  a  town  Pig  Point.  It  was  known  as  Wrighton 
and  had  been  transferred  by  several  deeds  to  Robert  Browne,  of  Abel 
and  was  later  held  by  his  heirs.  The  vestry  resolved  to  sell  its 
interest  in  the  tract  to  purchase  a  glebe  elsewhere.  Pig  Point  lots  were 
to  be  reserved.  This  new  town  was  located  on  the  Patuxent.  Our 
modern  maps  have,  somehow,  lost  sight  of  it,  but  the  present  post- 
office  of  Bristol  is  near  or  upon  the  original  site. 

THE   SOUTH  RIVER  CLUB  HOUSE. 

The  South  River  Club  House,  near  All  Hallows  Church,  still 
stands  and  has  taken  on  new  life.  Its  founders  are  no  longer  known, 
but  there  is  a  record  of  a  deed,  dated  1740,  executed  between  John 
Gassaway,  on  the  one  part  and  Robert  Saunders,  a  trustee  on  the 
other,  confirming  a  previous  transaction  between  the  "Society"  or 
company,  called  the  South  River  Club  and  John  Gassaway's  father, 
acknowledging  the  receipt  by  the  latter  of  eight  pounds  current 
money  for  the  half  acre  of  land  and  club  house  standing  on  it.  A 
new  club  house  was  built  in  1742  and  from  that  date  a  list  of  members 
has  been  preserved.  The  following  recent  account  of  a  fourth  of 
July  dinner  will  here  be  of  interest.  It  is  taken  from  the  Baltimore 
Sun,  and  is  the  work  of  Mr.  L.  Dorsey  Gassaway,  Recorder  of  the 
Club: 

"At  the  historic  old  South  River  Club,  in  the  beautiful  First 
District  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  where  the  hillsides  show  Nature's 
beauty  and  giant  oaks  thrust  their  green  tops  high  in  the  sky,  there 
was  served  yesterday  as  delightful  a  Fourth-of-July  dinner  to  as 
congenial  a  company  as  ever  sat  down  together." 

The  club  house,  where  the  dinner  was  given,  is  a  little,  old  frame 
building,  white-washed  within  and  without.  No  carpet  adorned  the 
floor  and  the  walls  were  not  ornamented  with  paper;  yet  there  it 
has  stood  for,  not  years  but,  centuries.  Long  before  the  War  of  the 
Revolution,  before  even  the  city  of  Baltimore  was  in  its  infancy;  in 
the  days  when  there  was  a  desperate  hazard  in  being  a  Marylander, 
the  ancestors  of  the  diners  of  yesterday  gathered  at  this  little  build- 
ing and  founded  the  South  River  Club.  Records  show  that  it  was  in 
existence  with  a  long  list  of  members  in  1742,  and  there  is  a  tradition, 
that  its  organization  occurred  prior  to  1700.  Through  all  the  years 
that  followed  it  flourished,  with  occasional  breaks,  due  to  wars  and 
factional  strife,  but  the  early  settlers  of  Southern  Maryland  con- 
tinued to  meet  and  be  good  fellows.  The  same  esprit  de  corps  that 
existed  then  exists  now,  and  every  present  member  of  the  club  is 


200      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

firmly  convinced  that  it  is  the  oldest  social  organization  in  the  world, 
and  certainly  antedates  anything  of  the  kind  in  this  country. 

That  it  shall  never  die  and  the  spirit  that  has  maintained  it  so 
long  never  lessen  is  their  determination.  When  they  themselves  are 
gone  the  keeping  alive  of  the  South  River  Club  will  be  transmitted 
as  a  sacred  heritage  to  their  sons  and  grandsons.  . 

The  present  membership  is  limited  to  twenty-five,  all  of  whom 
are  lineal  descendants  of  former  members,  and  four  times  a  year  they 
meet  at  the  little  frame  house  to  dine,  to  renew  old  friendships  and 
talk  over  old  days.  Generation  after  generation  has  done  this  since 
the  founding  of  the  club,  and  it  is  the  purpose  of  the  members  to  have 
future  generations  follow  in  their  footsteps. 

Yesterday  the  host  was  Mr.  T.  Stockett  Sellman,  the  youngest 
member  of  the  club,  who,  however,  was  preceded  by  a  numerous 
array  of  ancestors.  Some  of  the  twenty-five  came  to  Annapolis  the 
night  before  the  Fourth,  others  came  down  on  morning  trains  and 
others  still  came  from  various  sections  of  the  country,  but  the  hour 
of  noon  found  them  assembled  beneath  the  great  branches  of  the 
magnificent  oak  that  stands  near  the  house. 

Horses  were  unharnessed  and  fed  and  the  guests  were  refreshed 
with  brimming  glasses  of  the  far-famed  South  River  punch.  There 
were  in  the  crowd  that  gathered  about  the  table  iiiside  the  humble 
little  cabin,  merchants,  bankers,  brokers,  members  of  the  Stock 
Exchange,  lawyers  and  farmers,  many  of  them  men  of  means  and 
mark,  but  all  imbued  with  an  intense  pride  in  the  South  River  Club. 

The  dinner  was  delightfully  served,  the  piece  de  resista?ice  being 
a  fine  young,  well-roasted  pig,  which  was  skillfully  carved  by  Mr. 
Harry  Brogden,  a  member  who  dates  his  election  from  1872. 

Judge  Alexander  Hagner,  chairman  of  the  club,  presided  over 
the  feast,  and  a  feature  of  the  dinner  was  the  presentation  to  the  club 
of  a  handsome  silver  loving  cup.  It  was  filled  with  the  famous  punch 
and  passed  around  the  board,  the  members  standing  as  they  drank. 

Mr.  John  Wirt  Randall  accepted  the  gift  in  behalf  of  the  club, 
saying  that  it  was  symbolical  of  the  love  and  affection  that  existed 
among  the  members  and  would  serve,  as  it  passed  from  hand  to  hand, 
to  strengthen  the  bond  between  them.  He  spoke  of  the  former  days 
of  the  club  and  of  the  fact  that  its  earliest  rule — not  to  discuss 
politics  or  religion  at  its  meetings — had  never  been  broken. 

Mr.  Brogden  spoke  of  the  pleasure  and  pride  in  the  club  taken 
by  its  members  and  of  their  appreciation  of  the  gift.  Mr.  Samuel 
Brooke  and  Mr.  Daniel  R.  Randall  also  spoke  in  a  similar  vein. 

Judge  Hagner,  in  response,  declared  it  to  be  an  honor  to  him 
that  the  cup  had  been  accepted.  He  recalled  the  historic  time  when 
members  of  the  club  drank  the  health  of  his  Royal  Highness  the 
Duke  of  Cumberland  in  that  very  room  because  of  his  victory  over 
the  Scotch  rebels.  He  made  an  impressive  plea  for  the  continuance 
of  the  spirit  that  had  kept  the  club  alive  all  these  years.  His  remarks 
were  enthusiastically  applauded. 


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The  speech-making  was  concluded  by  Mr.  John  M.  Nelson,  who 
told  of  his  admiration  for  the  club  and  of  the  fact  that  the  first  money 
he  had  ever  earned  had  been  in  that  county  by  driving  a  reaper  for 
Mr.  Iglehart  when  he  was  a  lad. 

The  health  of  Judge  Hagner  as  chairman,  of  Mr.  Sellman  as  host 
and  of  future  reunions  were  drunk.  The  loving  cup  passed  some 
several  times  and  good  fellowship  reigned  supreme. 

After  the  feast  a  business  meeting  was  held.  Judge  Hagner  was 
re-elected  chairman,  and  the  following  resolution,  offered  by  Mr. 
Daniel  R.  Randall,  was  adopted: 

"Resolved,  That  the  South  River  Club  accept  with  profound 
respect  and  thanks  the  gift  of  a  loving  cup  from  its  honored  chairman, 
Judge  Alexander  B.  Hagner;  and  further 

"Resolved,  That  in  accepting  this  beautiful  gift  the  club  fully 
realizes  and  appreciates  the  spirit  of  amity  and  fellowship  which  has 
always  actuated  this  member  in  his  relations  with  the  club  and 
prompted  this  gift  and  will  ever  keep  alive  that  loving  spirit  so  long 
as  this  club  exists." 

The  members  present  were:  Judge  Alexander  B.  Hagner,  Harry 
H.  Brogden,  John  Wirt  Randall,  Blanchard  Randall,  Daniel  R.  Ran- 
dall, T.  Stockett  Sellman,  Thomas  S.  Duckett,  Samuel  Brooke,  Louis 
Dorsey  Gassaway,  Beale  D.  Worthington,  Nevett  Steele,  Dr.  D. 
Miirray  Cheston,  Benjamin  Watkins,  John  T.  Parrott  and  Thomas 
S.  Iglehart,  Jr. 

The  invited  guests  were:  John  M.  Nelson,  Ramsay  Hodges,  Jr., 
O.  Bowie  Duckett,  R.  S.  Worthington  and  WilHam  L.  Amos. 

The  other  members  not  present  at  the  dinner  were:  Frank  H. 
Stockett,  George  H.  Stewart,  Dr.  James  D.  Iglehart,  Paul  Iglehart, 
Richard  B.  Sellman,  James  Middleton  Munroe,  Franklin  Weems, 
Richard  W.  Iglehart,  George  R.  Gaither,  Jr.,  and  William  Meade 
Holladay. 

The  officers  of  the  club  are:  Judge  A.  B.  Hagner,  chairman; 
Frank  H.  Stockett,  treasurer;   L.  Dorsey  Gassaway,  recorder. 

The  following  list  of  the  former  members  of  the  club  from  the 
year  1742  has  been  compiled  by  Mr.  Gassaway,  the  recorder.  In  the 
lists  are  names  of  men  whose  descendants  are  scattered  all  over  the 
State  and  who  have  had  much  to  do  with  shaping  affairs  in  Mary- 
land. The  list  follows:  Prior  to  1742,  Robert  Saunders,  Thomas 
Stockett,  James  Murat,  John  Gassaway,  Samuel  Jacobs,  Benjamin 
Stockett,  John  Howard,  Samuel  Burgess,  Samuel  Day,  Robert  Hard- 
ing, Thomas  Sparrow,  Rev.  William  Brogden,  Captain  Joseph  Cow- 
man, John  Watkins,  William  Chapman,  Turner  Wootton,  James  Dick, 
Samuel  Chambers,  Dr.  Samuel  Preston  Moore,  William  Chapman, 
Jr.,  Captain  Anthony  Beck,  James  Nicholson,  John  Brewer,  Captain 
Christopher  Grendall,  Zachariah  Maccubbin,  James  Hall,  Darby  Lux, 
Henry  Gassaway,  Jonathan  Sellman,  Charles  Steward  and  Richard 
Moore. 


202      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

John  Dixon,  1742;  Thomas  Cator,  1744;  Joseph  Brewer,  1744; 
John  Ijams,  1744;  WilHam  Reynolds,  1746;  Stephen  West,  Jr.,  1751  ;> 
John  Watkins,  1752;  John  White,  1755;  Rev.  Archibald  Spencer, 
1755;  Henry  Woodward,  1755;  Thomas  Gassaway,  1755;  John 
Dare,  1755;  Joseph  Cowman,  1755;  [Samuel  Chapman,  1756;  Wil- 
liam Strachan,  1756;  Richard  Bm-gess,  1757;  Joseph  Brewer,  1757; 
Lewis  Stockett,  1761;  Samuel  Watkins,  1762;  Thomas  Gassaway, 
1762;  Andrew  Wilkie,  1762;  Colonel  Richard  Harwood,  Jr.,  1762; 
Thomas  Stockett,  1763;  Captain  Thomas  Harwood,  1764;  Stephen 
Watkins,  1764;  Dr.  Thomas  Noble  Stockett,  1765;  Dr.  James  Thomp- 
son, 1765;  Rezin  Hammond,  1770;  Thomas  Harwood,  Jr.,  1770; 
Richard  Watkins,  1770;  Captain  Thomas  Watkins,  1770;  Dr. 
Thomas  Gantt,  1772;  Henry  Jones,  1775;  William  Harwood,  1775; 
William  Saunders,  1775;  Dr.  William  Murray,  1776;  John  L.  Brog- 
den,  1778;  William  Sellman,  Robert  John  Smith,  1780;  Edward 
Sefton,  1784;  Nicholas  Watkins,  1784;  Ferdinando  Battee,  1784; 
Charles  Stewart,  1784;  Benjamin  Howard,  1784;  Dr.  Robert  Welsh, 
1784;  Rev.  Mason  Locke  Weems,  1785;  John  Weems,  1785;  Solomon 
Sparrow,  1786;  Major  Jonathan  Sellman,  1786;  Mr.  Samuel  Maccub- 
bin,  1788;  Richard  Harwood,  1792;  David  Stewart,  1792;  Benjamin 
Watkins,  1792;  Samuel  Watkins,  1795;  Joseph  Watkins,  1795;  Dr. 
Robert  Welsh,  1798;  John  Bard,  1798;  Caleb  Stewart,  1798;  Thomas 
Purdy,  1798;  WilHam  Stewart,  1798;  James  Macculloch,  1798; 
Benjamin  Welsh,  1798;  Edward  Lee,  1798;  Solomon  Sparrow,  Jr., 
1798;  Major  Thomas  Harwood,  1798;  WiUiam  Brogden,  1798; 
Joseph  Cowman,  1798;  Robert  Welsh,  1803;  Osborn  S.  Harwood, 
1805;  WilHam  EHiott,  1805;  Richard  Stewart,  1805;  James  Noble 
Stockett,  1806;  John  Gassaway,  1806;  William  Sanders,  1807; 
Ferdinando  Battee,  1807;  John  B.  Weems,  1810;  Joseph  Harwood, 
1814;  John  Watkins,  1814;  Samuel  Harrison,  1814;  John  S.  Stockett, 
1818;  Thomas  Snowden,  1825;  Richard  Sellman,  1825;  Dr.  William 
Brogden,  1825;  John  Stevens  Sellman,  1826;  John  Mercer,  1826; 
^Virgil  Moxcey,  1826;  Thomas  Snowden,  1835;  O.  S.  Harwood,  1835; 
Richard  C.  Hardesty,  1835;  John  T.  Hodges,  1835;  Ramsey,  Waters, 
1835;  Colonel  Robert  W.  Kent,  1835;  Dr.  Benjamm  Watkins,  1835; 
Thomas  Welsh,  1835;  James.  H.  Harwood,  1835;  Alfred  Sellman, 
1835;  James  Harper,  1835;  W.  H.  Woodfield,  1835;  Edward  Clagett, 
1836;  David  McC.  Brogden,  1836;  Joseph  E.  Cowman,  1836;  Dr. 
Richard  Harwood,  1837;  James  B.  Smith,  1837;  Thomas  Hodges, 
1837;  John  Mercer,  1838;  Captain  Isaac  Mayo,  1842;  Thomas  S. 
Iglehart,  1842;  Charles  C.  Stewart,  1844;  George  Gale,  1844;  Wil-- 
Ham  O'Hara,  1844;  John  H.  Sellman,  1848;  R.  S.  Mercer,  1848; 
John  C.  Rogers,  1849;  Franklin  Deale,  1849;  James  Kent,  1849; 
'X  George  D.  Clayton,  1850;  Dr.  William  N.  PendeH,  1850;  Colonel  G. 
W.  Hughes,  1851;  Thomas  S.  Mercer,  1851;  Henry  Latrobe,  1851; 
Hamilton  Hall,  1852;  Charles  S.Contee,  1852;  N.  H.  Shipley,  1852; 
W.  R.  S.  Gittings,  1853;  Frank  H.  Stockett,  1856;  Dr.  Howard  M. 
DuvaU,  1859;  Nicholas  H.  Green,  1859;  WilHam  D.  Stewart,  1864; 
WiUiam  Mayo,  1872;  James  Boyle,  1872. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      203 

THE  DESERTED  RUINS  OF  MARLEY  CHAPEL. 

"In  some  pine  woods,  near  Marley,  nine  miles  from  Baltimore," 
says  Mrs.  Helen  Stewart  Ridgely,  "are  faithful  relics  of  the  past — 
the  ruins  of  an  Episcopal  chapel." 

The  ceiling  of  Marley  Chapel  is  a  segmented  arch  from  which 
much  of  the  plaster  has  fallen.  It  is  supported  by  wooden  cornices, 
and  the  brickwork  over  the  doors  and  windows  follows  the  same  curve. 
Between  the  windows  at  the  east  end  a  stretch  of  cleaner  plaster 
indicates  that  some  of  the  church  furniture  once  stood  there. 
The  bare  ground  enclosed  in  this  ruin  indicates  that  either  a  brick  or 
tile  pavement  covered  the  aisle  and  that  the  pews  were  raised  above 
the  pavement  and  probably  floored  with  boards.  There  remain 
only  a  few  beams  of  all  the  woodwork. 

GOVERNOR  EDWARD  LLOYD. 

During  the  time  between  the  death  of  Governor  Seymour  and 
the  appointment  of  his  successor,  Edward  Lloyd,  President  of  the 
Council,  became  acting  Governor.  He  was  the  son  of  Colonel  Phile- 
mon Lloyd,  whose  wife  was  Mrs.  Henrietta  Maria  (Neale)  Bennett, 
daughter  of  Captain  James  Neale,  a  former  representative  at  the 
Court  of  Spain.  Governor  Edward  Lloyd  inherited  from  his  grand- 
father, Commander  Lloyd,  in  1695,  the  celebrated  homestead,  "Wye 
House,"  ever  since  owned  by  an  Edward  Lloyd.  His  wife  was  the 
beautiful  Quakeress,  Sarah  Covington.  From  them  came  Edward 
Lloyd,  the  legislator  of  1739  and  husband  of  Ann  Rousby.  Their 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  General  Sam  Ringgold;  Henrietta 
Maria  became  Mrs.  Nicholson,  and  Richard  Bennett  Lloyd,  their 
brother,  married  the  charming  Joanna  Leigh,  of  the  Isle  of  Wight; 
his  brother,  Edward  Lloyd,  was  the  hero  of  the  Revolution,  rival  of 
Thomas  Sim  Lee  for  Governor,  the  husband  of  Elizabeth  Tayloe  and 
the  father  of  Governor  Edward  Lloyd  of  1809 — exactly  one  hundred 
years  later  than  his  ancestor,  the  royal  Governor  of  1709. 

McMahon  pays  this  tribute  to  Governor  Edward  Lloyd's 
administration  of  1709:  "It  is  as  conspicuous  in  our  statute  book, 
even  at  this  day,  as  the  blessed  parliament  in  that  of  England.  A 
body  of  permanent  laws  was  then  adopted,  which  for  their  compre- 
hensiveness and  arrangement,  are  almost  entitled  to  the  name  of 
a  code.  They  formed  the  substratum  of  the  statute  law  of  the 
Province,  even  down  to  the  Revolution." 

Secretary  Calvert,  in  his  correspondence  with  Governor  Lloyd, 
touched  upon  bills  of  exchange,  abuse  of  his  lordship's  manors,  rent 
rolls,  town  lands,  the  King's  temporary  line,  advancement  in  the 
value  of  his  lordship's  lands,  arrearages  of  rent,  the  Ohio  territory 
and  French  encroachments. 

Governor  Lloyd  was  succeeded  by  Governor  John  Hart,  the 
appointee  of  Leonard  Calvert,  endorsed  by  George  the  First. 


204      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

GOVERNOR  JOHN  HART. 

After  the  King  had  held  the  Province  from  1689  to  1715,  the 
fourth  lord  proprietor,  Charles,  the  sixteen-year-old  son  of  Benedict 
Leonard,  was  restored  as  a  Protestant.     He  was  represented  by  Gov- 
ernor John  Hart,  who  had  been  appointed  by  the  Crown  in  1714  and 
endorsed   by   both   King   and    Proprietor  in  1715.     Hart   was   an 
enthusiast,  but  failed  to  make  his  enthusiasm  useful.     He  tried  to 
improve  the  tobacco  trade;  recommended  the  growth  of  hemp;  called 
attention  to  the  need  of  better  roads;  urged  the  building  of  a  govern- 
ment house;   but  he  became  involved  in  a  contest  with  the  leading 
Catholics.     He  quarreled  with  Charles  Carroll,  who,  after  the  restora- 
tion, had  been  commissioned  "  chief  agent,  escheator,  naval  officer 
and  receiver-general  of  all  our  rents,  arrears  of  rents,  fines,  forfeitures, 
tobaccos,  or  monies  for  land  warrants;    of  all  ferries,  waifs,  strays 
and   decedents;    of   all   duties   arising  from  or  growing  due  upon 
exportation  of  tobacco  aforesaid,  tonnage  of  ships,  and  all  other 
monies,  tobaccos,  or  other  effects," and  also  authorizing  him"to  sell  or 
dispose  of  lands,  tenements,  or  hereditaments  to  us  now  escheated  or 
forfeited."     Governor  Hart,  the  new  Protestant  governor,  when  he 
learned  that  the  new  Protestant  Proprietor  had  permitted  a  strong 
Catholic  to  retain  so  much  power,  was  furious.     The  Assembly  stood 
by  the  Governor,  holding  that  no  private  employee  of  the  Proprietor 
should  receive  the  fines  imposed  by  the  Assembly.     A  petition  was 
sent  to  the  Proprietor  asking  the  restoration  of  the  Governor  to  his 
full  powers.     Mr.  Carroll  fixed  the  salary  of  the  Governor  and  even 
advised  him  not  to  assent  to  some  bills  awaiting  his  signature.     Mr. 
Carroll  held  his  agency,  but  was  not  continued  Register  of  the  Land 
Office.     Governor  Hart  was  also  involved,  as  Chancellor,  by  taking 
the  part  of  the  people  against  His  Majesty's  Surveyor-General  of 
Customs.     He  had  warm  supporters  among  Protestants,  but  before 
his  recall  in  1720,  was  broken  in  health. 

THE  CALVERT  GOVERNORS. 

Charles  Calvert,  his  successor,  was  a  cousin  of  the  Lord  Proprie- 
tor. During  his  administration  the  bad  condition  of  the  tobacco 
interest  led  the  Lower  House  to  begin  the  contest  over  "  officers'  fees." 

His  successor,  Benedict  Leonard  Calvert,  brother  of  the  Pro- 
prietor, became  a  still  weaker  supporter  of  the  proprietory  interests. 
His  hostility  to  the  clergy  was  now  the  controversy.  He  was  an 
open  enemy  of  two  such  leaders  as  Dulany  and  Bordley.  He  stood 
boldly  on  his  ancestry,  but  died  on  his  way  to  England. 

From  these  proceedings  it  is  seen  that  the  question  of  land  grants 
was  a  cause  of  dissatisfaction  thus  early  in  the  history  of  the  county 
— and  it  may  be  of  interest  to  give  here  an  able  review  of  this 
question  from  the  recent  historian,  Mereeness,  upon  Provincial 
Maryland. 

The  first  conditions  of  plantation  had  been  declared  before  the 
colonists  had  left  England.  The  size  and  rent  of  the  grant  frequently 


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varied,  but  each  person,  so  entitled,  was  required  to  record  his  right 
in  the  Secretary's  office.  Following  this  came  the  demand  for  land, 
a  warrant  of  survey,  directed  to  the  Surveyor-General,  who  gave  his 
certificate,  which  was  embodied  in  a  patent  passed  by  the  Governor 
under  the  seal  of  the  Proprietor.  Still  later  this  simple  arrangement 
was  complicated  by  requiring  proofs  of  right,  sales  of  right,  petitions, 
caveats  and  resurveys. 

About  1670,  the  Proprietor  and  his  son,  Charles,  then  Governor, 
began  to  increase  their  revenues.  A  clerk  and  register,  out  of  the 
office  of  the  Secretary,  was  put  in  charge  especially  to  prove  rights, 
issue  land  warrants  and  draw  up  grants;  this  was  followed,  later,  by 
a  council  of  four,  consisting  of  members  of  State,  which  was  empow- 
ered to  hear  and  determine  all  matters  relating  to  land.  This  held 
until  1689,  when  the  Land  Office  was  closed,  only  to  be  opened  in 
1694.  Then  Henry  Darnall,  the  Proprietor's  cousin  and  Receiver- 
General,  was  put  in  charge  of  the  Land  Office,  dying  in  1712.  Charles 
Carroll,  Solicitor  and  Register  in  the  Land  Office,  became  Darnall's 
successor,  for  which  he  was  most  liberally  rewarded  by  magnificent 
manors. 

During  the  royal  administration  represented  by  Governor  Hart, 
a  dispute  arose  concerning  the  two  Proprietors  interests.  The 
Governor  and  his  Council  undertook  to  grant  numerous  petitions  for 
resurveys  and  to  decide  disputes.  Secretary  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence 
claimed  the  custody  of  all  papers  giving  evidence  of  land  titles,  and 
also  the  right  to  issue  warrants,  refusing  the  Proprietor's  agent  the 
right  to  search  the  records  without  the  usual  fee.  This  was  compro- 
mised by  leaving  the  records  in  the  Secretary's  office  but  granting  the 
Proprietor's  agent  to  use  them  to  correct  his  rent-rolls,  the  Secretary 
claiming  one-half  of  the  fees  for  land  warrants.  This  led  the  Pro- 
prietor to  increase  the  purchase  money  from  240  to  480  pounds  of 
tobacco  per  100  acres.  The  Assembly  now  came  into  the  contest 
with  a  demand  to  publish  the  changed  conditions  of  plantation  and 
laws  were  passed  requiring  surveyors  to  qualify  according  to  law. 
Upon  the  restoration  of  the  Proprietary  in  1715,  a  new  Commission 
was  issued  to  Charles  Carroll,  still  further  increasing  his  power,  which 
brought  on  the  contest  with  Governor  Hart,  ending  in  a  reduction 
of  the  fees  of  the  agent,  until  1733.  The  rent  rolls,  after  Carroll's 
death,  fell  into  confusion.  Governor  Ogle  was  now  in  office  and  the 
Land  Office  gave  him  much  trouble,  which  continued  to  grow  worse. 

In  1760,  Mr.  Lloyd,  in  charge  of  the  Land  Office,  was  required 
to  build  a  house  for  the  Receiver-General  to  contain  all  land  records. 
Upon  the  completion  of  the  building  in  1766,  a  Board  of  Revenue, 
consisting  of  public  officers,  was  authorized  to  audit  all  accounts  of 
the  Land  Office  and  make  a  report  to  the  Proprietor.  This  Board  of 
Revenue  was  comprised  of  the  Governor  and  leading  officers.  The 
Lower  House  charged  that  its  members  were  growing  independently 
rich.  The  Lower  House  even  urged  that  the  Proprietor  had  no  right 
to  dispose  of  vacant  lands  different  from  former  proclamations,  nor 
to  settle  the  fees  paid  for  services  performed  in  the  Land  Office,  claim- 


206      FouNDEES  or  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

ing  the  office  as  a  public  repository  of  the  first  evidence  of  every  man's 
title  to  his  real  estate;  they  asserted  that  the  records  had  been  made 
at  the  expense  of  the  people  and  were,  therefore,  considered  as  public 
records.  If  the  land-holders  have  no  right  to  have  copies,  except  at 
the  will  of  his  lordship,  or  on  terms  his  lordship  may  be  pleased  to 
allow  them,  they  are  but  tenants  at  will  of  the  Proprietor.  The  con- 
troversy remaining  unsettled,  was  absorbed  in  the  coming  struggle 
with  England.  Governor  Eden  conceded  that  the  Land  Office 
was  public  so  far  as  the  custody  of  the  records,  but  the  question  of 
public  or  private  control  remained  to  be  solved. 

The  continual  cultivation  of  tobacco  in  the  early  period  of  the 
Province  did  not  encourage  industrial  development  and  few  towns 
grew  up.  The  tobacco  trade  was  with  England  direct,  and  in  return 
English  goods  were  returned. 

Located  at  first  upon  navigable  waters,  planters  held  their  social 
intercourse  through  the  bay  and  its  tributaries,  and  roads  were  not 
made  until  the  back  country  became  settled.  Abundance  of  food 
was  furnished  in  the  bay,  and  the  backwoods  gave  wild  turkeys,  deer 
and  other  choice  meats.  With  the  lavish  gifts  of  nature  for  their 
support  and  the  money  returns  from  their  tobacco  crops,  but  little 
incentive  for  progress  existed. 

As  early  as  1663,  Governor  Charles  Calvert  had  begun  to  sow 
wheat,  oats,  peas  and  barley,  and  even  flax  and  hemp.  Tobacco 
planters  were  required  to  grow  at  least  two  acres  of  corn;  a  bounty 
for  raising  flax  and  hemp  was  offered. 

In  1715  Governor  Hart  addressed  both  Houses  of  the  Assembly 
upon  the  necessity  for  devoting  spacious  tracts  of  fertile  lands  not 
adapted  to  tobacco,  to  the  growth  of  hemp,  but  none  of  these  sug- 
gestions seemed  to  bring  the  Province  up  to  industrial  development 
until  1710,  when  the  fertile  soils  of  Howard  and  Frederick  Counties 
were  devoted  to  the  production  of  wheat. 

Liberal  inducements  had  been  offered  by  Charles  Calvert  to  Pala- 
tine settlers.  Two  hundred  acres  of  back  lands  were  offered  to  every 
family,  requiring  no  payment  of  quit  rent  for  three  years,  and  then 
only  four  shillings  per  hundred  acres. 

In  1735  Daniel  Dulany  induced  about  one  hundred  families  to 
settle  on  his  lands  in  Frederick  County.  In  1749  another  large  body 
arrived  and  were  offered  homes  upon  any  terms  agreeable.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  Revolution,  Frederick  County  had  a  population  of 
nearly  50,000,  about  one-seventh  of  the  whole  Province.  The  influ- 
ence of  their  sturdy  subduing  of  forests,  converting  them  into  wheat 
fields, was  extended  even  to  the  eastern  shore,  and  in  1770  the  Bordley 
wheat  field  of  300  acres  on  Wye  Island  became  an  object  lesson  to 
wealthy  planters. 

At  last  mines  opened  up.  Manufactures  of  iron  implements 
followed.  In  1749  there  were  eight  furnaces  for  making  pig  iron  and 
nine  forges  for  bar  iron. 

Public  roads  began  in  1739,  followed  by  an  act  of  Assembly  for 
clearing,  marking  and  improving  roads.     The  Assembly  also  loaned 


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money  to  Howard  and  Anne  Arundel  to  open,  straighten  and  improve 
the  same.  The  result  was  that  before  entering  statehood,  wagons, 
drawn  by  eight  horses,  had  taken  the  place  of  post-horses  upon  roll- 
ing roads. 

Fifty  vessels  were  owned  in  1749  by  inhabitants  of  the  Province, 
transporting  then  about  28,000  hogsheads  of  tobacco,  in  addition  to 
£16,000  sterling  exports  of  wheat,  corn,  pig  iron,  lumber  and  furs. 
Twelve  years  later  the  tobacco  exports  had  decreased,  while  exports 
of  other  products  amounted  to  £90,000. 

In  1762  Philadelphia  offered  a  better  market  for  Maryland  prod- 
ucts than  could  be  found  in  Maryland  owing  to  the  scattered  ports 
of  delivery  in  the  Province. 

The  need  of  money  now  became  imperative.  Paper  currency 
came  and  with  it  a  law  for  inspection  of  tobacco,  added  to  the  devel- 
opment of  the  western  counties;  the  Province  at  last  began  to  be 
more  independent  of  the  mother  country.     (Mereness.) 

Now  there  were  many  evidences  of  advancement  in  the  Province. 

ANNAPOLIS  IN  J7I8. 

In  1718,  "  New  Town,"  upon  Powder  Hill,  was  added  to  Aimapo- 
lis.  It  was  ten  acres,  secured  by  a  Commission  of  Colonel  William 
Holland,  Colonel  Thomas  Addison,  Captain  Daniel  Mariartiee  and 
Mr.  Alexander  Warfield  for  the  encouragement  of  trade  in  the  city. 
The  lots  were  given  to  builders  who  did  not  hold  other  lots  in 
Annapolis.  Philip  Hammond,  the  merchant,  had  his  warehouse  in 
"New  Town." 

The  lotholders  of  Annapolis,  at  that  time,  were  Dr.  Charles  Car- 
roll, Samuel  Young,  Thomas  Bladen,  Patrick  Ogleby,  Robert  Thomas, 
Amos  Garrett,  the  merchant  and  ex-mayor,  Benjamin  Tasker,  James 
Carroll  and  Philip  Lloyd. 

In  1820  Benjamin  Tasker  laid  out  his  "Prospect  to  Annapolis" 
on  the  north  side  of  the  Severn. 

St.  Anne's  Church  was  now  so  crowded  a  gallery  had  to  be 
added  in  1723.  During  that  year,  too,  an  act  for  encouraging 
learning  was  passed  and  Rev.  Joseph  Colebatch,  Colonel  Samuel 
Young,  William  Locke,  Captain  Daniel  Mariartiee,  Mr.  Charles  Ham- 
mond, Mr.  Richard  Warfield  and  John  Beale  were  commissioned  to 
procure  land,  build  and  visit  schools  for  Anne  Arundel. 

In  1727  several  parishioners  of  St.  Anne's,  headed  by  Rev.  Alex- 
ander Frazier  were  authorized  to  build  a  chapel  in  the  upper  part  of 
the  parish.  The  site  selected  was  near  Indian  Landing;  its  patrons 
were  Vachel  Denton,  Thomas  Worthington,  John  Beale  and  Philip 
Hammond. 

William  Parks  was  authorized  to  print,  in  1727,  a  compilation 
of  the  laws  of  the  Province,  and  in  1728,  Henry  Ridgely,  Mordecai 
Hammond  and  John  Welsh  were  empowered  to  lay  out  land  for  a 
custom  house. 


208      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

,  GOVERNOR  SAMUEL  OGLE. 

In  1732  Lord  Baltimore  appointed  Samuel  Ogle,  son  of  Samuel 
Ogle,  of  Northumberland,  England,  as  his  representative  in  Annapo- 
lis. The  Legislature  gave  £3,000  for  a  Governor's  residence,  but  it 
was  not  used  by  Governor  Ogle,  then  a  bachelor.  The  Governor 
soon  engaged  in  the  controversy  concerning  the  dividing  line  of  Mary- 
land and  Pennsylvania.  Lord  Baltimore,  despairing  of  receiving  his 
rights,  had  decided  to  accept  a  compromise.  Disturbances  had  for 
several  years  been  created  by  the  German  settlers  on  the  disputed 
territory.  Captain  Thomas  Cresap  formed  an  association  to  drive 
out  the  Germans.  In  this  contest  one  man  was  killed;  Cresap  was 
wounded  and  was  taken  prisoner.  Governor  Ogle  sent  Edmund 
Jennings  and  Daniel  Dulany  to  Philadelphia  to  demand  Cresap's 
release:  they  failed.  Reprisals  were  ordered;  four  Germans  were 
arrested  and  taken  to  Baltimore.  Cresap's  exclamation,  when  he 
saw  Philadelphia,  was,  "  Why  this  is  the  finest  city  in  the  Province 
of  Maryland." 

Penn  sent  a  committee  to  Governor  Ogle  to  treat,  but  the 
Governor's  demands  were  not  accepted.  Riots  upon  the  contested 
border  increased  and  Governor  Ogle  addressed  the  King,  who  replied 
by  enjoining  both  Governors  to  keep  the  peace,  to  allow  no  settlers 
in  the  disputed  territory  until  his  wishes  were  made  known.  Affairs 
were  in  such  a  serious  condition  that  Lord  Baltimore  came  over  to 
the  Province  and  assumed  charge  for  one  year. 

Governor  Ogle  had  found  the  Province  excited  over  English 
statutes.  He  possessed  many  essential  qualities  for  a  successful 
governor.  He  won  over  Daniel  Dulany,  one  of  the  strongest 
opposers,  but  he  could  not  silence  the  opposition.  He  settled  the 
controversy  over  English  statutes  by  appointing  four  of  the  ablest 
members  of  the  Lower  House,  but  the  act  of  Assembly  which 
supported  the  government,  having  been  allowed  to  expire,  the 
House  expelled  those  four  members  who  had  been  appointed  to 
office. 

New  leaders  rose  in  the  House  to  oppose  "  officers'  fees,"  and  to 
quiet  the  Province,  the  Lord  Proprietor  determined  on  a  new 
Governor. 

GOVERNOR  SIR  THOMAS  BLADEN. 

In  1742,  Sir  Charles  Calvert  appointed  his  brother-in-law  his 
representative.  Both  had  married  daughters  of  Sir  Theodore  Jansen, 
Baronet  of  Surry. 

In  1742,  £1,000  more  were  added  to  the  fund  for  a  Governor's 
mansion  and  Governor  Bladen  was  empowered  to  buy  four  lots  and 
to  erect  thereon  a  residence  for  himself  and  future  Governors.  In 
1744,  he  bought  four  acres,  from  Stephen  Bordley  and  built  the  stately 
hall  now  the  central  building  of  St.  Johns  College,  an  architect  from 
Scotland  planned  it,  but  before  completing  this  magnificent 
banquetting  hall,  the  Legislature  and  Governor  disagreed  upon  its 


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designs  and  refused  further  aid.  It  so  stood  for  a  number  of  years  a 
decaying  monument  of  splendor  and  was  dubbed  "  Bladen's  Folly." 
In  1784,  it  was  granted,  with  its  grounds,  to  St.  Johns  College. 

Governor  Bladen  made  the  treaty  with  Thomas  Penn.  "The 
Six  Nations"  had  also  given  trouble  by- claiming  land  along  the  Sus- 
quehanna and  Potomac.  The  Governor  was  disposed  to  a  peaceful 
settlement  by  buying  their  lands.  The  Assembly  agreed,  but  disputed 
his  authority  in  appointing  Commissioners.  To  his  appointments 
the  Assembly  added  the  names  of  Dr.  Robert  Key  and  Charles 
Carroll,  and  drew  up  instructions  for  their  action.  This  gave  offense 
to  Governor  Bladen.  The  Indians  pressed  an  answer,  but  the 
Assembly  would  not  yield  and  the  Governor  appointed  his  commis- 
sion alone.  It  met  and  adjusted  the  controversy,  by  paying  £100 
currency  for  the  Indian  claim.  By  that  treaty,  the  Nanticokes  left 
the  Eastern  Shore  and  paddled  their  canoes  up  the  Susquehanna 
River  and  settled  in  the  Wyoming  Valley. 

The  members  of  the  Assembly  from  Anne  Arundel  and  Anna- 
polis City  in  1745,  were  Major  Henry  Hall,  Dr.  Charles  Carroll,  Mr. 
Philip  Hammond,  Mr.  Thomas  Worthington,  Captain  Robert  Gordon 
and  Dr.  Charles  Stewart,  of  Annapolis,  This  Assembly  refused  to 
aid  the  Governor  in  sending  troops  to  Canada.  It  occasioned 
considerable  discussion,  but  the  independent  descendants  of  the 
old  settlers  of  the  previous  century  held  their  ground  in  able 
remonstrance.  This  led  Governor  Bladen  to  ask  a  recall  and  Samuel 
Ogle  was  again  named  as  his  successor,  in  1747. 

The  Maryland  Gazette,  the  earliest  newspaper  of  the  Province, 
made  its  re-appearance,  in  1745,  under  Josias  Green,  and  henceforth 
its  pages  furnish  a  reliable  history  of  the  county. 

GOVERNOR  OGLE'S  SECOND  TERM. 

On  March  12,  1747,  the  new  Governor  brought  over  his  bride  in 
the  ship  Neptune,  from  Liverpool  and  on  the  9th  of  June,  Governor 
Bladen,  the  only  royal  Governor  born  in  the  Provinces,  sailed  for 
England.  His  father  was  Hon.  William  Bladen,  Clerk  of  the  Coimcil 
and  first  public  printer,  who  held  an  estate  of  2,000  acres  in  St. 
Mary's.  His  daughter  Ann,  married  Hon.  Benjamin  Tasker,  whose 
daughter  Ann,  became  the  wife  of  Governor  Samuel  Ogle. 

In  December,  Governor  Ogle  called  the  Assembly  to  raise  funds 
for  the  support  of  the  Maryland  troops  in  Canada.  The  Assembly 
refused  and  was  dissolved.  Governor  Ogle's  report  upon  the 
condition  of  trade,  population  and  expenses  of  the  Province  was  a 
comprehensive  exhibit,  which  he  sent  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  of 
London. 

The  Act  of  the  Assembly  for  the  inspection'of  tobacco  and  the 
limitation  of  officer's  fees,  passed  shortly  after  his  restoration  to 
office  increased  the  general  good  feeling  toward  him.  During  his 
administration  the  land  grants  extended  to  Howard  District  of  Anne 
Arundel.     He  built  the  house  which  stands  on  the  corner  of  King 


210      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

George  and  College  Avenue.  During  his  second  term  of  service,  the 
prosperity  of  the  Province  was  well-marked.  Upon  his  death  in 
1752,  the  Maryland  Gazette  paid  this  tribute: 

"  His  great  constancy  and  firmness  in  a  painful  illness  were  suit- 
able to  a  life  exercised  in  every  laudable  pursuit.  His  long  residence 
among  us  made  him  thoroughly  acquainted  with  our  Constitution 
and  interests  and  his  benevolent  disposition  induced  him  to  promote 
the  public  good.  He  was  a  pattern  of  sobriety  and  regularity;  a 
sincere  lover  of  truth  and  justice.  That  his  administration  was  mild 
and  just,  his  enemies,  if  such  a  man  had  any,  dare  not  deny.  In 
private  life  he  was  an  amiable  companion  and  in  his  friendship  warm 
and  sincere." 

THE  GROWTH  OF  A  CENTURY. 

We  have  reached  the  Centennial  year  of  the  settlement,  of  Anne 
Arundel,  and  in  that  review  the  words  of  Rev.  Ethan  Allen  are  of 
interest.  Says  he:  "  The  Puritans  as  such,  were  then  no  longer  heard 
of;  their  places  of  worship  were  desolate  and  their  grave-yards, 
where  are  they?" 

At  Proctor's  Landing  a  city  had  grown  up;  it  was  the  seat  of 
government  for  the  Province.  The  State  House,  the  church,  the 
school  houses  and  magnificent  dwellings,  some  of  which  still  remain, 
had  taken  the  place  of  the  log-hut  of  the  emigrant  and  the  wigwam 
of  the  Indian.  Luxury,  fashion  and  commerce,  with  their  attendant 
dissipations  and  extravagances,  had  taken  the  place  of  the  severe 
and  stern  simplicity  of  the  early  settlers. 

A  hundred  years  had  given  the  match-lock  of  the  Marylander 
for  the  quiver  of  the  Indian;  the  pinnace  for  the  canoe;  the  printing 
press  for  pictorial  chronicles;  skilled  tillage  for  the  unthrifty  hunt; 
African  slavery  for  savage  liberty;  the  race  course  for  the  wrestling 
match;  the  school  for  the  war-dance;  substantial  edifices  for  the 
wigwam;  the  grand  ritual  of  a  mighty  church  for  the  artless  appeal 
to  the  Great  Spirit;  the  busy  throb  of  an  important  capital  for  the 
still-hunt  of  the  savage. 

Annapolis  had  now  been  the  capital  for  half  a  century.  Opulent 
men  had  built  costly,  elegant  houses  as  their  city  dwellings  and  had 
large  plantations,  or  manors,  where  they  dwelt  when  overlooking 
their  tobacco  crops.  Lumbering  equipages,  drawn  by  superb  horses 
were  their  traveling  outfits  in  the  country.  "  In  town,  sedan  chairs, 
borne  by  lacquies  in  livery  were  often  seen.  They  sat  on  carved 
chairs,  at  quaint  tables,  amid  piles  of  ancestral  silverware  and  drank 
punch  out  of  vast,  costly  bowls  from  Japan,  or  supped  Madeira,  half  a 
century  old." 

The  legal  lights  of  Annapolis  were  Jennings,  Chalmer,  Rogers, 
Stone,  Paca,  Johnson,  Dulany.  The  clergy  were  men  of  culture,  who 
could  write  Latin  notes  to  their  companions;  they  enjoyed  their 
imported  Madeira;  were  hearty  livers  and  enjoyed  the  renowned 
crabs,  terrapins  and  canvass-back  ducks,  for  which  the  city  was 
famous.    With  races  every  fall  and  spring,  theatre  in  winter,  a  card 


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party  each  evening,  assemblies  every  fortnight,  dinners  three  or  four 
times  a  week,  at  which  wit,  learning  and  stately  manners  were 
exhibited,  all  softened  by  love  of  good  fellowship,  it  is  not  surprising 
that  a  foreigner  should  declare:  "There  is  not  a  town  in  England, 
of  the  same  size  as  Annapolis,  which  can  boast  of  a  greater  number 
of  fashionable  and  handsome  women." 

The  style  in  winter  is  to  enjoy  the  capital,  but  in  milder  seasons, 
to  travel  among  the  great  estates  and  manors  until  the  principal 
families  in  Calvert,  St.  Marys,  Charles,  Prince  George  and  Arundel 
and  even  across  the  bay,  had  been  visited. 

They  were  bold  riders,  expert  in  hounds  and  horse  flesh,  and  the 
daily  fox-chase  was  as  much  a  duty  as  it  was  to  go  to  church  with 
proper  equipage  and  style  on  Sunday. 

Between  the  old  colonial  mansions  of  the  Northern  and  Southern 
colonies  a  striking  contrast  seems  to  exist.  In  Maryland  and  Vir- 
ginia there  are  brick  buildings  of  remarkable  solidity  and  considerable 
architectural  pretensions.  In  solidity  they  shame  the  mock  shal- 
lowness of  our  modern  pretension,  A  noble  hospitality  is  expressed 
in  the  great  mansions  of  this  time.  The  central  building  lodged  the 
family  and  guests;  the  two  wings,  connected  by  corridors,  served  for 
kitchen,  offices  and  servants  quarters.  In  the  less-imposing  homes 
of  the  people,  the  "hipped-roof"  was  almost  universal,  now  revived 
by  our  Mansard.  The  cosy  comfort,  the  burnished  brass  knockers, 
the  low  ceilings,  the  Queen  Anne  garden  with  box  edging,  all  speak  to 
us  lovingly  of  ancestral  days  worthy  of  being  reseen  and  reviewed. 

Our  modern  clubs  are  only  imitations  of  the  South  River  and 
the  Tuesday  Club,  of  Annapolis.  The  former  has  been  separately 
noted  elsewhere.  The  latter  was  an  assembly  of  wits,  who  satirized 
every  one  and  did  it  successfully.  The  most  distinguished  and 
influential  men  of  the  ancient  capital,  graduates  of  British  Universities, 
wits  of  first  order  were  its  members.  The  meetings  were  held  at  the 
houses  of  its  patrons.  Offensive  topics  were  laughed  out  of  discus- 
sion. Hon.  Edward  Dorsey,  known  as  "the  honest  lawyer"  was  at 
one  time  speaker.  "  He  was  charged  with  negligence  in  office  in  not 
displaying  his  talents  in  oratory  to  the  club.  Speaker  Dorsey  rising 
with  that  gravity  and  action,  which  is  his  peculiar  talent  on  all  such 
occasions,  discoursed  in  a  nervous  and  elegant  style,  which  is  natural 
to  that  gentleman  on  all  occasions."  Notes  of  this  club's  discussions 
have  been  preserved  in  the  Archives  of  the  Maryland  Historical 
Society. 

Other  pastimes  of  that  period,  were  the  races.  On  30th  of  May, 
1745,  "a  race  was  held  at  John  Conners,  about  seven  miles  south  of 
London  Town,  near  West  River.  A  purse  of  £10  for  the  best  horse, 
open  to  all,  except  "Old  Ranter"  and  "Limber  Sides,"  three  heats 
over  two  miles." 

In  1746,  the  gentlemen  of  the  "  Ancient  South  River  Club,"  to 
express  their  loyalty  to  his  Majesty  on  the  success  of  the  inimitable 
Duke  of  Cumberland's  obtaining  a  complete  victory  over  the  Pre- 


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tender,  appointed  a  grand  entertainment  to  be  given  at  their  club 
house,  on  Thursday  next.  The  birthday  of  George  II  was  observed 
here,  October  29,  1746,  "  by  firing  cannon  and  drinking  loyal  healths." 

In  1752,  the  "Beggars  Farce"  was  at  the  new  Theatre  by  per- 
mission of  President  Tasker.  A  lottery  under  Benjamin  Tasker,  Jr., 
George  Stewart  and  Walter  Dulany  was  organized  for  purchasing  a 
town  clock. 

A  French  writer  of  this  period  who  saw  the  capital  city,  thus 
records  it.  "In  that  very  inconsiderable  town  standing  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Severn,  where  it  falls  into  the  bay,  at  least  three-fourths 
of  the  buildings  may  be  styled  elegant  and  grand.  Female  luxury 
exceeds  anything  known  in  the  Province  of  France.  A  French  hair- 
dresser is  a  man  of  importance  among  them,  and  it  is  said,  that  a 
certain  dame  here,  hires  one  of  the  craft  for  a  thousand  crowns  a 
year.  The  State  House  is  a  very  beautiful  building,  I  think  the  most 
so,  of  any  I  have  seen  in  America." 

GOVERNOR  TASKER. 

Upon  the  death  of  Governor  Ogle,  the  office  devolved  upon  his 
father-in-law,  Hon.  Benjamin  Tasker,  by  virtue  of  his  Presidency  of 
the  Council,  which  position  he  had  held  since  1744.  We  get  a  glimpse 
of  him  in  his  correspondence  with  Lord  Baltimore  as  President  of 
the  Council,  in  which  he  declared:  "The  Assembly  is  now  at  a  con- 
clusion, but  as  to  the  real  services,  they  have  done,  they  might  as 
well  have  stayed  at  home.  They  have  prepared  an  address,  offering 
your  Lordship  two-sixth  pence  per  hogshead  on  all  tobacco  to  be 
exported,  but  have  not  agreed  to  make  good  any  number  of  hogs- 
heads, but  the  surest  way  would  be  to  let  the  country  farmers  make 
good  such  a  sum  as  can  be  agreed  upon  and  leave  them  to  find  a  way 
to  raise  it." 

Letters  upon  encroachments  upon  the  Potomac;  under  the 
grant  of  Lord  Fairfax;  upon  leases,  copper  ore,  patents  of  land, 
Spanish  gold,  remittances  and  rents  make  up  the  scope  of  Colonel 
Tasker's  voluminous  correspondence. 

Lord  Baltimore,  in  reply,  lamented  the  death  of  Governor  Ogle, 
but  congratulated  himself  in  having  so  able  a  representative  to  take 
his  place;  acknowledged  the  rights  of  the  President  of  the  Council  to 
assume  the  government  upon  the  death  of  the  Governor. 

As  President  of  the  Council,  Colonel  Tasker  made  a  digest  of 
the  Provincial  laws  and  even  after  Governor  Sharpe  had  arrived 
Colonel  Tasker  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  private  correspondence  and 
affairs  of  the  Proprietary. 

His  son,  Benjamin  Tasker,  Jr.,  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Sharpe,  Commissioner  to  secure  the  assistance  of  "The  Six  Nations." 
This  commission  resulted  in  the  Confederacy  of  1752 — a  union  of 
colonial  interests  for  defense  about  a  quarter  of  a  century  before  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

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GOVERNOR  HORATIO  SHARPS. 

On  August  11,  1753,  Horatio  Sharpe,  Esquire,  Governor  of  the 
Province,  arrived  in  the  ship  Molly,  from  London.  He  was  a  member 
of  an  able  English  family.  His  brother  in  England  secured  for  him, 
soon  after  his  arrival,  an  important  military  appointment  as  com- 
mander of  the  Colonial  Forces.  Governor  Sharpe  entered  upon  a 
momentous  period.  The  French  and  Indian  war  was  at  hand;  the 
House  of  Delegates  insisted  on  taxing  the  Lord  Proprietor's  estates 
and  denying  his  right  to  ordinary  licenses.  The  Stamp  Act  following 
the  war,  was  another  grevious  complaint.  It  was  altogether  a  trying 
ordeal  for  the  Governor,  who  had  to  be  impartial  toward  the  Crown, 
the  Lord  Proprietor  and  the  people,  as  well  as  to  protect  the  Province 
from  a  common  enemy.     But  he  was  equal  to  the  occasion. 

Meeting  General  Braddock  at  Frederick,  he  there  built  Fort 
Frederick.  Braddock's  advance  and  defeat  created  a  panic  in  the 
Province.  Many  fled  to  Baltimore,  where  women  and  children  were 
embarked  on  vessels  to  be  sent  to  Virginia. 

Ordering  out  the  militia  and  calling  for  volunteers.  Governor 
Sharpe,  assisted  by  Captain  Henry  Ridgely  and  Captain  Alexander 
Beall  with  two  companies  of  thirty  men  each,  went  to  the  front. 
The  people  of  Annapolis  began  to  fortify  the  town.  Ninety-five 
Marylanders,  joined  by  South  Carolinians,  under  the  cover  of  bushes 
and  trees,  kept  at  bay  a  fierce  Indian  attack  at  Fort  Duquesne.  The 
English  were  defeated,  but  the  Marylanders  covered  their  retreat, 
losing  twenty-four  out  of  ninety-five  men  engaged.  The  Indians 
could  not  withstand  our  provincials.  Governor  Sharpe,  in  sympathy 
with  the  joy  that  filled  the  colony  over  the  bravery  of  our  Mary- 
land forces,  appointed  a  public  thanksgiving,  and  the  Assembly 
appropriated  a  fund  for  the  defenders. 

It  is  a  peculiar  incident  in  the  history  of  the  State,  that  the  dying 
interest  of  the  last  unpopular  Proprietor  should  be  so  ably  and 
efficiently  sustained  by  two  such  popular  governors  as  Sharpe  and 
Eden. 

The  clergy  tendered  Governor  Sharpe  their  grateful  acknowl- 
edgements "  for  his  amiable  virtues,  both  in  public  and  private  char- 
acter." The  Lower  House  acknowledged  "it  is  our  opinion  that  his 
own  inclination  led  him  very  much  toward  that  desirable  object"— 
the  good  of  the  Province.  Kent  County,  St.  Mary's  and  Frederick 
County  all  sent  him  addresses  complimentary  and  approving.  Gov- 
ernor Sharpe's  able  correspondence  covers  three  volumes  of  the  Mary- 
land Archives.  He  was  a  bachelor,  yet  he  built  a  homestead  that 
still  bears  testimony  to  the  magnificence  of  our  colonial  archi- 
tecture. In  1763,  by  Legislative  act.  Governor  Sharpe  purchased 
from  the  vestry  of  St.  Margaret's  Parish,  the  "White  Hall"  estate, 
which  had  been  left  to  the  church  by  Colonel  Charles  Greenberry. 
In  1764  the  vestry,  headed  by  William  West,  gave  a  power-of- 
attorney  to  John  Merriken  to  convey  to  Horatio  Sharpe  their 
tract  known  as  "  White  Hall."     This  tract  had  descended  to  Colonel 


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Charles  Greenberry  from  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry,  who  had 
secured  it  from  Colonel  William  Fuller,  of  Virginia,  the  son  of  its 
first  surveyor.  Captain  William  Fuller,  hero  of  the  Severn.  Governor 
Sharpe  resided  in  "White  Hall"  mansion.  When  he  retired  from 
the  office  of  Governor,  his  secretary,  John  Ridout,  of  England,  held 
it  and  by  the  will  of  Governor  Sharpe,  through  his  trustees, 
Benjamin  Ogle  and  Dr.  Upton  Scott,  it  was  transferred  by  deed  to 
John  Ridout.  Governor  Sharpe's  full-length  portrait  is  upon  its 
walls,  and  the  bed  on  which  he  rested  is  still  among  its  relics. 
"White  Hall"  has  passed  to  Mrs.  Story,  wife  of  Captain  Story, 
U.  S.  A. 

GOVERNOR  ROBERT  EDEN. 

Governor  Robert  Eden  was  the  last  Proprietary  Governor.  He 
came  in  1769.  It  was  in  the  lovely  month  of  June.  The  guns  of  the 
battery  gave  him  welcome.  He  was  a  gentleman  "  easy  of  access, 
courteous  to  all,  and  fascinating  by  his  accomplishments."  Mr. 
William  Eddis,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  much  of  our  most 
interesting  bits  of  gossip,  came  in  1769  to  take  the  position  of  English 
Collector  of  Customs.  His  pen  records  are  still  extant  and  valuable. 
Of  Governor  Eden  he  wrote,  "  The  Governor  is  returned  to  a  land  of 
trouble.  To  stem  the  popular  torrent  will  require  all  his  faculties. 
Hitherto  his  conduct  has  secured  to  him  a  well-merited  popularity 
• — and  I  can  assert  that  he  conducts  himself  in  his  arduous  depart- 
ment with  an  invariable  attention  to  the  interests  of  his  royal  master, 
and  the  essential  welfare  of  the  Province  over  which  he  has  the  honor 
to  preside."  That  this  sentiment  was  shared  by  the  Assembly  of 
Maryland  was  clearly  manifest  when  it  refused  to  subject  Governor 
Eden  to  the  indignity  of  arrest  as  demanded  by  General  Charles  Lee, 
the  Englishman,  then  in  charge  of  the  American  Army.  In  face  of 
the  clamors  of  the  Whig  Club  of  Baltimore,  the  latter  felt  he  could 
trust  the  Convention  of  Maryland  which  had  solemnly  pledged  his 
safe  departure. 

The  foundation  stone  of  the  present  State  House  was  laid  by 
Governor  Eden  in  1772.  On  his  striking  the  stone  with  a  mallet 
there  was  a  clap  of  thunder,  although  a  cloud  could  not  be  seen.  This 
building  is  the  third  upon  the  same  site.  The  appropriation  was 
£7,500  sterling.  Its  building  committee  were  Daniel  Dulany ,  Thomas 
Johnson,  John  Hall,  William  Paca,  Charles  Carroll,  Barrister,  Lance- 
lot Jacques  and  Charles  Wallace.  In  1773  it  was  covered  with  a 
copper  roof,  which  during  the  gale  of  1775  was  blown  off.  The  dome, 
so  much  admired  by  all  critics,  was  added  after  the  Revolution. 

Governor  Eden  bought  of  Edmund  Jennings  the  historic  man- 
sion, long  the  Governor's  mansion  of  our  State  Governors.  He  added 
its  wings. 

Mr.  David  Ridgely,  the  State  Librarian  and  author  of  "  Annals 
of  Annapolis"  in  1841,  thus  describes  Governor  Eden's  mansion: 
"This  edifice  has  a  handsome  court  and  garden  extending,with  the 
exception  of  an  intervening  lot,  to  the  water's  edge.     From  the 


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portico,  looking  to  the  garden,  a  fine  prospect  regales  the  vision.  The 
building  consists  of  two  stories  and  presents  an  extensive  front; 
there  are  on  the  lower  floor,  a  large  room  on  each  side  of  the  hall  as 
you  enter  and  several  smaller  ones;  the  saloon,  on  the  same  floor,  is 
nearly  the  length  of  the  house.  On  each  side  of  the  edifice  are  com- 
modious kitchens,  carriage  house  and  stables,  with  spacious  lots. 
Towards  the  water,  the  building  rises  in  the  middle  in  a  turreted 
shape.  It  stands  detached  from  other  structures,  and  is  altogether 
a  delightful  and  suitable  mansion  for  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  our 
State."  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  Governor  Eden's  prop- 
erty was  confiscated.  This  mansion  was  held  for  our  Governors 
until  1866,  when  it  was  sold  to  the  Naval  Academy  and  became  the 
Library  Hall.  It  was  intended  for  the  residence  of  the  Superintend- 
ent, but  was  condemned  and  torn  down  in  1901.  The  same  act  of 
1866  located  our  present  Gubernatorial  mansion  on  its  quintangular 
lot,  fronting  on  State  House  Circle.  Upon  this  lot  stood  the  resi- 
dence of  Mr.  Absalom  Ridgely  and  his  son.  Dr.  John  Ridgely,  surgeon 
of  U.  S.  Ship  Philadelphia,  captured  in  the  harbor  of  Tripoli  in  1804. 
It  was  built  by  the  grandfather  of  General  George  H.  Stuart. 

In  social  circles  Governor  Eden  was  a  favorite.  When  the 
controversy  concerning  "officer's  fees"  was  at  its  height  during  his 
administration  the  hostility  was  directed  more  against  the  members 
of  the  Upper  House  than  against  the  Governor.  The  two  great 
debaters  and  writers  upon  that  controversy  were  Daniel  Dulany  and 
Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton,"  under  assumed  names  of  "  Antillon" 
and  "  First  Citizen."  Full  copies  of  that  discussion  are  now  on  record 
at  the  State  Library,  Annapolis.  In  it  Charles  Carroll,  then  unknown, 
just  returned  from  his  studies  in  Europe,  took  the  popular  side  and 
received  the  public  thanks  of  the  Lower  House  of  the  Assembly. 
He  contended  that  the  government  of  Maryland  had  for  years  been 
held  by  one  family,  viz:  Tasker,  Ogle,  Bladen  and  Dulany.  The 
latter's  father-in-law,  Benjamin  Tasker,  had  been  President  of  the 
Council  for  a  number  of  years.  Dulany,  the  writer,  was  a  brother- 
in-law  of  Benjamin  Tasker,  Jr.,  who  was  also  of  the  Council  and  at 
the  same  time  Secretary  of  the  Province.  The  office  of  Commissary- 
General  and  Secretary  were  almost  hereditary  in  the  Dulany  family. 
Colonel  Tasker,  Sr.,  was  Commissary-General  between  the  two 
Dulany 's,  father  and  son,  and  at  the  time  of  the  discussion  in  1773, 
Walter  Dulany  held  the  place  while  his  cousin  was  Secretary.  Mrs. 
Daniel  Dulany's  mother,  wife  of  Benjamin  Tasker,  was  a  Bladen, 
and  Governor  Robert  Eden,  last  in  line,  while  he  married  Lord 
Baltimore's  daughter,  had  also  connected  himself  with  the  Bladens, 
as  this  lady  was  a  niece  of  Governor  Bladen's  wife. 

The  "Independent  Whigs"  in  a  letter  to  "The  First  Citizen," 
declared,  "  We  thank  you  for  the  sentiments  which  you  have  spoken 
with  honest  freedom.  We  had  long  waited  for  a  man  of  abilities  to 
step  forth  and  tell  our  dozing  ministers  the  evils  they  have  brought 
upon  the  community.  While  we  admire  your  intrepidity  in  the 
attack,  permit  us  to  applaud  that  calm  and  sturdy  temper  which  so 


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precisely  marks  and  distinguishes  your  excellent  performance.  Go 
on,  sir,  and  assert  the  rights  of  your  countr}^;  every  friend  of  liberty 
will  be  a  friend  to  you.  Malice  may  rage  and  raw  heads  and  bloody 
bones  may  clatter  and  rattle,  but  the  honest  heart,  bold  in  the  cause 
of  freedom  feels  no  alarm." 

Carroll's  exposure  of  the  "Proclamation"  was  seen  in  the  next 
election  in  Annapolis,  when  a  tumultuous  crowd  with  sound  of 
muffled  drums,  bore  the  proclamation  in  a  coffin,  and  with  a  grave- 
digger,  marched  to  its  burial;  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
thank  "  The  First  Citizen." 

COUNaL  OF  SAFETY. 

Two  governments  were  now  in  Annapolis — Governor  Eden  and 
the  Council  of  Safety. — Fearing  the  action  of  the  Assembly,  Eden 
continued  by  prorogation,  to  keep  down  the  voice  of  the  people,  but 
the  people  of  Anne  Arundel  sent  out  an  invitation  for  committees 
from  the  several  counties  to  meet  at  Annapolis  for  forming  non-im- 
portation associations,  a  full  meeting  was  the  result.  It  was  resolved 
not  to  import  any  of  the  dutiable  goods;  to  exclude  a  list  of  merchan- 
dise summing  up  a  hundred  articles;  while  this  agreement  was  being 
signed  came  the  news  that  only  tea  would  be  taxed,  but  the  com- 
mittees appointed  at  Annapolis  unanimously  resolved  to  stand  by 
their  former  declaration.  Closely  following  came  the  Congress  of 
all  delegates. 

When  the  Council  of  Safety  took  charge  of  the  State  of  Mary- 
land Governor  Eden  was  notified  that  the  time  for  his  departure  had 
arrived,  and  after  its  members  had  taken  an  affectionate  leave  of 
their  late  Supreme  Magistrate,  he  was  conducted  to  a  barge  with 
every  mark  of  respect  due  his  elevated  station  he  had  so  worthily 
filled.  He  reached  the  vessel  amid  the  booming  of  cannon.  In  1783 
ex-Governor  Eden  returned  to  America  to  secure  the  restitution  of  his 
property.  There  was  some  criticism  of  his  action,  but  after  an  inter- 
view with  Governor  Paca,  matters  were  adjusted.  He  died  soon 
after  his  arrival  in  a  house  now  owned  by  the  Sisters  of  Notre  Dame 
on  Shipwright  Street.  This  house  was  the  homestead  of  Dr.  Upton 
Scott,  a  rich  citizen  of  Annapolis.  It  now  attracts  more  visitors  than 
any  other  in  Annapolis  by  having  been  made  the  imaginary  home  of 
"Richard  Carvel,"  of  Revolutionary  days.  The  house  commands  a 
beautiful  view  of  the  creek  into  which  entered  the  St.  Mary  forces, 
and  also  the  opposite  neck  upon  which  was  gained  the  Battle  of  the 
Severn.  Just  east  of  it  stands  the  Carroll  mansion,  upon  "Carroll 
Green","  all  now  in  the  grounds  of  the  Catholic  orders  of  the  city. 

"Governor  Eden  was  buried,"  says  Mr.  Ridgely  in  his  Annals 
of  Annapolis,  "  under  the  pulpit  of  the  Episcopal  church  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Severn,  within  two  or  three  miles  of  the  city." 

"This  church  was  some  years  since  burned  down"  Mr.  Riley 
adds.  "  I  have  tried  by  diUgent  inquiry  to  locate  this  church.  The 
nearest  approach  to  the  truth  is  found  in  the  fact  that  on  the  farm 


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of  Mrs.  Winchester,  near  the  track  of  the  Annapolis  and  Baltimore 
Short  Line  Railroad,  is  an  ancient  graveyard,  the  site  of  an  Episcopal 
church  that  was  burned  down  about  a  hundred  years  ago.  There  is 
a  grave  in  the  cemetery  marked  by  a  cross  of  bricks,  and  the  tradition 
is  that  an  English  lord  lies  buried  here.  It  would  not  take  many 
repetitions  of  oral  history  to  change  an  English  governor  to  an  English 
lord." 

Mrs.  Helen  Stuart  Ridgely  in  her  "  Old  Brick  Churches,"  locates 
the  early  Church  of  Westminster  Parish  on  "Severn  Heights."  My 
own  researches  show  a  deed  from  John  Hammond,  whose  estate  was 
on  the  Severn,  for  200  square  feet  upon  "  Deep  Creeke,"  for  building 
a  church  for  Westminster  Parish  in  1695.  The  only  consideration 
was  "  the  love  he  bore  his  neighbors."  In  1707-8  t^he  parish  of  West- 
minster obtained  a  deed  for  "two_acres  on  the  south  side  of  the 
Magothy  River,  adjoining  a  town  called  Westminster  Towne."  The 
tract  was  "  Luck,"  granted  to  Mary  Garner,  mother  of  Edward  Gibbs, 
to  whom  it  descended  and  by  whom  it  was  sold,  to  Charles  Green- 
berry,  principal  vestryman  and  his  brothers,  John  Peasly,  Philip 
Jones,  Thomas  Cockey,  John  Ingram  and  Richard  Torrell."  Its 
communion  silver  dates  from  1713,  the  year  of  Colonel  Charles  Green- 
berry's  death.  His  will  left  a  liberal  provision  for  maintaining  a 
minister.  His  estate  "  White  Hall,"  was  left  to  his  widow,  to  descend 
to  Westminster  Parish.  This  was  still  later  the  estate  of  Governor 
Sharpe,  who  granted  it  to  his  secretary,  John  Ridout,  of  England, 
whose  burial  notice  reads,  "  Be  it  remembered  that  John  Ridout, 
Esquire,  a  native  of  Dorset,  England,  departed  this  life  7th  October 
1797,  and  was  buried  at  'White  Hall,'  the  ceremony  being  solemn- 
ized by  the  Rev.  Ralph  Higginbotham,  of  St.  Anne's  Parish." 
Another  record  reads,  "  Rachel  Ridout,  wife  of  Horatio  Ridout  and 
daughter  of  Robert  Goldsborough,  of  Cambridge,  Maryland,  departed 
this  life  17th  of  June,  1811,  and  was  buried  at  'White  Hall,'  in  this 
Parish,  the  funeral  ceremony  being  solemnized  by  the  Rev.  Robert 
Welsh,  of  the  Methodist  Society.  Entered  by  Horatio  Ridout, 
Register." 

"  Mary  Ridout,  daughter  of  Governor  Samuel  Ogle,  and  wife  of 
John  Ridout,  died  at  'White  Hall,'  August,  1808."  Ann  Ogle,  wife 
of  Governor  Samuel,  was  buried  at  "White  Hall"  in  1^7. 

We  get  a  view  of  some  church  officials  in  1706  from  the  records 
of  St.  Anne's  Church. 

On  Easter  Monday,  April  19,  1756,  at  the  parish  church,  there 
were  present  Dr.  Richard  Tootell,  Mr.  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Mr. 
Robert  Swan,  Mr.  James  Maccubin  and  Mr.  William  Roberts,  of  the 
vestry,  and  sundry  parishioners,  who  went  through  the  usual  vestry 
election  and  selected  Mr.  Lancelot  Jaques  and  Mr.  Richard  Mackubin 
church  wardens  to  fill  the  expired  terms  of  Messrs.  Thornton  and 
Woodward.  Mr.  Alexander  Warfield,  son  of  Richard,  and  Dr.  George 
Stewart  were  made  vestrymen  in  the  place  of  Dr.  Tootell  and  Mr. 
Dorsey.  At  that  meeting  of  the  vestry  the  following  list  of  bachelors 
was  returned  to  the  vestry,  to  be  taxed  for  the  support  of  the  church: 


218      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Those  possessing  £100  and  less  than  £300,  were  Mr.  Rezin  Gaither, 
at  Mrs.  Ehzabeth  Gaithers,  at  the  head  of  the  Severn;  Mr.  Emanuel 
Marriott,  at  his  father's,  Mr.  Joseph  Marriott;  Mr.  Caleb  Davis,  at 
Mr.  Philip  Hammond's.  Those  possessing  over  £300  were  Mr.  Zach- 
ariah  Hood;  Charles  Carroll,  barrister;  Mr.  William  Gaither,  at  the 
head  of  the  Severn;  Mr.  Charles  Hammond,  son  of  Phihp.  The 
Register  also  added  that  His  Excellency  Horatio  Sharpe  and  Rev. 
John  MacPherson  were  bachelors,  but  he  did  not  count  them. 

After  qualifying  according  to  law  the  vestry  proceeded  to  nom- 
inate and  recommend  the  following  persons  for  Inspectors  of  tobacco 
for  the  ensuing  year,  viz :  Mr.  Moses  Mackubin  and  Mr.  Richard  Mac- 
kubin  for  the  port  of  Annapolis,  Mr.  Augustine  Gambrill,  Mr,  Joseph 
Sewell,  Mr.  Richard  Warfield,  Jr.,  and  Mr.  John  Hall  for  Indian 
Landing.  It  was  then  ordered  that  the  tobacco  in  the  hands  of  the 
Sheriff,  belonging  to  the  vestry,  be  sold  at  public  vendue,  on 
Wednesday  next  and  that  the  Register  set  up  notices  for  the  same. 
The  tobacco  sold  at  sixteen-ninth  pence  per  hundred. 

Mr.  Alexander  Warfield  was  ordered,  in  1758,  to  have  a  window 
cut  in  the  chapel  at  the  expense  of  the  vestry  and  to  see  that  the 
stones  in  the  aisles  were  relaid. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution,  St.  Anne's  Church  had 
become  quite  dilapidated,  but  it  still  held  a  communion  plate  of  solid 
silver,  made  by  Francis  Garthorne,  engraved  with  the  arms  of  Wil- 
liam III.  This  is  still  a  cherished  memorial  in  the  present  magnifi- 
cent building,  which  is  the  third  upon  its  historic  site.  It  also  has 
two  Bibles,  the  gifts  of  General  John  Hammond,  its  vestryman  of 
1704  and  Mrs.  Henrietta  Maria  Dorsey,  wife  of  Captain  Edward. 
Its  stone  font  is  the  work  of  Rinehart.  Its  burial  ground  is  now 
occupied  by  the  city  streets,  but  in  its  capacious  circle,  now  enclosed 
by  an  iron  railing,  we  may  still  read  some  records  of  historic 
interest.  "Here  lieth  Rebecca,  wife  of  Daniel  Dulany,  fourth 
daughter  of  Colonel  Walter  Smith;"  "Margaret  Carroll,  relict  of 
Charles  Carroll,  (barrister)  of  Annapolis  and  daughter  of  Matthew 
Tilghman— born  1742,  died  1817."  "Henry  Ridgely,  died  1700;" 
General  John  Hammond,  1707;  Nicholas  Gassaway,  1711.  Upon 
a  slab  of  white  marble  with  a  griffin  rampant,  surrounded  by  fleur 
de-lis,  the  following  inscription  is  preserved: 

"  Here  lieth  interred  the  body  of  Mr.  Amos  Garrett,  of  the  city 
of  Annapolis,  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  in  the  Province  of  Maryland, 
merchant,  son  of  Mr.  James  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Garrett,  late  of  St.  Olive 
Street,  Southwork,  then  in  the  Kingdom  of  England,  now  a  part  of 
Great  Britain,  who  departed  this  life  on  March  8,  1727,  Aetatis  56." 

The  bell  given  by  Queen  Anne  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1858. 
The  present  building  dates  from  the  same  year.  Its  north  grounds 
have  elevated  memorials,  also,  to  WilHam  Bladen,  who  died  1718, 
aged  forty-eight;  to  Benjamin  Tasker,  Jr.,  late  Secretary  of  Mary- 
land, who  died  1760,  in  his  thirty-ninth  year  and  to  Hon.  Benjamin 
Tasker,  Sr.,  President  of  the  Council,  who  died  1768,  aged  seventy- 
eight. 


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St.  James  Parish,  Herring  Creek,  noted  further  on  "  Old  Brick 
Churches,"  discarded  its  brick  church  of  1718  and  rebuilt  one  in 
1760,  which  is  still  standing.  It  is  nearly  square,  with  a  hip-roof, 
like  that  on  the  present  All  Hallows,  which  dates  from  1722,  but  while 
the  latter  is  open  inside  to  the  roof,  St.  James  has  a  vaulted  ceiling 
spanning  and  slanting  off  at  the  ends  to  harmonize  with  the  confor- 
mation outside.  There  are  two  aisles  and  three  sections  of  square 
pews  with  doors.  The  windows  with  their  deep  embrasures  are 
rounded  at  the  top  and  in  most  of  them  the  small  panes  are  preserved. 
There  are  two  stained  glass  windows  in  the  chancel  and-the  corners 
near  it  are  boxed  off  into  vestry-room  and  choir,  A^ich  necessary 
contrivances  mar  the  effect  of  the  otherwise  perfect  interior;  they, 
moreover,  hide  the  tablets  containing  the  Lord's  Prayer  and  the 
Creed,  which,  with  the  Ten  Commandments  covering  the  space 
between  the  chancel  windows,  were  probably  procured  with  the  legacy 
of  £10  given  in  1723,  by  the  wife  of  William  Locke,  Esq.,  "toward 
adorning  the  Altar  of  St.  James  with  Creed,  Lord's  Prayer  and  Ten 
Commandments. ' ' 

William  Locke  also  gave  money  for  a  silver  basin  or  baptismal 
font,  which  is  now  one  of  the  four  pieces,  of  which  the  church  plate 
consists.  It  bears  the  date  of  1732,  and  also  the  donor,  with  the  word 
"  Armigeri"  after  it. 

The  alms  basin  was  the  gift  of  the  rector,  Rev.  Henry  Hall,  who 
died  in  1723.  The  other  pieces  look  as  if  they  might  be  of  earlier  date. 
The  records  also  show  that  whipping  posts  and  stocks  were  then  in 
order. 

Rev.  Henry  Hall  lies  in  St.  James  church-yard,  under  a  hori- 
zontal slab  mounted  on  a  brick  foundation.  Another  slab,  flat  to 
the  ground,  is  in  honor  of  Hon.  Seth  Biggs,  Esq.,  who  died  1708, 
aged  fifty-five  years.  ^,.,        ,^, 

KING  WILLIAM'S    SCHOOL,  NOW  ST.  JOHN'S  COLLEGE. 

The  first  dates  from  1696;  the  second  from  1785.  The  trustees 
of  the  first  were  Governor  Francis  Nicholson,  Hon.  Sir  Thomas 
Lawrence,  Colonel  George  Robothan,  Colonel  Charles  Hutchins, 
Colonel  John  Addison,  Rev.  Divine,  Mr.  Peregrine  Coney,  Mr.  John 
Hewitt,  Mr.  Robert  Smith,  Kenelym  Cheseldyne,  Henry  Coursey, 
Edward  Dorsey,  Thomas  Ennals,  Thomas  Tasker,  Francis  Jenkins, 
William  Dent,  Thomas  Smith,  Edward  Boothy,  John  Thompson  and 
John  Bigger,  gentlemen. 

It  stood  upon  a  lot  given  by  Governor  Nicholson,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  State  House,  the  spot  of  the  DeKalb  Statue.  It  gave  the 
name  to  School  Street.  It  was  completed  in  1701.  The  earhest 
rector  was  Rev.  Edward  Butler,  rector  of  St.  Anne's  and  master  of 
the  free  school  in  Annapolis.  Its  records  are  meager,  but  WilHam 
Pinkney  was  educated  there. 

In  1785,  the  property  of  King  William's  School  was  conveyed 
to  St.  John's  College.  Among  the  list  was  a  number  of  "  quaint  and 
curious  volumes  of  forgotten  lore,"  which  still  remain  in  the  library 


220      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

of  St.  John's.  Governor  Eden,  early  after  his  arrival,  strongly 
recommended  an  institution  of  learning  which  would  preclude  the 
necessity  for  crossing  the  ocean  to  obtain  an  education.  Governor 
Bladen's  unfinished  residence  was  selected  as  its  site.  The  war 
intervened,  but  at  its  close  the  Legislature  passed  a  wise  and  public- 
spirited  act  of  incorporation,  granting,  if  located  in  Annapolis,  four 
acres  purchased  by  Governor  Bladen,  from  Stephen  Bordley,  for  his 
public  residence.  The  sum  of  £1,750  annually  and  forever  was 
granted  as  a  donation.  A  committee  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  viz: 
James  Brice,  Charles  Wallace,  Richard  Sprigg,  Thomas  Hyde  and 
Thomas  Harwood,  announced  in  1789,  the  appointment  of  John 
McDowell,  A.M.,  Professor  of  Mathematics.  His  name  to-day,  is 
perpetuated  in  McDowell  Hall.  In  1806,  the  Legislature  repealed 
its  charter  in  the  face  of  an  eloquent  appeal  from  William  Pinkney, 
in  which  he  said:  "The  day  which  witnessed  the  degradation  of  St. 
John's  College  would  prove  the  darkest  day  Maryland  has  known." 
In  1832,  the  sum  of  £3,000  was  given,  providing  the  Board 
would  accept  it  in  full  satisfaction  for  any  claim  it  might  have  against 
the  State.  Thus,  has  the  college  lived  for  a  century,  during  which 
time  it  has  presented  a  long  array  of  Maryland's  most  honored  sons, 
who  started  out  from  its  halls.  Its  present  able  President,  Dr.  Fell 
is  holding  it  to  its  purpose  with  success. 

ANTE-REVOLUTIONARY  MOVEMENTS. 

We  have  now  reached  the  close  of  our  Provincial  era.  Busy 
preparations  for  an  independent  nation  are  at  hand.  The  causes 
which  led  to  the  Revolution  are  known  to  every  school  boy,  but  the 
part  that  Maryland  took  in  that  Revolution  has  never  had  its  just 
recognition. 

In  Bancroft's  voluminous  history,  of  eight  large  volumes,  not 
more  than  a  half-dozen  pages  are  given  to  a  notice  of  Maryland's 
share  in  the  great  work.  Even  this  slight  notice  is  in  detached  para- 
graphs of  deprecatory  allusions  to  the  influence  of  "its  profligate 
Lord  Proprietary,"  in  shaping  the  conservatism  of  the  State.  Though 
Maryland,  through  Thomas  Johnson,  had  nominated  George  Wash- 
ington as  Commander-in-Chief,  it  is  there  recorded  as  the  wish  of  the 
East.  Chase,  whose  wisdom  was  felt  in  every  convention,  only 
received  a  passing  word  of  commemoration.  Maryland,  it  is  true, 
penetrated  the  disguise  of  patriotism  which  enveloped  our  English 
General,  Charles  Lee  and  became  indignant,  when  such  a  man 
had  tried  to  depose  her  respected  Governor  Eden,  but  her 
conservatism  stood  not  in  the  way,  after  it  was  seen,  that  the  cause 
of  defense  could  be  made  one  of  independence.  When  that  hour 
had  dawned,  her  spirit  of  devotion  became  manifest.  Like  others, 
Maryland  had  hoped  for  the  recovery  of  American  rights  through 
the  blockade  of  trade,  but  now  in  a  convention  of  fifty-five  members 
from  sixteen  counties,  it  "resolved  unanimously  to  resist  to  the 
utmost  of  their  power,  taxation  by  Parliament,  or  the  enforcement  of 


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the  penal  acts  against  Massachusetts."  Charles  Carroll,  disfran- 
chised, was  placed  on  her  committee  of  correspondence.  Chase, 
strong,  downright  brave  and  persevering,  vehement  even  to  a  fault, 
won  the  confidence  of  the  people.  Her  delegates  to  that  Convention 
in  April,  1775,  had  been  instructed  to  proceed  "even  to  the  last 
extremity,  if  indispensably  necessary  for  the  safety  and  preserva- 
tion of  their  liberties  and  privileges." 

On  26th  of  July,  following,  the  Convention  at  Annapolis 
resolved  fully  to  sustain  Massachusetts  and  to  meet  force  by  force. 
It  saw  "  no  alternative,  but  base  submission  or  manly  resistance  and 
it  approved  by  arms  its  opposition  to  British  troops."  It  directed 
the  enrollment  of  forty  companies  of  minute  men;  authorized  one 
quarter  of  a  million  of  currency  to  be  raised;  extended  its  franchise; 
and  recognizing  the  Continental  Congress  it  managed  the  affairs  of 
the  State  through  a  "Council  of  Safety"  and  subordinate  Executive 
Committees  in  every  county  of  the  State. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  voters  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  in  1774,  it 
was  resolved,  "That  Thomas  Dorsey,  John  Hood,  Jr.,  John  Dorsey, 
Philip  Dorsey,  John  Burgess,  Thomas  Sappington,  Ephraim  Howard, 
Caleb  Dorsey,  Richard  Stringer,  Reuben  Meriweather,  Dr.  Charles 
A.  Warfield,  Edward  Gaither,  Jr.,  Greenberry  Gaither,  Elijah  Robos- 
son,  Thomas  Mayo,  James  Kelso,  Benjamin  Howard,  Ely  Dorsey, 
Sr.,  Mark  Brown  Sappington,  Brice  T.  B.  Worthington,  Charles  Car- 
roll, barrister;  John  Hall,  William  Paca,  Thomas  Johnson,  Jr., 
Matthias  Hammond,  Charles  Wallace,  Richard  Tootell,  Thomas 
Harwood,  Jr.,  John  Davidson,  John  Brice,  John  Weems,  Samuel 
Chew,  Thomas  Sprigg,  Gerard  Hopkins,  Jr.,  Thomas  Hall,  Thomas 
Harwood,  West  River;  Stephen  Steward,  Thomas  Watkins,  Thomas 
Belt,  the  third,  Richard  Green  and  Stephen  Watkins  be  a  committee 
to  represent  and  act  for  this  county  and  city,  to  carry  into  execution 
the  association  agreed  on  by  the  American  Continental  Congress." 

On  26th  of  July,  1775,  at  Annapolis,  a  temporary  form  of  gov- 
ernment was  established,  which  endured  until  the  Constitution  of 
1851  was  adopted.  In  this  action  Maryland  moved  solely  by  its  own 
volition.  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton  and  Charles  Carroll, 
barrister,  were  members  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  from 
Annapolis  City. 

The  new  Government  of  Maryland,  which  succeeded  the 
exciting  Administration  of  Governor  Eden,  showed  a  gloomy 
prospect  in  its  early  hours  of  the  Revolutionary  struggle. 

The  Council  of  Safety  in  its  address  to  the  Maryland  Delegates 
recorded,  "  Our  people  are  very  backward  in  carrying  the  New  Gov- 
ernment into  execution.  Anne  Arundel  County  has  named  no  elec- 
tors to  the  Senate — nor  any  committee  of  observation — none  of  the 
Judges  attended  and  very  few  people.  The  city  of  Annapolis  has 
not  named  any  Elector  and  we  expect  news  of  the  same  kind  from 
other  places."  But  when  once  awakened  to  the  necessity  of  defence, 
the  people  of  Anne  Arundel  faltered  not,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  records 
that  follow.    Ordered,  "  That  the  Treasurer  of  the  Western  Shore  pay 


222      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

to  Dr.  Charles  Alexander  Warfield,  £400  to  enable  him  to  carry  on  a 
crude  Nitre  manufactory." 

At  a  meeting  of  Delegates  appointed  by  the  several  counties  of 
Annapolis,  on  26th  of  July,  1775,  were  Samuel  Chase,  Thomas  John- 
son, John  Hall,  Dr.  Ephraim  Howard,  Charles  Carroll,  barrister; 
Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton;  Thomas  Dorsey,  Thomas  Tillard  and 
John  Dorsey.  Upon  an  adjournment  to  Thursday,  July  27th,  there 
were  present,  William  Paca  and  Rezin  Hammond,  for  Anne  Arundel. 
.  At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  Anne  Arundel,  on  January 
1775,  the  following  were  appointed  upon  the  committee  of  observa- 
tion, with  full  power  to  rule  the  county.  They  were  Brice  T.  B. 
Worthington,  John  Hall,  Matthias  Hammond,  Philemon  Warfield, 
Nicholas  Worthington,  Thomas  Jennings,  Thomas  Dorsey,  John 
Hood,  Jr.,  John  Dorsey,  Philip  Dorsey,  Ephraim  Howard,  Caleb 
Dorsey,  Jr.,  Richard  Stringer,  Reuben  Meriweather,  Charles  War- 
field,  Edward  Gaither,  Jr.,  Greenberry  Ridgely,  Ely  Dorsey,  John 
Burgess,  Michael  Pue,  Edward  Norwood,  James  Howard,  Henry 
Ridgely,  William  Hammond,  Thomas  Hobbs,  John  Dorsey,  son  of 
Michael;  Brice  Howard,  Edward  Dorsey,  son  of  John;  Amos  Davis, 
Elisha  Warfield,  John  Dorsey,  son  of  Severn  John;  Samuel  Dorsey, 
son  of  Caleb;  Joshua  Griffith,  Vachel  Howard,  Charles  Hammond, 
son  of  John;  Thomas  Mayo. 

On  Friday,  July  28th,  Brice  Thomas  Beale  Worthington  was 
present  for  Anne  Arundel  and  on  Saturday,  29th,  Matthias  Hammond 
represented  Anne  Arundel. 

"  Resolved  by  the  "  Association  of  Freemen,"  on  July  26,  1775, 
That  four  companies  of  Minute  Men  be  raised  in  Anne  Arundel,  of 
sixty-eight  men  beside^  officers." 

Thus  was  the  ball  set  in  motion  for  that  year. 

J776. 

On  January  20th  it  was  resolved  that  registers  of  the  Commis- 
saires  and  Land  Office  and  Clerks  of  the  Provincial  Court  of  Anne 
Arundel  immediately  furnish  the  Council  of  Safety  with  lists  of 
record  books  in  their  respective  offices  and  prepare  for  removal  of 
the  records  and  papers  to  such  place  as  shall  be  directed  by  said 
Council." 

Mr.  John  Brice  delivered  the  Court  and  land  record  books  and 
and  judgment  books. 

"  Resolved,  That  Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton,"  Thomas  Dor- 
sey and  John  Weems  collect  all  the  gold  and  silver  that  can  be  gotten 
in  Anne  Arundel  in  exchange  for  continental  money  for  the  use  of 
Congress." 

In  1776  commissions  were  issued  by  the  Council  of  Safety  to 
Thomas  Tillard,  First  Major,  and  to  Joseph  Galloway,  Second  Major 
of  the  South  River  Battalion  of  Militia;  Pollard  Edmondson,  Third 
Lieutenant  in  Fourth  Independent  Company;  to  Henry  Hanslap, 
Captain;   John  Worthington  (of  Brice),  First  Lieutenant;   Nicholas 


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Worthington,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  Gilbert  Guldhall,  Ensign  of 
the  Severn  Militia, 

"  Ordered,  That  the  records  be  removed  to  Rezin  Gaither's  house 
and  there  committed  to  the  care  of  the  clerks  of  Mr.  John  Brice." 

The  Council  then  sent  a  notice  to  Congress  that  gold  and  silver 
cannot  be  procured  from  the  people  without  cash  in  Continental 
money. 

Commissions  issued  to  Joseph  Maccubin,  First  Lieutenant,  and 
Joshua  Cromwell,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  Benjamin  Wright,  Ensign 
in  Anne  Arundel  Militia.  To  Joseph  Burgess,  First  Lieutenant;  John 
Norwood,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  Thomas  Cornelius  Howard, 
Ensign  in  Captain  Brice  Howard's  Company  of  Militia  in  Anne 
Arundel  County.  To  Richard  Weems,  Captain;  Gideon  Dare,  First 
Lieutenant;  Joseph  Allingham,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  Benjamin 
Harrison,  Ensign  of  a  company  of  militia  in  Anne  Arundel. 

The  Council  then  corresponded  with  Mr.  Samuel  Dorsey,  of 
Belmont,  upon  the  subject  of  furnishing  tents  for  the  militia.  Mr. 
Stephen  Steward,  of  Anne  Arundel,  was  requested  to  purchase  the 
necessary  militia  stores  of  Annapolis  Hospital  according  to  the  memo- 
randum furnished  by  Dr.  Tootell. 

Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey,  as  one  of  the  field  officers  of  the  Elk 
Ridge  Battalion,  recommended  Levin  Lawrence  as  First  Lieutenant, 
Thomas  Todd,  Second  Lieutenant,  under  Captain  Thomas  Watkins, 
Jr.,  of  Colonel  Weems'  Battalion,  agreeable  to  a  resolve  of  the 
Convention. 

John  Weems,  Richard  Harwood,  Jr.,  and  Joseph  Galloway,  Field 
Officers,  recommended  Thomas  Watkins  as  Captain  and  John  I. 
Ijams  as  Ensign  in  one  of  the  companies /to  be  raised  in  Anne 
Arundel. 

John  Hall,  Delegate  of  Anne  Arundel,  refused  the  office  of  Judge 
of  Admiralty. 

Samuel  Barber,  Adjutant  of  the  Severn  Battalion,  was  paid  £20 
for  four  months'  service. 

Commission  issued  to  Thomas  Mayo,  Second  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  John  Boone's  Company  of  Militia — Anne  Arundel. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  record  books  be  removed  from  Annapolis 
on  Wednesday  next,  if  fair,  to  Mr.  William  Brown's  house  in  London 
Town,  and  thence  to  Upper  Marlborough,  and  that  two  gentlemen 
of  the  Committee  of  Observation  be  requested  to  attend  the  records. 

Commission  issued  to  Thomas  Watkins,  Captain;  Thomas  Noble 
Stockett,  First  Lieutenant;  Samuel  Watkins,  Second  Lieutenant; 
and  William  Harwood,  Ensign  of  Company  of  militia  of  South  River. 
To  Abraham  Simmons,  Captain;  Thomas  Tongue,  First  Lieutenant; 
Thomas  Morton,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  Abell  Hill,  Ensign  of  South 
River  Company  of  Militia.  To  James  Tootell,  Captain;  Philemon 
Warfield,  First  Lieutenant;  Lancelot  Warfield,  Second  Lieutenant, 
and  Thomas  Warfield,  Ensign,  of  Company  of  Militia  of  the  Severn. 
To  George  Watts,  Captain;  David  Kerr,  First  Lieutenant;  Joseph 
Maccubin,  Second  Lieutenant;    Joshua  Cromwell,  Ensign,  of  Com- 


224      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.    , 

pany  of  Militia  of  Anne  Arundel.  To  Vachel  Gaither,  Captain; 
Absalom  Anderson,  First  Lieutenant;  Stephen  Bosford,  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, and  Thomas  Fowler  Bosford,  Ensign,  of  Company  belonging 
to  the  Severn  Battalion  of  Militia. 

Ordered,  That  Colonel  John  Hall,  of  Anne  Arundel,  be  requested 
to  detach  a  company  of  militia  to  guard  the  coast  from  Thomas  Point 
to  Horn  Point. 

Ordered,  That  all  citizens  between  Annapolis  and  St.  Mary's 
County  be  requested  to  give  aid  in  getting  the  cannon  and  ammuni- 
tion to  St.  George's  Island  in  this  county. 

Commission  issued  to  John  Bullen,  Captain;  Benjamin  Harwood, 
First  Lieutenant  of  Independent  Company  of  Militia  in  Anne  Arundel 
Coimty.  Anne  Arundel  Militia,  Elk  Ridge  Battalion:  Thomas  Dor- 
sey,  Colonel;  Mr.  John  Dorsey,  Lieutenant  Colonel;  Dr.  C.  A.  War- 
field,  First  Major;  Mr.  Edward  Gaither,  Jr.,  Second  Major;  Benjamin 
Howard,  Quartermaster.  Severn  Battalion:  John  Hall,  Colonel; 
Rezin  Hammond,  Lieutenant  Colonel;  Nicholas  Worthington,  First 
Major;  Elijah  Robosson,  Second  Major;  Worthington  Hammond, 
Quartermaster.  South  River:  John  Weems,  Colonel;  Richard  Har- 
wood, Jr.,  Lieutenant  Colonel;  John  Thomas,  First  Major;  Thomas 
Tillard,  Second  Major;  Ed,  Tillard,  Quartermaster. 

Passing  over  the  busy  preparations  of  the  "Council  of  Safety," 
now  at  the  helm,  I  will  enter  now  upon  the  birth  of  our  statehood 
through  the  administration  of  our  governors,  all  of  whom  helped  to 
make  the  history  of  Anne  Arundel  County.  To  these  will  be  added 
the  biographies  of  those  families  who  have  been  makers  of  the  history 
of  both  counties. 

GOVERNOR  THOMAS  JOHNSON. 

Thomas  Johnson,  first  Governor  of  Maryland,  was  born  in  Calvert 
County,  Maryland,  on  November  4,  1732.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  Dorcas  (Sedgwick)  Johnson,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Johnson, 
of  Yarmouth,  who  came  in  1660.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Sir  Thomas 
Johnson,  of  Great  Yarmouth.  The  family  had  been  members  of 
Parliament  since  1585.  Dorcas  (Sedgwick)  Johnson  was  the  daughter 
of  Joshua,  whose  granddaughter  married  John  Quincey  Adams. 

Removing  to  Frederick  County,  their  son  Thomas  was  there 
educated.  At  an  early  age  he  was  sent  to  Annapolis  and  was 
employed  in  the  office  of  the  Provincial  Court.  There  he  studied  law, 
with  Mr.  Bordley,  rising  at  once  to  distinction.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  First  Continental  Congress  and  upon  every  important  commit- 
tee. His  speech  against  the  Stamp  Act,  full  of  patriotism,  carried 
conviction.  Upon  his  motion,  George  Washington  was  made  Com- 
mander-in-Chief of  the  American  forces  in  the  United  Colonies.  He 
served  until  the  9th  of  November,  1776  upon  the  Committee  of  the 
Constitution;  he  was  appointed  by  Congress  Brigadier-General  of 
the  Frederick  Militia,  which  was  with  Washington  in  the  Jerseys, 
and  whilst  in  the  field  was  elected  Governor,  13th  of  February,  1777, 


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to  succeed  the  Council  of  Safety.  He  was  inaugurated  21st  March, 
1777,  at  the  State  House,  Annapohs,  as  the  first  Repubhcan  Governor 
of  Maryland.  A  great  concourse  of  patriotic  Marylanders  witnessed 
the  ceremony;  three  volleys  were  fired  by  the  soldiers,  with  a  salute 
of  thirteen  guns,  followed  by  a  sumptuous  dinner  and  a  ball  at  night. 

Governor  Johnson's  first  proclamation,  calling  out  the  militia, 
was  in  these  words:  "To  defend  our  liberties  requires  our  exertions; 
our  wives,  our  children  and  our  coimtry  implore  our  assistance. 
Motives  amply  sufficient  to  arm  every  one  who  can  be  called  a 
man."  The  interior  counties  answered  promptly.  The  Maryland 
Line  was  then  engaged  at  Staten  Island.  Busy  times  had  now 
dawned,  and  .  Governor  Johnson  had  almost  dictatorial  authority. 
The  severe  winter  at  Valley  Forge  had  exhausted  both  magazines 
and  supplies,  and  to  keep  up  the  necessary  aid  for  the  Quartermaster 
required  the  utmost  energy  of  the  Governor,  yet  by  the  middle  of 
June  the  Maryland  Line  had  its  complement. 

During  his  second  term  the  contest  between  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses, which  demanded  higher  pay  and  the  Senate,  which  was  too 
aristocratic  to  grant  it,  grew  almost  as  exciting  as  the  war  in  the  field. 
Though  Charles  Carroll,  of  "Carrollton,"  made  a  forcible  speech  in 
opposition  to  granting  the  additional  increase,  the  House  was  vic- 
torious. During  that  term,  also,  the  first  naturalization  laws  were 
passed.  At  the  close  of  his  second  term,  the  limit  of  his  eligibility, 
Governor  Johnson  was  succeeded  by  Governor  Thomas  Sim  Lee,  in 
1779.  The  General  Assembly,  upon  his  retirement,  transmitted  to 
him  the  following  address: 

"  The  prudence,  assiduity,  firmness  and  integrity  with  which  you 
have  discharged  in  times  most  critical,  the  duties  of  your  late 
important  station,  have  a  just  claim  to  our  warm  acknowledgement 
and  sincere  thanks." 

He  retired  to  Fredericktown  but  was  soon  returned  to  the  House 
of  Delegates;  was  appointed  Chief  Judge  of  the  General  Court  and 
afterwards  Associate  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  United  States. 

He  resigned  it  1793,  because  of  ill-health  and  for  the  same  cause 
declined  a  position  in  Washington's  Cabinet,  but  did  accept  the  office 
of  Commissioner  of  Washington  City,  in  which  he  laid  out  the  plans 
and  fixed  the  site  of  the  Capitol,  President's  house  and  other 
buildings. 

He  retired  to  "Rose  Hill,"  near  Frederick,  the  country-seat  of 
his  son-in-law.  Colonel  John  Grahame,  in  October,  1819.  His  wife, 
whom  he  had  married  in  1766,  was  Ann  Jennings,  only  daughter  of 
Thomas  Jennings,  of  Annapohs,  who  died  early,  leaving  five  children. 
His  daughter,  Ann  Jennings  Johnson,  became  Mrs.  John  Grahame, 
with  whom  he  spent  the  last  days  of  his  life. 

In  1800,  Governor  Johnson  performed  his  last  public  act  at 
Frederick,  in  the  delivery  of  an  eulogy  upon  Washington.  He  was 
of  middle  stature,  slender  in  person,  with  keen,  penetrating  eyes  and 
an  intelligent  countenance.  He  had  a  warm,  generous  heart,  and 
was  a  kind  husband  and  father.     He  died  October  26,  1819,  at  "  Rose 


226      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Hill,"  eighty-seven  years  of  age,  and,  before  an  immense  conclave  of 
citizens,  was  buried  in  the  Episcopal  burial  ground  of  Frederick  over- 
looking a  beautiful  valley.  "  Between  the  hills  of  Linganore  and 
Catoctin,  he  sleeps  long  and  well." 

When  John  Adams  was  asked  why  so  many  Southern  men  held 
leading  positions,  he  replied,  "If  it  had  not  been  for  such  men  as 
Richard  Henry  Lee,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Samuel  Chase  and  Thomas 
Johnson,  there  never  would  have  been  any  revolution." 

Governor  Johnson's  portrait,  taken  when  young,  hangs  in  the 
State  House  at  Annapolis.  The  late  Mrs.  Ross,  his  granddaughter, 
by  will,  has  made  the  Maryland  Historical  Society  guardian  of  all  his 
public  papers  and  mementoes,  until  the  home  of  his  adoption  shall 
prepare  a  suitable  place  for  their  safe  keeping. 

Colonel  Baker  Johnson,  son  of  Governor  Thomas  Johnson,  was 
a  member  of  the  Convention  of  Maryland,  which  met  in  Annapolis 
21st  June,  1776.  He  commanded  a  battahon  at  Paoli,  near  Phila- 
delphia. His  wife  was  Catharine  Worthington,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Nicholas  and  Catharine  (Griffith)  Worthington,  of  "Summer  Hill," 
Anne  Arundel.  Their  daughter,  Catharine  Worthington  Johnson, 
married  William  Ross,  an  eminent  lawyer  of  Frederick. 

Charles  Worthington  Johnson,  son  of  Colonel  Baker  Johnson, 
married  Elinor  Murdock  Tyler,  of  Frederick.  Their  son  is  General 
Bradley  Tyler  Johnson,  late  of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Colonel  Dennis,  of 
Frederick,  is  a  granddaughter. 

GOVERNOR  THOMAS  SIM  LEE. 

Thomas  Sim  Lee,  second  and  seventh  Governor  of  Maryland, 
born  in  Maryland,  1743,  descended  from  Colonel  Richard  Lee,  the 
progenitor  of  Virginia,  through  his  grandson,  Philip  Lee,  who  came 
to  Maryland.  Thomas  Sim  Lee  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Christian 
(Sim)  Lee,  daughter  of  Dr.  Patrick  Sim  and  Mary  Brooke,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Robert  Brooke,  the  commander. 

Thomas  Sim  Lee  was  educated  in  Europe.  In  1777,  October 
27,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Digges.  In  November  8,  1779,  he 
was  elected  Governor  to  succeed  Thomas  Johnson.  His  opponent 
was  Revolutionary  Edward  Lloyd. 

Governor  Lee's  proclamation  upon  the  urgent  necessity  of 
supplying  flour  and  forage  for  the  army  enjoined  all  justices,  sheriffs 
and  their  deputy  constables,  to  exert  themselves  in  procuring  pro- 
visions. The  effect  of  the  proclamation  was  instantaneously  success- 
ful and  provisions  were  sent  to  the  needy  army.  The  Legislature  also 
passed  an  act  calling  into  service  1,400  men  to  serve  three  years,  or 
during  the  war,  at  the  end  of  which  term  recruits  were  to  receive 
fifty  acres  of  land,  whilst  the  county  Courts  were  authorized  to  draw 
upon  their  county  treasurers  for  the  maintenance  of  the  needy 
families  of  these  recruits.  Colonel  Wilhams  wrote  from  the  South 
concerning  our  Maryland  troops  in  these  words: 


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"Absolutely  without  pay,  almost  destitute  of  clothing,  often 
with  only  half  ration  and  never  a  whole  one,  not  a  soldier  was  heard 
to  murmur." 

Colonel  Otho  Holland  Williams  was  then  placed  at  the  head  of 
the  brigade  of  the  Maryland  Line,  and  from  it  four  companies  of 
picked  men  were  made  into  a  light  infantry  battalion  under, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Eager  Howard.  The  Maryland  troops  now 
arrived  and  filled  the  gap  made  by  the  withdrawal  of  Colonel  Howard's 
battalion. 

When  the  State  was  thus  embarrassed  to  meet  the  demands  of 
the  army,  the  Legislature,  under  Governor  Lee,  set  an  example  by 
subscribing  each  according  to  his  means,  a  magnificent  sum,  which 
had  its  effect  in  corresponding  subscriptions  throughout  the  State. 
Governor  Lee's  uncle,  Joseph  Sim,  contributed  500  hogsheads  of 
tobacco.  The  prompt  and  generous  response  of  the  planters  of 
Maryland,  many  of  whom  were  equally  as  liberal,  saved  the  army. 

A  Congressional  Committee  having  been  appointed  in  June,  1780, 
to  urge  the  Governors  of  each  State  to  call  out  an  additional  quota 
of  troops  and  supplies.  General  Washington  accompanied  their 
appeal  by  a  letter  asking  for  immediate  attention.  Maryland's 
quota  was  four  regiments  of  2,205,  to  he  located  at  the  head  of  the 
Elk  River.  Governor  Lee  immediately  laid  it  before  the  Assembly. 
The  reply  of  that  Assembly  deserves  to  be  written  in  letters  of  gold. 

"We  propose  to  exert  our  utmost  endeavors  to  raise  2,000 
regulars,  to  serve  during  the  war.  It  will  be  necessary  to  draw  from 
our  battalions  under  Baron  de  Kalb  a  number  of  officers  to  command, 
form  and  discipline  these  new  recruits." 

General  Washington,  having  accepted  this  proposal,  the  Assem- 
bly issued  this  stirring  appeal: 

"Rise  into  action  with  that  ardor  which  led  you,  destitute  of 
money,  of  allies,  of  arms  and  soldiers,  to  encounter  one  of  the  most 
powerful  nations  of  Europe,  single  and  unsupported,  raw  and 
undisciplined,  you  baffled  for  three  successive  years  the  repeated 
attacks — now,  when  strengthened  by  a  mighty  alliance,  shall  we 
droop  and  desert  the  field  to  which  honor,  the  strongest  ties,  the 
dearest  interests  of  humanity  unite  us?  We  have  hitherto  done  our 
duty;  the  General  has  acknowledged  our  exertions,  and  we  entreat 
you  by  all  that  is  dear  to  freemen  not  to  forfeit  the  reputation  you 
have  so  justly  acquired. 

"Our  army  is  weak,  and  reinforced  it  must  be.  Let  us,  like  the 
Romans  of  old,  draw  new  resources  and  an  increase  of  courage  even 
to  brave  defeats,  and  manifest  to  the  world  that  we  are  the  most  to 
be  dreaded  when  most  depressed." 

To  this  eloquent  appeal,  Maryland  made  a  noble  response. 
Recruits,  provisions  and  supplies  of  all  kinds,  were  offered  and  at  the 
required  time  her  quota  of  2,065  gallant  men  had  been  added  to  the 
Continental  Army.  To  the  South  all  eyes  were  now  directed,  for 
Gates,  whose  laurels  had  been  won  in  the  North,  was  now  about  to 
cast  the  darkest  shadows  of  gloom  upon  his  campaign  in  the  South. 


228      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  the  following  August  came  the  announcement  which  General 
Washington  transmitted  in  September  to  Governor  Lee.  "Sir,  In 
consequence  of  the  disagreeable  intelligence  of  the  defeat  of  the 
army  under  Major  General  Gates,  which  I  have  just  received,  I  think 
it  expedient  to  countermand  the  march  of  the  troops  who  were 
ordered  from  Maryland  to  join  the  main  army.  I  am,  therefore,  to 
request  your  Excellency  to  give  directions  for  the  regiment  enlisted 
to  serve  during  the  war,  as  well  as  for  all  recruits,  as  soon  as  they 
can  possibly  be  collected  and  organized,  to  march  immediately  to 
the  southward,  and  put  themselves  under  the  orders  of  the  com- 
manding officer  in  that  department.  And  I  can  not  entertain  a 
doubt  that  your  Excellency  and  the  State  will  use  every  exertion  to 
give  activity  and  dispatch  to  the  march  of  the  troops  with  all 
measures  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  Southern  States." 

Governor  Lee  sent  in  answer  to  this  demand,  seven  hundred 
rank  and  file  to  the  Southern  Army. 

Nor  did  the  patriotic  efforts  end  with  her  public  men.  Mrs. 
Mary  Lee,  wife  of  the  Governor,  as  the  representative  of  the  volun- 
tary efforts  of  the  patriotic  women  of  Maryland,  wrote  to  Washington 
for  advice  as  to  the  most  acceptable  mode  of  expending  the  contribu- 
tions of  these  organizations. 

The  following  reply  shows  his  appreciation : 

Head  Quarters,  11th  October,  1780 
Madam: 

"  I  am  honored  with  your  letter  of  the  27th  of  September,  and 
cannot  forbear  taking  the  earliest  moment  to  express  the  high  sense 
I  entertain  of  the  patriotic  exertions  of  the  women  of  Maryland  in 
favor  of  the  army.  In  answer  to  your  inquiry  respecting  the  disposal 
of  the  gratuity,  I  must  take  the  liberty  to  observe  that  it  appears  to 
me  the  money  which  has  been,  or  may  be  collected,  can  not  be 
expended  in  so  eligible  and  beneficial  a  manner  as  in  the  purchase  of 
shirts  and  black  stocks  for  the  use  of  the  troops  in  the  Southern  Army. 
The  polite  offer  you  are  pleased  to  make  of  your  further  assistance 
in  the  execution  of  this  liberal  design,  and  the  generous  disposition 
of  the  ladies,  insures  me  of  its  success  and  cannot  fail  to  entitle  both 
yourself  and  them  the  warmest  gratitude  of  those  who  are  the  object 
of  it." 

General  Greene  having  now,  October  5,  1780,  superceded  General 
Gates,  on  his  way  South,  stopped  at  Annapolis  and  with  a  letter  of 
introduction  from  General  Washington  to  Governor  Lee,  waited 
upon  him  and  was  entertained  at  his  house.  Having  urged  both  the 
Governor  and  the  Legislature  to  assist  him  in  recruiting  the  army, 
and  trusting  them  to  furnish  "all  the  assistance  in  their  power," 
leaving  General  Gist  to  take  charge  of  Maryland  and  Delaware  recruits, 
General  Greene  pushed  on  South. 

In  1780,  the  House  again  brought  forth  "An  Act  to  seize, 
confiscate  and  appropriate  all  British  property  within  the  State," 
followed  by  an  appeal  and  an  indictment  against  the  British  Govern- 
ment in  its  mode  of  carrying  on  the  war.    Charles  Carroll,  of  "Car- 


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roUton"  and  Joseph  Sim,  the  uncle  of  Governor  Lee,  were  both 
opposed  to  confiscation,  deeming  it  inexpedient,  yet  so  great  was  the 
necessity  of  the  occasion,  the  Senate  yielded  and  passed  it.  Thus, 
with  an  increase  of  ten  million  of  dollars  to  carry  on  the  war;  with 
its  Governor  exerting  every  nerve  to  keep  up  the  quota  of  the  State, 
Maryland  stood  in  the  foreground  of  the  perilous  period,  claiming 
one-half  of  the  army  then  in  General  Greene's  service  in  the  South. 
Discouragement  sat  supreme  mistress  over  National  and  State 
prospects,  yet  in  the  midst  of  this  gloom,  two  heroic  figures  rose 
above  the  trials.  Greene  at  the  front  and  Lee,  at  Annapolis,  with 
Otho  Williams  and  John  Eager  Howard  in  the  command  of  the 
Maryland  Line.  Upon  these  four  men,  sustained  and  sootjaed  by 
the  unfaltering  patriotism  of  the  Maryland  Assembly,  resf^  to-day 
most  of  the  glory  of  that  masterly  campaign,  of  the  South,  begun 
in  gloom,  carried  on  by  retreats,  unfaltering  in  every  trial,  but 
ending  at  last  in  a  well-earned,  glorious  fruition. 

General  Greene  in  his  official  report  of  Eutaw  vSprings,  said : 
"The  Marylanders  under  Colonel  Williams,  were  led  on  to  a  brisk 
charge,  with  trailed  arms,  through  a  heavy  cannonade  and  a  shower 
of  musket  balls.  Nothing  could  excell  the  gallantry  and  firmness  of 
both  officers  and  soldiers  upon  this  occasion.  I  cannot  help  acknowl- 
edging my  obligations  to  Colonel  Williams  for  his  great  activity  on 
this  and  many  other  occasions,  in  forming  the  army,  and  for  his 
uncommon  intrepidity  in  leading  on  the  Maryland  troops  to  the 
charge,  which  exceeded  anything  I  ever  saw." 

In  1781,  the  people  of  Dorchester  County,  through  their  com- 
mittee, Robert  Goldsborough  and  Gustavus  Scott,  having  addressed 
Governor  Lee  for  assistance  in  arms  and  ammunition  necessary  for 
their  militia,  to  meet  the  ever  present  demands  for  protection  from 
maraudings.  Governor  Lee  laid  the  subject  before  the  Legislature, 
and  they  passed  "an  Act  to  collect  arms." 

In  February,  1781,  Governor  Lee  received  from  General  Wash- 
ington information  of  the  movement  of  Lafayette's  corps  through 
Maryland  and  requesting  his  assistance  in  furnishing  the  necessar}^ 
provisions,  forage,  wagons  and  vessels. 

Governor  Lee,  upon  Lafayette's  arrival  at  the  head  of  the  Elk, 
wrote  to  him.  "We  have  ordered  all  the  vessels  at  Baltimore  and 
this  port  to  be  impressed  and  sent  to  the  head  of  the  Elk  to  transport 
the  detachment  imder  your  command,  and  have  directed  six  hundred 
barrels  of  bread  to  be  forwarded  ^o  them.  The  State  will  most 
cheerfully  make  every  exertion  to  give  force  and  efficacy  to  the 
present  important  expedition  by  every  measure  in  our  power." 

In  another  letter  to  Lafayette,  the  Governor  added,  "We  have 
prepared  a  dispatch  boat  to  convey  your  letter  to  the  Commanding 
Officer,  near  Portsmouth,  which  will  be  sent  off  as  soon  as  the  winds 
will  permit;  and  have  given  directions  to  the  Master  to  throw  it 
overboard  if  he  should  be  in  danger  of  being  taken." 

The  Governor  and  Council  also  dispatched  a  messenger  down 
the  bay  to  give  information  of  the  arrival  of  the  French  fleet  and 


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beacon  signals  were  raised  for  the  shores.  A  chain  of  riders  were  to 
go  through  the  State  as  special  messengers. 

The  pressing  needs  of  the  State  were  now  to  be  seen  in  Gov- 
ernor Lee's  letter  to  the  citizens  of  Baltimore,  who  had  come  to  his 
assistance  in  supplying  the  wants  of  Lafayette's  corps.  "We  very 
much  applaud  the  zeal  and  activity  of  the  gentlemen  of  Baltimore, 
and  think  their  readiness  to  assist  the  executive  at  a  time  when  they 
were  destitute  of  the  means  of  providing  those  things  which  were 
immediately  necessary  for  the  detachment  under  the  command  of 
the  Marquis  de  Lafayette,  justly  entitle  them  to  the  thanks  of  the 
public."  "  We  cannot  but  approve  of  the  proceedings  of  those  gentle- 
men and  assure  you  we  will  adopt  any  expedient  to  prevent  any 
individual  of  that  body  from  suffering  or  being  in  the  least  embarassed 
by  his  engagements  for  the  State.  We  think  it  reasonable  the  State 
should  pay  the  value  of  money  advanced  with  interest  thereon,  and 
will  give  an  order  on  the  collectors  of  Baltimore  for  their  reimburse- 
ment." 

Governor  Lee,  also  wrote  to  Governor  Jefferson,  of  Virginia, 
asking  him  to  assist  in  sending  the  necessary  transports  to  the  head 
of  the  Elk.  Lafayette  in  his  letter  to  Washington,  acknowledged 
Maryland's  help  as  follows:  "The  State  of  Maryland  have  made  me 
every  offer  in  their  power;  Mr.  McHenry  has  been  very  active  in 
accelerating  the  measures  of  his  State." 

As  a  result,  pretty  much  all  of  the  necessary  equipments  and 
nearly  one  hundred  transports  for  Lafayette's  corps,  had  come  out 
of  Maryland,  through  her  Governor  and  citizens. 

The  successful  arrival  of  Lafayette's  fleet  in  the  harbor  of 
Annapolis,  was  on  the  13th  of  March,  and  on  the  15th,  Governor 
Lee  announced  to  Governor  Jefferson — "The  arrival  of  our  express, 
with  Your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  12th,  this  moment  received, 
gives  me  an  opportunity  of  informing  you,  that  all  the  transports 
with  the  troops  from  Elk  got  safe  into  Harbor,  on  Tuesday  morning, 
March  13th."  The  next  morning  at  daylight,  two  ships,  apparently 
British,  of  the  rate  of  eighteen  and  twenty-eight  guns,  came  to  an 
anchor  opposite  the  mouth  of  our  River  Severn.  We  judged  that 
you  would  be  anxious  for  the  safety  of  the  troops,  but  they  are 
fortunately  safe  and  the  armed  vessels,  which  conveyed  them  down 
are  prepared  for  defence. 

The  French  fleet's  failure  in  arriving  at  Portsmouth  led  Lafayette 
back  to  the  Elk  and  the  threatening  attempts  in  the  Chesapeake 
became  now  the  paramount  concern  of  Governor  Lee  and  his  council. 
Baltimore  took  advantage  of  the  Legislature's  "Act  to  embody  a 
number  of  select  militia  and  for  immediately  putting  the  State  in  a 
proper  posture  of  defence."  The  Western  Shore  was  authorized  to 
select  1,200  men  and  the  Eastern  Shore  800  militia — subject  to  the 
call  of  the  Governor — all  in  addition  to  the  Act  "  to  procure  recruits," 
amounting  to  1,000  men  for  the  war,  which  was  supplemented  by 
another  "for  the  defence  of  the  bay,"  which  enabled  the  Governor 
to  purchase  a  galley,  and  have  one  built,  equipped  and  manned.    He 


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was  also  empowered  to  fit  out  barges  to  the  number  of  eight.  In 
April,  Governor  Lee  wrote  to  Lafayette  upon  the  threatening  attitude 
of  six  of  the  enemy's  ships  upon  the  Potomac,  in  having  destroyed 
private  property  and  now  proceeding  to  Alexandria,  with  a  view  of 
destroying  it.  "  The  Military  stores  and  provisions  at  this  place  and 
Baltimore  town,  must  be  a  capital  object,  and  as  we  have  the 
strongest  reasons  to  think,  as  soon  as  they  have  perpetrated  their 
designs  in  Potomac,  if  not  before,  they  will  visit  this  city  and 
Baltimore.  Under  these  circumstances,  we  beg  leave  to  submit  to 
your  consideration  the  propriety  of  detaining  your  detachment  in 
this  State  and  marching  such  part  as  you  may  deem  necessary,  to 
our  assistance  in  Baltimore  town  and  in  this  city." 

Two  days  after.  General  Lafayette  replied:  "However  inade- 
quate I  am  to  the  defence  of  Annapolis,  Baltimore  and  Alexandria 
at  once,  I  will  hasten  to  the  point  that  will  be  nearest  to  those  three 
places,  I  request  your  Excellency  to  furnish  me  speedy,  minute  and 
frequent  intelligence."  "It  will  be  necessary  that  a  collection  of 
wagons  and  horses  be  made  at  Baltimore,  and  I  beg  your  Excellency 
will  please  order  a  quantity  of  live  cattle  and  flour  be  also  collected 
at  that  place;  I  hope  Sir,  that  precautions  will  be  taken  for  the  safety 
of  the  stores  now  at  or  near  Indian  Landing." 

Arriving  at  Baltimore  a  few  days  after,  Lafayette  borrowed 
from  its  citizens,  upon  his  own  personal  credit,  for  it  was  better  than 
that  of  Congress,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  for  supplying  his 
army.  Congress,  however,  in  May  following,  in  appreciation  of 
this  generous  act.  Resolved,  "  That  the  Marquis  de  Lafayette  be 
assured  that  Congress  will  take  the  proper  measures  to  discharge  ^ 
the  engagements  he  entered  into  with  the  merchants."  In  the  old 
Assembly  room,  of  Baltimore,  when  the  most  distinguished  ladies 
and  gentlemen  of  that  city  had  honored  him  with  a  ball,  he  again 
brought  patriotism  to  the  test  in  that  memorable  reply  to  the  lady, 
who  asked  the  cause  of  his  sadness,  "I  cannot  enjoy  the  gayety  of 
the  scene  while  so  many  of  my  poor  soldiers  are  in  want  of  clothes." 
As  the  noble  women  of  Baltimore  lately  met  a  similar  call,  so  did 
the  words  of  a  patriotic  lady  that  historic  night  kindle  the  fire  which 
ceased  not  to  burn  until  its  necessity  no  longer  existed.  "We  will 
supply  them,"  was  the  response  and  all  history  knows  how  well  she 
kept  her  promise.  The  ragged  and  wearied  troops  left  Elk  Ridge 
Landing  with  new  outfits  and  new  hopes,  but  Marylanders  were  yet 
once  more  to  be  called  to  the  rescue. 

Lafayette  finding  Cornwallis  making  an  attempt  to  get  in  his 
rear,  felt  he  could  not  risk  an  engagement  and  so  retreated  toward 
Maryland.  Again  the  watchful  eyes  of  Governor  Lee  were  on  the 
outlook.  Exhausted,  but  still  patriotic,  he  addressed  Congress  thus: 
"The  extraordinary  exertions  made  by  this  State  on  every  occasion 
in  complying  with  the  demands  of  Congress,  the  Marquis  detach- 
ment, the  Southern  Army,  our  militia  and  other  expenditures  have 
altogether  exhausted  our  treasury  and  stores  of  arms  and  clothing, 
so  that  it  is  not  in  our  power  to  furnish  the  troops  with  clothing  and 


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arms,  nor  properly  equip  our  militia  to  repel  the  enemy.  Under 
these  distressing  circumstances,  we  request  you  to  make  known  our 
wants  to  Congress  in  the  most  earnest  manner  and  endeavor  to 
obtain  the  proportion  of  all  clothing,  arms,  etc.,  that  Congress  now 
or  may  hereafter  have  for  this  State." 

On  the  following  day,  the  Governor  and  Council  sent  out  this 
circular  letter  to  the  counties. 

"  From  the  intelligence  we  have  received  of  the  rapid  movements 
of  the  enemy  in  Virginia,  we  have  reason  to  apprehend  an  invasion 
of  this  State;  and  it  will  be  necessary  that  every  precaution  be 
taken  preparative  for  our  defence.  We,  therefore,  request  you  to 
order  the  militia  in  yoiu-  coimty  to  hold  themselves  in  perfect  readi- 
ness to  march  at  a  moment's  warning  to  such  places  as  may  be 
necessary,  and  to  have  all  the  arms  in  your  county  proper  for  defence, 
immediately  repaired  and  put  in  best  condition,  cartridges  made  and 
everything  ready  to  take  the  field."  In  answer  to  this  urgent 
appeal,  Baltimore  was  put  on  the  defence:  Smallwood  and  Gist 
collected  the  militia,  which  came  pouring  in  from  all  the  coimties. 
Rushing  these  troops  of  horse  and  imequipped  militia  to  the  front, 
Lafayette  with  Wayne's  corps  now  turned  upon  the  enemy  marching 
toward  Richmond.  Cornwallis  began  that  retreat  which  was  finally 
to  end  in  surrender. 

In  August,  General  Lafayette  wrote  to  Governor  Lee  what  his 
apprehensions  were,  and  Governor  Lee  in  a  letter  to  General  Andrew 
Buchanan  in  charge  of  the  militia  of  Baltimore  County,  thus 
expressed  them: 

"From  information  just  received  from  Marquis  and  Dr. 
McHenry,  we  are  no  longer  in  doubt  of  the  designs  of  the  enemy. 
They  are  certainly  destined  for  Baltimore  Town  or  the  head  of  the 
Bay.  Now  must  the  State  of  Maryland  exert  herself.  We  confide 
in  your  skill  and  activity.  We  have  directed  the  Lieutenant  of 
Frederick  County  to  order  his  troops  of  horse  and  all  their  select 
militia  to  your  assistance,  and  have  enclosed  commission  for  troops. 
The  Marquis  with  his  army  is  moving  this  way.  The  Lieutenant  of 
Harford  has  directions  to  order  the  militia  of  that  coimty  to  be  in 
readiness  to  march  when  ordered."  At  the  same  time.  Governor 
Lee  sent  his  information  to  the  President  of  Congress,  in  which  he 
added  that,  "We  have  taken  every  possible  precaution  to  prevent 
the  stores  and  provisions  and  valuable  property  belonging  to  the 
Continent  and  State  falling  into  their  hands."  However,  both 
General  Lafayette  and  Governor  Lee  were  mistaken  as  to  the  destina- 
tion of  Cornwallis.  A  destination  to  end  in  gloom — and  Governor 
Lee  at  once  wrote  to  Colonel  Samuel  Smith  at  Baltimore,  who 
discharged  the  militia.  As  a  fitting  compliment  and  full  appreciation 
of  the  executive  watchfulness  of  Governor  Lee,  let  me  quote  the 
words  of  General  Washington  to  the  Governor  in  reply  to  an  earlier 
letter  of  June  29th. 

"  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  Excellency's 
favor.     It  is  with  great  satisfaction  I  observe  the  proceedings  of 


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the  general  assembly  of  your  State,  which  you  have  been  pleased 
to  communicate  to  me,  the  exertions  of  that  Legislature  have  hitherto 
been  laudable  and  I  am  exceedingly  glad  to  see  the  same  spirit  still 
prevailing.  For  my  own  part,  I  have  not  a  doubt  but  that  if  the 
States  were  to  exert  themselves  with  that  spirit  and  vigor  which 
might  reasonalby  be  expected  at  this  favorable  period,  they  might 
not  only  drive  from  the  Continent  the  remains  of  the  British,  but 
obtain  to  themselves  their  independence,  an  event  which  you  will 
be  assured  I  most  evidently  wish."  Now  began  the  the  culmination 
of  vital  movements  in  Maryland,  which  aided  by  the  arrival  of 
French  support  was  to  bring  out  of  trials  the  glory  of  results. 

General  Washington  from  afar  off  was  mapping  out  the  final 
scene  of  tragedy,  knowing  that  upon  General  Lafayette  in  Virginia 
and  Governor  Lee  in  Maryland,  all  his  plans  would  be  carried  out 
and  thus  revealed  his  movements  and  thus  were  they  carried  out  by 
the  Governor  of  Maryland,  in  his  circular  letter  to  the  Commissaries 
of  the  counties. 

"  A  detachment  of  the  main  &TTny  with  the  French  troops  to 
the  number  of  7,000  men,  will  be  at  the  head  of  the  Elk,  in  eight 
days,  on  their  way  to  Virginia  to  act  against  Lord  Cornwallis. 
General  Washington  has  written  us  very  pressingly  for  an  immediate 
and  large  supply  of  fresh  provisions,  we  therefore  direct  you  to  pro- 
cure by  purchase,  beef  cattle,  preferring  those  parts  of  your  country 
which  are  most  exposed  to  the  ravages  of  the  enemy;  and  in  case  the 
owners  will  not  consent  to  sell  them  upon  the  terms  prescribed  by 
the  Act  for  procuring  an  immediate  supply  of  clothing  and  fresh 
provisions,  you  will  seize  them  agreeably  to  the  Act,  to  procure  a 
supply  of  salt  meat,  passed  June,  1780."  Five  thousand  seven 
hundred  cattle  were  enumerated  as  the  contributions  from  the 
different  counties,  and  minute  directions  for  the  storing  of  salt 
provisions  were  made  by  the  Governor  together  with  specified 
places  for  money  contributions.  In  addition,  warrants  were  issued 
to  the  quarter  masters  empowering  them  to  impress  all  vessels 
capable  of  transporting  troops  or  stores. 

Nor  did  Governor  Lee  stop  there,  but  in  a  letter  to  General 
Washington,  August  30th,  thus  assures  him  of  his  support :  "  We  are 
honored  by  your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  27th,  and  we  receive  with 
the  greatest  satisfaction  the  intelligence  of  the  approach  of  the  fleet 
of  our  generous  ally.  You  may  rely,  Sir,  on  every  exertion  that  is 
possible  for  us  to  make,  to  accelerate  the  movements  of  the  army  on 
an  expedition,  the  success  of  which  must  hasten  the  establishment 
of  the  independence  of  America  and  relieve  us  of  the  calamities  of 
war.  Orders  have  been  issued  to  impress  every  vessel  belonging  to 
the  State  and  forwarding  them  without  delay  to  the  head  of  the  Elk, 
but  we  are  sorry  to  inform  your  Excellency  that  since  the  enemy  has 
had  possession  of  the  bay,  our  number  of  sea  vessels  and  craft  has 
been  so  reduced  by  captures  that  we  are  apprehensive  what  remains 
will  not  transport  so  considerable  a  detachment.  We  have  directed 
the  State  officers  to  procure  immediately  5,000  cattle  and  a  large 


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quantity  of  flour.  There  is  very  little  salt  provisions  in  the  State; 
what  can  be  obtained,  we  trust  will  be  collected."  Then  follows  the 
information  as  to  the  place  of  deposit. 

To  Robert  Morris,  Governor  Lee  wrote:  "Everything  that  is 
within  our  power  and  within  the  exhausted  abilities  of  this  State, 
shall  be  done  cheerfully  and  immediately  to  promote  and  render 
effectual  the  expedition  which  his  Excellency,  General  Washington, 
has  formed  against  the  enemy  in  Virginia,  in  which  we  are  fully 
sensible,  the  care  and  safety  of  this  State  in  particular  is  deeply 
interested." 

These  were  stirring  days  in  Maryland.  The  arrival  of  Washing- 
ton in  Baltimore  and  the  arrival  of  the  French  fleet  in  the  Chesapeake 
brought  rays  of  hope  and  abounding  patriotism.  Governor  Lee's 
pen  was  almost  incessantly  at  work  urging  the  State  officers  to  their 
duty.  Writes  he  again  in  a  circular  letter:  "There  never  has  been 
a  time  which  required  of  the  State  more  than  the  present.  The  fate 
of  Lord  Cornwallis  and  his  army  will,  in  a  measure  depend  upon 
them.  Relying  on  your  patriotism,  zeal  and  activity,  we  trust  you 
will  do  everything  in  your  power  to  procure  the  cattle  here  before 
ordered.  Not  a  moment  is  to  be  lost;  and  to  enable  you  to  act  with 
more  facility  and  to  ease  the  inhabitants,  we  have  sent  you:  To 
Somerset,  £1,700;  Worcester,  £1,700;  Dorchester,  £1,100;  Talbot, 
£950;  Caroline,  £350;  Queen  Anne's,  £950;  Kent,  £800;  Cecil, 
£950;  Harford,  £800;  Baltimore,  £1,100;  Anne  Arimdel,  £500; 
Prince  George,  £500;  Charles,  St.  Mary's  and  Calvert,  £500;  Mont- 
gomery, £800;  Frederick,  £1,100;  Washington,  £800." 

Washington,  having  sent  an  urgent  message  to  Governor  Lee  to 
hurry  on  the  troops  with  all  despatch.  Governor  Lee,  on  September 
9th  replied,  "Your  Excellency's  address  of  the  15th  is  this  moment 
presented  to  us.  We  are  truly  happy  to  be  informed  that  the  Count 
DeGrasse  is  returned  to  his  station  and  that  our  vessels  may  pass 
down  the  bay  without  hazard.  We  feel  your  Excellency's  distress 
from  an  apprehension  that  your  operations  may  cease  or  be  impeded 
for  want  of  provisions,  and  the  more  so  because  we  can't  instantly 
furnish  you.  In  consequence  of  your  requisition  we  directed  our 
commissaries  to  collect  all  the  public  flour  and  deposit  it  at  conven- 
ient places  on  navigable  water,  all  the  vessels  of  the  State  being 
impressed  and  now  employed  in  transporting  the  troops  to  the  point 
of  destination,  puts  it  out  of  our  power  to  forward  the  flour  on  that 
service.  The  number  of  beeves  we  agreed  to  furnish  your  Excellency 
may  depend  upon." 

The  next  day  Governor  Lee  wrote  to  Colonel  Moses  Rawhngs, 
of  Frederick  County,  conveying  the  urgent  necessity  for  haste  in 
collecting  the  stores  and  forwarding  the  same  to  Georgetown. 

Thus  in  sight  almost  of  the  final  and  victorious  end  of  a  struggle 
in  which  Governor  Lee  was  the  great  war  horse  of  the  Revolution, 
the  closing  acts  of  administration  were  recorded.  Having  served 
his  allotted  time,  WilHam  Paca,  at  the  next  Assembly,  was  called  to 


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the  Governor's  chair.  The  House  and  Senate,  upon  Governor  Lee's 
retirement,  thus  addressed  him:         '   ^" 

"Your  close  attention  to  the  pubUc  welfare,  and  your  firm, 
unshaken  conduct  in  times  of  greatest  danger,  are  proofs  that  the 
confidence  of  your  country  has  not  been  misplaced.  Accept  this 
public  testimony  of  our  appreciation  and  our  sincerest  thanks  for  the 
zeal,  activity  and  firmness  with  which  you  have  so  faithfully 
discharged  the  duties  of  your  station." 

Governor  Lee,  in  response  said:  "I  feel  myself  happy  in  having 
executed  the  powers  intrusted  to  me  to  the  satisfaction  of  my 
country." 

During  the  closing  days  of  his  term,  Governor  Lee  entertained 
with  special  ceremony,  the  French  officers  visiting  Annapolis,  and 
for  this  the  Assembly  again  addressed,  in  complimentary  terms. 
Governor  Lee's  munificent  entertainments  were  a  heavy  drain  upon 
his  income,  and  at  his  wife's  suggestion,  he  declined  another  election. 

"Lady  Lee"  was  the  name  of  his  vessel  launched  at  Annapolis. 

Thomas  Sim  Lee  was  a  delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress  in 
1783-4,  and  a  member  of  the  Convention  which  ratified  the  Constitu- 
tion. In  1792  he  was  again  called  to  the  Governor's  chair  to  fill  the 
unexpired  term  of  Governor  George  Plater,  who  retired  from  ill- 
health.  This  embraced  the  exciting  whiskey  insurrection  in  1794, 
during  which  he  organized  the  militia  and  sent  Maryland's  quota  to 
the  scene.  He  spent  his  declining  years  at  "  Needwood,"  Frederick 
County,  afterward  the  home  of  Mr.  John  Lee,  his  oldest  son,  and 
grandfather  of  Ex-Governor  John  Lee  Carroll.  It  is  still  the  home- 
stead of  the  Lee  family,  represented  by  Mr.  Thomas  Sim  Lee,  who 
married  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Columbus  O'Donnell. 

In  1812  Hon.  Outerbridge  Horsey,  United  States  Senator  from 
Delaware,  married  Eliza,  daughter  of  Thomas  Sim  Lee;  Mrs. 
Governeour  was  also  a  granddaughter. 

Governor  Lee  died  at  "Needwood,"  November  9,  1819,  in  the 
seventy-fifth  year,  in  the  same  year  and  nearly  the  same  month  as  that 
of  his  predecessor.  Governor  Johnson. 

^  GOVERNOR  WILLIAM  PACA. 

William  Paca,  signer  of  Declaration  and  third  Governor  of 
Maryland,  was  born  October  31,  1740,  at  "Wye  Hall,"  Harford 
County,  Maryland.  He  was  the  second  son  of  John  Paca;  Bachelor 
of  Arts  from  a  college  in  Philadelphia  in  1758  he  was  admitted  to 
Middle  Temple,  London,  after  which  he  studied  law  with  Stephen 
Bordley.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1764.  Early  in  life  he  was 
sent  to  the  Legislature,  was  a  delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress 
in  1774-1778,  was  appointed  upon  the  Committee  of  Correspondence 
in  1774,  was  in  the  Council  of  Safety  in  1775.  On  August  2,  1776, 
he  affixed  his  signature  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence;  on 
August  17,  1776  was  elected  on  the  Committee  "  to  prepare  a  decla- 
ration and  charter  of  rights  and  a  form  of  government  for  Maryland." 
Upon  the  organization  of  the  State  he  was  elected  to  its  first  Senate. 


236      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  March,  1778,  he  was  appointed  Chief  Judge  of  the  General 
Court  of  Maryland  and  held  it  until  1781;  subsequently  he  was  Chief 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  and  Admiralty.  In  November,  1782, 
he  was  elected  the  third  Governor  of  Maryland  to  succeed  Thomas 
Sim  Lee. 

During  Governor  Paca's  early  administration  General  Greene 
received  from  the  General  Assembly  a  flattering  address  upon  his 
masterly  retreats  which  had  proven  to  be  victories,  to  be  crowned, 
still  later,  by  the  modest  message  from  the  Commander-in  Chief,  sent 
by  a  Marylander,  annoimcing  the  end  of  the  struggle.     It  read : 

"  I  have  the  honor  to  inform  Congress  that  a  reduction  of  the 
British  army  under  Lord  Cornwallis,  is  most  happily  effected." 

This  message  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  Colonel  Tilghman,  who 
immediately  started  out  for  Philadelphia.  At  midnight  the  clatter 
of  his  horse's  hoofs  was  the  only  sound  that  woke  the  silence  as  he 
rode  rapidly  to  the  house  of  the  President  of  Congress  with  the 
announcement  "Cornwallis  is  taken."  It  was  caught  up  by  the 
watchmen,  who  cried,  "  One  o'clock,  and  Cornwallis  is  taken."  The 
inhabitants,  pouring  into  the  streets,  sent  shout  after  shout  into  the 
air.  The  old  bellman  was  aroused  from  his  slumbers,  and  again  the 
same  old  bell  proclaimed  "  Liberty  throughout  the  land  to  all  the 
inhabitants  thereof." 

On  April  12,  1783,  Robert  R.  Livingston  wrote  to  Governor  Paca 
asking  his  support  to  the  stipulations  of  the  treaty  of  peace. 

On  22nd  of  April  Governor  Paca  issued  his  proclamation 
declaring  a  cessation  of  arms  by  sea  and  land,  enjoining  obedience  to 
the  treaty.  On  25th  of  November  he  addressed  the  sheriffs  to  read 
the  treaty  in  public  places.  At  Annapolis,  when  the  sheriff  had 
assembled  the  people  and  had  read  the  treaty,  thirteen  cannon  were 
fired  and  a  public  dinner  was  given,  at  which  Governor  Paca  presided. 
Thirteen  patriotic  toasts  were  offered,  each  attended  by  the  discharge 
of  thirteen  cannon.  At  night  the  State  House  was  illuminated  and 
a  ball  given  to  the  ladies. 

On  May  6,  1783,  Governor  Paca  placed  before  the  General 
Assembly  the  preliminary  Articles  of  Peace,  congratulating  the 
Assembly  on  the  return  of  peace  and  paying  a  high  tribute  to  the 
army. 

The  old  Maryland  Line,  five  hundred  strong,  now  returned  in 
rags.     Brigadier-General  Gist  was  in  command. 

General  Greene  wrote  to  Governor  Paca  repeating  the  high 
compliment  to  The  Maryland  Line.  General  Greene's  diary  recorded, 
"  Left  26th,  dined  with  the  Governor,  who  is  a  very  polite  character 
and  a  great  friend  of  the  army.  We  drank  several  toasts  which  were 
accompanied  by  the  discharge  of  thirteen  cannon."  He  also 
addressed  a  letter  to  Governor  Paca  thanking  him  for  the  support 
of  the  Maryland  troops. 

In  May,  1783,  Congress  left  Princeton  and  in  December  assem- 
bled at  Annapolis  by  the  invitation  of  the  Governor  and  General 
Assembly,  the  Governor  giving  up  his  house  to  the  President  of 


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Congress.  His  house  stood  on  the  northeast  side  of  Prince  George 
near  East  Street,  and  was  afterward  held  by  Chancellor  Bland.  Its 
garden,  springhouse,  expanse  of  trees,  octagonal  two-story  summer- 
house,  representing  "My  Lady's  Bower,"  with  artificial  brook,  revealed 
the  happy  life  of  that  era. 

On  the  19th  of  December,  General  Washington  arrived  at 
Annapolis.  A  public  reception  and  a  welcome  by  Governor  Paca 
followed.  On  23rd  December,  1783,  General  Washington  laid  down 
his  commission  in  the  old  Senate  Chamber  before  Governor  Paca  and 
his  Council,  the  Assembly  and  general  public,  and  on  the  14th  of 
January,  1784,  Governor  Paca  proclaimed  to  the  people  the  treaty 
of  Peace  as  ratified  by  Congress. 

Then  was  organized  the  order  of  the  "  Cincinnati,"  with  Governor 
Paca  as  a  delegate. 

Ex-Governor  Eden  having  now  returned  and  having  made  effort 
to  issue  patents  to  parties  who  had  taken  out  lands  before  his  forced 
exile,  Governor  Paca  asked  for  an  explanation  and  matters  were 
satisfactorily  explained. 

In  1781,  Governor  Paca,  at  the  request  of  the  Assembly, 
employed  Mr.  Francis  Deakins  to  survey  lots  of  fifty  acres  for  the 
Maryland  soldiers,  west  of  Fort  Cumberland. 

Governor  Paca  was  the  special  friend  of  Washington  College  and 
secured  its  charter  rights. 

At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was  succeeded  by  Governor 
William  Smallwood,  the  war  governor. 

In  1774  Governor  Paca  was  elected  Vice-President  of  the  Society 
of  the  "Cincinnati"  and  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Convention  that 
ratified  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

In  December,  1789,  he  was  appointed,  by  Washington,  Judge  of 
the  United  States  Court  of  the  District  of  Maryland  and  served  until 
his  death  in  1799.  His  wife  was  Mary  Chew,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Henrietta  Maria  (Lloyd)  Chew. 

One  of  Governor  Paca's  daughters  married  Consul  Roubelle,  who, 
with  Napoleon,  ruled  France.  Their  son  bore  such  a  striking  likeness 
to  the  accepted  ideals  of  our  Saviour  he  was  often  called  on  by  artists 
to  sit  for  such  studies. 

Governor  faca's  son,  John,  built  the  magnificent  Paca  home- 
stead. He  married  Juliana  Tilghman,  now  represented  in  the  Razin 
family  of  Kent  County. 

A  striking  portrait  of  Governor  Paca  hangs  in  the  State  House 
at  Annapolis.  He  died  at  his  birth-place,  a  pure  and  zealous  patriot 
with  a  character  that  was  spotless. 

His  widow  became  Mrs.  Daniel  Dulany,  whose  son  Lloyd  was    v  ^,. 
slain  in  a  duel  with  Rev.  Bennett  Allen,  in  a  London  park.  _^  '' 

GOVERNOR  WILLIAM  SMALLWOOD. 

Governor  William  Smallwood,  fourth  Governor  of  Maryland,  was 
born  in  Kent  County,  Maryland,  1732.  He  was  the  son  of  Bayne 
Smallwood,  a  merchant  and  large  planter,  who  was  presiding  officer 


238      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses.  His  mother  was  Priscilla  Heaberd,  of  Virginia,  a  lady 
of  family  and  fortune. 

At  an  early  age  he  was  sent  to  England  to  be  educated.  He 
completed  his  education  at  Eton. 

On  April  24,  1775,  Colonel  Smallwood,  with  a  command  of  1,444 
men,  left  Annapolis  for  Boston.  Smallwood's  command  was 
incorporated  with  Lord  Stirling's  brigade  and  was  in  the  Battle  of 
Long  Island. 

The  following  tribute  to  our  Marylanders  who  were  with  Stirling 
at  Long  Island,  is  taken  from  the  Century  Magazine: 

"  Sullivan's  division  was  in  wild  rout  and  Stirling's  left  had  been 
doubled  back  upon  his  centre,  when  he  resolved  upon  a  ghastly 
sacrifice  to  save  the  flying,  floundering  columns.  Changing  front 
and  calling  forward  the  remnant  of  the  Maryland  regiment — less  than 
four  hundred  lads,  tenderly  nurtured,  who  now,  for  the  first  time, 
knew  the  rapture  of  battle — he  hurled  them  against  the  iron  wall 
that  Cornwallis  had  drawn  about  the  Cortelyou  house.  Loud  and 
clear  rang  the  shout  of  Mordecai  Gist,  "  Close  up!  Close  up!"  They 
drove  the  British  advance  back  upon  the  Cortelyou  house  till 
Cornwallis  flung  grape  and  cannister  into  their  very  faces.  Every 
page  of  sober  history  has  its  tribute  of  proud  love  for  those  heroic 
lads,  whose  fate  wrung  from  Washington  his  undying  exclamation  of 
anguish — "Great  God!  what  brave  boys  I  must  this  day  lose!" 

Thus  our  Maryland  boys  covered  themselves  with  glory  by 
repeated  charges  upon  an  overwhelming  force.  They  practically 
destroyed  themselves  to  save  the  Continental  Army.  They  made 
five  bayonet  charges  against  Cornwallis'  brigade.  Upon  the  sixth 
charge  the  brigade  recoiled  and  gave  way  in  confusion.  The 
Marylanders  were  outnumbered  two  to  one. 

Assaulted  by  Hessians,  and  a  British  brigade  in  the  rear,  Lord 
Stirling,  with  a  portion,  surrendered,  but  three  companies  cut  their 
way  through  the  British  ranks,  swam  the  creek  and  in  that  charge 
the  400  lost  256  officers  and  men.  They  were  engaged  from  sunrise 
August  27,  1776,  till  the  last  gun  was  fired  and  maintained  the  battle 
unaided  against  the  brigades  of  the  enemy.  Four  days  later  they 
were  at  Fort  Putnam,  within  two  hundred  and  fifty  yards  of  the 
enemy's  line. 

Colonel  Smallwood's  regiment,  in  the  following  month,  at 
Washington's  request  after  others  had  deserted  him,  covered 
Washington's  withdrawal  into  lines  below  Fort  Washington.  They 
attacked  the  enemy,  drove  them  from  their  position  and  were  in  full 
pursuit  when  recalled. 

Smallwood  was  engaged  at  White  Plains.  He  met  the 
Hessians  under  Rawle,  under  the  fire  of  fifteen  British  cannon; 
Smallwood  was  wounded,  and  with  a  loss  of  100  men,  fell  back  in 
good  order. 

The  Maryland  Line  was  at  Trenton  and  Princeton.  Washington's 
record  of  them  was,  "  Smallwood's  troops  had  been  reduced  to  a  mere 


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handful  of  men,  but  they  took  part  in  the  engagement  with  their 
usual  gallantry  and  won  great  renown." 

The  next  campaign  Maryland  added  4,000  more  to  the  army — 
one-tenth  of  the  whole  army — and  the  Line  was  in  October  increased 
by  2,000  more. 

In  August,  1777,  they  were  at  Staten  Island,  with  the  first  brigade 
under  Smallwood.  They  took  141  British  prisoners.  The  Line  was 
at  Brandywine,  on  the  right  wing.  At  Germantown  they  advanced 
with  such  resolution  that  British  Light  Infantry  were  driven  from 
the  field  and  their  encampment  taken.  They  there  received  the 
highest  encomiums,  and  the  gallant  defence  of  Fort  Mifflin  closed  the 
year. 

That  winter  Smallwood's  men,  of  1,400  in  number,  were  stationed 
at!Wilmington  and  there  captured  a  British  vessel. 

In  1778,  2,902  more  men  were  added  to  the  army,  whilst  Count 
Pulaski  raised  an  independent  corps  in  Maryland. 

Smallwood  was  at  Monmouth.  The  British  were  driven  back 
with  a  loss  of  300  men  killed  outright.  When  Sir  Henry  Clinton  left 
the  field  for  New  York,  in  1779,  Smallwood,  with  The  Maryland  Line, 
met  the  British  at  Scotch  Plains  and  again  drove  them  back. 

In  1780  the  Line  marched  south;  Smallwood  returned  to  Mary- 
land and  in  ten  days  secured  700  non-commissioned  officers  and 
privates.     He  was  retained  in  the  army  as  second  in  command. 

For  his  action  at  Camden  he  received  the  thanks  of  Congress 
and  a  promotion  to  Major-General.  On  account  of  a  conflict  of 
authority  and  a  personal  dislike  for  Baron  Steuben,  General 
Smallwood  remained    in  Maryland. 

In  1785,  he  was  elected  to  Congress  and  in  November  of  that 
year,  was  made  Governor  to  succeed  William  Paca.  During  Gov- 
ernor Smallwood's  administration,  King  William's  School  at  Annapolis 
was  consolidated  with  St.  John's  College  with  £32,100  by  private 
subscription  and  an  annual  endowment  of  £1,750  sterling  current 
money. 

The  first  movement  for  the  improvement  of  the  Potomac  River 
was  begun  by  General  Washington,  in  1784,  which  ended  in  an 
enactment,  in  1785,  the  first  internal  improvement  which  after 
repeated  trials,  ended  in  1820,  in  the  formation  of  the  Canal. 

The  first  steamboat  upon  the  Potomac,  the  conception  of 
James  Burney,  was  run  from  Shepardstown  to  Harpers  Ferry, 
during  Governor  Smallwood's  term,  in  1786.  During  his  term 
were  adopted  the  methods  of  paying  the  National  debt  created  by 
the  war. 

The  first  navigation  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Potomac  led  up  to 
the  discussions  which  became  the  germs  which  brought  forth  a  new 
Constitution,  upon  the  failures  of  the  Federal  compact;  and  in  1786, 
at  Annapolis,  a  Convention  of  five  States  made  the  move  for  a  Con- 
vention to  revise  the  Federal  Constitution.  Maryland  had  declined 
to  be  represented  unless  all  the  States  agreed  to  send  delegates. 
The  result  of  the  Annapolis  Convention  was  the  united  action  of 


240      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Maryland  and  Virginia  in  urging  the  Philadelphia  Convention, 
which  gave  us  our  new  Constitution. 

Governor  Smallwood  was  succeeded  in  1788,  by  Governor  John 
Eager  Howard,  his  associate  in  revolutionary  fame.  Retiring  to  his 
home,  now  in  Charles  County,  he  lived  only  four  years,  dying  in  1792, 
February  14th,  at  "Mattawoman,"  a  celebrated  colonial  homestead, 
built  of  English  brick  and  is  still  standing  lamenting  the  seeming 
indifference  of  a  busy  age  to  the  fate  of  dead  heroes. 

McSherry  has  said,  "But  the  memory  of  Smallwood  seems 
nearly  forgotten,  and  on  his  paternal  estate  now  in  the  hands  of 
strangers,  he  sleeps  in  a  lonely  grave,  by  the  waters  of  the  Potomac, 
almost  in  sight  of  the  tomb  of  his  great  leader  at  Mt.  Vernon,  near 
him  in  death  as  he  adhered  to  him  in  life.  Faithful,  modest,  brave, 
and  patient  in  life,  he  sleeps  in  death  unhonored,  without  a  tomb- 
stone on  the  spot,  or  an  enclosure  to  protect  his  last  resting  place 
from  desecration." 

The  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  since  the  above  was  written,  have 
erected  a  fitting  memorial  to  the  memory  of  the  Maryland  hero,  in 
the  form  of  a  granite  tablet  recording  his  deeds  of  valor.  It  stands 
within  a  few  yards  of  his  old  homestead,  overlooking  a  vast  stretch 
of  country.     Governor  Smallwood  never  married. 

His  only  sister  married  Colonel  William  Grayson,  of  Virginia, 
There  were  several  sons  and  one  daughter  Mrs.  Carter,  of  Kentucky, 
whose  sons  were  William  Grayson  and  Alfred  G.  Carter.  Alfred 
Grayson  married  Miss  Breckinridge,  of  Kentucky,  aunt  of  Vice- 
President  John  C.  Breckinridge  and  left  a  son.  Colonel  John  Breckin- 
ridge Grayson,  head  of  the  Commissary  in  the  Mexican  War. 

In  1827,  it  was  found  that  Colonel  William  Grayson,  eldest  son 
of  William  Grayson  was  entitled  by  entail  to  the  whole  estate  of 
General  Smallwood,  no  transfer  having  taken  place;  Colonel 
Grayson  was  at  the  head  of  the  column,  when  Washington  upbraided 
General  Charles  Lee  and  he  heard  and  related  these  words  of  Lee  to 
Washington.  "  Sir,  these  troops  are  not  able  to  meet  British  Grena- 
diers"— and  Washington's  reply,  "Sir,  they  are  able  and  they  shall 
do  it" — immediately  giving  the  order  to  counter-march  the  column. 

^  GOVERNOR   JOHN  EAGER  HOWARD. 

Governor  John  Eager  Howard,  soldier  and  fifth  Governor  of 
Maryland,  was  born  in  Baltimore  County,  June  4,  1752.  He  was  the 
son  of  Cornelius  and  Ruth  (Eager)  Howard,  daughter  of  John  and 
Jemina  (Murray)  Eager. .  His  grandfather  was  Joshua  Howard,  of 
Manchester,  England,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  army  of  the  Duke 
of  York  during  the  Monmouth  Rebellion.  Coming  to  Maryland 
about  1685,  he  married  Joanna  O'Carroll,  of  Ireland,  and  took  up  a 
tract  of  land  near  Pikesville,  Baltimore  County. 

At  the  time  of  the  Revolution  the  Howard  family  were  large 
land-holders  and  wealthy.  John  Eager  Howard  was  educated  by 
private  tutors.    Coming  to  manhood  at  the  beginning  of  the  Revolu- 


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tion,  he  was  offered  a  commission  as  Colonel,  but  thinking  he  was 
too  inexperienced,  declined  it,  accepting  a  Captaincy  upon  the 
condition  of  being  able  to  raise  thirty  men.  He  enlisted  that  number 
in  two  days  and  marched  at  once  to  the  front.  His  company  was 
made  a  part  of  the  "Flying  Camp"  and  was  with  General  Hugh 
Mercer  at  White  Plains,  October  28,  1776.  Commissioned  Major  in 
the  fourth  Maryland  Regiment,  he  was  at  Germantown  and 
Monmouth. 

In  1780,  Georgia  and  South  Carolina  being  in  the  hands  of  the 
British,  Maryland's  First  Brigade  vmder  Major  General  de  Kalb, 
marched  south  with  an  additional  regiment  raised  in  the  State. 

At  Camden,  Gist's  Maryland  Brigade  stood  firm  as  a  rock  and 
William's  Regiment,  with  Howard  at  its  head,  broke  upon  the  enemy 
and  severed  his  front,  driving  the  opposing  corps  before  them. 

In  1781,  400  of  the  Maryland  Line,  under  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Howard  fought  with  General  Morgan  at  the  Cowpens.  The  British 
were  under  Tarlton.  The  latter  assailed  the  Marylanders,  but  they 
never  faltered.  Tarlton  ordered  his  reserves:  this  endangered 
Howard's  right.  Morgan  ordered  Howard  to  change  front  and  take 
a  new  position.  Howard  had  not  gained  that  position,  when  Tarlton 
mistaking  it  for  a  retreat,  rushed  forward.  Suddenly  facing  about, 
Howard  poured  into  the  enemy  a  deadly  fire.  Their  ranks  recoiled. 
Howard  ordered  his  men  to  give  them  the  bayonet.  It  was  a 
terrible,  but  decisive  charge;  the  day  was  won.  The  whole  British 
Infantry  were  either  captured  or  killed.  Tarlton  narrowly  escaped, 
after  a  personal  encounter  with  Colonel  Washington.  Morgan  rode 
up  to  Howard  and  said — "  Colonel  you  have  done  well,  for  you  are 
successful — had  you  failed  I  would  have  shot  you."  Colonel  Howard 
replied,  "Had  I  failed,  there  would  have  been  no  need  of  shooting 
me."  At  that  moment  he  held  in  his  hands  the  swords  of  seven 
British  officers.  For  this  gallant  charge.  Congress  presented  Colonel 
Howard  with  a  gold  medal. 

In  September,  1781,  Howard's  regiment  was  at  Eutaw  Springs. 
He  was  received  by  the  Buffs  and  Irish  Corps  of  Raudon's  army. 
Here  the  fiercest  struggle  of  the  war  took  place.  Neither  would 
yield,  but  crossing  bayonets  their  ranks  mingled  together.  Opposing 
files  sank  down,  each  pierced  with  the  bayonet  of  his  antagonist. 
They  were  found  grappled  in  death  and  transfixed  together  on  the 
field.  The  officers  fought  hand  to  hand.  The  British  fine  had  given 
way  and  the  Buffs,  unable  to  maintain  the  conflict,  broke  and  fled. 
General  Greene  rode  up  and  comphmented  the  Marylanders  in  the 
midst  of  the  action.  Three  hundred  British  prisoners  were  taken  in 
the  pursuit.  Howard's  men  were  reduced  to  thirty  and  he  was  the 
only  commissioned  officer  left.  Green  said  that  success  was  due  to 
the  free  use  of  the  bayonets  of  the  Maryland  troops  in  their  charge 
in  the  face  of  a  murderous  fire  of  artillery  and  musketry.  Each 
corps  engaged  received  the  thanks  of  Congress.  Marylanders  were 
engaged  from  this  time  on  to  the  surrender. 


242      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  State  had  furnished  15,229  men  in  addition  to  those  enhsted 
in  the  independent  companies.  The  State  companies,  the  marines 
and  naval  forces  amoimting  to  5,407  miUtia,  brought  the  total  up  to 
20,636. 

McSherry  records — "Entering  the  war  two  strong  battalions, 
they  were  soon  reduced  to  a  single  company.  Again  swelled  to  seven 
regiments,  they  were  thinned  to  one  and  before  the  campaign  had 
well  passed,  they  were  once  more  promptly  recruited  to  four  full 
battalions  of  more  than  2,000  men.  Two  of  their  officers,  Williams 
and  Howard  were  considered  the  best  of  their  grade.  Entitled  to  a 
Major-General  and  two  brigadiers  they  submitted  to  be  led  by 
strangers. 

Amos  Cummings,  himself  a  New  Yorker,  said : — "  The  old  guard 
occupied  no  higher  station  in  the  French  Army  than  that  held  by 
the  Maryland  Line  in  the  Continental  Army.  As  Napoleon  and  Ney 
relied  upon  the  old  guard,  so  did  Washington  and  Greene  rely  upon 
the  Maryland  Line,  when  the  independence  of  American  colonies 
was  at  stake." 

Colonel  Howard  upon  his  final  charge,  at  Eutaw  Springs,  was 
wounded;  he  was  brought  home  to  the  house  of  his  attending  phy- 
sician. Dr.  Thomas  Cradock,  of  Pikesville.  Colonel  Howard  was  then 
seeking  the  hand  of  Miss  Peggy  Chew,  then  much  admired  by  several 
English  officers.  Fearing  delay  might  endanger  his  cause.  Dr. 
Cradock  carried  on  the  correspondence  and  was  successful. 

At  a  ball  given  in  Baltimore  in  honor  of  General  Washington, 
who  led  Nellie  Gittings  in  the  minuet.  Dr.  Cradock  walked  next  with 
Betty  Moale.  She  later  became  the  Doctor's  neighbor  and  named 
his  home  "  The  Pill  Box. "  (Annals  of  St.  Thomas  Church).  General 
Washington  attended  the  wedding  of  Colonel  Howard  to  Peggy  Chew. 

Colonel  Howard,  in  1787,  was  a  member  of  the  Continental 
Congress,  when  war  was  imminent  with  France.  President  Washington 
tendered  him  the  offices  of  Major  General  and  Secretary  of  State, 
both  of  which  he  declined  with  friendly  courtesy.  In  1789  he  was 
elected  Governor. 

The  Assembly  of  Maryland  having  voted  to  cede  to  Congress  a 
district  ten  miles  square  for  the  seat  of  Government,  the  Legislature 
of  1789,  voted  $72,000  to  assist  Virginia's  offer  of  $120,000  to  build 
the  Capital  and  authorized  the  sale  of  her  public  lands  to  meet  the 
outlay. 

kr'f^  In  1790,  the  Assembly  passed  an  Act  for  the  better  administra- 
tion of  Justice.  Charles  Carroll,  of  "CarroUton"  and  John  Henry, 
our  United  States  Senators,  wrote  to  Governor  Howard  asking  him 
to  appoint  men  of  high  character,  who  might  be  better  able  to 
present  the  State,  claim  in  the  ablest  manner  before  Congress. 
With  Charles  Carroll,  of  "CarroUton,"  Governor  Howard  drafted 
the  Militia  law  of  the  State. 

In  1790,  President  Washington  arrived  in  Annapolis  and  with 
the  Governor,  attended  a  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  St.  John's 
College.    He  was  entertained  by  the  Governor  and  honored  by  a  ball. 


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At  the  expiration  of  his  eligibihty,  Governor  Howard  was 
succeeded  by  George  Plater.  In  1795,  Governor  Howard  was  elected 
by  the  Maryland  Senate  and  in  1796,  was  sent  to  the  United  States 
Senate,  vice  Mr.  Potts  and  was  re-elected  for  the  full  term,  which 
extended  to  1803.  Retiring  to  his  beautiful  home  at  "  Belvedere," 
wherein  both  General  Washington  and  General  LaFayette  had  been 
entertained,  Colonel  Howard  spent  his  remaining  days  in  quiet 
comfort. 

"Belvedere"  stood  at  the  head  of  Calvert  Street.  Its  history 
covers  an  interesting  epoch  of  colonial  days.  Colonel  Howard  gave 
to  the  city  of  Baltimore  the  site  upon  which  Washington's  Monu- 
ment stands,  yet  it  is  only  at  this  late  day,  our  patriotic  citizens  have 
at  last  determined  to  honor  him  with  a  like  memorial. 

During  the  war  of  1812,  Governor  Howard  raised  a  company  of 
veterans  for  home  defense;  when  the  news  reached  him  that  the 
Capitol  had  been  burned  and  capitulation  was  being  considered, 
he  said : — "  I  have  as  much  property  at  stake  as  most  persons  and 
I  have  four  sons  in  the  field,  but  sooner  would  I  see  my  sons 
weltering  in  their  blood  and  my  home  reduced  to  ashes,  than  so  far 
disgrace  my  colmtr3^"  He  lived  to  see  the  dawn  of  Peace  and  the 
"era  of  good  feeling."  His  second  son,  George  Howard,  was  later 
made  Governor,  during  the  era  of  good  feeling.  Having  taken  cold, 
the  old  hero  soon  followed  his  fascinating  wife,  dying  in  1827.  His 
funeral  was  attended  by  President  Adams  and  his  Cabinet. 

Governor  Howard's  sons  were  General  Benjamin  Chew  Howard, 
prominent  in  the  late  history  of  Maryland  and  in  1860,  a  candidate 
upon  the  Peace  Party  platform  for  Governor.  He  married  Jane 
Grant  Gilmor;  John  E.  Howard,  the  eldest  son,  married  Annabella 
'Read;  George  Howard,  his  second  son,  and  Governor,  married 
Prudence  Gough  Ridgely;  William  Howard  married  Rebecca  Key; 
James  married  Sophia  Gough  Ridgely,  and  second,  Catharine  Mur- 
dock  Ross;  Charles  married  Elizabeth  Key.  The  daughters  were 
Mrs.  John  McHenry  and  Mrs.  William  George  Reed. 

GOVERNOR]  GEORGE  PLATER. 

Governor  George  Plater,  sixth  Governor  of  Maryland,  was  born 
at  "Sotterly,"  near  Leonardtown,  St.  Mary's  County,  November  8, 
1735. 

His  home  is  well  described  in  Thomas'  Colonial  Maryland — as  a 
handsome  model  of  antique  architecture,  built  in  the  form  of  the 
letter  "  Z,"  one  story  and  a  half,  with  steep  gambrall  roof,  surmounted 
by  a  cupola  and  penetrated  by  triangular  capped  dormer  windows, 
a  frame  building  with  brick  foundations,  brick  gables,  brick  porches 
and  flagstone  colonade.  Handsomely  paneled  wood  from  ceiling  to 
floor  finished  the  parlor,  hall,  library  and  dining-rooms.  Shell 
carvings  forming  the  ceilings  of  the  parlor  alcoves  were  imique  and 
handsome.  Walnut  window  frames,  doors  of  mahogany,  swung  on 
solid_^brass  strap  hinges,  offer  an  exhibit  of  colonial  interior  decora. 


244      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

tions  unexcelled  in  Maryland.  Its  stairway  was  of  mahogany,  with 
grooved  rail  and  balustrade  and  newel  post  of  filigree  work.  This 
magnificent  homestead  was  built  for  Hon,  George  Plater,  father  of 
the  Governor,  about  1730.  He  was  Naval  Officer  and  Collector  of 
the  Patuxent  District  and  his  little  square  office  with  cone-shaped 
roof  still  stands  in  the  yard  by  the  side  of  his  wine  cellar  and  smoking- 
room.  This  celebrated  homestead,  taking  its  name  from  the  Plater 
homestead  named  in  Sucklings  Annals,  of  Suffolk,  England,  was 
originally  a  part  of  "Fenwick  Manor."  It  contained  2,000  acres 
and  was  purchased  by  Hon.  James  Bowles,  who  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Addison  and  Elizabeth  Tasker,  daughter 
of  the  Treasiurer,  Thomas  Tasker. 

In  1729,  the  Maryland  Gazette  annoimced  the  marriage  of  the 
widow  Bowles  to  Colonel  George  Plater.  The  Sotterly  homestead 
was  built  after  that  marriage.  The  issue  of  Colonel  Plater  and  Mrs. 
Bowles  were  Governor  George  Plater,  Ann,  Elizabeth  and  Rebecca, 
who  became  Mrs.  Colonel  John  Tayloe,  of  Mt.  Airy,  Virginia.  She 
handed  down  a  coterie  of  distinguished  wives,  including  Mrs.  Francis 
Lightfoot  Lee,  wife  of  "  the  signer;"  Mrs.  Colonel  William  Augustine 
Washington  and  Mrs.  Colonel  Edward  Lloyd,  of  Maryland,  mother 
of  Governor  Lloyd.  She  was  also  the  mother  of  John  Tayloe,  who 
married  a  daughter  of  Governor  Benjamin  Ogle. 

Colonel  Plater's  second  wife  was  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Carpenter. 
Colonel  Plater's  coach  and  four  and  his  sailing  boats  have  elsewhere 
been  noted.  He  indulged  also  in  the  popular  races,  of  1750,  as  shown 
by  an  annoimcement  in  the  Maryland  Gazette  of  that  date,  "Sep- 
tember 20,  1750,  a  race  was  run  on  the  race  course  between  Governor 
Ogle's  bay  gelding  and  Colonel  Plater's  grey  stallion,  which  was  won 
by  the  former." 

Five  years  later,  that  same  paper  annoimced:"  Saturday  last, 
died  at  his  seat  in  St.  Mary's  County,  aged  upwards  of  sixty,  the  Hon. 
George  Plater,  Esq.,  who  was  for  many  years  one  of  his  Lordship's 
Council  of  State,  Naval  Officer  of  the  Patuxent  and  lately  appointed 
Secretary  of  the  Province;  a  gentleman  eminent  for  every  social 
virtue  which  could  render  him  truly  valuable;  he  was  as  Horace  says, 
"ad  unquem  factus  homo."  As  his  life  was  a  pleasure,  so  was  his 
death  a  grief  to  every  one  who  knew  him. 

George  Plater,  his  only  son,  and  heir  of  "  Sotterly,"  was  educated 
at  William  and  Mary's  College.  In  1760,  he  visited  England,  where 
he  was  introduced  by  letters  from  Governor  Horatio  Sharpe.  He 
made  an  agreeable  impression  on  Lord  Baltimore,  who  desired  the 
Governor  to  associate  him  in  the  affairs  of  the  Province.  After 
studying  law,  George  Plater  took  active  interest  in  the  discussions 
preceding  the  Revolution.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Convention 
which  requested  Governor  Eden  to  retire.  In  1776,  he  was  one  of 
the  Council  of  Safety;  was  in  the  Convention  of  1776  and  upon  the 
Committee  to  prepare  a  Declaration  and  Charter  of  Rights  and  a  form 
of  Government  for  Maryland.  From  1778  to  1781,  he  was  in  Congress 
and  in  1788  was  President  of  the  Maryland  Convention  that  ratified 


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the  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  In  1791,  he  was  elected 
Governor  to  succeed  Governor  Howard. 

The  location  and  aid  to  the  National  Capital  were  the  chief  events 
in  his  administration.  Virginia  had  voted  a  loan  of  $120,000  to  be 
devoted  to  the  necessary  buildings  upon  the  territory,  which  had 
been  ceded  by  the  two  States  and  the  Legislature  of  Maryland 
voted  to  contribute  S72,000,  payable  in  three  yearly  installments. 

To  meet  these  payments  the  public  lands  of  Maryland  were 
authorized  to  be  sold. 

The  Indian  campaign  of  1791  in  which  General  St.  Clair  and 
Colonel  Henry  Lee,  of  Virginia,  were  in  command,  was  a  disastrous 
defeat  and  Maryland  was  compelled  to  raise  additional  recruits,  under 
Colonel  Otho  H.  Williams,  in  1792. 

Governor  Plater's  wife  was  Ann  Rousby,  the  only  child  of 
Colonel  John  Rousby,  of  "Rousby  Hall,"  in  Calvert,  another  once 
famous  and  popular  resort. 

Mrs.  Plater  possessed  rare  beauty  and  stately  elegance.  Her 
rich  patrimony,  added  to  her  husband's  large  estate,  enabled  them 
to  entertain  in  a  manner  suitable  to  their  distinguished  position. 
They  left  two  daughters,  Ann  and  Rebecca,  accomplished  and 
beautiful,  and  three  sons,  George,  John  Rousby  and  Thomas  Plater. 
Ann  Plater — Philip  Barton  Key,  the  jurist  and  statesman;  Rebecca 
— General  Uriah  Forrest,  of  the  Maryland  Line;  George  Plater 
inherited  "Sotterly"  and  handed  it  do"^Ti  to  his  son,  George,  who 
lost  it;  Judge  John  Rousby  Plater,  second  son,  through  his  son,  John, 
was  the  progenitor  of  Charlotte  Plater,  widow  of  General  E.  Law 
Rogers,  once  heir  to  Druid  Hill  Park.  Mrs.  Rogers  has  a  handsome 
portrait  of  the  Governor;  Thomas  Plater,  third  son,  inherited 
"Rousby  Hall,"  and  sold  it;  his  daughter,  Ann  Plater,  another  noted 
beauty,  became  the  wife  of  Major  George  Peter,  of  Montgomery 
County,  in  command  at  the  Battle  of  Bladensburg.  Their  descend- 
ants in  line  are  the  heirs  of  the  late  Hon.  George  Peter,  of  Rockville, 
and  Senator  William  B.  Peter,  of  Howard. 

These  three  sons  of  Governor  Plater  were  also  prominent  in 
affairs.  George  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Marjdand  Line.  Thomas  was 
a  member  of  Congress  from  1801  to  1805,  and  Judge  John  Rousby 
Plater  was  Presidential  Elector  in  1797,  and  also  a  member  of  the 
Maryland  Legislature,  acting  as  Associate  Judge  of  the  First  District 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Governor  George  Plater  died  at  Annapohs  February  10,  1792. 
His  remains,  "  attended  by  the  Council  and  State  officials,  were  taken 
the  next  day,  by  way  of  South  River,  to  "Sotterly,"  where  he  is 
buried  in  what  is  now  an  open  field  and  without  even  a  simple  slab 
to  mark  the  last  resting  place  of  a  son  of  Maryland,  whose  states- 
manship and  zeal  so  closely  are  interwoven  with  her  government  and 
whose  life,  from  dawn  of  early  manhood  to  the  grave,  was  conspicuous 
for  disinterested  devotion  and  distinguished  service  to  the  State  and 
to  the  nation.     Oh,  Spirit  of  Liberty!  where  sleeps  your  thunder?" 

(Thomas.) 


246      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

GOVERNOR  JOHN  HOSKINS  STONE. 

Governor  John  Hoskins  Stone,  eighth  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1794-97),  was  born  in  Charles  County,  Maryland,  in  1745.  He  was 
the  son  of  David  Stone,  who  married  Elizabeth  Jenifer,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Daniel  Jenifer.  He  was  descended  from  Governor  William  Stone 
and  was  the  younger  brother  of  Thomas  Stone,  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  He  was  educated  at  private  schools 
and  studied  law. 

In  November,  1774,  he  was  one  of  the  committee  from  Charles 
County,  Maryland,  to  carry  out  the  resolutions  of  Congress,  and  was 
one  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  for  the  County.  He  was 
one  of  the  Association  of  Freemen  of  Maryland  in  1775. 

On  January  14,  1776,  was  elected  Captain  of  the  first  company 
of  Colonel  William  Smallwood's  First  Maryland  Regiment,  and  in 
December  following  was  appointed  Colonel.  He  fought  with 
distinction  at  Long  Island,  White  Plains,  Princeton  and  Germantown, 
where  he  was  wounded  and  was  compelled  to  retire,  resigning  in  1779. 
He  was  in  the  Executive  Council  of  Maryland  and  member  of  the 
"Cincinnati  Society."  His  commission  is  still  in  possession  of  the 
heirs  of  his  grandson,  Nathaniel  Pope  Causin. 

Governor  Stone  held  the  chair  from  1794  to  1797.  He  was  the 
first  Governor  to  send  a  written  message  to  the  Assembly,  and 
suggested  as  a  modification  of  the  mode  of  electing  the  President  a 
division  of  the  State  into  ten  districts.  His  brother,  Michael 
Jenifer  Stone,  was  in  Congress  1789-91  and  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  Charles  County. 

Governor  Stone,  in  1795,  wrote  to  President  Washington  a  letter 
which  was  accompanied  by  the  resolves  of  the  Maryland  Assembly 
in  denunciation  of  the  calumnies  that  had  been  heaped  upon  the 
President. 

The  President  replied  in  an  appreciative  letter. 

Governor  Stone  asked  a  modification  of  the  mode  of  electing  the 
President  and  Vice-President. 

President  Washington  applied  to  Governor  Stone  for  an  additional 
appropriation  of  $150,000  from  the  Maryland  Assembly  to  complete 
the  national  Capitol.  Maryland  had  alreadv  given  $72,000  and 
Virginia  $120,000.  The  Assembly  loaned  $10,000  in  1797,  and  in 
1799,  $50,000  more.  In  1800  the  building  was  reported  ready  for 
use. 

Governor  Stone  married  Miss  Conden,  a  Scotch  lady.  His 
daughter,  Eliza  Stone,  married  Dr.  Nathaniel  Pope  Causin,  of  Port 
Tobacco,  Maryland.  His  son,  Nathaniel  Pope  Causin,  married  Eliza 
Mactier  Warfield,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Nancy  Mactier  Warfield, 
of  Baltimore.  They  were  the  grandparents  of  Messrs.  S.  Davies 
Warfield,  Colonel  Henry  Mactier  Warfield  and  Dr.  Mactier  Warfield, 
of  Baltimore,  and  of  Richard  Emory  Warfield,  of  Philadelphia. 

Governor  Stone  died  at  his  residence  in  Annapolis,  October  5, 
1804. 


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^  GOVERNOR  JOHN   HENRY. 

Governor  John  Henry,  first  Senator  and  ninth  Governor  of 
Maryland,  was  born  at  "Weston,"  Somerset  County,  Maryland, 
November,  1750.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  Rev.  John  Henry, 
a  Presbyterian  minister,  who  came  from  Ireland  in  1700  and  settled 
first  near  Rehoboth,  upon  Pocomoke  River,  Somerset  County, 
Maryland;  he  married  Mary  Jenkins,  widow  of  Colonel  Francis 
Jenkins,  who  brought  to  him  the  immense  estate  of  her  late  husband. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  King,  an  Irish  baronet,  and  was 
known  as  "Madam  Hampton,"  having  married  for  the  third  time, 
Rev.  John  Hampton,  another  Presbyterian  minister.  Her  two  sons 
by  Rev.  John  Henry  became  eminent.  They  were  Francis  Jenkins 
and  Colonel  John  Henry,  who  married  Dorothy  Rider,  daughter  of 
Colonel  John  Rider,  son  of  John  Rider,  of  England,  who  had  married 
the  only  child  of  Colonel  Charles  Hutchins,  an  early  settler  of  Somerset 
and  lived  at  "Weston,"  afterward  the  home  of  John  Henry.  Mr. 
Hutchins'  daughter,  whilst  at  school  in  England,  married,  and  died 
on  her  return  home.  Their  son.  Colonel  John  Rider,  was  born  in 
England  and  married  Anne  Hicks.  Their  daughter,  Dorothy, 
became  the  mother  of  Governor  John  Henry,  who  was  prepared  for 
College  at  West  Nottingham  Academy,  Cecil;  went  to  Princeton  and 
graduated  in  1769;  studied  law  in  the  Temple,  England;  was  a  member 
of  the  "Robin  Hood  Club,"  and  in  their  discussions,  defended  the 
colonists.  He  left  England  in  1775,  a  thoroughly  educated,  popular 
and  attractive  young  man;  was  elected  to  the  Legislature.  In  1777 
was  sent  to  the  Continental  Congress,  remaining  until  the  adoption 
of  the  Constitution.  He  opposed  Jay's  treaty  with  Spain,  wherein 
our  right  to  navigate  the  Mississippi  was  to  be  surrendered  for  the 
small  benefit  to  the  Eastern  States.  In  1783  he  received  two  votes 
for  President.  In  1787  he  was  upon  the  committee  to  prepare  an 
ordinance  for  the  Northwest  Territory.  With  Charles  Carroll,  of 
"Carrollton,"  he  was  elected  one  of  the  first  United  States  Senators. 
He  voted  to  locate  the  Capitol  on  the  Potomac.  Resigning  the 
senatorship,  he  was  elected  Governor  of  Maryland,  which  office  he 
soon  resigned,  from  ill-health. 

In  1780,  the  English  having  plundered  the  town  of  Vienna  and 
burnt  a  new  brig,  called  at  Colonel  John  Henry's  and  destroyed  his 
house  and  furniture.  The  Colonel,  being  alone,  except  his  servants, 
retired  to  a  neighbor's  whither  he  removed  his  plate  and  valuable 
papers.     They  took  away  a  slave. 

Governor  Henry  married  in  1787,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  Goldsborough  Campbell,  of  Caroline  County.  One  of 
Mrs.  Campbell's  sisters  was  the  grandmother  of  Governor  Philip 
Francis  Thomas. 

Governor  Henry  died  in  1798,  leaving  two  sons,  John  Campbell 
Henry  and  Francis  Jenkins  Henry.  The  former  married  Mary  Nevett 
Steele,  sister  of  J.  Nevett  Steele,  the  Baltimore  attorney. 


248      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and.  Howard  Counties. 

The  character  of  Governor  Henry  has  been  thus  depicted  by  the 
memoirs  of  Mrs.  Winder  Townsend : 

"  His  manners  were  easy,  engaging,  and  in  person  was  graceful 
and  elegant." 

He  directed  the  education  of  his  nephew,  Wilham  Henry  Winder 
afterward  commander  of  the  American  forces  at  Bladensburg  in  1814. 
There  is  no  portrait  of  him  because  of  the  fire  which  destroyed  the 
homestead  of  "Weston"  in  which  were  many  of  his  papers.  Mrs. 
Townsend,  however,  holds  the  original  letter  of  Thomas  Jefferson  to 
Governor  Henry  upon  the  authenticity  of  Logan's  speech. 

Governor  Henry's  granddaughter  "Kitty,"  daughter  of  John 
Campbell  Henry,  married  Daniel  Lloyd,  youngest  son  of  Governor 
and  Senator  Edward  Lloyd,  and  became  the  mother  of  Governor 
Henry  Lloyd,  who  succeeded  Governor  Robert  McLane. 

Governor  Henry's  Address  to  The  Legislature. 

"We  are  taught  to  rely  upon  the  militia  for  our  general  defense; 
it  is  especially  important  now  to  place  them  upon  the  most  respectable 
footing.  All  men  are  now  satisfied  of  the  propriety  of  putting  the 
country  in  a  complete  state  of  defense;  and  in  case  of  war  it  would 
be  unbecoming  the  wisdom  of  the  Legislature  to  trust  the  peace  and 
safety  of  the  country  to  this  present  weak  and  defective  system, 
menaced  as  we  are  by  a  brave,  intelligent  and  enterprising  nation, 
this  subject  is  all  important." 

Colonel  John  Rider  was  the  maternal  grandfather  of  Governor 
John  Henry  and  was  the  only  son  of  John  Rider  (of  Edward  and 
Dorothy  the  only  daughter  of  Colonel  Charles  Hutchins).  (See  her 
beautiful  picture  in  a  recent  publication  of  Governor  John  Henry's 
Letters  and  Papers,  by  his  great-grandson.)  Colonel  Hutchins  was 
an  early  settler  of  Dorchester;  was  of  Council  commissioned  to  treat 
with  Indians  and  was  Colonel  of  the  Mihtia. 

\/  GOVERNOR  BENJAMIN  OGLE. 

Governor  Benjamin  Ogle,  tenth  Governor  of  Maryland,  1798- 
1801,  was  born  in  Annapolis,  February  7,  1746,  in  the  house  of  his 
father,  corner  of  King  George  and  College  Avenue.  He  was  educated 
in  England. 

Benjamin  Ogle  was,  by  appointment,  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Council,  and  in  1798  was  elected  by  the  Assembly  as  Governor.  He 
was  a  personal  friend  of  President  Washington,  by  whom  he  was 
frequently  consulted. 

Upon  the  death  of  President  Washington  in  1799,  the  Governor 
issued  a  proclamation  that  the  11th  of  February,  1800,  be  observed 
throughout  the  State  "  as  a  day  of  moiuning,  humiliation  and  prayer 
for  the  deceased."  His  precedent  is  still  observed  under  the  "New 
Style,"  on  22nd  February,  yearly. 

Governor  Ogle's  administration  was  in  the  midst  of  violent 
political    excitement     between     the     Federalists,    represented     by 


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President  John  Adams,  and  the  Repubhcans,  led  by  Thomas 
Jefferson.  In  Maryland  the  people  were  about  equally  divided. 
The  election  having  failed  in  the  Electoral  College,  it  was  after 
seven  days  of  intense  contest  in  the  House  of  Representatives, 
decided  in  favor  of  Thomas  Jefferson. 

The  home  of  Governor  Benjamin  Ogle  was  "  Belair,"  Prince 
George  Coimty.  In  1760  it  was  the  homestead  of  Colonel  Benjamin 
Tasker,  and  from  there  Governor  Sharpe  wrote  to  his  brother  William, 
in  England,  asking  him  to  entertain  Charles  Carroll,  Mr.  Key  and 
Mr.  George  Plater,  members  of  the  Lower  House  who  were  friendly 
to  his  administration.  "  Belair  "  descended,  through  Colonel  Tasker's 
daughter,  to  Governor  Ogle.  It  was  laid  out  as  an  English  manor. 
The  large,  square  manor  house  was  approached  by  an  avenue  120 
feet  wide.  A  descendant  daughter  thus  pictures  it  from  her  girlish 
memory:  "'Belair'  was  an  ideal  old  Colonial  home,  built  of  English 
brick.  For  me  it  holds  many  interesting  memories  of  my  childhood, 
when  life  seemed  one  long  summer  day.  I  wandered  over  the 
spacious  rooms,  whose  walls  were  covered  with  paintings  from  old 
masters.  Its  conservatory,  opening  into  the  dining  room,  was  filled 
with  all  kinds  of  plants  and  flowers.  Around  the  family  table 
gathered  many  friends  to  enjoy  a  wholesome  hospitality.  The 
entrance  to  the  mansion  was  an  avenue  fully  a  mile  long,  lined  with 
tulips  and  poplar  trees.  At  the  rear  was  a  long  sweep  of  velvety 
green,  terraced  and  broken  here  and  there  by  lovely  beds  of  roses  and 
plants.  Beyond  was  the  park,  with  its  huge  forest  trees,  in  which 
deer  wandered  and  from  which  they  sometimes  escaped,  affording 
sport  for  the  young  huntsmen.  During  the  exciting  days  of  our  Civil 
War  many  met  there  who  never  returned.  The  pictures  that  adorned 
'Belair'  are  now  in  possession  of  Harry  Tayloe,  of  Mount  Airy, 
Virginia,  great-great-grandson  of  Governor  Benjamin  Ogle." 

Some  of  the  living  descendants  of  this  old  homestead,  wherein 
Charles  Carroll,  of  "CarroUton"  and  General  Washington  were 
honored  guests,  and  around  which  cluster  the  associations  of  many 
more  of  distinguished  men,  are  Benjamin  Ogle,  of  Baltimore;  Mrs. 
John  Hodges,  now  ninety  years  old,  Washington,  D.  C;  and  Miss 
Rosalie  Ogle,  of  Baltimore. 

One  of  the  daughters  of  "Belle  Air"  became  Mrs.  William 
Woodville,  whose  nephew,  WilHam  Woodville  Rockhill,  was  Mr. 
Cleveland's  Assistant  Secretary  of  State.  Of  the  younger  line  of 
descendants  are  Mr.  Marbury  Ogle  and  his  sister.  Miss  Rosalie  Ogle, 
of  Baltimore. 

"Belair,"  to-day,  is  the  property  of  Mr.  James  T.  Woodward, 
President  of  the  Hanover  Bank,  New  York.  He  has  restored  the  old 
homestead  to  its  former  grandeur. 

The  Ogle  family  postilion  it  still  remembered  by  the  older 
neighbors. 

Governor  Benjamin  Ogle  married,  first,  Rebecca  Stilly,  whose 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  Michael  Thomas,  son  of  Christian 
Thomas,   of   Frederick  County.     David  Ogle  Thomas,  of  Michael, 


250      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

came  into  possession  of  "Rose  Hill,"  the  former  homestead  of 
Governor  Thomas  Johnson.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Cecihus  Warfield, 
of  Baltimore,  still  holds  it.  Governor  Ogle  married,  second, 
Henrietta  Margaret  Hill,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Thomas) 
Hill,  daughter  of  Phihp  Thomas,  of  West  River,  by  Ann  Chew. 
His  son,  Benjamin  Ogle,  married  Miss  Ann  Maria  Cooke.  They  had 
twelve  children.  A  daughter  of  ^Governor  Ogle  married  John 
Hodges,  whose  son  perpetuates  the  name.  Dr.  Benjamin  Cooke 
Ogle,  youngest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ann  Maria  Cooke  Ogle,  was  the 
last  of  the  name  to  hold  the  homestead. 

GOVERNOR   JOHN  FRANCIS  MERCER. 

John  Francis  Mercer,  soldier  and  eleventh  Governor  of  Maryland, 
1801-3,  descended  from  Noel  and  Ann  (Smith)  Mercer,  of  Chester, 
England.  Their  son  Robert  married  Eleanor  Reynolds  and  their 
son  John  married  Grace  Fenton.  John,  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  son  of 
John  and  Grace  Fenton  Mercer,  went  to  Virginia  in  1720,  becoming 
Secretary  of  the  Ohio  Company.  He  was  a  noted  Crown  lawyer  and 
published  "  Mercer's  Abridgement  of  the  Laws  of  Virginia."  John 
Francis  Mercer,  his  son  by  a  second  marriage  with  Ann  Roy  was 
born  at  "Marlboro,"  Stafford  County,  Virginia,  May  17,  1759,  and 
was  graduated  from  William  and  Mary  College,  Virginia,  in  1775. 
In  1776  he  entered  the  Third  Virginia  regiment  as  Heutenant,  and 
was  made  captain  June  27,  1777.  He  served  as  aide  to  General 
Charles  Lee  until  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  New  Jersey,  and  his 
sympathy  with  that  officer  in  his  disgrace  led  him  to  resign.  But 
returning  to  his  own  State,  he  raised  and  equipped,  at  his  own 
expense,  a  troop  of  horse,  of  which  he  was  commissioned  Lieutenant- 
Colonel.  He  joined  General  Robert  Lawson's  brigade  and  served 
with  it  at  Guilford,  North  Carolina,  and  elsewhere  until  its  disband- 
ment.  He  then  attached  his  command  to  the  forces  of  General 
LaFayette,  with  whom  he  remained  until  the  surrender  of  Yorktown. 
He  afterwards  studied  law  with  Thomas  Jefferson.  From  1782  to 
1785  he  was  one  of  the  Virginia  delegates  to  the  Continental  Congress. 
He  married  February  3,  1785,  Sophia,  daughter  of  Richard  Sprigg, 
of  "Cedar  Park,"  West  River,  Maryland,  whose  wife  was  Margaret 
Caile,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Ennalls)  Caile,  of  England. 

Removing  to  his  wife's  estate  at  "Cedar  Park,"  he  became  an 
active  and  prominent  partisan.  He  was  sent  as  a  delegate  from 
Maryland  to  the  Convention  which  framed  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  and  was  with  Luther  Martin  in  opposition  to  the 
several  provisions  which  obliterated  State  rights.  He  finally 
withdrew  from  the  Convention  because  he  was  not  willing  to  endorse 
the  Constitution  as  drafted.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Maryland 
Legislature  for  several  years  and  a  member  of  Congress  from 
Maryland  (in  1792-4)  in  which  the  permanent  location  of  the 
Capitol  was  excitedly  discussed  and  was  with  the  Southern  members 
in  trying  to  locate  it  upon  the  Potomac.  In  1801  he  was  elected 
Governor  of  Maryland,  and  was  re-elected  in  1802. 


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As  a  friend  and  student  of  Thomas  Jefferson  he  was  influential 
in  bringing  out  legislative  action  favorable  to  his  Democratic 
administration.  Mr.  Joseph  Hopper  Nicholson,  one  of  the  Democratic 
Representatives  in  Congress  from  Maryland  during  the  exciting  seven 
days  in  deciding  Mr.  Jefferson's  election,  was  ill  and  his  physicians 
prohibited  his  attendance,  saying  it  would  cause  his  death.  His 
wife  agreed  with  her  husband  that  his  duty  was  to  be  at  his  post, 
and  accompanying  Mr.  Nicholson,  remained  with  him  and  assisted 
him  in  casting  his  vote  for  Jefferson. 

In  1801  the  controversy  over  the  property  qualification  of  voters 
in  Maryland  was  the  chief  one,  and  the  Democrats,  being  in  favor  of 
abolishing  it,  were  victorious.  Early  in  the  session  of  1801  an 
amendment  allowing  all  free  white  citizens  of  the  State  to  vote  was 
passed,  and  in  1802  the  confirmatory  act  was  passed.  Up  to  this 
time  voters  in  Maryland  must  possess  a  freehold  of  fifty  acres  of  land. 

Governor  Mercer  was  succeeded  by  Governor  Robert  Bowie  in 
1803.  Retiring  to  his  estate,  "Cedar  Park,"  he  was  again  called  to 
the  Legislature. 

His  son,  Colonel  John  Mercer,  married  Mary  Swann,  and  his  son, 
Richard  Sprigg  Mercer,  married  Miss  E.  Coxe,  both  connections  of 
Governor  Thomas  Swann  and  Lieutenant-Governor  C.  C.  Cox, 
elected  under  the  Constitution  of  1864.  The  latter  would  have 
succeeded  Governor  Swann,  who  was  elected  to  the  United  States 
Senate,  had  he  accepted.  He  was  the  only  Lieutenant-Governor  of 
Maryland 

Some  of  the  children  of  Richard  Sprigg  Mercer  were  Miss  Margaret 
Mercer,  who  presided  at  Governor  Swann's  house  during  his  term 
in  Congress,  Mrs.  George  Peter,  now  Mrs.  Edwin  J.  Farber,  and 
Colonel  Richard  Mercer,  of  New  York. 

Governor  Mercer's  daughter,  Margaret,  was  the  author  of 
"Studies  for  Bible  Classes,"  "Ethics,"  and  a  "Series  of  Lectures  for 
Young  Ladies."  She  became  noted  for  her  sacrifice  in  freeing  her 
slaves  and  sending  them  to  Liberia.  She  was  known  as  the  "  Hannah 
More  of  America." 

Governor  Mercer  died  August  30,  1821,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
whither  he  had  gone  to  consult  a  physician  as  to  his  health. 

GOVERNOR  ROBERT  BOWIE. 

Governor  Robert  Bowie,  the  War  Governor,  of  1812,  was  the 
third  son  of  Captain  William  Bowie,  and  Margaret  Sprigg.  He  was 
born  at  Mattaponi,  1750.  At  twenty-five  years  of  age  he  was  upon 
the  Committee  of  Correspondence  for  his  county  and  commissioned 
Captain  of  a  company  of  "Minute  Men."  His  father  was  a  member 
of  the  Convention,  which  met  in  Annapolis,  in  June,  1775  and  issued 
the  "  Declaration  of  the  Association  of  Freemen."  This  antedated  by 
one  year  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

When  scarcely  twenty  years  of  age,  young  Robert  Bowie  married 
Priscilla,  daughter  of  General  James  Mackall,  of  Calvert,  who  held 
thirty  thousand  acres  near  the  Cliffs.    Captain  Bowie  commanded  the 


252      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

Second  Battalion  of  the  Flying  Artillery,  maintaining  his  men  at  his 
own  expense.  Ordered  to  join  General  Washington  in  New  York, 
his  battaUon  was  too  late  for  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  but  covered 
itself  with  honor  at  Harlem  Heights  and  White  Plains,  where  Captain 
Bowie  was  wounded  in  the  knee.  Acting  as  his  own  surgeon,  he  cut 
the  limb  and  removed  a  sphntered  bone.  With  Colonel  Luke  Mar- 
bury,  he  was  at  the  battle  of  Germantown.  There  he  was  wounded 
in  the  shoulder. 

In  1786,  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Delegates.  His  colleagues 
were  his  brother,  Major  Walter,  and  his  cousin.  Captain  Fielder 
Bowie.  They  continued  to  sit  until  1790.  They  opposed  the  bill 
for  maintaining  ministers  of  gospel  at  the  State's  expense. 

In  1794,  Robert  Bowie  was  promoted  to  Major.  In  1796,  he 
was  an  elector  of  Senators.  Again  a  member  of  the  House  of  Dele- 
gates in  1801-2-3,  he  was  elected  in  1803,  as  the  first  Democratic 
Governor  of  the  State. 

He  was  re-elected  in  1804-5.  In  1809,  he  was  Presidential 
elector  for  Madison.  In  1811,  he  was  elected  Governor  for  the  fourth 
time.  The  war  was  at  hand  and  Governor  Bowie  was  in  favor  of 
aggressive  measures.  When  Congress  formally  declared  war  "the 
Governor  was  so  rejoiced  he  did  not  wait  for  his  hat,  but,  with  a  few 
friends,  proceeded  to  the  State  House,  where  he  congratulated  the 
leaders  upon  the  news."  He  at  once  issued  a  Proclamation,  directing 
the  militia  to  be  organized,  disciplined  and  equipped:  Calling  upon 
the  Field  Officers  and  Captains  to  assemble  in  Baltimore,  he  selected 
a  "uniform  dress"  and  trumpet  soundings  for  the  cavalry. 

Maryland's  quota  was  six  thousand  men. 

Governor  Bowie,  after  the  murderous  attack  upon  the  press  and 
person  of  Alexander  Contee  Hanson,  was  called  to  investigate  the 
riot.  His  report  exonerating  the  military  officers  in  charge  and 
counseling  moderation  in  the  interest  of  the  public  did  not  serve  to 
allay  party  indignation,  and  the  Governor  at  the  ensuing  election 
was  defeated  by  Levin  Winder,  the  Federalist. 

He  received  the  entire  Democratic  Vote  and  at  each  succeeding 
election  still  held  his  party's  confidence,  only  falling  short  two  votes 
in  1814. 

In  1815,  he  opposed  Charles  Carnan  Ridgely,  of  Hampton,  who 
only  received  two  votes  over  him.  The  same  fight  occurred  again  in 
1816. 

In  1817,  the  old  War  Governor  was  a  candidate  for  the  United 
States  Senate.    A  bitter  contest  ensued. 

The  defeat  at  Bladensburg  was  charged  to  him  because  of  his 
appointment  of  incompetent  officers.  Others  charged  him  as  "too 
good  a  hater."  Yet  the  old  chief  held  his  admirers  and  would  have 
won  other  honors  had  not  death  intervened,  in  1818. 

Then  partisan  rancor  was  stilled  and  all  united  in  paying  tribute 
to  the  patriotism,  bravery  and  integrity  of  the  deceased.  There  was 
a  softer  side  in  this  old  hero's  life.  As  the  guardian  of  many  estates, 
his  liberality  and  kindness  endeared  him  to  many. 


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He  was  long  in  the  vestry  of  St.  Paul's  Church.  A  born  leader 
of  men,  he  was  to  his  friends  as  true  as  steel.  A  handsome  portrait 
of  him  is  still  extant.  His  remains  were  interred  in  the  family  grave- 
yard as  Mattaponi,  where  lie  his  parents,  and  his  wife,  who  survived 
him  four  years.  Pive  of  his  children  arrived  at  maturity,  two  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Governor  Bowie  was  a  breeder  of  blooded 
stock  and  was  fond  of  the  race  track,  upon  which  many  of  his  horses 
appeared. 

GOVERNOR  ROBERT  WRIGHT. 

Three  times  elected  Governor,  Robert  Wright,  thirteenth  Gov- 
ernor of  Maryland,  (1806-09),  was  born  at  "Blakeford,"  in  Queen 
Anne  County,  Maryland,  November  20,  1752.  He  was  the  son  of 
Judge  Solomon  and  Mary  (Tidmarsh  DeCourcy)  Wright,  who 
was  the  son  of  Justice  Solomon  and  Anna  Wright,  who  was  the  son 
of  Nathaniel  Wright,  the  immigrant  from  England,  in  1673,  who 
settled  in  Queen  Anne  County. 

Judge  Solomon  Wright  was  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Conven- 
tion of  1771-1776;  member  of  the  Assembly,  1771-3-4;  mem.ber  of 
the  "Association  of  Freemen"  and  signer  of  the  " Declaration  of 
Freemen;"  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  for  Queen 
Anne,  in  1774-75-76;  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Provincial 
Court,  but  resigned;  was  special  Judge  for  the  Eastern  Shore  dur- 
ing the  Revolution.  Upon  the  State's  organization  was  appointed 
Judge  of  the  first  Court  of  Appeals  and  served  until  his  death. 

Robert  Wright  was  educated  at  the  Public  Schools,  studied  law, 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  and  began  the  practice  in  Chestertown, 
but  subsequently  in  Queenstown,  Maryland.  He  served  as  a  private 
in  Captain  James  Kent's  Company  of  Queen  Anne  "Minute  Men," 
against  Lord  Drummond's  Tories  of  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Virginia, 
February,  1776.  He  was  Captain  of  a  Company  in  the  Maryland 
Line;  was  at  Pauoli  and  Brandy  wine;  was  in  Colonel  Richardson's 
Battalion.  His  commission  was  dated  on  ''July  7,  1777,"  and  was  em- 
bodied under  the  late  resolution  of  Congress. 

In  1801,  he  was  elected  United  States  Senator.  This  he  resigned 
in  1806,  when  elected  Governor  of  Maryland. 

During  his  term  much  excitement  was  caused  by  the  Embargo 
Act  and  the  Enforcement  Act,  which  followed  it.  He  presided  at  a 
meeting  in  Annapolis  called  to  endorse  his  administration.  It  passed 
resolutions  asking  President  Jefferson  to  recall  his  determination  to 
decline  another  nomination. 

In  1807,  Governor  Wright  appointed  Major  Samuel  Turburt 
Wright,  Adjutant-General  of  the  State  Militia.  He  was  authorized  to 
furnish  5,863  men  as  Maryland's  quota  of  100,000  ordered  to  take 
the  field  at  a  moment's  notice.  The  Embargo  Act  reduced  Maryland 
exports  from  14,000,000  in  1807  to  2,000,000,  yet,  for  patriotic  rea- 
sons, the  Governor  and  Legislature  still  endorsed  the  administra- 
tion, but  the  election  of  1809,  brought  a  Federalist  majority  in 
the  House  of  Delegates,  which  elected  Edward  Lloyd  his  successor. 


254      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1810-12-14  Governor  Wright  was  sent  to  Congress.  He 
was  returned  in  1820  and  was  elected  District  Judge  of  the  circuit 
comprising  Queen  Anne,  Kent  and  Talbot  Counties,  in  1823.  He 
died  at  "  Blakeford,"  near  Queenstown,  on  Sept.  7,  1826. 

His  wife  was  Sarah  De  Courcy.  Their  sons  were  Robert  Theo- 
dore DeCourcy  Wright,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Governor's 
Council  and  married,  first,  Deborah  Thomas  and,  second,  Mar- 
garet Fedderman. 

All  of  Governor  Wright's  sons,  except  the  youngest,  fought  in 
the  War  of  1812. 

William  Henry  DeCourcy  Wright,  youngest  son,  was  born  at 
"  Blakeford,"  Sept.  9,  1795.  The  old  building,  a  large  square  one, 
was  burned  during  Governor  Wright's  first  term.'  Mrs.  William  H. 
DeCourcy  Wright  was  Eliza  Lea  Warner,  of  Delaware,  widow  of 
Samuel  Turbutt  Wright,  Jr.  They  had  issue,  Clintonia,  Gustavia, 
William  H.  DeCourcy,  Gustavus,  W.  T.,  Carolina  Louisa,  Victoria 
Louisa  and  Ella  Lee. 

Clintonia — first.  Captain  William  May;  second.  Governor 
Philip  Francis  Thomas.  Victoria  Louisa — Samuel  Levering.  Ella 
Lee — Captain  J.  Pembrooke  Thorn,  of  Virginia.  Captain  H. 
DeCourcy  Wright  was  the  founder  of  the  coffee  trade  of  Rio, 
which  city  became  his  residence  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was 
under  General  Bolivar,  in  the  States  of  Columbia,  in  the  War  of 
Independence. 

Governor  Wright  was  a  breeder  of  race  horses  and  fine  cattle. 
The  DeCourcy  family,  from  whom  his  wife  descended,  was  of  the 
ancient  Barony  of  Kingsall,  in  the  days  of  King  John. 

The  first  home  of  the  DeCourcy  family  was  "  My  Lord's  Gift," 
near  Queenstown.  It  is  one  of  the  quaintest  old  homesteads  in 
Maryland.  It  was  a  direct  gift  to  Colonel  Henry  DeCourcy  from 
Lord  Baltimore,  in  recognition  of  the  Colonel's  loyalty  during  the 
Puritan  ascendency  in  Maryland.  "Cheston  on  the  Wye"  is  another 
old  DeCourcy  homestead.  Here  were  buried  Governor  Wright,  his 
wife,  Sarah  DeCourcy,  his  daughter  Louisa  and  his  son,  Gustavus 
William  Tidmarsh.  Governor  Wright's  second  wife  was  Miss  Ring- 
gold, of  Kent  County. 

The  late  Benjamin  Nicholson  Wright,  of  Annapolis,  long  chief 
clerk  in  the  Comptroller's  office  and  Warden  of  St.  Anne's  Church, 
descended  from  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Colonel  Thomas 
Wright,  the  immigrant.  This  branch  was  known  as  the  Wrights  of 
"Reeds  Creek,"  from  whom  came  Samuel  Turbutt  Wright,  Captain 
in  General  Smallwood's  brigade.  Captain  Wright's  company  was, 
during  the  Revolution,  stationed  upon  Kent  Island  to  command 
the  entrance  to  Chester  River.  A  striking  portrait  of  Governor 
Wright  hangs  in  the  State  House  at  Annapolis. 


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GOVERNOR  EDWARD  LLOYD. 

Edward  Lloyd,  of  "  Wye  House,"  was  the  son  of  Edward  Lloyd 
IV.,  the  Revolutionary  Legislator,  who  failed  in  the  election  when 
Thomas  Sim  Lee  was  made  Governor.  "  With  Maryland  and  North 
American  interests  at  stake,  ingrained  through  full  five  generations, 
prior  to  1776,  and  in  deed  from  the  earliest  immigration,  Edward 
Lloyd,  of  "Wye  House,"  had  an  honest  claim  upon  the  confidence 
of  his  constituents.  His  business  tact  in  caring  for  the  industrial 
interests  of  the  Province,  promoted  by  regular  immigration  in  certain 
English  shires,  gave  importance  to  his  election  in  1774-76,  along 
with  Matthew  Tilghman,  James  Lloyd  Chamberlaine  and  Pollard 
Edmondson,  families  of  ample  means.  He  rode  at  times  in  a  coach 
and  four.  He  had  a  tract  of  land  for  a  deer  park  and  he  let  his  friends 
and  guests  rejoice  in  horses  and  hounds.  After  the  burning  of  Wye 
House  by  a  predatory  band  of  a  military  expedition,  he  rebuilt  it  with 
a  town  house  in  Annapolis,  that  stands  still  sufficiently  high  to 
overtop  the  neighboring  ones.  It  gave  him  an  outlook  towards  the 
eastern  bay  of  the  Chesapeake  and  the  mouth  of  Wye  River.  When 
Governor  Lee,  in  1792,  was  in  the  chair,  John  Edmondson,  son  of 
Pollard,  with  Judge  Joseph  H.  Nicholson,  the  Democratic  leader, 
moved  to  have  the  property  qualifications  removed.  Colonel  Edward 
Lloyd,  the  largest  land-holder  of  the  State,  gave  his  support  and  thus 
gained  political  eclat.  His  assessment  in  1783,  after  his  heavy  loss, 
in  1781,  in  plate,  jewelry,  negroes,  clothing  and  £800  in  cash,  by 
English  depredations,  covered  261  slaves,  799  head  of  sheep,  147 
horses,  571  head  of  cattle,  579  head  of  hogs,  215,000  pounds  of 
tobacco,  500  ounces  of  plate,  30  pounds  of  pork,  72  tracts  of  land, 
covering  11,884^  acres. 

Though  he  failed  to  be  Governor,  his  son,  Edward  Lloyd, 
succeeded  in  1809,  just  a  century  after  his  distinguished  ancestor  of 
1709.  Governor  Lloyd  was  fifth  in  line.  He  was  a  man  of  talent,  of 
a  large  estate  and  an  honest  politician.  He  was  in  the  Legislature, 
from  1800  to  1805;  a  member  of  Congress,  from  1806  to  1809; 
Governor  from  1809  to  181 1.  He  was  in  Congress  when  the  "  Embargo 
Act"  was  passed  and  was  Governor  when  it  was  repealed.  The  free 
ballot  act,  repealing  the  viva  voce  vote,  and  all  property  qualifica- 
tions, introduced  by  John  Hanson  Thomas,  was  confirmed  by 
Legislative  Act,  in  1809.  After  Governor  Lloyd's  term  had  ended,  in 
1811,  he  was  returned  to  the  Senate  of  Maryland,  when  he  offered  a 
series  of  resolutions,  endorsing  "the  course  of  President  Madison 
toward  England  and  condemning  the  measures  of  Great  Britain, 
as  destructive  of  our  interests  and  ought  to  be  resisted;  that  the 
independence  established  by  the  valor  of  our  fathers  will  not  tamely 
be  yielded  by  their  sons;  the  same  spirit  which  led  Maryland  regulars 
to  battle  still  exists  and  awaits  only  our  country's  call."  Governor 
Lloyd  was  presidential  elector,  in  1812,  and  voted  for  President 
Madison.  In  1819  he  was  elected  United  States  Senator,  serving 
vmtil  1826,  when  he  resigned.    Retiring  to  his  large  estate,  he  directed 


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his  agricultural  interests  and  dispensed  hospitality.  He  inherited, 
also,  the  town  house  in  Annapolis.  This  was  built  by  Samuel  Chase, 
the  signer,  in  1770.  It  is  probably  the  most  stately  house  in  the 
city,  being  three  stories  high,  the  only  colonial  one  of  that  height. 
This  is  still  known  as  the  "  Chase  House,"  though  it  was  bought  by 
Colonel  Lloyd  before  its  completion.  The  dining-room  is  handsomely 
ornamented  in  carved  wood,  and  the  marble  mantelpiece  represents 
a  scene  from  Shakespeare  in  sculpture. 

Governor  Lloyd  conveyed  this  mansion  to  his  son-in-law,  Henry 
Hall  Harwood.  In  1847,  it  was  purchased  by  Miss  Hester  Ann 
Chase,  daughter  of  Judge  Jeremiah  Townley  Chase.  As  the  property 
of  Mrs.  Hester  Ann  Chase  Ridout,  wife  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ridout,  it 
was  willed  to  the  Episcopal  Church,  as  a  home  for  the  aged  women. 

In  it  is  Governor  Sharpe's  eight  day  clock,  a  colonial  bedstead 
with  steps  to  get  into  bed,  and  a  china  set  with  the  Chase  arms. 

Governor  Lloyd's  wife  was  Sally  Scott  Murray,  daughter  of  Dr. 
James  Murray.  Their  issue  were  Edward  Lloyd  VI. — Elizabeth 
Winder;  James  Murray,  Sally  Scott  Lloyd — Charles  Lowndes,  U.  S.  N. 
Catherine — Franklin  Buchanan,  U.  S.  N.;  Daniel  Lloyd;  Mary 
Ellen — William  Tilghman  Goldsborough,  of  Dorset  and  Mrs. 
Harwood. 

Edward  VI.  was  President  of  the  Maryland  State  Senate  and 
married  Alicia  McBlair,  of  Baltimore.  Issue,  Edward  VII,  Elizabeth 
— Charles  Henry  Key;  Alicia — Charles  Sidney  Winder,  U.  S.  A. 
Sally  Scott  Lloyd — David  ChurchhiU  Trimble,  father  of  Dr.  Isaac 
Ridgeway  Trimble,  of  Baltimore. 

Edward  VII.,  also  President  of  the  Maryland  Senate,  married 
Mary  Lloyd  Howard.  He  still  holds  Wye  House,  which  has  a  library 
of  1,000  volumes.    The  crest  of  the  family  is  a  demi-lion  quadrant,  or. 

GOVERNOR  LEVIN  WINDER. 

Governor  Levin  Winder,  sixteenth  Governor  of  Maryland  (1812 
— 1815)  was  born  in  Somerset  County,  Maryland,  September  4,  1757. 
He  was  the  son  and  eighth  child  of  William  Winder,  who  married 
Esther  Gillis,  grandson  of  John  Winder  and  Jane  Dashiel  and  great- 
grandson  of  John  Winder,  who  came  from  Cumberland,  England,  to 
Princess  Anne,  Somerset  County,  Maryland,  and  was  appointed 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  in  1665,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel,  in  1697. 

Levin  Winder  was  a  brother  of  William  Winder,  who  married 
the  daughter  of  Governor  John  Henry — father  and  mother  of  General 
Wilham  Henry  Winder,  of  the  War  of  1812. 

Levin  Winder  began  the  study  of  law,  but  abandoned  it  upon 
the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  and  entered  the  army.  He  was 
appointed  by  the  Convention  of  Maryland  on  January  14,  1776, 
First  Lieutenant  of  the  Fifth  Company,  Captain  Nathaniel  Ramsey 
commanding,  in  Colonel  William  Smallwood's  Battalion.  He  was 
afterward,  April  17,  1777,  made  Major  of  the  Fourth  Regiment  of 
the  Maryland  Line,  and,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  was  Lieutenant- 
Colonel.    At  the  conclusion  of  hostilities   he  engaged  in  agricultural 


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pursuits  in  Southern  Maryland,  near  Princess  Anne.  He  was  several 
times  elected  to  the  Legislature  of  Maryland,  serving  as  Speaker  of 
the  House  of  Delegates.  He  was  Governor  of  Maryland  from  1812- 
1815.  Governor  Winder's  election  was  due  to  the  intense  disgust 
which  had  grown  out  of  the  barbarous  attempt  of  the  Baltimore  mob 
to  suppress  the  freedom  of  the  press. 

The  "Federal  Republican,"  under  the  editor,  Charles  Contee 
Hanson,  had  ably  opposed  the  War  of  1812.  The  Federal  Party  was 
a  unit  in  its  support  of  his  opposition,  and  many  of  Hanson's  friends 
had  determined  to  stand  by  him  in  his  determination  to  issue  his 
paper.  The  War  Party,  in  Baltimore,  determined  that  the  paper 
should  be  suppressed.  The  result  was  a  conflict,  in  which  the  mob 
attacked  the  building  and  some  were  killed.  Hanson's  party  sur- 
rendered to  the  authorities;  were  taken  to  the  gaol  for  protection, 
when  the  mob  there  entered  and  murdered  General  Lingan,  an 
honored  Revolutionary  soldier,  wounded  General  Henry  Lee,  who 
had  led  Lee's  Legion  to  victory  in  the  Revolution — wounded  Captain 
Richard  Crabb,  Dr.  Peregrine  Warfield,  William  and  Ephraim 
Gaither  and  many  other  Federalists,  who  had  risked  their  lives  in 
defense  of  the  press. 

Intense  and  bitter  partisan  feeling  followed  this  contest  and 
rendered  President  Madison's  administration  very  unpopular  with 
the  Federal  Party. 

Petitions  poured  in  upon  Governor  Bowie  to  break  up  these 
lawless  proceedings  and  to  investigate  the  conduct  of  the  officers 
who  had  permitted  this  outbreak.  The  Governor's  reply  calling  upon 
all,  "when  our  country  is  engaged  in  an  open  and  declared  war  with 
one  of  the  most  powerful  nations  of  Europe,  to  cultivate  a  spirit  of 
harmony,"  failed  to  allay  the  excitement,  but  resulted  in  a  Federal 
victory,  which  put  Governor  Winder  in  his  chair  for  three  successive 
terms.  As  soon  as  the  enemy  had  appeared  in  the  bay  Governor 
Winder  addressed  the  Secretary  of  War  upon  the  defenseless  condition 
of  Annapolis,  but  receiving  no  reply,  wrote  again.  The  Secretary 
replied  that  one  battalion  would  be  ordered  to  Annapolis,  but  not 
arriving,  the  Governor  called  out  the  militia  for  the  defense  of  the 
towns,  and  at  the  same  time  set  to  work  equipping  and  sending 
forward  Maryland's  quota  to  the  general  defense  of  the  frontier, 
called  out  a  portion  of  the  militia  of  the  State  to  garrison  the  forts  of 
Annapolis  and  Baltimore.  These  were  paid  by  the  State.  Whilst 
protecting  these  forts  the  army  of  invasion  was  not  neglected,  for 
within  six  weeks  after  the  declaration  of  war  Captain  Nathan 
Towson,  with  an  artillery  company,  joined  Colonel  Winfield  Scott  in 
the  North.  A  number  of  companies  tendered  their  services  to  the 
President,  but  could  not  be  accepted,  unless  the  State  would  pay  for 
their  services.  In  Baltimore  a  regiment  was  sent  forward  under 
Colonel  William  H.  Winder,  nephew  of  the  Governor,  with  ample 
funds  from  private  subscriptions. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  enemy  in  the  bay  Governor  Winder 
addressed  a  letter  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  stating  the  helpless 


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condition  of  Annapolis.  One  drafted  battalion  of  militia  was  promised 
but  never  came  to  its  defence.  The  records  of  Easton  being  in  danger, 
the  Governor  urged,  but  received  no  assistance.  This  refusal,  when 
Virginia  was  protected  and  her  militia  paid  by  the  Government, 
brought  the  Federalists  to  exclaim !  "  Virginia  has  but  to  ask  and 
she  receives;  but  Maryland,  for  her  political  disobedience,  is  denied." 
The  Governor  called  an  extra  session  of  the  Legislature  and  laid 
before  it  his  whole  correspondence  with  the  Government. 

In  his  message  the  Governor  claimed  the  right  to  demand 
protection  of  the  general  Government.  The  committee  upon  the 
Governor's  message  reported  to  the  Assembly  as  follows:  "That 
the  State  of  Maryland  is  entitled  to  a  fair  distribution  of  the  National 
means  for  its  protection,  and  that  the  refusal  of  the  Executive  to 
assume  the  liquidation  of  the  claims  arising  from  the  employment  of 
the  militia  of  this  State,  in  the  same  manner  that  they  have  liqui- 
dated those  of  Virginia,  is  partial,  unjust  and  contrary  to  the  spirit 
of  oiu-  Constitution."  The  report  of  the  committee  was  adopted  and 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  was  appropriated,  to  be 
applied  by  the  Governor  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  militia  already 
called  out. 

At  this  time  a  large  number  of  citizens  of  the  different  counties 
of  the  State,  imable  to  bear  the  burdens  of  war,  abandoned  their 
homes  and  moved  to  new  settlements  in  the  West.  At  the  next 
Gubernatorial  contest,  owing  to  a  very  close  vote  in  one  of  the 
counties,  which  gave  the  Federalists  majority,  seventeen  members 
refused  to  vote,  but  Governor  Winder  was  re-elected. 

In  his  next  message,  Governor  Winder  declared.  "If  the 
expenses  of  a  war  waged  by  the  National  authorities  are  to  be  borne 
by  the  States,  it  is  not  difficult  to  foresee  that  the  State  treasury  will 
soon  be  exhausted  and  the  annihilation  of  the  State  Government 
must  soon  follow." 

After  recommending  an  amendment  to  the  militia  law  "to 
compel  the  services  of  those  who  on  any  sudden  emergency  are 
unwilling  to  assist  in  defence  of  the  country,"  and  the  organization 
of  volunteer  corps  of  mounted  infantry,  be  submitted  to  the  Legisla- 
ture "the  propriety  of  adopting  a  system  of  general  education." 

The  last  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  1813  was  the  endorsement  of 
the  war  by  the  Senate  and  the  condemnation  of  the  administration 
by  the  House. 

General  William  Henry  Winder  who  had  in  June,  1814,  been 
placed  in  command  of  a  new  division,  embracing  Maryland  and 
Virginia,  wrote  from  Marlboro:  "The  Governor  of  Maryland  has 
issued  orders  for  calling  out  the  drafts  under  the  requisition  of  July, 
and,  at  my  suggestion,  has  appointed  Bladensburg  as  the  place  of 
rendezvous,"  and  again  he  writes:  "  The  Governor  is  exerting  himself 
to  collect  a  force  at  Annapolis."  All  this  force,  though  not  under 
the  command  of  General  Winder,  did  co-operate  and  were  on  their 
way  to  Bladensburg,  when  the  British,  having  driven  back  its 
defenders,  pushed  on  to  the  destruction  of  Washington. 


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The  blame  for  this  defeat  fell  upon  the  President,  his  Secretary 
of  War  and  General  Winder,  who  was  honorably  acquitted,  for  he 
had  done  his  duty,  and,  after  a  successful  career  as  a  lawyer,  died  an 
honored  and  lamented  patriot. 

In  the  gubernatorial  election  of  1814,  Governor  Winder  received 
forty-eight  votes  and  Robert  Bowie  twenty-three.  The  State  was 
now  decidedly  Federal,  yet  the  Federalists  never  refused  their  aid 
to  the  war  and  appropriated  $450,000,  with  $1,000,000  more  from  the 
city  of  Baltimore,  to  carry  out  the  defence  of  her  citizens.  Forty- 
two  thousand  six  hundred  and  thirty-six  soldiers  were  Maryland's 
quota  of  the  War  of  1812.  The  Governor  retired  to  his  farm,  near 
Princess  Anne. 

In  1816,  Governor  Winder  was  returned  to  the  Senate  of  Mary- 
land. He  was  a  prominent  Mason  and  was  grand-master,  in  1814r-15. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  in  Baltimore,  July  1,  1819,  he  was  Senior 
Major-General  of  the  State  Militia.  In  person  and  presence.  Governor 
Levin  Winder  was  very  firm.  He  was  eloquent,  moral,  gentlemanly. 
Of  him  his  opponent  said :  "  General  Winder  was  incapable  of  mis- 
statement; that  he  believed  his  spirit  could  not  possibly  bear  its 
own  reproach  of  anything  that  was  disingenuous." 

The  camp-chest  of  General  Washington  came  into  the  possession 
of  General  Winder  and  afterward  of  his  son,  William  Sydney  Winder, 
who  presented  it  with  all  necessary  documents  to  Congress,  through 
John  Quincy  Adams. 

Governor  Winder  married  Mary  Sloss.  Issue,  Edward  Stougleton 
William  Sydney  and  Mary  Anne  Stougleton.  Edward  Stougleton 
Winder  married  Elizabeth  Tayloe  Lloyd,  daughter  of  Revolutionary 
Colonel  Edward  Lloyd.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Tayloe  Winder 
married  Charles  Josias  Pennington,  father  of  Josias  Pennington,  of 
Baltimore,  of  the  firm  of  Baldwin  &  Pennington.  Charles  S.  Winder, 
son  of  Edward  S.,  was  the  Confederate  General  who  was  killed  at 
Cedar  Mountains. 

(  GOVERNOR  CHARLES  CARNAN  RIDGELY, 

Governor  Charles  Carnan  Ridgely,  seventeenth  Governor  of 
Maryland  (1815-18),  was  born  in  Baltimore  County,  December  6, 
1762.  He  was  the  son  of  John  Carnan  and  Achsah  Ridgely.  In 
obedience  to  the  will  of  his  uncle.  Captain  Charles  Ridgely,  of 
"Hampton,"  he  assumed  the  Ridgely  name  and  was  placed  at  the 
head  of  the  entail  of  "Hampton."  His  wife  was  Priscilla  Dorsey, 
daughter  of  "Caleb  of  Belmont,"  sister  of  his  uncle's  wife.  She  bore 
him  the  following  heirs:  Charles — Maria  Campbell;  Rebecca — 
Judge  Charles  Wallace  Hanson;  John  Carnan  Ridgely — first.  Pru- 
dence Gough  Carroll;  second,  Eliza  Eichelberger  Ridgely  (of  Nicholas 
Greenberry  Ridgely  and  Eliza  Eichelberger.)  The  estate  descended 
to  their  son.  Captain  Charles  Ridgely,  who  married  Margaret  Sophia 
Howard  (of  James  and  Sophia  Gough  Ridgely) .     She  was  a  grand- 


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daughter  of  Governor  John  Eager  Howard  and  lately  held  "  Hamp- 
ton." Her  son,  Captain  John  Ridgely — Helen  West  Stuart,  the 
author  of  "  Old  Brick  Churches." 

Charles  Carnan  Ridgely  was  a  Federalist  and  represented 
Baltimore  County  five  years  in  the  Legislature.  In  1815,  he  was 
elected  Governor  by  a  majority  of  two  votes.  In  December,  1816, 
he  sent  his  message  to  the  Assembly,  announcing  the  cession  of  Forts 
Washington  and  McHenry  to  the  Government;  urged  the  necessity 
of  collecting  the  State's  war  claim,  placing  it  in  charge  of  Representa- 
tive Robert  H.  Goldsborough.  Of  that  claim,  President  Madison 
said:  "The  claim  of  Maryland  for  her  expenses  during  the  war 
stands  upon  higher  ground  than  any  other  State  in  the  Union." 
Yet,  only  a  portion  was  ever  collected.  The  expenses  of  that  war 
exhausted  the  State's  surplus  and  became  the  nucleus  of  a  debt, 
which  caused  many  serious  considerations.  During  Governor 
Ridgely's  term,  seven  counties  and  two  cities,  with  a  majority  of 
9,000  votes,  sent  only  thirty-two  members  to  the  Legislature,  while 
twelve  counties  in  the  minority,  sent  forty-eight  members.  This 
fact  was  the  beginning  of  a  long  and  exciting  conflict  which  finally 
ended  in  the  reform  measures  succeeding. 

In  1817,  "the  good  feeling  era"  of  President  Monroe  was  inau- 
gurated. 

/       GOVERNOR  CHARLES  GOLDSBOROUGH. 

Governor  Charles  Goldsborough,  eighteenth  Governor  of  Mary- 
land (1818-19),  was  born  at  Hunting  Creek,  Dorchester  County, 
July  15,  1765.  The  progenitor  of  the  Goldsboroughs,  of  Maryland, 
was  Nicholas,  who  settled  in  1670  on  Kent  Island.  His  wife  was 
Miss  Margaret  Howes,  of  Newberry,  Berks  County,  England,  by 
whom  he  had  Robert,  Nicholas  and  Judith  Goldsborough.  Mrs. 
Goldsborough  survived  and  married  George  Robbins,  of  Talbot 
Coimty,  who  held  the  "Peach  Blow"  farm,  where  peaches  were  first 
grown  in  the  United  States,  brought  from  Persia  by  a  traveling 
brother,  who  retained  his  residence  in  England. 

Robert  Goldsborough  (of  Nicholas)  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry,  of  Greenberry  Point.  Their  son, 
Charles  Goldsborough,  married  a  sister  of  Colonel  Joseph  Ennals. 
Robert  H.,  a  son  of  this  marriage,  became  a  member  of  the  Contin- 
ental Congress  and  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety.  His  wife 
was  Miss  Yerbmy,  of  Passing  Hall  Street,  London.  Among  his 
children  was  Charles  Goldsborough,  of  Horn's  Point,  Dorchester 
County,  a  magnificent  estate  on  the  Choptank,  five  miles  below 
Cambridge,  a  seat  of  refinement  and  hospitality  until  it  passed  from 
the  hands  of  Hon.  Wm.  T.  Goldsborough  some  years  after  the  war. 
His  only  child  was  Sarah  Yerbury,  who  became  the  second  wife  of 
Hon.  Charles  Goldsborough,  of  Shoal  Creek  farm,  near  Cambridge. 
He  was  the  son  of  Charles  and  Anna  Maria  (Tilghman)  Goldsborough 
and  grandson  of  Charles  Goldsborough,  of  1707. 


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Hon.  Charles  Goldsborough's  first  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Judge  Robert  and  Mary  Emerson  (Trippe)  Goldsborough,  of 
Myrtle  Grove,  Talbot  County,  who  bore  him  two  daughters,  viz: 
Elizabeth  Greenberry  married  Hon.  John  Leeds  Kerr;  Anna  Maria 
Sarah  married  William  Henry  Fitzhugh.  On  May  22,  1804,  he\ 
married  Sarah  Yerbury,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Williamina  (Smith) 
Goldsborough.  By  her  he  had  nine  sons  and  five  daughters.  Hon. 
Wilham  Tilghman  Goldsborough,  his  son,  married  Eleanor  Lloyd, 
daughter  of  Governor  Edward  Lloyd;  Williamina  Elizabeth  Cad- 
walader  married  Rev.  Wilham  Henry  Laird,  late  rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Brookeville,  Md. 

Hon.  Charles  F.  Goldsborough  was  a  graduate  of  St.  John's 
College,  member  of  the  bar,  married  Charlotte,  youngest  daughter 
of  John  Campbell  Henry,  of  Hambrooks.  She  was  a  granddaughter 
of  Governor  John  Henry.  In  1818,  Hon.  Charles  Goldsborough  was 
elected  by  the  Federal  party  Governor  of  Maryland.  During  his 
term  an  attempt  was  made  to  alter  the  Constitution  in  order  to  give 
Baltimore  City  two  additional  members  in  the  Legislature.  It  failed 
as  did  the  attempt  to  relieve  Jews  of  their  political  disfranchisement. 

The  people  of  Baltimore  urged  that  the  city  furnished  capital 
and  loans  in  a  few  hours  which  could  never  be  obtained  in  the  counties. 
It  contained  one-half  of  the  increase  of  population  in  the  State.  By 
its  gallant  defence  it  had  regained  much  of  its  lost  popularity  induced 
by  the  mob,  of  1812.  Yet  the  Governor  and  Assembly  would  not 
listen  to  these  arguments  and  defeated  the  city's  claim.  The  Jews  of 
the  city  were  now  a  growing  factor  of  the  voting  power  and  they  too 
had  their  friends  who  thus  felt  aggrieved.  These  facts  were  felt  in 
the  counties,  and  at  the  next  election  there  was  a  Democratic  majority 
in  the  Lower  House,  and,  on  joint  ballot,  Mr.  Goldsborough  was 
defeated  by  the  young  Democrat,  Samuel  Sprigg. 

Governor  Goldsborough  urged  the  repeal  of  the  law  imprisoning 
debtors  and  it  was  enacted. 

His  report  upon  the  turnpike  roads  to  Frederick,  York  and 
Reistertown  showed  considerable  benefit  to  the  State,  yet  they  had 
not  received  much  assistance  from  the  State. 

In  1819,  the  first  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  in  the  United  States  was 
instituted  in  Baltimore  by  Thomas  Wildey.  Yellow  fever  raged 
throughout  all  the  cities.  The  Federalist  majority  which  elected 
Governor  Goldsborough  was  reduced  and  the  two  parties  were  about 
equally  divided.  The  election  of  1819,  was  bitterly  partisan,  resulting 
in  the  election  of  a  Democrat. 

Governor  Goldsborough  died  in  Dorchester  County,  December 
13,  1834. 


GOVERNOR  SAMUEL  SPRIGG. 

Governor  Samuel  Sprigg,  nineteenth  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1819-21),  was  born  in  Prince  George  County.  His  father  was  Joseph 
Sprigg,  descendant  of  Thomas  Sprigg,  who  settled  in  Calvert  and 
became  a  Commissioner  for  the  trial  of  Causes  and  High  Sheriff,  in 


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262      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

y  1664.  His  son,  Colonel  Thomas  Sprigg  and  Margaret  Osborne,  his 
wife,  held  "Northampton,"  Prince  George  County.  A  full-length 
portrait  of  him,  in  court  costume,  was  long  a  part  of  the  old  "  North- 
ampton" homestead,  which  later  was  bought  by  Lord  Fairfax. 
Mary  Sprigg,  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas,  became  Mrs  Thomas. 
Stockett,  Jr. 

Osborne  Sprigg  (of  Colonel  Thomas)  was  a  leader  in  politics. 
His  daughter,  Margaret,  married  Colonel  William  Bowie  and  became 
the  mother  of  Governor  Robert  Bowie.  By  a  second  wife,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Joseph  Belt,  came  Osborne  Sprigg,  Jr.,  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Freemen.  His  brother,  Joseph,  married,  first,  Hannah 
(Lee)  Bowie,  and  by  a  second  wife  was  the  father  of  Governor 
Samuel  Sprigg.  "Northampton"  came  to  Governor  Sprigg  from 
his  uncle,  Osborne  Sprigg,  Jr. 

Governor  Sprigg  married  Violetta  Lansdale,  first  cousin  of 
Catharine  (Lansdale)  Bowie,  wife  of  Robert  William  Bowie  (of 
Governor  Robert) ;  these  were  heirs  of  General  Isaac  Lansdale,  of 
the  Revolution,  a  wealthy  planter. 

Governor  Sprigg's  only  son  was  Osborne  Sprigg. 

Governor  Sprigg  was  elected  in  1819,  during  a  campaign  of 
extreme  partisan  excitement,  in  which  the  Democrats  gained  a  slight 
majority  on  joint  ballot.  Proscription  was  the  watchword  throughout 
the  State,  and  many  changes  were  made.  Governor  Sprigg  was 
aided  by  a  new  Council  composed  of  Democrats,  and  the  first  attempt 
to  revolutionize  existing  inequalities  was  the  attempted  alteration  of 
the  election  of  Governor,  providing  for  an  election  by  the  people. 
The  Federalists  bitterly  opposed  it,  declaring  it  would  throw  the  whole 
government  of  the  State  into  the  power  of  Baltimore  City,  with  its 
one-third  foreign  vote.  It  was  a  fight  between  city  and  county 
and  the  Senate  defeated  it.  The  City  of  Baltimore  again  attempted 
to  gain  additional  representatives,  but  that  was  also  defeated. 

A  resolution  asking  that  Missouri  be  admitted  without  conditions 
was  sent  to  the  Maryland  delegates  in  Congress. 

Criticism  of  President  Madison's  conduct  of  the  war  gave  the 
Federalists  considerable  power  in  the  State,  but  the  Democrats  were 
victorious  at  the  next  election  and  re-elected  Governor  Sprigg  in  1820 
by  fifty-seven  votes,  which  was  made  unanimous.  President  Monroe 
again  received  the  electoral  vote  of  Maryland  in  1820.  The  ensuing 
election  of  Governor  in  1821  resulted  in  honoring  Governor  Sprigg 
for  the  third  time.  Governor  Sprigg  was,  later,  a  strong  supporter 
of  the  internal  improvements  and  was  a  member  of  the  Canal  Board 
in  which  he  presided  as  president. 

GOVERNOR  SAMUEL  STEVENS. 

Governor  Samuel  Stevens,  twentieth  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1823-25),  was  born  in  Talbot  Coimty  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
Stevens,  who  had  taken  up  a  considerable  estate.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  in  1804  married  Eliza  May,  of  Chester 
County,  Pennsylvania. 


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Governor  Stevens  succeeded  Governor  Samuel  Sprigg,  receiving 
a  Democratic  majority  of  sixty-nine  votes  on  joint  ballot.  In  1823 
he  reported  to  the  Legislature  the  Congressional  resolution  proposing 
an  amendment  providing  for  internal  improvements. 

The  report  of  the  Maryland  and  Virginia  Commission  for  examin- 
ing the  condition  of  the  Potomac  Company,  endorsed  the  formation 
of  a  canal  company,  along  the  bed  of  the  Potomac,  with  a  branch 
canal  connecting  Baltimore  City.  This  proposition  ended  in  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  with  a  capital  of  S6,000,000. 

After  much  discussion,  in  1824,  the  bill  enfranchising  Jews  was 
passed. 

Theodoric  Bland  was  authorized  to  survey  another  canal  route 
connecting  Baltimore  City  with  the  Susquehanna  River. 

Congress  made  an  appropriation  for  the  great  rational  road  to 
Cumberland. 

President  Monroe  started  on  his  tour  through  the  coimtry, 
followed  by  a  visit  from  General  LaFayette.  Annapolis  made 
extensive  preparations  for  the  reception  of  its  distinguished  visitor. 
He  was  met  at  the  dividing  line  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Prince  George 
Counties  by  Hon.  Joseph  Kent;  George  E.  Mitchell,t Representative 
in  Congress;  Samuel  Sprigg,  late  Governor;  Hon.  Jeremiah  Townley 
Chase,  late  Chief  Justice;  Theodoric  Bland,  Chancellor;  Colonel 
HenryMaynadier,  an  officer  of  the  Revolution;^  John  Randall, 
Collector  of  the  Port.  Judge  Chase  delivered  the  address  of  welcome. 
The  military  escort  consisted  of  Captain  Bowie's  elegant  company  of 
mounted  riflemen  from  Nottingham,  Prince  George;  Captain  Sill- 
man's  troop  of  horse  from  South  River;  Captain  Dorsey's  company 
from  West  River;  Captain  Warfield's  company  from  Millersville; 
Colonel  Charles  Sterrett  Ridgely's  troop  of  horse  from  Elk  Ridge,  and 
Captain  Hobb's  Company  of  Upper  Howard.  The  entertainment 
at  the  State  House  is  thus  described  by  an  eye  witness: 

"I  was  a  schoolboy  at  St.  John's  College.  The  State  Legisla- 
ture being  in  session,  the  Governor  invited  General  LaFayette  to 
visit  the  historic  seat  of  the  Continental  Congress.  My  father.  Rev. 
Alfred  Griffith,  was  at  that  time  Chaplain  of  the  Senate.  He  was 
the  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Griffith,  who  had  fought  with  General 
LaFayette,  and  knowing  his  father's  regard  for  the  distinguished 
hero,  he  sent  for  him  to  be  present,  to  again  meet  his  old  companion 
in  arms.  Although  but  a  boy  of  twelve  years,  the  grand  pageant 
still  lives  in  my  memory.  General  LaFayette  entered  the  grounds 
from  the  east.  Carpeted  walks  led  from  the  base  of  the  hill  to  the 
old,  stately  building  crowning  its  summit.  On  either  side  of  the 
avenue  leading  to  the  colonaded  entrance  stood  children,  principally 
girls,  clad  in  white  and  crowned  with  flowers,  whilst  in  their  hands 
they  carried  bouquets  and  baskets  of  flowers.  As  the  old  hero 
supported  on  one  side  by  his  son  and  staff,  and  on  the  other  by  the 
Governor  and  State  officials,  advanced  up  the  aisle,  the  children 
broke  into  a  chorus,  "  Hail  to  the  Chief,"  strewing  his  path  with 
flowers.     Fronting  the  doorway  stood  on  one  side  the  members  of 


264      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

the  House,  on  the  other  the  Senators.  Having  reached  the  portico, 
the  General  was  introduced  to  the  members  of  both  Houses.  Then 
prominent  citizens  pressed  forward  to  be  presented.  When  the 
Governor  named  my  grandfather  and  gave  the  battles  of  Brandywine 
and  Germantown  in  which  he  had  fought,  the  old  men  rushed  into 
each  other's  arms  and  wept  like  two  children.  This  scene  made  an 
impression  on  my  young  mind  which  can  never  be  erased." — 
(Griffith's  Genealogy.) 

Governor  Stevens  left  no  son.  Descendants  of  a  daughter  still 
reside  in  Cambridge,  Maryland.  The  following  is  an  obituary  notice 
of  him : 

"  On  7th  instant  (1860)  at  'Compton,'  near  Trappe,  his  beautiful 
residence,  died  Ex-Governor  Samuel  Stevens,  in  his  eighty-second 
year.  Thus  has  another,  and  about  the  last,  of  the  strong  pillars 
which  characterized  the  last  generation,  toppled  and  fallen." 

GOVERNOR  JOSEPH  KENT. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  Governor  Stevens'  term,  in  1825,  Hon. 
Joseph  Kent  was  chosen.  He  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Kent,  of  Prince 
George  County.  He  studied  medicine  and  entered  into  partnership 
with  Dr.  Parran,  in  Lower  Marlborough.  In  1807  Dr.  Kent  removed 
to  the  vicinity  of  Bladensburg  and  became  Surgeon's  Mate,  under  the 
State  Government.  He  was  promoted  to  Major  Lieutenant  Colonel 
and  Colonel  of  Cavalry.  He  presided  at  the  first  public  meeting  in 
Washington  for  the  organization  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  canal, 
and  became  a  director.  Nominated  for  Congress,  he  defeated  Hon. 
John  Francis  Mercer.  He  was  Presidential  Elector  in  1816,  casting 
his  vote  for  James  Monroe.  He  was  elected  to  the  Tenth  and  re-elected 
to  Seventeenth,  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  Congresses,  resigning  up- 
on his  election  as  Governor 

At  the  meeting  in  Washington  over  which  Dr.  Kent  presided 
was  an  attempt  to  connect  Baltimore  with  Cumberland  by  way  of 
the  Potomac  River.  Subsequent  surveys  developed  the  impractic- 
ability of  this  enterprise. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  Baltimore  in  1827  the  idea  of  a  railroad  was 
first  developed.  Dr.  Kent  was  on  the  committee  which  reported  in 
favor  of  immediate  efforts  to  establish  a  double  track  between  Balti- 
more and  some  point  on  the  Ohio  River.  He,  with  Charles  Carroll, 
of  "  Carrollton,"  Charles  Ridgely  and  others,  was  upon  the  committee 
to  secure  the  charter.  This  was  promptly  granted  on  February  28th. 
On  April  1st  the  stock  was  subscribed  and  on  April  28th  the  company 
was  organized  by  electing  Philip  Evan  Thomas  president.  On  July 
4,  1828  the  corner  stone  was  laid  by  Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton," 
with  civic  honors.  Governor  Kent,  in  his  message  to  the  Assembly, 
urged  the  support  of  both  rival  enterprises.  He  also  urged  the 
United  States  to  grant  Maryland  her  portion  of  the  public  lands,  to 
be  devoted,  as  the  Western  States  were  doing,  to  the  cause  of 
education.     He   suggested    the  propriety  of  changing  the  mode  of 


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electing  the  President  and  Vice-President;  urged  the  Legislature  to 
dispose  of  its  three  per  cent.  United  States  stock,  worth  then  eighty 
per  cent.,  to  be  invested  in  a  sinking  fund. 

The  national  Republican  party  was  friendly  to  John  Quincy 
Adams  and  opposed  to  Andrew  Jackson. 

Governor  Kent  was  Vice-President  of  the  first  convention  which 
met  in  Baltimore.  After  a  bitter  contest  upon  the  platform  of  the 
Whigs  he  was  elected  United  States  Senator  and  served  four  years. 

Dr.  Kent  married,  first,  Eleanor  Lee  Wallace,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Michael  and  Eleanor  (Contee)  Wallace,  granddaughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  and  Sarah  (Fendall)  Contee.  Mrs.  Contee  was  a  very 
beautiful  woman  with  a  wealth  of  golden  hair,  and  Colonel  Thomas 
Contee  left  a  portrait  which  reveals  a  mild,  handsome  face,  powdered 
hair,  ruffled  shirt  and  stock.  His  inheritance  was  "  Brookefield," 
the  home  of  his  mother,  Jane  Brooke.  His  wife,  Sarah  Fendall,  was 
the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Eleanor  Lee,  who  was  the  daughter  of 
Philip  Lee  and  Sarah  Brooke.  Benjamin  Fendall  was  the  son  of 
Colonel  John  Fendall  and  his  wife  Ellen  Hanson,  and  grandson  of 
Governor  Josias  Fendall,  of  1655. 

Governor  Kent  had,  by  his  first  wife,  five  children,  one  of  whom 
became  the  wife  of  Governor  Thomas  G.  Pratt.  One  of  his  descend- 
ants, Joseph  Gates  Kent,  recently  died  in  Baltimore.  Dr.  Kent 
married  after  1826  Alice  Lee  Contee,  of  Charles  County,  leaving  no 
issue.  He  died  at  his  family  residence,  "Rose  Mount,"  November 
24,  1837.     He  was  succeeded  in  1828  by  Daniel  Martin. 

-    GOVERNOR  DANIEL  MARTIN. 

Governor  Daniel  Martin,  twenty-second  (1828-29)  and  twenty- 
fourth  Governor  (1830-31),  was  a  native  of  Talbot,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Hannah  Martin,  grandson  of  Tristam  and  Mary  Oldham,  descend- 
ant of  Daniel  and  Ann  Martin  of  1725. 

Young  Martin  was  thoroughly  educated.  Distinguished 
ancestors  encouraged  him;  they  were  Dr.  Ennals  Martin,  the  celebrated 
physician;  James  Lloyd  Martin,  whose  ability  was  never  surpassed; 
Robert  Nichols  Martin,  son  of  Judge  William  Bond  Martin,  member 
of  Congress. 

Daniel  Martin  married  in  1816  Mary  Clare  Mackubin,  of 
Annapolis,  a  descendant  of  John  Mackubin,  of  the  Severn,  a  Scottish 
immigrant,  connected  by  marriage   with  both  Howards  and  Carrolls. 

At  the  time  of  Governor  Martin's  election,  the  absorbing  ques- 
tions were  the  rival  sources  for  internal  improvements.  In  1828  the 
first  spade  of  earth  was  removed  from  the  bed  of  the  canal  by  Presi- 
dent John  Quincey  Adams.  Thirty-four  sections  were  put  under 
contract.  The  United  States  subscribed  $1,000,000;  Washington 
City  $1,000,000,  and  the  State  of  Maryland  $500,000. 

Governor  Martin  reported  the  completion  of  twelve  miles  of  the 
Washington  turnpike. 

Governor  Martin  was  upon  the  committee  which  secured  a 
charter  for  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  in  1827.     He  was  an 


266      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

earnest  and  able  advocate  for  developing  educational  institutions. 
He  favored  manufacturing  in  the  penitentiary;  urged  the  economy 
of  having  but  few  State  officers  and  was  in  favor  of  holding  them  to 
a  strict  accountability.  He  said:  "To  preserve  the  simplicity  of  our 
institutions  is  a  deep  concern ;  to  guard  them  as  far  as  possible  from 
innovation  is  a  sacred  duty." 

The  national  contest  between  the  Jackson  and  anti-Jackson 
parties  was  brought  into  the  State  election  in  1829,  and  resulted  in 
placing  the  Democratic  candidate,  Thomas  King  Carroll,  by  a  joint 
ballot  of  seven  votes,  in  the  chair  of  Governor  Martin.  At  the  next 
election  the  anti-Jackson  party  regained  their  majority  and  re-elected 
Daniel  Martin  by  a  majority  of  forty-one.  His  health  soon  gave  way, 
early  in  his  second  term,  and  upon  his  death,  in  1831,  was  succeeded 
by  Hon.  George  Howard,  son  of  Governor  John  Eager  Howard. 

Governor  Martin  was  endeared  to  the  society  in  which  he  passed 
his  life  by  his  manly  and  independent  course,  his  liberal  sentiments 
and  his  generous  hospitality.  He  had  filled  several  important  public 
stations  with  much  credit,  and  died  in  the  occupation  of  the  office  of 
Chief  Magistrate,  whose  duties  he  had  discharged  with  dignity  and 
general  satisfaction.  His  obsequies  on  the  13th  of  July,  1831,  were 
witnessed  by  a  numerous  concourse  of  fellow  citizens. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  his  Council,  Mr.  Worthington  submitted 
the  following  record  for  the  journal:  "We  hereby  testify  our  high 
esteem  for  his  frank,  manly  and  polite  deportment;  his  hberal, 
social  and  benevolent  disposition;  his  republican  simplicity  of  man- 
ners; his  firmness  and  consistency  as  a  politician,  and  his  ever  warm 
and  unerring  devotion  to  what  he  conceived  to  be  the  public  good." 

"  Resolved,  That  the  armorer  cause  nineteen  guns  to  be  fired  on 
Thursday  morning  at  sunrise  and  nineteen  at  sunset,  and  that  the 
State  flag  be  half-hoisted,  as  funeral  honors  to  the  deceased." 
Similar  resolutions  were  offered  in  the  Lower  House  and  Senate. 
Governor  George  Howard,  his  successor,  in  his  first  message,  paid 
another  eulogy  to  his  predecessor. 

GOVERNOR  THOMAS  KING  CARROLL. 

Governor  Thomas  King  Carroll,  twenty-third  Governor  of  Mary- 
land (1829-30),  was  born  in  St.  Mary's  County  in  1792.  He  was  the 
son  of  Colonel  Henry  James  Carroll,  of  St.  Mary's,  a  family  connected 
with  Mr.  James  Carroll,  of  "All  Hallow's"  Parish,  Anne  Arundel. 
Although  Colonel  Carroll  was  a  Catholic,  his  children  were  educated 
in  the  faith  of  their  mother,  Elizabeth  Barnes  King,  of  Somerset,  only 
daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  Colonel  Thomas  King,  of  Somerset,  a 
descendant  of  Sir  Robert  King,  baronet,  whose  descendants  built  the 
first  Presbyterian  church  erected  in  America,  at  Rehoboth,  in  1691. 

At  twenty  years  of  age,  Thomas  King  Carroll,  having  graduated 
at  Princeton  with  highest  honors  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  married 
Juliana,  daughter  of  Dr.  Henry  Stevenson,  of  Baltimore.  He  studied 
law  with  General  Robert  Goodloe  Harper.  In  early  life  he  became 
a  mason.     He  advocated  the  colonization  of  the  negroes  and  organ- 


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ized  a  company  for  that  purpose  and  was  its  president.  In  1824  he 
was  appointed  Inspector  for  Somerset.  He  was  barely  of  age  when 
elected  to  the  Legislature.  As  a  speaker  he  had  marked  powers. 
When  chosen  Governor  his  surprise  was  great. 

During  his  administration  the  question  of  electing  the  President 
and  Vice-President  was  under  discussion,  and  he  reported  to  the 
Legislature  the  committees  from  the  several  States  to  form  a 
convention  for  changing  the  prevailing  system. 

In  1829  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  had  laid  its  track  as 
far  as  the  Relay.  This  was  the  first  road  in  the  United  States,  and 
upon  it  Peter  Cooper  put  the  first  locomotive  built  from  his  shop  in 
Baltimore.  It  was  built  in  Mt.  Clare  shops,  upon  the  property  of  a 
relative  of  the  Governor.  Mr.  Cooper  himself  opened  the  throttle 
and  started  on  his  trip  to  ElHcott's  Mills.  The  right  of  way  for  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  was  secured  to  the  State  during  the  same 
year  and  the  work  of  construction  was  finally  begun. 

Governor  Carroll's  message  of  1830  suggested  an  educational 
system;  advocated  the  penitentiary  as  a  reformatory,  but  disapproved 
promiscuous  social  intercourse;  advocated  the  cessation  of  military 
parades,  because  they  drew  large  crowds  from  their  daily  business; 
urged  an  appropriation  from  Congress  for  copying  Revolutionary 
records,  then  in  the  archives  of  Great  Britain;  recommended  the 
adoption  of  relief  for  Revolutionary  soldiers;  endorsed  the  movement 
to  improve  the  collegiate  department  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
and  expressed  sympathy  for  the  French  then  gallantly  defending 
their  rights. 

The  anti-Jackson  party  of  1830  recovered  its  usual  majority 
in  the  Legislature  and  Governor  Carroll  was  succeeded  by  his 
predecessor.  Governor  Daniel  Martin. 

Governor  Carroll  retired  to  his  large  estate  in  Dorchester,  near 
Church  Creek,  and  lived  respected  by  all,  dying  at  an  advanced  age, 
October  3,  1873.  He  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  the  "Old 
Church,"  which  was  heavily  draped,  and  the  entire  neighborhood 
were  mourners.  He  left  "to  posterity  a  noble  name  unsulhed  and 
adorned."  His  children  were  Dr.  Thomas  King  Carroll,  Mrs.  John 
E.  Gibson,  Mrs.  Dr.  Bowdle,  Mrs.  Thomas  Caddock  and  Misses  A.  E. 
and  Mary  Carroll.  His  daughter,  Anna  Ella,  was  a  campaign 
strategist  during  the  civil  war. 

GOVERNOR  GEORGE  HOWARD. 

Governor  George  Howard,  twenty-fifth  Governor  (1831-33),  was 
born  at  "  Belvidere,"  November  21st,  1789.  He  was  the  son  of  Gov- 
ernor John  Eager  Howard.  His  mother  was  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Chief  Justice  Benjamin  Chew,  of  Pennsylvania,  and,  like  her  sisters, 
was  noted  for  her  beauty  and  fascinating  manners. 

Hon.  George  Howard  was  a  Federahst,  and  upon  the  death  of 
Governor  Daniel  Martin,  in  1831,  he  was  appointed  Governor  to  fill 
the  unexpired  term.  Early  in  his  administration  and  continuing 
through  it  began   the  anti-Mason  excitement,  which  placed  William 


268      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

Wirt,  the  eminent  Marylander  in  nomination  for  the  Presidency,  in 
1833.  His  nomination  was  in  opposition  to  Henry  Clay,  Federahst, 
but  "High  Priest  of  the  Masons."  The  Federal  party  had  elected 
Daniel  Martin  by  forty-one  majority.  In  1832  it  gave  a  still  greater 
majority  of  forty-nine  for  Governor  George  Howard.  With  both 
wings  of  the  Federal  party  in  array  against  Jackson,  the  National 
Republican  party  at  the  next  election  secured  the  election  of  James 
Thomas  as  Governor  to  succeed  Governor  Howard.  The  Federal 
party  now  became  the  Whig  party.  It  held  sway  in  Maryland  with 
varying  success  until  1852.  Its  National  and  State  issues  called 
for  a  United  States  bank,  internal  improvements  and  a  high  tariff. 

Governor  George  Howard  was  a  presidential  elector  in  1837  and 
1841,  voting  both  times  for  William  Henry  Harrison.  His  estate 
"Waverly"  had  been  taken  up  by  Thomas  Browne.  It  was  sold  to 
John  Dorsey  (of  Major  Edward)  and  by  him  willed  to  his  son, 
Nathaniel  Dorsey.  From  his  brother  it  was  bought  by  Governor 
John  Eager  Howard.  It  is  on  the  old  Frederick  road,  just  south  of 
Woodstock.  During  the  exciting  slavery  agitation  of  1845  Governor 
Howard  presided  at  a  Convention  called  for  the  protection  of  slave- 
holders. He  also  presided  at  a  meeting  of  the  people  of  Howard 
County  to  pass  resolutions  upon  the  death  of  Colonel  Gassaway 
Watkins,  in  1840.  He  married  in  1811,  Prudence  Gough  Ridgely, 
daughter  of  Charles  Carnan  Ridgely,  of  Hampton.  She  bore  hin*. 
eight  sons  and  five  daughters,  two  of  whom  married.  Eugene  Post,- 
John  Eager  Howard,  Charles  Ridgely  Howard,  William  Waverly 
Howard  and  George  Howard  were  his  sons. 

Governor  Howard  died  in  1846.  "Waverly"  has  passed  from 
the  family  and  most  of  his  descendants  are  in  Baltimore  or  elsewhere. 

GOVERNOR  JAMES  THOMAS. 

Governor  James  Thomas,  twenty-sixth  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1833-35),  was  born  at  De-la  Brooke  Manor,  March  11,  1785.  He 
was  the  son  of  William  Major  Thomas  and  Catharine  Boarman, 
daughter  of  Mary  Brooke,  through  whom  "De-la  Brooke"  passed 
from  Roger  Brooke  to  the  Thomas  family.  William  Thomas 
was  the  youngest  son  of  John  Thomas,  of  Charles  County.  He 
removed  to  St.  Mary's;  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates; 
was  chosen  Captain  and  Major  of  the  militia;  was  a  member  of  the 
Committee  of  Safety.     His  wife  was  Elizabeth  Reeves  (of  Thomas). 

James  Thomas  was  educated  at  Charlotte  Hall,  in  1804,  and 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1807.  He 
practiced  with  success;  was  commissioned  Major  of  the  Fourth 
Maryland  Cavalry  in  1812  and  was  subsequently  brevetted  Major- 
General.  In  1820  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Legis- 
lature and  was  re-elected  six  times.  Li  1833  he  became  Governor  of 
Maryland.  During  his  administration  much  excitement  arose  from 
the  "Nat  Turner"  negro  insurrection. 

The  boundary  line  between  Maryland  and  Virginia  was  still  unset- 
tled, and  this  dispute  caused  the  Governor  considerable  correspondence. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      269 

In  his  message  he  announced  the  completion  of  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad  as  far  west  as  Harper's  Ferry.  The  road  between 
Baltimore  and  Washington  was  then  under  construction.  He  urged 
the  enrollment  of  the  militia  and  asked  the  general  government  to 
apportion  Maryland's  share  of  vacant  lands. 

The  disastrous  fire  in  Cumberland,  in  1834,  and  the  "  Bank  Mob" 
in  Baltimore  called  for  executive  action.  Governor  Thomas  met 
these  with  prompt  and  decisive  action,  receiving  favorable  comment. 
The  cause  of  the  "Bank  Mob"  was  the  financial  disaster  following 
President  Jackson's  withdrawal  of  Government  funds,  from  the 
National  Bank.  This  caused  the  failure  of  the  Maryland  Bank, 
which  held  the  savings  of  many  poor  people,  leading  to  a  bitter 
feeling  against  the  bank  officers  and  finally  ending  in  a  riot,  which 
destroyed  their  houses.  The  Governor  calling  out  the  militia  and 
appealing  to  the  President  for  aid  soon  quelled  the  riot,  but  not  until 
$200,000  worth  of  property  had  been  destroyed.  This  the  State  was 
compelled  to  refund. 

The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  called  on  the  Legislature  for 
assistance,  and  a  loan  of  $2,000,000  was  made  during  the  Governor's 
term.  The  State  also  aided  the  Susquehanna  or  Northern  Central 
Railroad  to  the  amount  of  $1,000,000. 

Governor  Thomas  died  at  "  Deep  Falls,"  St.  Mary's,  December 
25,  1845.  Descendants  of  Governor  Thomas  were  Dr.  Thomas,  a 
member  of  the  State  Grange;  Professor  Thomas,  Principal  of  Char- 
lotte Hall,  and  Hon.  William  M.  Merrick  and  Richard  Merrick,  of 
Howard  County,  sons  of  United  States  Senator  Merrick,  whose  wife 
was  a  descendant  of  Governor  Thomas. 

"  Deep  Falls,"  the  Thomas  homestead,  is  situated  near  the 
village  of  Chaptico.  The  present  mansion  was  built  by  Major  William 
Thomas,  in  1745.  It  is  in  appearance  an  English  country  dwelling- 
house,  and  while  its  builder  aimed  at  massive  simplicity,  it  is  of 
graceful  and  pleasing  design  and  finish.  It  is  a  large,  double,  two- 
story  frame  building,  with  brick  foundations  and  brick  gables  to  the 
upper  line  of  the  first  story,  where  the  brick-work  branches  into  two 
large  outside  chimneys  at  each  gable  end  of  the  house.  It  is  sixty 
feet  long  and  forty  feet  deep,  with  wide  piazzas,  front  and  back,  run- 
ning the  whole  length  of  the  house  and  supported  by  handsome, 
massive  pillars.  The  hall  is  a  large,  well-finished  square  room  and 
is  flanked  on  one  side  by  a  parlor  and  on  the  other  by  a  dining-room, 
separated  by  folding  doors.  The  stairway  with  maple  newel  posts 
and  rosewood  top,  surmounted  with  an  ivory  knob,  rosewood  rail 
and  bird's  eye  maple  balustrade,  extends  around  the  corridors  above. 

The  surrounding  grounds,  once  highly  ornamented  with  shrub- 
bery and  flowers,  are  gently  sloping  and  terraced.  "Deep  Falls"  is 
still  held  by  its  original  family  and  the  old  grave-yard  there,  dedicated 
to  family  burial  more  than  a  century  and  a  half  ago,  contains  many 
successive  generations.     (Thomas.) 

De-la-Brooke,  containing  two  thousand  acres,  was  erected  into 
a  manor,  with  the  right  of  Court  Baron  and  Court  Leet,  and  Baker 


270      FouNDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Brooke,  eldest  son  of  Robert,  was  made  lord  of  the  manor.  The 
house  at  De-la-Brooke  stood  about  a  mile  from  the  river,  on  the  brow 
of  a  hill.  It  was  a  commanding  situation  with  broad  plains  below. 
It  was  a  brick  building,  thirty  by  forty  feet,  one  and  a-half  stories, 
with  steep  roof  and  dormer  windows.  The  rooms  were  handsomely 
wainscotted  and  the  parlor  was  also  embellished  with  massive  wooden 
cornice  and  frieze,  on  which  were  carved  in  relief  roses  and  other 
floral  designs.  The  house  was  destroyed  many  years  ago,  but  a  mass 
of  moss-covered  bricks  and  an  excavation  still  mark  the  spot  where 
for  nearly  two  hundred  years  stood  the  first  manor  house  on  the 
Patuxent.    (Thomas.) 

Near  Battle  Town  is  the  handsome  Taney  homestead,  the  seat 
of  the  distinguished  family  for  many  generations  and  the  birthplace 
of  the  illustrious  Chief  Justice  Roger  Brooke  Taney,  while  separated 
from  it  by  Battle  Creek  is  Brooke  Place  Manor,  in  later  life  the  home 
of  Governor  Robert  Brooke. 

K^  GOVERNOR  THOMAS  WARD  VEAZEY. 

Thomas  Ward  Veazey,  twenty-seventh  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1835-38),  was  born  January  31,  1774,  at  "Veazey's  Neck,"  Cecil 
County,  Maryland.  He  was  the  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth 
(DeCoursey)  Veazey,  a  descendant  (of  John)  of  "Cherry  Grove,"  an 
old  Norman  family,  "  De  Veazie,"  of  the  eleventh  century.  John 
settled  in  Kent  County,  prior  to  1670,  and  received  a  grant  of  land 
on  Elk  and  Bohemia  Rivers,  known  as  "Veazey's  Neck,"  now  in 
Cecil.  His  will  of  February  28,  1697,  names  his  sons  William,  George, 
Robert  and  James.  The  latter  married  Mary  Mercer,  whose  son. 
Captain  Edward  Veazey,  of  Seventh  Regiment  of  the  Maryland  Line, 
was  killed  at  Long  Island,  1776.  Colonel  Thomas  Ward  Veazey 
(of  Edward)  was  Colonel  of  the  militia,  in  the  war  of  1812  and  made 
a  gallant  defence  of  Frederick  Town,  in  Cecil,  against  Admiral  Cock- 
burn.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Legislature  during  several 
sessions;  was  a  presidential  elector  in  1807  and  in  1813,  when  he 
voted  for  President  Madison.  He  married,  first,  Sarah  Worrell,  of 
Kent,  and  had  one  daughter,  Sarah.  His  second  wife  was  Mary 
Veazey,  who  bore  him  five  children;  his  third  was  Mary,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Black)  Wallace,  whom  he  married  in 
1812  and  she  bore  him  five  children. 

Colonel  Veazey  came  to  the  Governor's  chair  in  1835,  when  a 
strong  man  was  needed. 

The  most  popular  act  of  his  administration  was  the  grant  of 
eight  millions  of  dollars  for  internal  improvements;  $3,000,000  were 
given  to  the  Canal,  and  $3,000,000  to  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad. 

This  act  was  hailed  with  joy  in  Baltimore,  resulting  in  a  dinner 
to  the  Governor  and  Legislature  and  accompanied  by  bon-fires. 
Baltimore  City  subscribed  in  addition,  $3,000,000  loan  to  the  road. 

The  most  exciting  event  in  the  administration  of  Governor 
Veazey  was  the  attempt  to  reform  the  mode  of  electing  the  Senate  and 
Governor  of  the  State.    The  discussion  had  grown  stronger  with  each 


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succeeding  administration  since  the  election  of  Governor  Ridgely,  in 
1818.  A  condensed  history  of  that  struggle,  from  the  researches  of 
Dr.  Bernard  Steiner,  the  Librarian  of  the  Pratt  Library,  is  of 
interest. 

"The  electoral  college  was  established  by  the  aristocratic  Whigs 
of  the  Revolution  and  lasted  through  sixty  years  until  it  went  down 
under  the  Democratic  ideas  of  Jackson.  Major  Sprigg  Harwood,  who 
died  in  1894,  was  the  last  survivor  of  the  electoral  college.  This 
college  was  composed  of  two  members  from  each  county  and  one  from 
Annapolis  and  one  from  Baltimore.  This  body  elected  fifteen 
Senators,  each  holding  property  valued  at  £1,000  current  money.  A 
quorum  of  the  college  was  fixed  at  twenty-four.  The  property 
qualification  for  membership  in  the  college  was  £500.  By  this 
system  of  election  it  was  said,  "The  Senate  of  Maryland  consisted 
of  men  of  influence  and  ability  and  as  such  were  a  real  and  beneficial 
check  on  the  hasty  proceedings  of  a  more  numerous  branch  of  popular 
representatives." 

By  a  special  election  for  electors  in  1776,  the  electors  chosen 
met  in  Annapolis,  December  9th,  and  chose  the  Senate.  On  February 
10,  1777,  this  body  met  with  the  House  of  Delegates,  elected  annually 
by  the  people,  and  thus  formed  the  first  Assembly  of  Maryland. 

In  1806  the  form  of  voting  for  electors  was  changed  from  viva 
voce  to  ballot.  After  1810  there  was  no  property  qualification 
needed  for  Senators. 

The  Senate  of  1781  were  the  most  distinguished  men  of  the  State. 
They  were  unanimously  Whigs.  The  Senate  of  1791  and  1796  were 
also  of  the  Federalist  party,  showing  the  same  complexion  in  the 
electorial  college.  In  1801,  the  Republicans  (Democrats)  carried 
the  Senate,  holding  the  power,  also,  in  1806  and  in  1811.  With  the 
election  of  1816  came  the  first  decided  opposition  to  the  prevailing 
system  of  election. 

Baltimore,  with  more  wealth  and  nearly  the  full  population  of 
eight  of  the  smaller  counties,  had  only  one-fortieth  part  of  the  power 
of  Legislation,  while  these  counties  had  two-fifths.  Several  of  the 
larger  counties  joined  Baltimore  to  get  a  better  division. 

The  Republicans,  in  1816,  elected  twelve  of  the  electoral  college. 
The  Federal  returns  were  twenty-eight,  but  twenty-two  of  these 
represented  only  93,265,  while  the  other  six  and  the  twelve  Repub- 
lican electors  represented  176,000  people.  Yet  a  solid  Federal 
Senate  was  chosen  for  five  years.  In  1821  an  entire  Republican 
Senate  was  chosen  by  an  electoral  college  of  twenty-eight  Republicans 
and  twelve  Federalists.  In  1826,  a  hke  Republican  majority  was 
returned,  but  six  of  the  twenty-two  voted  with  the  fourteen  Feder- 
alists and  elected  a  mixed  Senate  of  eleven  Republicans  and  four 
Federalists. 

In  1831  an  electoral  college  of  twenty-eight  National  Repub- 
licans and  twelve  Jackson  men  elected  a  Senate  entirely  composed 
of  National  Republicans.  This  was  the  last  peaceful  election  under 
that  system.  The  spirit  of  reform  was  in  the  air.  The  election  of 
Jackson  as  the  Democratic  President  swept  the  country. 


272      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  Maryland,  Jackson  and  VanBuren  found  their  supporters 
chiefly  in  Baltimore  and  the  large  counties.  In  1836  Van  Buren 
supporters  elected  nineteen  electors  and  the  Whigs  twenty-one.  In 
that  election,  Baltimore  with  a  vote  of  10,000  and  Annapolis  with  a 
vote  of  300  each  sent  one  elector,  while  Frederick  County  with  a  vote 
of  6,000  and  Charles  County  with  a  vote  of  567  each  sent  two. 
Baltimore,  Harford,  Washington,  Frederick  and  Baltimore  City 
sent  Van  Buren  electors.    Montgomery  sent  one  of  each  party. 

Congressman  Francis  Thomas,  of  Frederick  County,  finding  that 
the  majority  of  the  electoral  college  represented  but  85,179  white 
men,  while  the  minority  was  chosen  from  counties  and  towns  with  a 
population  of  205,922  white  men,  organized  a  revolt.  The  Whigs 
had  but  twenty-one  and  a  quorum  required  twenty-four.  The  nine- 
teen Van  Buren  men  determined  to  refuse  to  enter  the  college  until 
assured  by  the  Whig  members  that  they  would  not  vote  for  a  Senator 
who  would  oppose  calling  a  Convention  of  the  people  and  also  to 
elect  eight  Van  Buren  men  as  Senators,  so  as  to  give  a  majority  of 
that  body  known  to  be  favorable  to  a  radical  revision  of  the  Consti- 
tution, granting  equal  rights  and  privileges.  No  action  having  been 
taken  in  reply,  the  nineteen  Van  Buren  electors  met  at  City  Hotel 
and  offered  propositions.  Mr.  Thomas  was  in  Annapolis  directing 
the  negotiations.  As  no  compromise  was  in  sight  the  "nineteen" 
went  to  their  homes,  leaving  the  Whigs  in  Annapolis,  waiting  for 
help  to  organize. 

In  the  meantime  meetings  were  held.  At  one  in  Baltimore, 
John  V.  L.  McMahon,  the  historian,  spoke  eloquently  in  support  of 
the  Whig  position  and  opposed  "the  bold  proposition  to  overthrow 
the  whole  Government  at  one  blow." 

The  Whig  electors  issued  an  address  in  reply  to  that  of  the  Van 
Buren  nineteen,  claiming  that  if  they  had  gone  into  the  college  they 
would  have  found  advocates  of  their  reforms,  and  thus  discussions 
filled  all  channels  until  another  election  day  for  members  of  the  House 
came,  which  proved  to  be  a  defeat  for  the  Van  Buren  nineteen. 
Counties  which  had  sent  Democrats  now  returned  Whigs.  In  all 
there  were  sixty  Whigs  to  nineteen  Van  Buren  men.  Immediately 
upon  this  election  Mr.  John  S.  Sellman,  of  Anne  Arundel,  regarding 
the  election  as  an  instruction  from  his  constituents,  entered  the 
college.    Mr.  Wesley  Linthicum  from  Anne  Arundel  refused  to  enter. 

Dr.  Washington  Duval  from  Montgomery  refused,  not  consider- 
ing the  election  a  defeat  to  Van  Buren,  but  demanded  a  Convention. 

Criticisms  were  loud  upon  the  revolutionary  conduct  of  Gov- 
ernor Francis  Thomas.  Mr.  Sellman,  of  Anne  Arundel,  attempted  to 
bring  about  a  compromise,  saying  that  he  would  not  enter  the  college 
until  a  quorum  was  secured,  and  such  a  quorum  could  not  be  obtained 
without  a  compromise  of  conflicting  interests. 

The  Whigs  only  replied  by  calling  his  attention  to  their  address 
to  the  people.    Thus  his  efforts  proved  futile. 

The  National  election,  a  few  days  later,  proved  a  complete  over- 
throw of  the  Van  Buren  party  in  Maryland. 


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Governor  Veazey  now  came  to  the  front  and  issued  his  proclama- 
tion, declaring  the  Senate  elected  in  1831  shall  continue  to  be  the 
Senate  of  Maryland,  and  shall  so  continue  until  superseded  by  the 
election  of  successors,  as  constitutionally  and  lawfully  provided  for, 
and  with  the  house  elected  in  October  last,  now  constitute  the  general 
assembly  of  this  State.  He  assembled  it  to  meet  on  November 
21,  assigning  as  his  reason  the  failure  of  eighteen  electors  to 
do  their  duty.  He  further  declared,  that  he  would  use  all  the 
powers  in  his  office  to  break  up  such  lawless  proceedings.  He  con- 
cluded with  a  solemn  declaration,  "  that  the  Constitution  of  the  State 
must  be  preserved  until  altered,  in  the  manner  constitutionally 
provided  for."  Great  excitement  followed.  Major  John  Contee 
called  the  people  of  Prince  George  together  and  offered  "  our  services 
to  the  executive  in  case  of  necessity."  Mr.  Wesley  Linthicum,  of 
Anne  Arundel,  determined  to  yield.  Mr.  Sellman  again  addressed 
the  Whigs  to  know  if  they  were  in  favor  of  Constitutional  reform. 
They  answered,  yes,  not  in  a  restricted,  but  a  comprehensive  sense, 
and  would  elect  a  Senate  in  favor  of  amendment.  The  Van  Buren 
men  were  compelled  to  surrender  unconditionally. 

Fifteen  Whig  Senators  were  elected,  the  new  Legislature,  at  the 
suggestion  of  the  Governor,  provided  for  the  amendments  urged  by 
the  nineteen  and  provided  that  the  election  of  Governor  should  be 
by  the  people. 

The  electoral  college  was  abolished.  The  Senate  was  to  consist 
of  one  member  from  each  county  and  the  City  of  Baltimore,  elected 
by  popular  vote  for  six  years,  one-third  going  out  of  office  every  two 
years.  The  executive  council  was  abohshed  and  a  Secretary  of  State 
substituted. 

When  the  first  election  under  the  reformed  Constitution  occurred, 
October  2,  1838,  the  Van  Buren  candidate  for  Governor,  William 
Grason,  "The  Queen  Anne  Farmer,"  won  by  a  very  narrow  margin, 
while  the  Legislature  was  Whig  by  small  majorities  in  each  house. 
The  so-called  "glorious  nineteen"  claimed  much  of  the  credit  for 
these  changes. 

Governor  Veazey  was  the  last  Governor  elected  by  the  Senate. 
He  died  in  Cecil,  June  30,  1842. 

OGVERNOR  WILLIAM  GRASON. 

Governor  William  Grason,  twenty-eighth  Governor  (1838-1841), 
was  born  1786,  in  Queen  Anne  County.  He  was  a  Federalist  of  the 
old  school  and  in  after  years  a  Jackson  Democrat.  He  served  in  both 
branches  of  the  State  Legislature.  In  1836,  he  became  the  leader  of 
his  party  in  the  contest  for  a  new  Constitution  and  became  the  first 
Governor  under  it  by  a  very  small  majority  of  300.  The  excitement 
of  the  close  campaign  was  followed  by  a  riot  in  Baltimore  as  the 
returns  came  in.  Governor  Grason  was  known  as  the  "  Queen  Anne 
Farmer." 


274      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

During  his  administration,  President  Louis  McLane  announced 
the  completion  of  the  Washington  Branch  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad  and  the  advance  of  the  main  stem  to  Harper's  Ferry. 

The  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal,  by  its  report  of  1839,  showed 
progress  as  far  as  Cumberland.  Three  millions  of  dollars  had  already 
been  expended,  for  which  the  company  had  receipted.  "The  State 
retained  $500,000  to  pay  premium.  The  work  had  proved  to  be  a 
stupendous  one  and  the  company  asked  for  a  modification  of  the  law 
of  1836,  in  order  to  render  certificates  more  available.  When  com- 
pleted the  Canal  ought  to  pay  six  per  cent,  dividends,  but  with  the 
present  appropriation,  the  company  can  not  keep  work  going  more 
than  six  months." 

Governor  Grason  sent  in  the  first  report  of  the  President  and 
Directors  of  the  Eastern  Shore  Railroad,  showing  receipts  $40,000 
above  expenses,  he  also  sent  in  a  report  on  abolishing  imprisonment 
for  debt,  and  the  report  of  the  Elk  Ridge  Railroad  and  its  progress. 

His  message  upon  the  pecuniary  embarrassment  of  the  State  and 
his  criticism  of  the  condition  of  the  State's  internal  improvements 
was  considered  the  most  important  measure  of  his  administration. 

The  public  debt  was  shown  to  be  $14,587,689.  The  annual 
revenues  were  barely  sufficient  to  pay  the  ordinary  expenses  of 
$250,000.  We  cannot  expect  the  companies  now  in  process  of  organi- 
zation to  pay  their  annual  interest  promptly. 

In  1836  the  State  had  authorized  a  loan  of  $8,000,000  from 
foreign  sources.  The  money  was  plentiful  and  securities  in  demand. 
This  has  changed  and  it  is  impossible  to  sell  our  bonds.  The  Northern 
Central  Railroad  owes  the  State  $200,000;  the  Eastern  Shore  road 
owes  $100,000  more.  These  debts  are  due  to  the  wild  spirit  of 
internal  improvements.  We  must  resort  to  rigid  economy  and 
increase  our  revenues  by  a  moderate  tax  on  real  and  personal  estate. 
Two  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  our  present  revenue 
might  be  enough  for  present  emergencies. 

Governor  Grason  also  urged  a  change  in  the  Constitution  to 
limit  the  power  of  the  Legislature.  "Ours  is  a  Constitution  for  the 
judiciary  and  executive,  but  not  for  the  Legislature." 

His  communication  to  President  Van  Buren  urging  the  United 
States  Government  to  deliver  its  stock  in  the  Canal  Company  to  the 
State  upon  its  assumption  of  the  working  expenses,  was  an  able  pre- 
sentation of  the  State's  demand.  Governor  Grason's  message  led  to 
widespread  discussion.  It  was  answered  by  President  Louis 
McLane,  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  and  the  Governor 
issued  an  additional  message  maintaining  his  position,  that  the 
wholesale  hypothecation  of  the  State's  bonds  was  disastrous  to  the 
State  and  must  cause  trouble. 

In  1840,  Governor  Grason  showed  the  debt  had  increased  over 
one  million  more  whilst  the  deficits  for  the  year  were  over  a  half  a 
million.  His  message  pointed  out  the  hopeless  prospect  of  realizing 
from  the  Government  anything  like  enough  to  pay  the  State's 
indebtedness. 


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He  reported  the  Susquehanna  road,  Elk  Ridge  road  and  the 
Tidewater  Canal,  all  finished,  whilst  there  was  nothing  to  be  reported 
from  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal. 

Francis  Thomas,  President  of  the  Canal,  later  made  an  exhaustive 
report  in  which  he  showed  it  had  already  expended  $7,000,000,  and 
when  completed  it  would  amount  to  $9,500,000.  The  Legislature 
thereupon  insituted  an  investigation,  on  the  ground  that  its  manage- 
ment was  in  the  interest  of  the  political  ambition  of  its  President. 

The  campaign  of  1840,  known  as  the  "  hard  cider  and  log  cabin 
campaign,"  resulted  in  the  election  of  William  Henry  Harrison. 
His  sudden  death  and  the  desertion  of  John  Tyler  ruined  the  Whig 
party,  and  in  1841  Francis  Thomas,  Democrat,  was  made  Governor. 

Governor  Grason  was  afterward  the  nominee  for  the  United 
States  Senate,  but  was  defeated  by  the  Senate  refusing  to  go  into  an 
election.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1851. 

His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  James  SulHvane,  of  Dorchester. 
Their  son  Richard,  born  1820,  was  educated  at  St.  John's  College 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1841.  He  removed  to  Elkton, 
where  he  was  appointed  deputy  attorney,  then  State's  attorney. 
Removing  to  Towson,  in  1864,  he  was  elected  Judge,  but  was  unseated 
by  the  Legislature.  Under  the  Constitution  of  1867  he  was  elected 
Chief  Judge  for  fifteen  years. 

In  1847,  he  married  the  eldest  daughter  of  General  Charles 
Sterrett  Ridgely,  of  Howard  County.  He  died  of  paralysis  at  Towson, 
in  1893.    His  father  died  in  1868. 

^'  GOVERNOR  FRANCIS  THOMAS. 

Governor  Francis  Thomas,  twenty-ninth  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1841-44),  was  born  in  Frederick  County,  February  3,  1799.  He 
was  the  son  of  Francis  and  Grace  (Metcalfe)  Thomas,  who  was  the 
son  of  William  Thomas,  son  of  Hugh  Thomas  and  Betty  Edwards, 
of  "Montevue."  This  progenitor  descended  from  the  family  of 
Bishop  William  Thomas,  of  Caermarthen,  who  came  from  Wales  to 
Pennsylvania. 

Francis  Thomas,  seventh  child  of  his  father,  entered  St.  John's 
College,  Annapohs,  as  early  as  1811,  but  as  there  were  no  classes 
from  that  date  until  1822  was  not  graduated.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1820  and  settled  in  Frankville,  Maryland,  to  practice. 

In  1822,  1827  and  1829  he  represented  his  county  in  the  Legisla- 
ture, rising  to  Speaker  the  last  year. 

In  1831  he  was  sent  to  Congress.  He  became  President  of  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  in  1839-40.  When  a  candidate  for  Gov- 
ernor he  fought  a  duel  with  William  Price.  He  was  the  second 
Governor  under  the  provision  making  elections  triennial. 

Governor  Thomas  in  his  message  of  1842,  made  this  stirring 
review:  "The  public  debt,  destroying  public  credit,  has  been  our 
burden.  Met  by  your  predecessors  in  a  public  spirit,  the  means  are 
yet  inadequate,  a  decided  course  is  needed. 


276      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"Baltimore  City  had  borrowed  by  legislative  act  nearly 
$5,000,000,  to  pay  the  interest  on  which  reqiiires  $270,000.  The 
pubhc  debt  of  the  State  is  $15,000,000.  The  assessment  of  $196,000,- 
000  requires  a  tax  of  seventy-one  cents  in  Baltimore  and  thirty-one 
cents  in  the  State. 

"The  general  stagnation  of  business,  depression  in  prices  and 
diminution  of  currency  all  tend  to  urge  the  necessity  for  an  exten- 
sion of  time  for  paying  taxes.  The  expediency  of  using  the  bank 
stock  of  the  State  by  transferring  it  to  creditors  is  entitled  to 
consideration. 

"  In  1830  the  State  had  means  for  all  its  uses,  but  within  seven 
years  our  State  debt  has  been  increased  $12,000,000  for  internal 
improvements,  and  now  our  State  of  10,000  square  miles  and  a  popula- 
tion of  318,194  is  staggering  with  an  undertaking  that  would  test 
the  resources  of  Great  Britain.  Now  we  must  either  repudiate  or 
submit  to  the  tax-gather. 

"The  'glorious  19'  of  Van  Buren's  forces  accomplished  good 
results,  modifying  the  difficulties  of  a  minority  ruling  the  majority, 
but  even  now  the  majority  of  the  Senate  can  repudiate  any  means 
for  expressing  the  will  of  the  two-third  majority  of  the  State.  The 
House  and  Senate  cannot  concur  in  the  appointment  of  officers 
controlling  the  works  of  improvement.  The  Governor  cannot 
appoint. 

"The  power  of  these  companies  is  great  in  its  effect  upon  the 
destiny  of  the  State.  Their  influence  has  created  this  debt.  If  the 
minority  are  to  direct  and  the  majority  to  pay  there  will  always 
be  difficulty. 

"The  distributive  share  of  the  proceeds  of  the  public  lands  is 
hereby  made  known.  Maryland  gets  $15,000,  but  the  Government 
claims  against  the  State  amount  to  $20,000.  So  the  United  States 
retains  the  whole  amount  and  lays  claim  to  the  balance.  This  cry 
that  the  United  States  would  pay  our  State  demands  has  been  our 
delusion.  High  tariff  and  land  sales  were  the  delusions  that  we 
thought  would  enrich  us.  These  have  made  oiu-debt,  and  the  result 
is  a  fund  not  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  bonds  held  in  trust  for 
the  Indians. 

"  The  land  bill  is  as  fruitless  as  ashes.  Our  public  debt,  if  paid, 
must  be  taken  out  of  our  own  resources.  Whoever  thinks  otherwise 
follows  a  phantom.  Reject  any  idea  that  the  National  Government 
can  be  made  to  pay  State  debts. 

"  The  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  reports  are  not  encouraging. 
It  ought  to  be  completed.  The  people  are  willing  to  be  taxed  if  any 
results  of  returns  for  outlays  are  visible.  To  do  so  we  must  amend 
the  Charter  and  grant  preferred  stock  to  an  amount  sufficient  to 
complete  the  work  and  to  pay  the  debts." 

Governor  Thomas  also  opposed  the  payment  of  unnecessary 
salaries  to  Judges.  He  charged  that  $500,000  had  been  wasted.  In 
his  message  of  1843  he  announced  "  that  our  debt  had  been  increased 
to  over  $16,000,000.     Our  ordinary  revenues  are  only  sufficient  to 


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pay  ordinary  expenses.  The  assessment  has  been  reduced  from 
$196,000,000  to  $178,000,000.  With  interest  upon  the  debt  nearly 
$2,000,000  in  arrears,  the  tax  system,  now  imperfect,  must  be 
improved.  Even  the  executive  office  has  been  curtailed  and  no 
power  is  given  to  it  to  help  the  State.  Pohtical  ascendency  has  done 
it.  The  executive  can  only  suggest.  There  is  a  feeling  of  discontent 
by  taxpayers.  It  is  unjust  to  make  a  portion  pay  the  burden.  The 
Legislature  must  see  that  the  law  is  vigorously  carried  out.  The 
sale  of  stock  for  internal  improvements  would  not  pay  our  debt. 
The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  has  not  been  a  burden.  It  has  paid 
its  interest.  The  general  Government  needs  all  the  land  sales.  We 
must  remodel  our  tax  laws;  exchange  the  State's  stocks  in  public 
works  and  use  its  bank  stock  for  debts.    This  will  give  relief." 

His  third  message,  in  1844,  still  pointed  out  a  failure  to  meet 
the  State's  obligations.  The  Baltimore  and  Susquehanna  Railroad 
was  not  able  to  pay  its  interest. 

The  repudiation  talk  induced  by  Governor  Thomas'  message 
became  a  campaign  cry  in  the  next  election  and  resulted  in  a  Whig 
victory.    Governor  Thomas  G.  Pratt  succeeded. 

When  an  attempt  was  made  in  1867  to  take  the  Naval  Academy 
from  Annapolis  because  of  the  atmosphere  of  disloyalty,  Governor 
Thomas,  then  in  Congress,  joined  Congressman  Philips  in  an  eloquent 
defence,  which  resulted  in  retaining  the  Academy,  but  when  the 
people  were  trying  to  adopt  the  Constitution  of  1867  he  asked 
Congress  to  give  Maryland  a  Republican  form  of  Government, 
declaring,  "  I  deny  utterly  here,  and  have  denied  it  for  thirty  years, 
that  there  is  a  Repubhcan  form  of  government  in  Maryland." 

Congress  failed  to  follow  the  Governor's  advice,  though  many 
petitions  were  sent  in  from  the  Federal  men  of  Maryland.  The 
Constitution  of  1867  was  secured,  notwithstanding  all  opposition. 
Governor  Thomas  was  fearless,  active  and  eloquent  and  his  influence 
in  every  sphere  was  remarkable.  For  a  long  time  he  lived  the  recluse 
life  of  his  mountain  home. 

In  1850,  as  a  Delegate  to  the  State  Convention,  he  exerted  his 
influence  to  reduce  the  power  of  the  slave-holding  counties  of  the 
State. 

On  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Governor  Thomas  raised  a 
volunteer  regiment  of  3,000  men  for  the  Union  Army,  but  refused 
to  command  it.  In  1866  he  was  a  Delegate  to  the  Loyalist  Conven- 
tion at  Philadelphia  and  became  a  strong  opposer  of  the  policy  of 
President  Johnson.  In  April,  1870,  Governor  Thomas  was  appointed 
Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  Cumberland  District  and 
served  until  March  25,  1872,  when  he  was  appointed  Minister  to 
Peru. 

He  resigned  this  position  in  1875,  and  returned  to  his  farm, 
"Montevue,"  near  Frankville.  While  walking  on  a  railroad  track 
he  was  killed  by  a  locomotive,  January  22,  1876. 

Governor  Thomas  was  married  to  Sallie  Campbell  Preston, 
daughter  of  Governor  James  McDowell,  of  Virginia. 


278      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

GOVERNOR  THOMAS  GEORGE  PRATT. 

Governor  Thomas  George  Pratt,  thirtieth  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1844-47),  was  born  in  Georgetown,  D.  C,  February  18,  1804.  He 
was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Pratt,  of  Prince  George,  by  his  wife, 
Eleanor  Magriider.  Educated  in  his  native  town,  he  studied  law, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  his  career  in  Upper  Marlborough, 
in  1823.  In  1832-35  he  was  sent  to  the  House  of  Delegates;  in  1836 
was  a  member  of  the  electoral  college  and  President  of  the  last 
Executive  Council  of  Maryland.     In  1838  he  was  State  Senator. 

After  a  fierce  contest  on  the  Whig  ticket,  opposed  to  repudiation, 
he  was  elected  Governor.  During  his  administration  he  succeeded 
in  restoring  the  public  credit. 

Governor  Pratt  began  his  administration  by  calling  on  the 
Legislature  for  power  to  enforce  the  laws  already  existing  for  the 
collection  of  taxes.  "From  the  abundant  harvest  now  at  hand,  now 
is  the  time  to  pay  our  debts;"  proposed  the  renewment  of  revenue 
laws;  called  for  a  new  assessment  and  the  collection  of  all  bank 
direct  taxes  amounting  to  $1,000,000;  proposed  an  improvement  of 
the  indirect  tax  law,  especially  in  executor's  and  administrator's 
accounts;  advised  to  return  to  the  stamp  tax;  urged  the  extension 
of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  to  Ohio.  In  his  message  of  1847 
his  resumption  law  had  brightened  prospects  and  reduced  the  debt; 
referred  to  the  good  office  of  Mr.  George  Peabody  in  enabling  the 
State  to  borrow  and  sell  in  foreign  markets;  condemned  the  course 
of  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  in  his  action  against  the  fugitive 
slave  law. 

The  Legislature  of  1845  passed  the  biennial  Assembly  of  the 
Legislature,  thereby  saving  $30,000  yearly;  referred  the  question 
of  a  new  Constitution  back  to  the  people;  reduced  the  salaries  of 
Governor  and  Legislature  and  his  Secretary  of  State;  abolished  the 
Chancery  Court.  In  the  election  of  1846  the  Government  and 
Legislature  were  sustained  by  large  Whig  gains. 

During  1846,  Governor  Pratt  in  his  Proclamation,  calling  for 
two  regiments  of  infantry  for  the  Mexican  War,  said:  "The  sons  of 
Maryland  have  always  obeyed  the  call  of  patriotism  and  duty,  and 
will  now  sustain  the  honor  of  the  State." 

Volunteers  came  from  every  section,  but  only  one  battalion  of 
Maryland  and  District  of  Columbia  Volunteers  was  at  first  selected, 
but  companies  of  volunteers  in  nearly  every  county  awaited  the  call 
and  many  went  as  independent  companies.  During  the  war  Maryland 
supplied  2,500  men.  He  afterward  resumed  the  practice  of  law  in 
Annapolis. 

In  1849  he  was  elected  United  States  Senator  to  fill  the  unex- 
pired term  of  Reverdy  Johnson,  resigned,  and  was  elected  for  a  full 
term  in  1850.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  Senatorial  term  he  settled 
in  Baltimore,  becoming  an  ardent  advocate  for  secession.  For  a 
few  weeks  he  has  confined  in  Fortress  Monroe.     In  1864   he  was  a 


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Delegate  to  the  Chicago  National  Democratic  Convention  and  to  the 
Philadelphia  Union  Convention  in  1866.  In  1837  he  was  a  presi- 
dential elector  on  the  Van  Biiren  ticket. 

Governor  Pratt  married  Adelaide,  daughter  of  Governor  Joseph 
Kent.  He  bought  the  Governor  Ogle  residence  in  AnnapoHs,  corner 
of  King  George  and  College  Avenues.  He  was  a  man  of  distinguished 
presence  and  an  able  speaker.  He  died  in  Baltimore,  November  9, 
1869,  when  the  following  resolutions  were  passed  by  the  bar  of 
Baltimore: 

"Resolved,  That  we  remember  with  gratitude  and  with  pride 
the  noble  disregard  of  personal  popularity  to  the  discharge  of  his 
duty  which  marked  the  official  course  of  our  lamented  brother,  when, 
as  executive  of  Maryland,  he  linked  his  name  forever  with  the  re-estab- 
lishment of  good  faith  of  the  State."  He  was  with  Clay,  Webster  and 
Calhoun  in  the  Senate  and  his  arguments  in  the  Maryland  reports 
showed  his  ability.  His  funeral  services  were  held  from  St.  Anne's 
Church,  Annapolis,  November  11,  1869.  Governor  Oden  Bowie  and 
Staff  were  in  attendance.  George  Peabody,  whose  aid  was  combined 
with  Governor  Pratt  in  redeeming  the  State,  died  on  November  4th 
of  that  year.     Governor  Pratt  left  a  widow  and  several  children. 

S/^  GOVERNOR  PHILIP  FRANCIS  THOMAS. 

Philip  Francis  Thomas,  thirty-first  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1848-51),  was  born  at  Easton,  September  24,  1810.  He  was  the 
oldest  son  of  Dr.  Tristram  and  Maria  (Francis)  Thomas  and  grandson 
of  Tristram  and  Elizabeth  (Martin),  and  great-grandson  of  Tristram 
Ann  (Coursey)  Thomas,  daughter  of  Christopher.  His  mother  was 
the  daughter  of  Philip  and  Henrietta  Maria  (Goldsborough)  Francis, 
granddaughter  of  Tench  Francis,  Attorney-General  of  Pennsylvania, 
in  1744,  a  descendant  of  Philip  Francis,  Mayor  of  Plymouth,  in  1644, 
and  father  of  Sir  Philip  Francis,  the  reputed  author  of  "  Letters  of 
Junius." 

Philip  Francis  Thomas  was  educated  at  Easton  Academy  and 
Dickinson  College;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1831;  was  a  member 
of  the  Legislature  in  1838  and  subsequently  was  in  Congress  in  1839- 
41;   was  elected  Governor  in  1848. 

On  January  3,  1848,  he  laid  before  the  Legislature  a  message  of 
great  force  on  constitutional  reforms  and  retrenchments;  he  was  in 
favor  of  the  resumption  of  the  payment  of  State  debts;  urged  the 
effective  collections  of  taxes;  favored  a  call  for  a  Constitutional 
Convention;  started  a  "Reform  Party,"  which  re-elected  him.  His 
next  message  showed  marked  financial  improvements;  removed  the 
doubts  and  restored  confidence  by  meeting  all  obligations;  and 
predicted  by  strict  adherence  to  his  suggestions  the  entire  debt  would 
be  extinguished  in  thirteen  years.  His  closing  words  were,  in  urging 
a  new  Constitution,  "unless  the  Legislature  yields  to  the  wishes  of 
the  people,  the  sanction  of  the  Legislature  will  no  longer  be  invoked." 
This  warning  resulted  in  a  "reform  bill,"  which  passed  both  Houses. 
It  called  a  Convention;    adopted  a  Constitution  which  went  into 


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280      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

effect  in  1851.  By  that  Constitution  Baltimore  City  gained  five 
members  and  the  counties  lost  seventeen  members  in  the  Assembly. 
Governor  Thomas  was  elected  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  in  1851; 
resigned  it  in  1853,  and  was  made  Collector  of  the  Port  in  Baltimore 
under  President  Pierce;  was  offered,  but  declined,  the  Governorship 
of  Eutah;  was  appointed  by  President  Buchanan  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  which  he  resigned  in  1861;  was  again  elected  a  member  of 
the  Legislature,  during  which  session  he  was  elected  United  States 
Senator,  but  was  refused  admission  because  of  alleged  disloyalty. 
In  1868  he  was  elected  to  Congress,  where  he  became  an  able  repre- 
sentative. He  was  afterward  returned  to  the  Maryland  Legislature 
and  became  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means. 

Governor  Thomas  married,  first,  Sarah  Maria  Kerr;  second, 
Mrs.  Clintonia  (Wright)  May.  His  daughters  are  Mrs.  Sophia  Kerr 
Trippe,  Mrs.  Maria  Thomas  Markoe  and  Mrs.  Nannie  Bell  Hems- 
ley.  Governor  Thomas  died  in  1890.  Mrs.  Clintonia  Thomas 
has  outlived  all  of  her  sisters  and  brothers. 

GOVERNOR  ENOCH  LOUIS  LOWE. 

Governor  Enoch  Louis  Lowe,  thirty-second  Governor  (1850-8), 
was  born  1820.  He  was  the  son  of  Lieutenant  Bradley  S.  A.  Lowe, 
a  graduate  of  West  Point  who  served  through  the  War  of  1812.  His 
mother  was  Adelaide  Bellumeau  de  la  Vincendine.  Their  residence 
was  the  "Hermitage,"  a  fine  estate  of  1,000  acres,  about  three  miles 
from  Frederick,  on  the  Monocacy  River.  There  Enoch  Louis  Lowe 
was  born.  Lieutenant  Lowe  was  the  the  son  of  Lloyd  M.  and  Rebecca 
(Maccubbin)  Lowe  and  grandson  of  Michael  and  Ann  (Magruder) 
Lowe,  all  of  Western  Maryland. 

Enoch  Louis  Lowe  was  educated  at  Frederick  and  from  there 
went  to  a  college  near  Dublin  and  then  to  the  Roman  Catholic  College 
of  Stonyhurst,  Lancashire,  England,  where  he  remained  until  1839. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1842.  In  1845  he  was  elected  to  the 
House  of  Delegates,  becoming  an  able  and  eloquent  champion  of 
democracy  in  Western  Maryland.  In  1850,  whilst  quite  young,  he  was 
elected  Governor.  A  new  Constitution  was  about  to  be  adopted. 
Governor  Lowe  suggested  the  following  amendment:  First,  a  revision 
of  the  election  laws;  second,  a  revision  of  the  criminal  code  in  regard 
to  the  inequality  of  punishment,  pardons  and  remissions  of  fines; 
Third,  a  modification  of  the  tax  on  civil  commissions;  ascertainment 
of  the  number  and  salaries  of  deputy  clerks,  and  an  entirely  new 
system  of  issuing  licenses. 

In  his  message  Governor  Lowe  recorded:  "  It  gives  me  profound 
pleasure  to  announce  the  completion  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad  to  the  Ohio  River.  This  opens  up  wealth  for  our  own  State. 
The  Washington  branch  has  paid  a  capitation  tax  of  $59,826.29  and 
the  road  is  highly  satisfactory,  but  misfortune  seems  to  attend  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal.  A  year  ago  I  announced  its  completion, 
but  the  Spring  tide  has  crippled  it,  causing  a  loss  of  $100,000,  but  its 
revenue,  $250,000,  will  enable  it  to  pay  interest  in  1854.     The  Sus- 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      281 

quehanna  Railroad  is  advancing  and  with  the  exception  of  the  canal, 
the  internal  works  are  helping  the  State,  and  the  finances  are  now  on 
the  advance.  From  direct  and  indirect  revenue  laws  and  internal 
improvements  the  State  will  realize  $1,500,000.  The  new  assessment 
will  probably  reach  $50,000,000."  Upon  that  basis  he  urged  a 
reduction  in  taxation.  "The  sinking  fund  has  been  pronounced  a 
fallacy,  but  taxpayers  pay  no  more  to  the  sinking  fund  upon  bonds 
of  the  State  purchased  for  and  held  by  the  State  for  its  use,  than  they 
would  if  held  by  pubhc  creditors.  The  debt  is  still  over  $15,000,000, 
less  the  sinking  fund.  Said  my  predecessor,  *  It  has  been  my  duty, 
owing  to  pressing  debt,  to  seize  upon  every  expedient  by  which  money 
could  be  placed  in  the  treasury.  It  will,  I  trust,  be  my  successor's 
pleasure  to  recommend  the  repeal  of  those  taxes  which  have  proved 
most  oppressive  to  the  people  of  the  State.'  Following  that  wish,  I 
recommended  last  year  a  reduction  of  twenty  per  cent,  on  direct 
tax.     I  recommend  now  a  reduction  of  forty  per  cent." 

His  message  of  1854  urged  that  the  execution  of  criminals  should 
be  private.  The  canal  was  then  in  good  condition.  The  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad  was  leading  to  success.  The  Washington  branch 
had  increased  its  revenues  and  the  sinking  fund  had  reached 
$3,000,000.  He  had  underestimated  the  increase  of  the  new  assess- 
ment when  placed  at  $50,000,000.  The  gross  amount  of  taxable 
bases  had  reached  $261,243,660,  an  increase  of  $68,421,081.  The 
reduction  in  taxation  has  given  tangible  relief. 

In  1857  the  position  of  minister  extraordinary  and  plenipoten- 
tiary to  China  was  offered  him,  which  he  declined. 

He  was  a  Democratic  elector  in  1860  and  voted  for  John  Cabel 
Breckinridge  for  President.  He  was  present  when  Governor  T. 
Holliday  Hicks  gave  his  assent  to  the  burning  of  the  bridges  leading 
to  Baltimore,  in  order  that  Northern  soldiers  might  not  be  able  to 
pass  through  the  city.  In  1861  Governor  Lowe  went  south  and 
remained  during  the  war.  In  1866  he  removed  to  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  and  practiced  law,  bearing  with  him  letters  from  distin- 
guished Southern  leaders. 

He  married  May  29,  1844,  Esther  Winder  Polk,  daughter  of 
Colonel  James  and  Anna  Maria  (Stuart)  Polk,  of  Princess  Anne,  son 
of  Judge  Wilham  Polk,  of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  a  cousin  of  President 
Polk.  Mrs.  Anna  Maria  Stuart  Polk  was  the  daughter  of  Dr. 
Alexander  Stuart,  of  Delaware. 

Governor  Lowe  had  eleven  children:  Mrs.  Austin  Jenkins  and 
her  sister,  Mrs.  Jenkins,  are  daughters;  his  sons  are  in  New  York, 
Chicago  and  San  Francisco. 

Governor  Lowe  died  August  27,  1892. 

^  GOVERNOR  THOMAS  WATKINS  LIGON. 

Governor  Thomas  Watkins  Ligon,  thirty-third  Governor  (1853-7), 
was  born  in  Prince  Edward  County,  Virginia,  1812.  He  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  D.  Ligon,  whose  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas 
Watkins,  an  officer  under  General  Washington,  in  command  of  a 


282      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

troop  of  horse  raised  by  his  own  exertions  in  Prince  Edward  County, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  the  battle  of  Guilford,  North  Carolina. 
His  ancestors  on  both  sides  were  in  the  Revolution.  His  father  died 
young,  leaving  Thomas  Watkins  and  James  in  the  care  of  their 
mother. 

At  an  early  age  Thomas  Watkins  Ligon  was  sent  to  Hampden 
Sidney  College,  where  he  was  graduated,  and  completed  his  education 
at  the  University  of  Virginia,  after  which  he  entered  Yale  Law  School. 
Returning  to  Virginia,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  removed  to 
Baltimore. 

In  1840  he  married  and  removed  to  Howard  County,  near  Ellicott 
City. 

In  1843  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature,  after  which  he  was 
sent  to  the  Thirtieth  Congress. 

In  1853  he  was  elected  Governor  to  succeed  Governor  Lowe 
under  the  Constitution  of  1851  for  four  years.  He  was  a  Democrat 
and  was  confronted  by  a  Whig  Legislature  in  the  height  of  the  Know- 
Nothing  excitement.  He  sent  a  message  to  the  Assembly  in  which 
he  took  a  strong  stand  against  secret  poHtical  parties,  declaring,  "  All 
history  warns  us  that  a  war  of  races  or  sects  is  the  deadliest  curse  that 
can  afflict  a  nation."  In  that  message  he  asked  for  a  committee  to 
investigate  the  prevailing  reports  then  circulating  concerning  the 
secret  movements  of  that  party.  The  Legislature  assented  to  his 
request  and  a  committee  was  ordered.  The  majority  of  that  com- 
mittee refused  to  enter  into  an  investigation,  but  contented  them- 
selves in  attacking  the  Democratic  party,  on  which  the  Governor 
stood.  The  minority  report  sustained  the  Governor's  charge.  The 
State  was  soon  convinced  of  the  correctness  of  the  Governor's  charges 
in  the  succeeding  election  for  the  Mayor  of  Baltimore. 

Failing  to  get  the  co-operation  of  Mayor  Swann  in  correcting 
the  abuses  then  prevalent.  Governor  Ligon  issued  a  special  message 
to  the  Legislature  in  which  he  deplored  the  partisan  discord  in  the 
election  in  Baltimore. 

At  the  next  election  the  Democratic  candidates  withdrew  and 
the  judges  of  the  elections  resigned.  Voters  appealed  to  Governor 
Ligon  for  protection.  He  went  to  Baltimore  and  commenced  a 
correspondence  with  Mayor  Swann,  and  failing  to  get  the  Mayor's 
consent  to  co-operate,  issued  orders  to  call  out  the  militia  to  protect 
voters ;  at  the  instigation  of  the  citizens  of  Baltimore,  a  compromise 
was  effected;  he  revoked  the  call,  but  the  result  of  the  election  was 
so  unsatisfactory  and  abuses  were  so  palpable,  that  Governor  Ligon 
in  his  next  message  made  a  vigorous  attack  upon  the  returned 
members.  The  House  refused  to  receive  his  message,  but  the 
Governor's  forcible  arguments  and  earnest  efforts  started  a  reform 
movement  in  Baltimore  which  ended  in  a  conservative  victory. 

Retiring  from  office  he  resumed  farming;  took  interest  in 
advancing  institutions  of  learning  and  religion.  He  was  president 
of  the  Patapsco  Female  Institute  and  member  of  several  charitable 
institutions. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Hpwabd  Counties.      283 

He  died  at  his  home,  near  Ellicott  City,  January  12,  1881,  in 
the  seventieth  year  of  his  age. 

Governor  Ligon  married,  first,  Salhe  Dorsey  (of  Charles  Worth- 
ington  Dorsey).  Issue,  Mrs.  Dorsey  Thompson.  His  second  wife 
was  Mary  Tolley  Dorsey,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Two  daughters  and 
one  son,  Charles  W.  Dorsey  Ligon,  survive. 

'/  GOVERNOR  THOMAS  HOLLIDAY  HICKS. 

Thomas  Holliday  Hicks,  thirty-fourth  Governor  and  United 
States  Senator  of  Maryland  (1857-61),  was  born  September  2,  1798, 
about  four  miles  from  East  New  Market,  Dorchester  County,  Mary- 
land. He  was  the  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Sewell)  Hicks,  who  was 
a  relative  of  General  Sewell,  of  the  American  army.  They  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  had  eleven  children. 

Thomas  Holliday  Hicks  attended  school  near  home.  In  1824 
he  w^as  elected  Sheriff.  Purchasing  a  farm  on  the  Choptank,  from 
there  he  was  sent  to  the  Legislature. 

In  1833  he  removed  to  Vienna  and  became  a  merchant,  running 
a  line  of  boats  to  Baltimore. 

In  1836  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Electoral  College 
which  then  had  the  election  of  the  State  Senate,  Governor  and  his 
Council.  The  election  was  a  deadlock,  lasting  two  months,  and 
resulted  in  considerable  disorder.  Whilst  at  Annapolis  Mr.  Hicks 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Legislature  which  made  the  Senate 
and  Council  elective. 

In  1837  he  was  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council,  and  in  1838 
Governor  Veazey  appointed  him  Register  of  Wills  in  Dorchester 
County,  which  he  held  by  reappointment  until  1851,  when  that  office 
was  made  elective. 

In  1857  Mr.  Hicks  was  nominated  and  elected  Governor  by  the 
American  Party,  from  January,  1858,  for  four  years.  His  adminis- 
tration covered  a  momentous  period.  His  efforts  to  stop  the  move- 
ment of  government  troops  through  Maryland  were  not  effectual. 
Both  President  Lincoln  and  Secretary  Seward  endorsed  General 
Butler  in  his  plan  of  route. 

Governor  Hicks  visited  President  Lincoln  to  sue  for  sick  Con- 
federate soldiers  and  was  in  correspondence  with  Southern  Governors 
with  a  hope  of  averting  conflict,  but  when  the  war  had  begun  he  gave 
the  Union  cause  his  untiring  support  in  encouraging  enlistment  and 
supporting  the  soldiers  of  the  army.  The  city  of  AnnapoHs  being 
full  of  soldiers.  Governor  Hicks  called  the  Legislature  to  assemble  at 
Frederick  "  to  take  such  measures  as  in  their  wisdom  they  may  deem 
fit  to  maintain  peace."  That  Legislature  tried  to  discharge  the 
duties  devolved  upon  it;  by  a  vote  of  fifty-three  to  twelve  the  House 
declared  against  secession,  yet,  later,  every  member  was  arrested  by 
military  orders  and  thrown  into  prison. 

At  the  close  of  his  term,  in  1863,  he  was  appointed  United  States 
Senator  by  Governor  Bradford,  to  fill  the  imexpired  term  of  James 
Alfred  Pierce,  and  his  selection  was  ratified  at  the  next  annual  elec- 


284      Founders  of  A>ine  <;\.rundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

tion.  He  had  now  become  a  thorough  RepubUcan  and  a  member 
of  the  Union  League.  Although  a  slave-holder,  he  voted  for  the 
Constitution  of  1864. 

Having,  in  1863,  sprained  a  leg,  erysipelas  set  in,  which  neces- 
sitated amputation.  In  the  height  of  his  notoriety  he  died  from 
apoplexy,  February,  1865. 

Governor  Hicks  was  married  three  times.  His  first  wife  was 
Ann  Thompson,  of  Dorchester;  second,  Leah  Raleigh,  of  Dorchester; 
third,  Mrs.  Mary  Wilcox,  widow  of  his  cousin,  Henry  Wilcox. 

B.  Chaplain  Hicks,  of  Baltimore,  is  the  only  living  son,  A  full 
length  portrait  of  Governor  Hicks  hangs  in  the  State  House. 

V  GOVERNOR  AUGUSTUS  WILLIAMSON  BRADFORD. 

Governor  Augustus  Williamson  Bradford,  thirty-fifth  in  line 
(1861-5),  was  born  in  Belair  in  1806.  His  parents  were  Samuel  and 
Jane  (Bond)  Bradford,  both  of  English  parentage.  He  was  well 
educated  and  became  a  surveyor.  He  studied  law  with  Otho  Scott 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1827.  Removing  to  Baltimore,  he 
became  a  prominent  member  of  the  Whig  party.  He  was  an  elector 
for  Clay  in  1844,  but  took  no  part  in  poHtics  until  1860. 

In  1835  he  married  EUzabeth  Kell,  daughter  of  Judge  Kell,  of 
Baltimore. 

Governor  Pratt  appointed  Mr.  Bradford  Clerk  of  Baltimore 
Coimty,  and  Governor  Hicks  made  him  a  Peace  Commissioner  in 
1861.  That  same  year,  upon  the  first  ballot,  Mr.  Bradford  was 
nominated  as  the  Union  candidate  for  Governor.  He  was  elected 
by  31,000  majority  and  was  inaugurated  January,  1862. 

A  full  history  of  his  administration  covers  the  history  of  the  war. 
He  was  willing  to  aid  the  government,  but  he  resented  any  military 
interference  in  State  elections,  yet  he  presided  at  a  large  meeting  in 
which  the  President  was  authorized  to  require  the  oath  of  allegiance, 
and  at  that  meeting  a  resolution  was  passed  which  General  Wood 
declared  "would  send  20,000  men  to  swell  the  army  of  Jefferson 
Davis." 

The  invasion  of  General  Lee's  army  in  1862  urged  Governor 
Bradford  to  issue  a  call  for  the  citizens  to  enroll  themselves  in  military 
companies. 

In  1863,  on  a  second  invasion,  the  Governor  called  for  10,000 
volunteers,  and  armed  all  who  volunteered;  many  aged  men  offered 
themselves  for  home  defence.    Three  regiments  were  formed  in  1863. 

After  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  Governor  Bradford  appointed  a 
day  of  thanksgiving. 

f  On  hearing  a  rumor  that  troops  were  to  be  sent  to  the  polls  in 
1863,  Governor  Bradford  wrote  to  the  President,  protesting  against 
it.  The  President's  reply  was  not  satisfactory  and  the  Governor 
issued  a  proclamation  in  opposition  to  the  orders  of  General  Schenck. 
The  latter  issued  orders  to  the  papers  not  to  publish  the  Governor's 
proclamation.  In  his  message  to  the  Legislature  upon  Schenck's 
action  the  Governor  declared,   "  A  part  of  the  army  was,  on  election 


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day,  engaged  in  stifling  the  freedom  of  election  in  a  faithful  State, 
intimidating  its  sworn  officers  and  obstructing  the  usual  channels 
between  them  and  their  executive." 

At  the  January  session  of  the  Legislature  the  Governor  reviewed 
the  question  of  negro  emancipation  and  called  a  convention  to  meet 
in  Annapolis  in  1864.  This  convention  abolished  slavery  and  issued 
the  Constitution  of  1864,  which  disfranchised  all  who  sympathized 
with  the  rebellion.  That  Constitution  granted  the  right  of  soldiers 
in  the  field  to  vote,  and  agents  were  sent  to  the  army  to  receive  the 
vote.  Knowing  that  this  innovation  would  be  fought  out  in  the 
courts,  the  Governor  was  particularly  explicit  in  his  instructions. 
Sixty  points  of  exceptions  were  taken  to  the  courts  and  the  arguments 
consuiped  two  days.  The  Governor's  opinion  was  an  able  presenta- 
tion of  the  case.  The  new  Constitution  went  into  effect  in  November, 
1864,  and  slavery  went  down  by  the  people's  vote,  some  time  before 
it  had  disappeared  elsewhere  by  military  orders. 

In  1864,  upon  a  Confederate  raid,  the  Governor's  house  was 
burned,  in  retahation,  it  was  claimed,  for  the  burning  of  Governor 
Letcher's  mansion  in  Virginia.     He  never  received  any  pay  for  its  loss. 

Governor  Bradford's  attachment  to  the  Union  was  expressed  in 
these  words:  "The  loyal  men  of  Maryland  have  no  parties  to  sustain, 
no  parties  to  create,  no  parties  to  revive;  but  the  Union  and  its 
preservation  is  their  only  object."  He  attended  the  convention  of 
loyal  Governors  in  1862. 

On  the  inauguration  of  his  successor,  Thomas  Swann,  Governor 
Bradford  spoke  thus:  "This  Maryland,  this  loyal.  Union-loving, 
freedom-loving  Maryland,  this  upward-bound,  expanding,  regener- 
ated Maryland — this  is,  indeed,  our  Maryland."  Applause  and 
thanks  were  tendered  him  for  his  able  administration. 

In  1867  Governor  Bradford  was  appointed  by  President  Johnson 
Surveyor  of  the  Port  of  Baltimore.  He  held  it  until  1869,  when 
President  Grant  removed  him,  but  offered  in  its  stead  the  position  of 
Appraiser  in  Baltimore.  This  was  declined  on  the  ground  that  it 
required  mercantile  training,  which  he  did  not  possess. 

Governor  Bradford  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Two  of  his  sons,  Messrs.  Augustus  W.  Bradford  and  Thomas 
Kell  Bradford,  are  in  business  in  Baltimore. 

GOVERNOR  THOMAS  SWANN. 

Thomas  Swann,  thirty-sixth  Governor  of  Maryland  (1865-67)) 
was  born  about  the  close  of  the  first  decade  of  the  nineteenth  century 
in  Alexandria.  His  father,  Thomas  Swann,  was  a  prominent  lawyer 
of  Washington,  and,  under  President  Monroe,  was  United  States 
Attorney  for  the  District  of  Columbia.  His  mother  was  Jane  Byrd, 
daughter  of  William  Byrd,  Receiver-General  of  the  Colonies. 

Thomas  Swann  was  educated  at  the  LTniversity  of  Virginia  and 
became  a  law  student  under  his  father.  He  was  afterward  sent  by 
President  Jackson  as  secretary  of  the  United  States  Commission  to 
Naples. 


286      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1834  Mr.  Swann  married  Miss  Sherlock,  daughter  of  an 
English  gentleman  and  granddaughter  of  Robert  Gilmor.  His 
daughter  Louisa,  married  Ferdinand  Latrobe,  seven  times  Mayor  of 
Baltimore. 

Mr.  Swann,  upon  removing  to  Baltimore,  became  a  director  in 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  in  1845,  and  two  years  afterward 
became  president,  succeeding  Louis  McLane.  He  remained  in  that 
office  until  the  completion  of  the  road  to  Ohio  in  1853,  and  received 
the  thanks  of  the  directors  for  the  ability  of  his  administration.  Mr. 
Swann  next  was  president  of  the  Northwestern  Railroad  from 
Baltimore  to  Cincinnati. 

In  1856  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  Baltimore  and  was  re-elected 
in  1858.  During  his  term  he  introduced  the  fire  department,  the 
police  and  fire-alarm  telegraph,  the  water-works  system,  the  street 
car  system  and  Druid  Hill  Park. 

In  1861  he  took  strong  ground  against  the  war.  In  1863  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  First  National  Bank.  In  1864  was  elected 
by  the  Union  party  Governor  of  Maryland,  and  in  January,  1865, 
succeeded  Governor  Bradford.  He  supported  President  Lincoln  and 
was  with  President  Johnson  in  his  measures  of  reconstruction.  As 
war  measures  were  no  longer  needed.  Governor  Swann  began  to 
remove  the  disfranchisements  of  1864. 

When  the  Police  Commission  of  Baltimore  refused  to  allow  a 
single  Democratic  judge,  Governor  Swann  removed  the  Board  and 
appointed  others.  Judge  Bond,  under  a  bench  warrant,  caused  the 
arrest  of  these;  Judge  Bartol,  under  the  "  habeas  corpus, "  decided 
their  appointment  was  legal.  This  decision  brought  on  a  riot  in 
Baltimore.  Governor  Swann  called  on  President  for  aid.  General 
Grant  was  sent  over  to  investigate;  he  reported  against  Federal 
interference.  At  the  next  election,  without  a  single  Democratic 
judge  of  election,  the  Democrats  triumphed,  and  at  the  next  session 
of  the  Legislature  Governor  Swann  was  elected  United  States  Senator. 
Under  the  Constitution  of  1864,  Lieutenant-Governor  C.  C.  Cox 
would  have  succeeded  to  the  Governor's  chair;  he  still  held  to  the 
faith  of  the  party  which  elected  him.  Governor  Swann  determined 
to  dechne  the  senatorship  and  hold  his  chair  in  order  to  aid  the 
Democrats  in  securing  a  new  Constitution.  For  this  act  he  was 
applauded  by  the  people,  but  denounced  by  his  party.  Governor 
Swann  urged  a  convention  for  the  revision  of  the  Constitution. 

Hon.  Phihp  Francis  Thomas  introduced  in  the  Legislature  a  bill 
to  restore  full  citizenship  in  the  State  of  Maryland.  This  secured 
the  revised  Constitution  of  1867. 

In  his  final  message  of  1868,  Governor  Swann  reported  "the 
finances  of  the  State  prosperous;  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad 
was  making  large  returns;  schools  were  doing  good  work;  he  opposed 
negro  equality  or  manhood  suffrage;  he  was  not  in  favor  of  political 
rights  for  the  negroes;  Congress  has  no  right  to  make  a  Constitution 
for  Maryland;  he  objected  to  the  suspension  of  the  'habeas  corpus'; 
all  of  these  have  led  to  anarchy."  He  called  attention  to  the  comple- 
tion of  the  new  Government  house  for  the  residence  of  the  executive. 


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At  the  expiration  of  his  term,  Governor  Oden  Bowie,  Chairman 
of  the  Democratic  Committee,  in  the  campaign  which  secured  the 
enfranchised  Constitution  of  1867,  was  elected  Governor. 

In  1868  Governor  Swann  was  honored  by  the  Democratic 
Party  as  their  representative  in  Congress.  He  was  repeatedly 
re-elected  until  1876.  He  became  Chairman  of  the  Committee  upon 
Foreign  Relations  and  exerted  a  marked  influence  in  Congress. 

Governor  Swann  married,  as  his  second  wife,  Josephine  Ward, 
the  belle  of  New  York,  daughter  of  General  Aaron  Ward,  of  Sing 
Sing.  Her  first  husband  was  Hon.  John  R.  Thompson,  United 
States  Senator  of  New  Jersey.  She  was  a  popular  leader  of  society 
and  entertained  largely  in  her  Newport  cottage.  Governor  Swann 
died  near  Leesburg,  Virginia,  July  24,  1893. 

GOVERNOR  ODEN  BOWIE. 

Oden  Bowie,  thirty-seventh  Governor  of  Maryland  (1867-72), 
was  born  at  "  Fairview,"  Prince  George  County,  Maryland,  November 
10,  1826.  He  was  the  son  of  Hon.  William  Ducket  and  Eliza  (Oden) 
Bowie,  the  former  of  Scotch  and  the  latter  of  English  descent,  both 
early  settlers.  Colonel  Bowie  represented  Prince  George  Coimty  in 
the  House  of  Delegates  and  for  six  years  was  in  the  Senate  of  Mary- 
land. Governor  Bowie  lost  his  mother  when  nine  years  of  age  and 
was  sent  to  St.  John's  College  and  St.  Mary's  College  and  graduated 
there  in  1845. 

The  next  year  he  enlisted  in  the  Mexican  War  in  Colonel  William 
H.  Watson's  Battalion  of  Maryland  and  District  of  Columbia  Volun- 
teers. Colonel  Watson  was  killed  at  Monterey,  dying  in  the  arms 
of  Lieutenant  Bowie,  who  was  the  only  officer  left  with  Colonel 
Watson.  He  was  afterward  appointed  Senior  Captain  of  the  Voltigeur 
regiment,  one  of  the  ten  regular  regiments  of  the  army.  This  office 
he  resigned  because  of  illness,  brought  on  by  the  climate.  In  1847, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of 
Delegates,  returning  several  times.  In  1860  he  was  elected  President 
of  the  Baltimore  and  Potomac  Railroad,  in  which  he  won  national 
reputation  for  his  ability.  In  1864  he  was  a  candidate  for  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  but  defeated  by  C.  C.  Cox.  In  1867,  he  represented  Prince 
George  County  in  the  Senate  of  Maryland  and  in  November,  1867, 
was  elected  Governor,  but  in  consequence  of  the  provision  of  the  new 
Constitution,  which  permitted  Governor  Swann  to  serve  his  four 
years'  term,  Governor  Bowie  did  not  take  his  seat  until  January,  1869. 

Governor  Bowie's  message  of  1870  reads:  "Two  years  of  health, 
peace,  contentment  and  average  prosperity  have  been  granted  us. 
Our  debt  is  now  $12,000,000;  our  bonds  and  stocks  amount  to 
$7,000,000;  our  balance  due  is  $5,000,000,  offset  by  bonds  of  internal 
improvement  amounting  to  $19,000,000." 

He  urged  that  our  school  system  be  placed  under  a  board  of 
commissioners;  he  favored  immigration  and  urged  bureaus  of  agri- 
culture and  mechanic  arts  be  established;  he  urged  that  support  be 
given  to  the  Western  Maryland  Railroad ;  that  a  general  road  system 


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be  organized — and  asked  that  our  war  claims  against  the  Government 
be  collected.  The  Legislature  was  entirely  of  one  political  party. 
His  message  of  1872  again  urged  immigration  as  a  necessity  under 
our  present  system  of  labor. 

During  his  term  the  difficulty  with  Virginia  upon  the  limit  of 
oyster  beds  was  settled.  He  collected  the  arrearages  of  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad  and  secured  the  payment  of  the  large  loans  Maryland 
had  made  to  the  Government.  He  also  secured  a  large  quantity  of 
arms  from  the  Federal  Government.  Governor  Bowie  reported  a 
wonderful  improvement  in  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal. 

At  a  dinner  given  at  Saratoga  Governor  Bowie  established  the 
celebrated  "  Dinner  Stakes  and  Breakfast  Stakes,"  which  made  the 
Maryland  Jockey  Club  a  noted  organization.  He  bought  the  Pimlico 
race  course.  Introduced  from  his  own  estate  the  Southdown  and 
Cotswold  sheep  into  Druid  Hill  Park. 

In  October,  1873,  Governor  Bowie  was  elected  President  of  the 
Baltimore  City  Passenger  Railway,  in  which  he  paid  off  the  park  tax 
of  $100,000  and  advanced  the  value  of  the  stock  from  fifteen  per  cent, 
to  thirty-five  per  cent.  As  President  of  the  Maryland  Jockey  Club, 
he  brought  it  to  its  highest  success. 

Governor  Bowie  married  Miss  Alice  Carter,  daughter  of  Charles 
H.  Carter,  a  descendant  of  "King  Carter,"  of  Virginia,  sister  of  the 
distinguished  attorney,  Bernard  Carter.  Her  mother  was  Rosalie 
Eugenie  Calvert,  of  Riversdale.  Governor  Bowie  died  at  "  Fairview" 
and  his  remains  were  interred  there.  He  left  seven  living  children. 
Mrs,  Bowie  died  recently  and  lies  beside  her  distinguished  husband. 

GOVERNOR  WILLIAM  PINKNEY  WHYTE. 

Governor  William  Pinkney  Whyte,  who  has  just  celebrated*;his 
eighty-second  birthday  and  who  has  been  singularly  honored  by  all 
who  know  him,  is  the  son  of  Joseph  Whyte  and  the  grandson  of  Dr. 
John  Campbell  Whyte,  an  Irish  patriot,  member  of  the  United 
Irishmen  of  1798,  who  refused  to  be  reconciled  to  the  union  of  his 
country  with  England  and  resolved  to  make  his  future  home  in 
Baltimore. 

Governor  Whyte's  mother  was  Isabella  Pinkney,  the  handsome 
and  intelligent  daughter  of  Hon.  William  Pinkney,  the  nation's  orator 
and  statesman.  Starting  life  in  the  banking  house  of  George  Peabody, 
later  a  law  student  of  Harvard,  as  early  as  1847  he  was  sent  to  the 
Legislature  of  Maryland  and  in  1851  was  a  candidate  for  Congress. 
This  young  Democrat  could  not  overcome  the  Whig  majority  of  his 
district,  but  he  became  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  in  1853.  In 
1857  he  was  once  more  defeated  for  Congress.  In  1868  he  became  a 
delegate  to  the  National  Democratic  Convention. 

Upon  the  appointment  of  Senator  Reverdy  Johnson  as  Minister 
to  Great  Britain,  Mr.  Whyte  succeeded  to  the  vacancy  in  the  United 
States  Senate.  In  1871  he  was  elected  Governor,  but  resigned  when 
elected  to  the  Senate. 


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At  the  expiration  of  his  Senatorial  career  he  returned  to  Balti- 
more and  became  Mayor  of  the  city  in  1882,  and  was  called,  in  1888, 
to  the  office  of  Attorney-General  of  the  State.  He  was  upon  the 
committee  to  select  a  site  for  the  Naval  Observatory  and  one  of  its 
delegates  to  the  Conference  of  American  Republics,  in  1889. 

Still  later,  called  from  his  large  legal  practice,  he  once  more 
yielded  to  the  demand  to  serve  his  city  as  City  Solicitor,  under  IMaj^or 
Hayes.  One  of  the  busiest  of  men,  this  octogenarian  still  stands  erect, 
dignified,  handsome,  the  idolized  statesman  and  genial  friend  of  all. 

In  1847  Mr.  Whyte  married  Louisa  D.,  daughter  of  Mr.  Levi 
Hollinsworth.  His  second  wife  was  Mrs.  Raleigh  Thomas,  daughter 
of  William  McDonald. 

Two  of  Governor  Whytes's  speeches  in  the  United  States 
Senate  crown  him  a  statesman  of  the  highest  order.  The  first  was 
his  almost  solitary  stand  against  the  fierce  pohtical  clamor  against 
President  Johnson,  in  which  he  defeated  the  combined  opposition, 
and  his  still  more  celebrated  objection  to  the  desertion  of  Samuel 
Tilden,  by  the  Democrats  yielding  to  the  adoption  of  the  Electoral 
Commission.  In  that  speech  he  pointed  out  prophetically  the  very 
result  which  happened,  viz:  that  eight  Repubhcans  would  outvote 
seven  Democrats. 

His  warning  was  unheeded  and  the  elected  Democrat  had  to 
make  place  for  the  defeated  Republican.  Governor  Whyte's  devotion 
to  his  religion,  to  his  friends  and  to  the  needy  make  him  our  idol. 

A  biography  of  Mr  Whyte  would  be  a  history  of  Maryland  for 
that  period,  so  closely  has  his  life  been  bound  up  with  State  affairs. 

The  long  and  brilliant  political  career  of  Mr.  Whyte  began  in 
1847,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Delegates  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  Maryland.  He  has  always  been  a  Democrat  and  has 
made  many  public  speeches  in  behalf  of  the  political  principles  in 
which  he  believes.  He  was  the  representative  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  his  first  political  office  and  also  in  the  positions  of  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury,  Governor  of  the  State,  United  States  Senator, 
Mayor  of  Baltimore  and  Attorney-General. 

In  1899,  Mr.  Whyte  was  chairman  of  the  commission  which 
drafted  the  present  City  Charter,  and  in  1900  he  became  City 
Solicitor.  In  March,  1903,  he  resigned  as  City  SoHcitor,  and  since 
then  he  has  devoted  himself  to  his  private  business,  which  requires 
all  his  time. 

While  City  SoHcitor  Mr.  Whyte  demonstrated  his  capacity  for 
work.  The  enormous  legal  business  of  the  city  passed  through  his 
hands  at  that  time,  but  he  gave  every  detail  close  attention  and  care. 

While  in  Congress  he  drafted  the  laws  under  which  the  District 
of  Columbia  is  governed. 

•^  GOVERNOR   JAMES  BLACK  GROOME. 

Governor  James  Black  Groome,  successor  to  Governor  William 
Pinkney  Whyte,  was  the  son  of  Colonel  John  C.  Groome,  of  Cecil. 
His  grandfather  Dr.  John  Groome  was  a  distinguished  physician  and 


290      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

representative  of  Cecil  in  the  vState  Legislature,  when  only  the  ablest 
citizens  were  sent.  On  his  maternal  side,  his  grandfather  was  Hon. 
James  R.  Black,  of  New  Castle,  Delaware,  Judge  of  the  Superior 
Court. 

Colonel  John  C.  Groome,  father  of  the  Governor,  was  himself  a 
candidate  for  Governor  when  T.  Holliday  Hicks  was  elected.  His 
son  was  born  in  Elkton,  April  4,  1838.  After  a  preparatory  course 
for  Princeton  College,  James  Black  Groome  pursued  his  legal  studies 
with  his  father.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Reform  Convention  which 
secured  the  Constitution  of  1867.  In  1871  he  was  elected  to  the 
House  of  Delegates.  After  the  Legislature  had  been  in  session  two 
weeks  an  election  was  held  for  United  States  Senator;  Mr.  Groome 
received  a  flattering  vote.  In  1873  Mr.  Groome  was  again  a  member 
of  the  Legislature.  He  was  made  Chairman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee  and  also  upon  Ways  and  Means. 

Upon  the  election  of  Governor  Whyte  to  the  United  States 
Senate  Mr.  Groome  was  made  the  caucus  nominee  on  the  first  ballot, 
and,  a  few  days  later,  upon  joint  session,  was  elected  Governor. 

His  messages  were  able  and  dignified  State  papers.  His  first 
official  act  was  a  gracefiil  tribute  to  the  friend  of  his  father,  Mr. 
George  Spencer,  whom  his  father  had  promised  to  appoint  his  aid  if 
elected. 

During  his  term  Mr.  S.  Teackle  Wallis  made  a  contest  over  the 
office  of  Attorney-General.  The  Governor's  decision  was  in  favor 
of  Mr.  Gwynn.  The  executive  mansion  was  made  a  centre  of  true 
hospitality.  At  the  end  of  his  term  the  following  able  candidates 
confronted  him  for  Senator:  George  R.  Dennis,  Ex-Governor  Philip 
Francis  Thomas,  Hon.  Robert  McLane,  Hon.  Montgomery  Blair, 
Samuel  Hambleton,  Judge  Robinson,  Frederick  Stump  and  Joseph 
A.  Weeks.  Yet,  at  forty-one  years  of  age.  Governor  Groome  was 
elected. 

After  the  first  election  of  President  Cleveland  in  1886  Governor 
Groome  was  appointed  Collector  of  the  Port  of  Baltimore.  After 
retiring  from  this  office  he  continued  to  reside  at  No.  2  East  Preston 
Street,  Baltimore. 

On  February  29,  1876,  Mr.  Groome  married  Miss  Ahce  L. 
Edmondson,  daughter  of  Colonel  Horace  Edmondson,  of  Talbot 
County.    They  had  one  daughter,  Maria. 

Governor  Groome  died  in  Baltimore,  October,  1893.  His 
funeral  services  were  held  in  Baltimore  and  his  remains  were  taken 
to  Elkton.  His  honorary  pall-bearers  were  United  States  Senators 
T.  S.  Cullen  and  Arthur  P.  Gorman,  Charles  N.  Gibson,  Hon.  William 
Pinkney  Whyte,  Mayor  F.  C.  Latrobe,  Judge  Pere  L.  Wickes,  Judge 
Albert  Ritchie,  Colonel  I.  E.  Jacobs,  A.  T.  Leftwich,  I.  Freeman 
Raisin,  Frederick  Shriver,  Charles  H.  Mackall,  William  J.  Montague, 
I.  Boykin  Lee  and  Edwin  Warfield,  now  Governor  of  Maryland. 

Governor  Groome's  widow  married  later  P.  F.  Young,  cousin 
of  Governor  Groome,  now  of  Philadelphia.     The  Governor's  sister 


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was  Mrs.  Maria  G.  Knight,  wife  of  Hon.  William  M.  Knight,  only  son 
of  William  and  Rebecca  (Ringold)  Knight. 

Hon.  William  Knight  was  in  the  Legislature  when  his  brother- 
in-law  was  a  member.  He  is  now  of  the  Baltimore  firm  of  Frame  & 
Knight,  Commission  Merchants. 

GOVERNOR  JOHN  LEE  CARROLL. 

Governor  John  Lee  Carroll,  of  "Doughoregan  Manor,"  the 
centennial  Governor  of  Maryland,  was  born  at  "Homewood,"  Balti- 
more County,  in  1830.  He  is  the  second  son  of  Colonel  Charles  and 
Mary  Digges  (Lee)  Carroll.  His  father  was  the  grandson  of  Charles 
Carroll,  of  "Carrollton,"  and  his  mother  was  the  granddaughter  of 
Governor  Thomas  Sim  Lee,  the  able  supporter  of  the  Revolution. 
"  Doughoregan  Manor"  was  inherited  by  Colonel  Charles  Carroll  when 
his  son,  John  Lee  Carroll,  was  only  three  years  old. 

At  ten  years  John  Lee  Carroll  began  his  course  at  Mt.  St.  Mary's 
School.  He  next  entered  Georgetown  College  and  afterwards  St. 
Mary's,  in  Baltimore.  His  law  course  was  taken  at  Harvard  Law 
School.  Entering  upon  practice  from  the  office  of  Brown  &  Brown, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1851.  Spending  a  year  in  traveling 
through  Europe,  he  was,  in  1855,  nominated  for  the  Legislature  of 
Maryland  in  opposition  to  the  popular  Know-Nothing  party  of  that 
j'-ear;  after  an  able  canvass  he  was  defeated.  In  the  fall  of  that 
year  he  removed  to  New  York.  There  he  met  and  married  Anita, 
daughter  of  Royal  Phelps,  of  the  extensive  importing  house  in  trade 
with  South  America. 

In  1861,  because  of  the  feeble  health  of  his  father,  Mr.  Carroll 
returned  to  "Doughoregan"  in  order  to  manage  his  father's  estate. 

In  1862,  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  he  became  his  executor. 
In  1866  he  purchased  his  brother's  interest  in  "Doughoregan"  and 
has  since  made  it  his  residence. 

Nominated  and  elected  to  the  Maryland  Senate  in  1867,  he  was 
returned  in  1872  and  in  1874  was  made  President  of  the  Senate. 
His  wife  died  that  year  and  he  returned  to  Europe  to  place  his  children 
at  school.  Returning  in  1875,  he  was  nominated  and  elected 
Governor  of  Maryland. 

In  the  succeeding  summer  Governor  Carroll  and  staff  were 
invited  to  represent  the  State  at  the  Centennial  Exposition  at  Phila- 
delphia. Accompanied  by  Brigadier-General  James  R.  Herbert,  the 
Governor  and  staff  became  the  central  figure  of  Maryland  Day;  when 
mounted  and  at  the  head  of  the  magnificent  body  of  the  Fifth  Mary- 
land Regiment  he  rode  before  the  assembled  masses  to  the  reception 
hall  of  the  exposition.  There  he  met  with  distinguished  honors, 
receiving  flattering  compliments  as  the  illustrious  descendant  of  an 
illustrious  patriot  who  risked  fortune  to  secure  the  benefits  now 
enjoyed  by  this  generation.  In  answer  to  these  addresses  and 
compliments  the  Governor  returned  a  dignified  and  graceful 
acknowledgement. 


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Two  years  subsequent  to  this  Governor  Carroll  married  Miss 
Mary  Carter  Thompson,  of  Staunton,  Virginia,  daughter  of  the  late 
Judge  Lucas  P.  Thompson. 

During  Governor  Carroll's  administration,  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railroad,  in  seeking  to  reduce  expenses,  brought  on  a  deter- 
mined strike  of  its  laborers,  which  culminated  in  a  riot  at  Cumberland. 
In  reply  to  the  authorities,  the  Governor  ordered  out  the  Fifth  and 
Sixth  Regiments  of  Militia.  At  Camden  Station  the  sympathizing 
mob  in  Baltimore  attacked  the  Sixth  Regiment  and  set  fire  to  the 
station.  The  Governor  promptly  called  for  United  States  troops, 
but  before  they  could  arrive  the  police  force  of  Baltimore,  aided  by 
the  militia,  had  quelled  the  riot.  For  their  successful  fight  against 
such  great  odds  Governor  Carroll  publicly  and  gracefully  acknowl- 
edged his  thanks,  complimenting  them  upon  their  splendid  work. 
That  celebrated  strike  gave  birth  to  the  Workingman's  Party,  which 
lived  for  a  while  and  died. 

Governor  Carroll  became  an  elector  during  the  Cleveland  cam- 
paign of  1882,  in  which  he  made  several  able  and  effectual  speeches 
in  his  interest.  He  has  been  urged  to  allow  his  name  to  be  used  for 
Congressional  honors,  but  refused.  Since  the  death  of  Mrs.  Carroll 
and  the  marriage  of  his  sons  and  daughters  he  has  spent  considerable 
time  in  traveling. 

For  several  years  Governor  Carroll  has  been  President  of  the 
National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

The  issue  of  Governor  Carroll  and  Anita  Phelps,  his  wife,  are 
Mary  Louisa — Comte  Jean  de  Kergoloy;  Amelia  Maria — Baron  Louis 
de  la  Grange;  Royal  Phelps — Maria  Langsdon,  of  New  York; 
Charles — Susanna  Bancroft;  Mary  Helen — Herbert  D.  Robbins,  of 
New  York;  Albert  Henry  and  Mary  Irene  Carroll  died  unmarried. 
Philip  Acosta  Carroll,  born  1879,  is  the  only  son  of  Governor  Carroll 
by  his  last  wife.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Elk  Ridge  Hunt  Club,  of 
Howard  County. 

"Doughoregan  Manor,"  under  the  care  of  Governor  Carroll, 
still  keeps  up  its  stately  and  retired  grandeur.  At  its  chapel  the 
neighboring  members  are  accustomed  to  worship.  Under  it  lies  the 
remains  of  its  builder,  Charles  Carroll,  of  "Carrollton." 

Governor  Carroll  still  takes  interest  in  puplic  affairs,  and  at  a 
recent  convention  of  his  party  in  Howard  made  a  forcible  speech  on 
the  proposed  amendment  to  the  State  Constitution. 

Howard  County  is  doubly  honored  in  having  its  handsome 
Ex-Governor  and  its  handsome  Governor,  both  bidding  fair  to  be 
still  more  useful  as  years  roll  on. 

GOVERNOR  WILLIAM  T,  HAMILTON. 

Governor  William  T.  Hamilton,  successor  to  Governor  Carroll, 
was  born  near  Hagerstown  September  8,  1820.  He  was  the  son  of 
Henry  Hamilton,  of  Boonesboro,  brother  of  Rev.  William  Hamilton, 
of  M.  E.  Church.    His  mother  was  Mary  M.  Hess. 

William  T.  Hamilton  was  educated  at  Hagerstown  Academy 
and  Jefferson   College,  Pennsylvania.     When   six  years  of  age  his 


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mother  died  and  two  years  later,  his  father  died.  He  was  brought 
up  by  his  maternal  uncle,  who  was  of  the  old  Jefferson  School  of 
Democracy,  Entering  the  law  office  of  Hon.  John  Thompson  Mason, 
in  1843,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1846  he  was  elected  to  the 
House  of  Delegates.  In  1847  he  was  defeated.  In  1848  he  was  upon 
the  Cass  Electoral  ticket  and  in  1849  was  elected  to  Congress.  He 
there  voted  and  spoke  in  favor  of  the  Clay  Compromise  Bill.  In 
1851  he  was  re-elected  to  Congress.  In  1853  he  received  his  largest 
majority  for  the  same  position.  He  supported  President  Pierce. 
Chosen  Chairman  of  the  Committee  upon  the  District  of  Columbia, 
he  voted  for  an  appropriation  to  bring  water  to  the  city  from  Great 
Falls.  In  1855  he  again  ran  for  Congress,  but  was  defeated  by  the 
Know-Nothings.  He  then  became  associated  with  Richard  H. 
Alvey,  later  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  In  1861,  Mr.  Hamilton 
was  m-ged  for  Governor,  but  declined.  In  1868  he  consented  to  be  a 
candidate  for  the  United  States  Senate,  succeeding  WilHam  Pinkney 
Whyte,  who  had  been  appointed  to  succeed  Reverdy  Johnson.  Mr. 
Hamilton  exerted  considerable  influence  in  the  Senate. 

In  1875,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term,  he  became  a  candidate 
for  Governor.  He  was  opposed  by  John  Lee  Carroll.  After  an 
exciting  contest,  during  which  Mr.  E.  B.  Prettyman,  a  Hamilton 
delegate  from  Montgomery  County,  spoke  all  night,  Hon.  John  Lee 
Carroll,  of  Howard  County,  was  nominated. 

In  1879  Mr.  Hamilton  had  practically  no  opposition  and  was 
elected  Governor  by  22,000  majority,  over  James  A.  Gary.  His 
inauguration  was  made  a  popular  demonstration.  Governor  Ham- 
ilton's message  ^was  a  vigorous  attack  upon  many  of  the  offices  of 
the  State.  He  opposed  the  Insurance  Department  and  the  State 
fishery  force  as  signal  failures.  The  land  office  had  survived  its  useful- 
ness. He  wished  to  abolish  it  and  place  the  records  under  the  control 
of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  The  expenditure  for  public  printing  was  too 
great;  the  Legislative  expenses  ought  to  be  reduced;  taxes  ought  to 
be  fairly  imposed  and  suggested  one  tax  collector  for  each  county. 

Governor  Hamilton  took  great  interest  in  developing  all  the 
agricultural  interests  of  the  State.  He  had  a  large  estate  near 
Hagerstown  and  resided  upon  the  beautiful  heights  of  Hagerstown. 

Governor  Hamilton  married  Clara,  daughter  of  Colonel  Richard 
Jenness,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  They  had  four  daughters 
and  two  sons.  Governor  Hamilton  died  in  Hagerstown,  1888,  and 
was  buried  at  Rose  Hill  Cemetery. 

^  GOVERNOR  ROBERT  M.  McLANE. 

Governor  Robert  M.  McLane,  forty-first  Governor  (1884-85) 
was  born  in  Wilmington,  Delaware,  1816.  He  was  the  son  of  Lewis 
and  Catharine  Mary  (Milligan)  McLane.  His  father  after  twenty 
years  of  distinguished  service  as  a  representative  in  Congress,  Senator, 
Minister  to  Great  Britain,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  and  Secretary 
of  State,  retired  in  1837  and  settled  in  Maryland  as  President  of  the 
Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad. 


294      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Colonel  Allan  McLane,  of  Delaware,  grandfather  of  Hon.  Robert 
M.  McLane,  was  an  officer  of  distinction  in  the  Revolution.  Catharine 
Mary  Milligan,  mother  of  Robert  M.  McLane,  was  a  woman  of  superior 
character  and  accomplishments,  eldest  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Sally  (Jones)  Milligan,  of  Cecil.  This  family  descended  from,  and 
was  connected  with,  the  Larkins,  Baldwins  and  Chases,  of  Anne 
Arundel  County. 

After  leaving  St.  Mary's  College,  Robert  M.  McLane  was  taken 
to  Paris  and  placed  in  school.  There  he  engaged  the  friendship  of 
General  LaFayette. 

In  1831  he  was  appointed  a  cadet  at  West  Point.  After  gradua- 
tion Mr.  McLane  was  in  Congress  in  1856  and  supported  the  Mexican 
War  policy. 

In  1856  he  was  a  member  of  the  National  Convention  which 
met  in  Cincinnati  and  nominated  James  Buchanan  for  President. 
In  1859  President  Buchanan  appointed  him  Minister  Plenipotentiary 
to  the  Republic  of  Mexico.  There  he  signed  the  treaty  between 
Mexico  and  the  United  States,  for  the  protection  of  the  lives  and 
property  of  our  citizens,  but  our  difficulties  at  home  convinced  him 
of  the  uselessness  of  it. 

In  1863  Mr.  McLane  was  counsel  for  the  Western  Pacific  Rail- 
road, in  San  Francisco  and  New  York,  during  which' time  he  visited 
Europe  often.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  St.  Louis  Convention  that 
nominated  Samuel  J.  Tilden.  In  1879  he  was  elected  State  Senator 
and  in  1878  was  elected  to  Congress.  There  he  became  an  able 
advocate  for  his  State  and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  exciting  debates. 
In  1884  he  was  elected  Governor  of  Maryland.  He  held  his  office 
only  one  year,  resigning  in  1885  to  accept  from  President  Cleveland 
the  charge  as  Minister  to  France. 

Governor  McLane  continued  to  reside  in  Paris,  returning  once 
a  year,  except  1887,  to  look  after  his  estate. 

He  died  in  Paris  in  1888,  nearly  eighty-eight  years  of  age.  His 
body  was  brought  over  and  his  funeral  was  held  from  Emanuel 
Church.    His  remains  were  interred  at  Greenmount. 

GOVERNOR  HENRY  LLOYD. 

Governor  Henry  Lloyd,  forty-second  Governor  of  Maryland 
(1885-87,)  was  born  near  Cambridge,  February  21,  1852.  His  father 
was  Daniel  Lloyd,  youngest  son  of  Governor  Edward  Lloyd  of  1809. 

Daniel  Lloyd  married  "Kitty,"  daughter  of  John  Campbell 
Henry,  and  granddaughter  of  Governor  John  Henry.  Henry  Lloyd 
was  educated  at  Cambridge  Academy  and  taught  school  whilst 
studying  law.  In  1881,  he  was  elected  State  Senator  from  Dorchester 
County  and  was  returned  in  1884,  when  he  was  chosen,  though  the 
youngest  member  of  the  Senate,  its  President.  In  the  following 
year,  upon  the  resignation  of  Governor  McLane,  who  had  accepted 
the  mission  to  France,  by  virtue  of  his  office  became  Governor  to  fill 
Governor  McLane's  unexpired  term.  At  the  next  election  he  was 
nominated  and  elected  Governor. 


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Governor  Lloyd  is  a  Mason,  having  served  as  master  four  times 
and  in  1885-86  was  Senior  Grand  Warden.  He  is  a  vestryman  of 
many  years'  service  in  Christ  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  Cam- 
bridge, Maryland.  In  July,  1892,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Frank  Brown  to  the  bench  as  associate  judge  of  the  First  Judicial 
Circuit  of  Maryland.  In  1893  he  was  nominated  and  elected  by  the 
people  to  that  office  for  a  full  term  of  fifteen  years  and  is  now  filling 
the  same.     He  is  also  president  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank. 

In  1886  he  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Staplefort,  daughter  of 
William  T.  and  Virginia  Staplefort,  descendants  of  old  and  prominent 
families  of  Dorchester  County,  Maryland. 

GOVERNOR  ELIHU  JACKSON. 

Governor  Elihu  Jackson,  forty-third  Governor  (1888-92),  was 
born  in  Somerset  County,  1836.  He  is  the  son  of  Hugh  and  Sally 
(McBride)  Jackson,  grandson  of  John  and  great-grandson  of  Elihu 
Emory  Jackson,  Judge  of  the  Orphans  Court  of  Somerset. 

Mr.  Jackson  began  life  as  a  merchant.  In  1863  he  removed  to 
Salisbury  and  with  his  father  and  brothers,  entered  into  his  present 
lumber  business.  It  was  soon  extended  to  branch  offices  in  Balti- 
more and  Washington.  Beside  large  lumber  interests  in  the  State, 
the  firm  owned  80,000  acres  of  timber  in  Alabama. 

Mr.  Jackson  was  in  the  Legislature  for  several  sessions,  including 
the  Senate. 

In  1887  he  was  elected  Governor  to  succeed  Governor  Henry 
Lloyd.  During  his  administration  the  compulsory  features  of 
tobacco  inspection  were  abolished. 

An  attempt  was  made  to  lease  the  canal  to  the  Western  Maryland 
Railroad.  In  1889  the  canal  was  completely  wrecked  by  freshets 
and  the  State  could  do  nothing  for  it.  Private  resources  having 
failed,  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  foreclosed  its  mortgage. 

Governor  Jackson  recommended  a  decrease  in  tobacco  ware- 
houses, as  the  production  of  tobacco  had  decreased. 

In  1890  the  Court  decreed  the  sale  of  the  canal. 

Governor  Jackson  is  president  of  the  Bank  of  Salisbury  and  of 
the  Seaford  National  Bank. 

He  married  Nannie,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  H.  Rider,  of 
Somerset.     He  has  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

The  people  of  his  district  seem  loath  to  let  the  Ex-Governor 
retire  to  the  enjoyment  of  a  well-deserved  peaceful  life.  His  name 
was  prominently  before  the  last  Legislature  for  the  Senate  of  the 
United  States.  His  opposing  candidates  were  Ex-Governor  John 
Walter  Smith,  Mr.  Rayner  and  Mr.  Carter.  The  withdrawal  of 
Governor  Jackson  resulted  in  the  election  of  Senator  Rayner.  The 
Governor  was  also  in  the  front  in  the  last  campaign. 


296      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

^  GOVERNOR  FRANK  BROWN. 

Governor  Frank  Brown,  forty-fourth  in  line (1892-96), is  the  son 
of  Stephen  Thomas  Cockey  Brown,  of  "  Brown's  Inheritance,"  Carroll 
County.  His  mother  was  Susan  Bennett.  He  descends  from  Abel 
Browne,  the  Scottish  immigrant  and  High  Sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel, 
elsewhere  noted. 

Beginning  his  business  career  in  Baltimore,  he  entered  the  firm 
of  R.  Sinclair  &  Company,  and  was  later  connected  with  the  State 
Warehouse.     In  1875  he  represented  Carroll  in  the  Legislature. 

During  the  campaign  of  1885  he  became  Treasurer  of  the  State 
Democratic  Central  Committee,  when  the  party  met  with  marked 
success.  As  a  State  representative  he  was  a  director  in  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad  Company.  He  was  Postmaster  of  Baltimore 
under  President  Cleveland.  In  1881  he  became  President  of  the  State 
Agricultural  Association,  in  which  he  displayed  much  energy  and 
made  a  success  in  its  State  Fairs. 

In  1891  he  was  the  choice  of  the  people  for  Governor  and  was 
nominated  and  elected  by  30,000  majority.  At  the  inauguration  of 
President  Cleveland,  Governor  Brown  and  staff  made  a  fine  display, 
but  the  inclement  weather  caused  him  a  serious  illness. 

There  were  three  exciting  events  in  his  administration :  the  veto 
of  the  Legislative  bill  for  taxing  mortgages;  his  action  in  commuting 
the  sentence  of  four  murderers  of  Dr.  Hill  in  Kent  County,  and  the 
miners'  strike  in  Allegany  County.  Opinions  were  divided  upon  his 
action  in  the  first  two,  but  all  united  in  praising  his  prompt  action 
in  ordering  the  militia  to  the  scene  of  conflict  in  Allegany.  He 
accompanied  the  troops  in  person  and  soon  restored  order. 

An  unusual  number  of  vacancies  occurred  during  his  adminis- 
tration in  the  different  judicial  districts  of  the  State,  all  of  which 
were  filled  by  him. 

In  the  succeeding  campaign  the  Democratic  candidate  for 
Governor  was  defeated  by  Hon.  Lloyd  Lowndes. 

At  the  close  of  his  term  he  was  elected  President  of  the  Baltimore 
Traction  Company,  in  which  office  the  business  was  largely  increased. 
This  position  he  resigned  several  years  ago. 

He  married  in  1879,  Mrs  Mary  (Ridgely)  Preston,  widow  of 
Horatio  Preston,  of  Boston,  and  daughter  of  David  Ridgely,  of 
Baltimore.  She  died  after  his  term  of  service  in  1895,  leaving  two 
children,  Frank  Snowden  and  Mary  Ridgely  Brown. 

Governor  Brown  bought  out  the  interests  of  his  cousin,  Mrs. 
Carroll,  in  the  Springfield  estate  of  Mr.  George  Patterson.  This,  in 
addition  to  his  father's  adjoining  property,  put  him  in  possession  of 
a  magnificent  body  of  land.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  this  estate 
when  elected  Governor.  The  Springfield  estate  had  long  been  noted 
for  its  excellent  stock,  and  Governor  Brown  not  only  continued  that 
reputation,  but  even  extended  it.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  he 
sold  the  Springfield  homestead  to  the  State  as  an  asylum  for  the 
insane. 


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Upon  a  portion  of  his  estate  in  Sykesville  he  has  erected  several 
houses  for  tenants. 

He  is  a  member  of  several  clubs  and  director  in  various  business 
enterprises.  Of  a  genial  temperament,  he  is  popular  in  many  circles. 
He  takes  considerable  interest  in  political  movements  and  was  active 
in  organizing  a  peoples'  movement,  which  resulted  in  the  election  of 
Mayor  Hayes.  Governor  Brown  has  devoted  much  time  in  traveling 
upon  the  Continent  of  Europe. 

^  ,     GOVERNOR  LLOYD  LOWNDES. 

Governor  Lloyd  Lowndes,  forty-fifth  Governor  (1896),  the  only 
Republican  Governor  since  1867,  was  born  in  Cumberland  in  1845. 
He  was  the  son  of  Lloyd  and  Maria  Elizabeth  (Moore)  Lowndes.  His 
grandfather  was  Commodore  Charles  Lowndes,  of  the  United  States 
Navy,  and  his  grandmother  was  Elizabeth  Lloyd,  daughter  of  United 
States  Senator  and  Governor  Edward  Lloyd.  Commodore  Lowndes 
was  born  at  "  Blenheim,"  upon  a  commanding  hill  of  Bladensburg,  a 
survey  of  Governor  Bladen.  This  estate  descended  to  Elizabeth 
Tasker,  wife  of  Christopher  Lowndes  and  mother  of  Commodore 
Lowndes. 

Though  Governor  Lowndes  was  the  first  of  his  family  name  in 
the  gubernatorial  chair,  he  was  closely  connected  with  six  preceding 
provincial  and  State  Governors,  viz.,  Samuel  Ogle,  Thomas  Bladen, 
Benjamin  Tasker,  Benjamin  Ogle,  Edward  Lloyd  and  Henry  Lloyd. 

Entering  Washington  College,  Pennsylvania,  and  graduating 
from  the  Law  School  of  Pennsylvania,  in  1872,  he  was  elected  a 
Representative  in  Congress  from  a  Democratic  district,  and,  though 
one  of  the  youngest  members,  was  put  upon  important  committees. 
His  vote  on  the  Civil  Rights  Bill  defeated  his  next  election. 

In  1879  he  was  a  delegate-at-large  to  the  Republican  National 
Convention  at  Chicago.  In  1895  he  was  elected  Governor,  upon  a 
canvass  of  reform. 

During  his  administration  four  important  enactments  were  put 
upon  the  statutes.  The  first  was  the  establishment  of  the  State 
Board  of  Immigration,  the  duty  of  which  is  to  advertise  the  advan- 
tages of  the  State  through  reference  maps,  statistics  from  each 
county,  all  gratuitously  furnished;  the  Superintendent  is  required 
to  visit  Europe  and  solicit  a  class  of  immigrants  best  suited  to  our 
requirements.  The  Board  is  also  empowered  to  make  special  terms 
with  railroads  and  steamship  lines  for  reduced  rates  of  transportation. 
As  an  aid  to  this  bureau,  a  State  Geological  and  Economic  Survey 
was  enacted.  This  bureau  was  placed  under  Professor  Clark,  of 
Johns  Hopkins  University.  Its  object  is  to  examine  geological 
formations  with  reference  to  economic  products,  viz.,  building  stones, 
clays  and  ores;  to  examine  and  classify  soils  and  show  their  adapt- 
ability to  various  crops;  to  examine  the  physical  features  bearing 
upon  the  occupation  of  the  people  of  the  State;  to  prepare  maps 
illustrative  of  our  resources,  and  to  make  special  reports  upon  all 
scientific  subjects  looking  to  the  development  of  the  State. 


298      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  third  enactment  was  the  establishment  of  Farmers'  Insti- 
tutes, wherein  object  lessons  of  scientific  knowledge  may  be  exhibited 
to  practical  farmers.  Men,  competent  to  instruct,  at  convenient 
places  are  required  to  meet  the  farmers  of  the  counties  and  answer 
all  questions  of  general  interest  The  board  is  a  part  of  the  work  of 
the  Agricultural  College,  forming  an  adjunct  to  the  Experiment 
Station.  Especial  attention  is  directed  to  the  study  of  exterminating 
all  enemies  to  farm  products;  to  teach  the  best  modes  of  feeding, 
fattening  and  marketing  all  farm  stock;  to  teach  the  best  modes  of 
fertilization  of  crops.  Governor  Lowndes  was  active  in  his  support 
of  all  these  measures. 

The  fourth  enactment  under  his  administration  was  the  Election 
Law,  based  upon  the  basis  of  the  Australian  ballot. 

Governor  Lowndes  was  a  formidable  candidate  for  the  L^nited 
States  Senate,  but  withdrew  early  in  the  contest  in  favor  of  Senator 
McComas.  He  received,  contrary  to  the  custom,  the  second  nomina- 
tion for  Governor,  but  was  defeated  by  Governor  John  Walter  Smith. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  Spanish  War  he  offered  the  First  and 
Fifth  Regiments  of  Militia  to  the  service  of  the  government;  they 
were  accepted  and  were  fully  equipped  by  the  State. 

During  his  term  the  Board  of  Public  Works  determined  to  sell 
the  State's  interest  in  both  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  and  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  and  put  the  proceeds  into  the  sinking 
fund  of  the  State,  which  was  greatly  increased  during  his  administra- 
tion. 

Governor  and  Mrs.  Lowndes  made  Annapolis  their  home  during 
his  entire  term.  They  entertained  extensively  and  their  official 
receptions  were  not  only  frequent  but  were  very  popular  in  Annapolis. 

Retiring  to  his  home  in  Cumberland  he  was  engaged  as  president 
of  the  Cumberland  National  Bank,  but  also  was  extensively  interested 
in  the  mining  industries  of  the  State. 

Governor  Lowndes  died  very  suddenly.  The  tributes  to  his 
memory  are  a  history  in  themselves  of  a  noble  life  nobly  appreciated. 

GOVERNOR  JOHN  WALTER  SMITH. 

The  home  of  Governor  John  Walter  Smith  is  Snow  Hill,  Wor- 
cester County,  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland.  Here  he  was 
born,  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  1845.  His  Christian  name  is  the 
same  as  his  father's.  His  mother's  name  was  Charlotte  (Whitting- 
ton)  Smith.  His  paternal  ancestors  were,  for  many  generations, 
among  the  most  prominent  people,  socially  and  financially,  on  the 
Eastern  Shore.  Through  intermarriage,  he  is  related  to  the  Sauls- 
burys,  of  Delaware,  who  have  for  so  many  years  dominated  ■  the 
politics  of  their  State.  His  father  was  a  prominent  merchant,  and 
removed  from  Snow  Hill  to  Baltimore,  there  largely  engaging  in 
mercantile  pursuits,  but  owing  to  reverses  brought  on  by  a  financial 
panic,  whereby  he  lost  large  sums  of  money  in  the  South,  he  returned 
to  Snow  Hill,  where  he  died  in  1850,  leaving  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
an  orphan,  with  but  small  means  available  for  his  education  and 


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support.  Governor  Smith's  grandfather  (William  Whittington)  was 
one  of  the  early  judges  of  the  Judicial  Circuit,  a  part  of  which  now 
constitutes  the  First  Judicial  Circuit  of  Maryland.  He  was  a  man  of 
wealth,  owning  a  large  quantity  of  real  estate  in  Worcester  County. 
He  was  an  able  lawyer  and  learned  judge. 

Governor  Smith  has  a  brother  living  in  Louisiana  and  a  widowed 
sister  residing  at  Snow  Hill.  His  family  consists  of  a  wife  and  a 
daughter,  the  latter  being  the  wife  of  Mr.  Arthur  D.  Foster,  a  rising 
young  lawyer  of  Baltimore.  Mrs.  Smith's  maiden  name  was  Mary 
Frances  Richardson.  She  is  a  sister  of  his  former  partner,  the  late 
George  S.  Richardson,  of  Snow  Hill.  She  was  educated  at  Oakland 
Female  Institute  at  Norristown,  Pennsylvania.  She  is  a  woman  of 
charming  personality  and  of  cultured  tastes.  Their  married  life  has 
been  a  most  happy  one,  marred  only  by  the  death  a  few  years  ago, 
of  their  eldest  daughter.  Miss  Charlotte  Whittington  Smith,  a  beauti- 
ful young  lady  just  blooming  into  womanhood,  with  a  host  of  friends 
and  greatly  admired  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her. 

Governor  Smith  was  educated  at  private  schools  and  at  Union 
Academy  at  Snow  Hill,  where  he  studied  the  classics,  the  usual 
English  branches,  excelling  especially  in  mathematics.  During  his 
minority  his  guardian  was  the  late  Senator  Ephraim  K.  Wilson.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  left  school  to  accept  a  position  with  the  large 
and  prosperous  mercantile  house  of  George  S.  Richardson  and  Brother 
with  whom  he  was  afterward  taken  in  as  a  partner.  That  house 
continued  to  the  present  day  and  is  now  composed  of  Ex-Governor 
Smith,  Senator  John  P.  Moore  and  Mr.  Marion  T.  Harges. 

In  1887  Governor  Smith  assisted  in  organizing  the  First  National 
Bank  in  Snow  Hill  and  has  large  interests  in  the  oyster  industry  in 
his  county.  He  is  one  of  the  largest  real  estate  owners  of  his  county 
and  has  large  timber  interests  in  North  Carolina.  He  is  president 
of  the  Equitable  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Snow  Hill,  a  corporation 
chartered  by  the  Legislature  of  1898  with  a  capital  of  $100,000  and 
doing  a  prosperous  business.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Surry 
Lumber  Company,  of  Surry  County,  Virginia,  and  of  the  Surry,  Sussex 
and  Southampton  Railroad  Company. 

As  a  result  of  his  energy,  activity  and  business  sagacity.  Gover- 
nor Smith  has  become  a  man  of  large  wealth.  He  was  strongly  urged 
by  his  political  friends  to  accept  some  political  office,  but  persistently 
refused  until  1889,  when,  at  the  solicitation  of  Senator  Wilson  in  1889, 
he  for  the  first  time  became  a  candidate  for  State  Senator,  was 
unanimously  nominated  and  elected  by  a  large  majority. 

In  the  contest  of  the  Legislature  of  1890  over  the  United  States 
Senatorship  he  was  the  acknowledged  leader  of  Senator  Wilson's 
forces,  and  his  efforts  were  crowned  with  victory.  At  that  session 
of  the  State  Senate  Governor  Smith  was  chairman  of  the  important 
Committee  on  Elections,  especially  important  at  that  session  because 
of  the  fact  that  the  new  Australian  election  bill,  which  excited  so 
much  discussion  in  the  General  Assembly  and  throughout  the  State, 
was  before  his  committee.     He  had  many  intricate  questions  to  deal 


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with.  The  bill  became  a  law  and  received  his  cordial  support.  He 
was  re-elected  to  the  Senate  in  1893;  at  the  session  of  1894  was  made 
President  of  that  body,  serving  as  such  with  distinction;  was 
re-elected  to  the  Senate  in  1897.  At  the  Legislative  session  of  1892  he 
was  a  candidate  to  succeed  Senator  Wilson,  who  had  died  in  office 
the  year  before.  Though  not  elected,  he  received  a  large  and  flatter- 
ing vote. 

In  1896,  when  the  Legislature  was  Republican,  he  was  the  caucus 
nominee  of  the  Democratic  party  for  the  same  position. 

He  introduced  in  the  session  of  1892  what  is  known  as  the 
"Smith  Free  School-Book  Bill."  Through  his  persistent  efforts  it 
was  pressed  every  session  thereafter;  it  finally  became  a  law  in  1896. 

Governor  Smith,  owing  to  the  pressure  of  his  business  affairs, 
refused  a  unanimous  tender  of  a  candidacy  for  Congress  by  the 
Democratic  Congressional  Convention  of  his  district  when  a  nomina- 
tion was  equivalent  to  an  election.  During  his  unexpired  term  in 
the  State  Senate,  in  1898,  his  friends  throughout  the  First  Congres- 
sional District,  which  at  the  previous  election  had  gone  Republican, 
urged  him  again  to  become  a  candidate  for  Congress.  After  an 
unanimous  nomination  and  a  hotly  contested  election,  he  was 
returned  to  Congress  by  a  large  majority. 

Following  a  warmly  contested  primary  election,  he  was  made 
the  choice  of  his  party  for  Governor  and  was  elected  by  more  than 
12,000  majority  over  Governor  Lowndes,  his  Republican  competitor. 

The  chief  event  of  Governor  John  Walter  Smith's  administra- 
tion was  his  successful  discovery  that  the  census  of  the  State  had 
been  made  a  fraudulent  one  and  his  determination  to  correct  it  by 
calling  an  extra  session  of  the  Legislature  to  enable  him  to  do  it. 
A  new  census  was  ordered  to  be  taken,  which  was  accordingly  done 
at  the  State's  expense,  but  it  clearly  demonstrated  that  the  Governor's 
information  was  correct,  and  instead  of  returning  additional  delegates 
to  the  Legislature  from  counties  that  were  Republican,  the  increase 
in  population  was  a  benefit  to  the  Democratic  counties.  The  other 
chief  act  of  the  extra  session  was  a  modification  of  the  election  law 
of  the  State  requiring  voters  to  be  able  to  read  and  understand  the 
ballots  cast.  Under  the  law  thus  passed  the  counties  heretofore 
classed  as  Republican  returned  Democratic  representatives  to  the 
succeeding  legislative  body,  thereby  electing,  by  a  unanimous 
Democratic  vote,  Ex-Senator  Arthur  Pue  Gorman  to  the  United 
States  Senate  for  the  fourth  time. 

Governor  Smith  was  succeeded  by  Governor  Edwin  Warfield. 

At  the  last  session  of  the  Legislature  Governor  Smith  was  a 
leading  candidate  for  the  Senate  of  United  States.  He  was  opposed 
by  Ex-Governor  Jackson,  Mr.  Isadore  Rayner  and  Mr.  Bernard 
Carter.  After  a  long  and  exciting  contest,  the  forces  of  Governor 
Jackson  threw  their  votes  to  Mr.  Rayner  and  elected  him. 


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GOVERNOR  EDWIN  WARFIELD,  OF  OAKDALE. 

Born  at  "Oakdale,"  May  7,  1848,  Edwin  Warfield  early  learned 
the  advantage  of  making  the  most  of  his  opportunity.  Entering 
upon  his  public  career  as  Register  of  Wills  of  Howard  County  in 
1874,  he  filled  the  office  with  such  fidelity  as  to  receive  the  unanimous 
nomination  in  1875  for  a  term  of  six  years  more. 

In  1881  he  was  elected  State  Senator  to  succeed  Senator  Gorman, 
who  had  gone  to  the  United  States  Senate. 

In  1886  Senator  Warfield  was  chosen  President  of  the  Senate. 
At  the  close  of  his  term,  as  a  testimonial  of  his  acceptable  record  of 
impartiality,  a  gold  watch  was  tendered  him. 

Senator  Warfield  went  from  the  Senate  to  accept  the  position 
of  Surveyor  of  the  Port  of  Baltimore,  under  President  Cleveland, 
which  position  he  filled  most  acceptably  until  1890, 

The  future  Governor  owned  and  edited  the  "  Ellicott  City 
Times"  from  1882  to  1886.  He  was  the  prime  mover  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Patapsco  National  Bank,  of  Elhcott  City,  being  a 
member  of  its  directorate  until  1890.  In  1887  he  purchased  the 
"Marjdand  Law"  Record,"  changing  its  name  to  the  "Daily  Record." 
This  paper  is  now  the  leading  journal  of  legal  and  real  estate  news 
in  the  State.     It  is  edited  and  managed  by  John  Warfield,  his  brother. 

Governor  Warfield's  most  important  and  successful  business 
achievement  was  the  conception  and  organization  of  the  Fidelity 
and  Deposit  Company  of  Maryland,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  South, 
and  now  the  largest  surety  company  in  the  world.  At  the  commence- 
ment of  business  in  1890  Mr.  Warfield  was  chosen  Second  Vice- 
President  and  General  Manager.  He  was  the  leading  spirit  in  the 
direction  of  the  affairs  of  the  company  and  soon  advanced  to  the 
position  of  First  Vice-President,  and  almost  immediately  thereto  to 
the  Presidency.  From  the  beginning,  Mr.  Warfield  was  indefati- 
gable in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  company.  He  had  absolute 
confidence  in  its  future  success  and  devoted  himself  to  its  building 
up  on  broad,  vigorous  and  yet  conservative  lines.  In  consequence 
the  company,  which  fifteen  years  ago  was  regarded  as  a  doubtful 
local  venture,  is  now  an  institution  of  national,  indeed  international, 
importance  in  the  financial  world,  continually  increasing  in  pros- 
perity and  strength. 

In  1899  Mr.  Warfield  was  a  candidate  for  the  Democratic 
nomination  for  Governor  of  Maryland,  and  submitted  his  candi- 
dacy to  the  people  of  Baltimore  City,  at  the  primary  election. 
He  received  a  very  large  popular  vote,  but  was  defeated  for  the 
nomination,  his  successful  competitor  being  John  Walter  Smith,  of 
Worcester  County.  He  again  became  a  candidate  in  1903  and  was 
chosen  unanimously  as  the  Democratic  candidate  by  the  State 
Convention  in  that  year,  and  was  elected  in  November,  1903,  by  a 
majority  of  more  than  13,000  votes,  and  inaugurated  as  Governor 
on  January  13,  1904. 

Governor  Warfield  has  given  most  painstaking  and  careful 
attention  to  the  duties  of  the  office.    No  detail  of  the  administrative 


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affairs  of  the  State  has  been  too  small  to  escape  his  notice  and 
constructive  ability,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  at  the  same  time 
he  continues  to  be  the  active  directing  executive  of  the  Fidelity  and 
Deposit  Company  of  Maryland  and  of  its  sister  institution,  in  which 
he  also  was  the  prime  mover  in  founding.  The  Fidelity  Trust  Com- 
pany. No  other  man  who  has  ever  filled  the  executive  chair  at 
Annapolis  has  been  more  conscientious  in  doing  what  he  believed 
to  be  his  duty.  He  is  consistently  endeavoring  to  enforce  all  that 
is  cleanest  and  best  in  public  affairs.  His  aim  has  been  to  maintain 
and  honor  the  best  traditions  of  the  State,  and  upon  every  occasion 
he  is  delighted  to  tell  the  glorious  story  of  his  native  Maryland. 
He  has  stood  for  a  clean,  economical  administration,  and  his  Message 
to  the  Legislature  upon  its  assembling  in  January,  1906,  made  him 
stronger  than  ever  in  the  affections  of  the  people,  who  believe  abso- 
lutely in  his  sincerity  and  honesty  of  purpose.  In  this  Message  he 
rebuked  in  the  strongest  terms  political  corruption,  lobbying  and 
"graft"  of  every  kind.  The  clean  methods  he  has  inaugurated,  the 
adoption  of  which  in  many  cases  he  has  compelled,  will  have  far- 
reaching  and  lasting  results. 

Governor  Warfield  has  stood  like  a  rock  for  what  he  believes 
to  be  right.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  his  party  organization 
unanimously  endorsed  an  amendment  to  the  State  Constitution, 
introduced  to  limit  the  suffrage  of  the  negro,  and  disregarding  the 
fact  that  he  himself  heartily  favored  the  elimination  of  the  ignorant, 
shiftless  negro  vote,  in  his  opinion  the  manner  in  which  it  was 
framed  and  presented  had  within  it  such  dangerous  possibilities  of 
corruption  and  fraud  that  he  declared  he  would  veto  the  measure 
if  presented  to  him  as  Governor  for  his  signature.  In  order  to 
avoid  this  the  Legislature,  after  its  adoption  by  both  Houses  of  the 
General  Assembly,  ignored  the  usual  custom  and  sent  the  bill 
direct  to  the  Court.  When  this  measure  came  up  for  adoption  or 
rejection  by  the  people  of  the  State,  Governor  Warfi eld's  attitude 
was  still  understood  by  the  people,  but  so  many  misrepresentations 
of  the  Governor's  position  were  made  by  designing  politicians  that 
his  Excellency  found  it  necessary  to  come  out  with  a  nevv^spaper 
interview  giving  in  strongest  and  clearest  possible  language  his 
reasons  for  the  belief  that  the  measure  was  inimicable  to  the  liber- 
ties of  the  people  generally.  The  Governor's  consistent  position 
and  this  interview,  published  on  the  eve  of  the  election,  were  undoubt- 
edly the  immediate  causes  of  the  ignominous  defeat  of  the  amend- 
ment by  the  people  by  a  majority  of  more  than  35,000  votes. 

In  his  inaugural  address  Governor  Warfield  declared  that  he 
would  under  no  circumstances  use  the  power  and  patronage  of  the 
great  office  of  Governor  of  Maryland  to  advance  his  own  political 
fortunes,  or  the  political  fortunes  of  any  other  man,  or  set  of  men. 
He  has  been  steadfast  in  his  adherence  to  this  declaration,  notwith- 
standing the  fact  that  within  sixty  days  after  his  inauguration 
the  tempting  offer  of  election  to  the  United  States  Senate  was  held 


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before  him  as  a  temptation,  provided  he  would  use  his  patronage  to 
that  end,  but  the  Governor  stood  steadfast  to  his  declaration  of  two 
years  ago. 

When  urged  during  the  organization  of  the  Legislature  to  indi- 
cate his  choice  for  president  and  speaker,  the  Governor  replied :  "  I 
am  not  making  officers  for  the  Legislature.  I  am  only  interested  in 
the  selection  of  such  as  will  best  serve  the  State." 

The  Press  throughout  the  State  was  almost  unanimous  in  sus- 
taining the  Governor's  practical  suggestions  and  criticisms  in  his 
last  message  to  the  Legislature.  The  Governor  is  justly  proud  of 
the  work  of  restoring  the  old  Senate  Chamber. 

By  the  aid  of  the  advisory  commission  appointed  by  him,  we  may 
again  view  the  scene  described  by  Phillips,  the  Englishman,  when 
he  said  of  Washington:  "But  his  last  glorious  act  crowns  his  career 
and  banishes  all  hesitation;  who,  like  Washington,  after  having 
emancipated  a  hemisphere,  resigned  its  crown  and  preferred  the 
retirement  of  domestic  life  to  the  adoration  of  a  land  he  might  almost 
be  said  to  have  created?"  When  we  look  upon  that  restored  chamber 
we  may  recall,  too,  the  august  presence  of  the  idolized  old  hero,  who 
gave  youth  and  fortmie  to  the  cause  of  our  Independence. 
La  Fayette,  the  friend  of  Washington,  turned  the  tide  toward 
Yorktown  and  freedom. 

Fifty  years  later  little  girls,  upon  carpeted  walks,  strewed 
flowers  before  his  triumphal  entrance  into  the  Senate  Chamber 
wherein  the  great  commander  had  laid  down  his  sceptre.  Hence- 
forth it  wdll  be  the  work  of  patriotic  women,  descendants  of  those 
little  girls,  to  strew  love  and  admiration  dov/n  the  corridors  of  all 
coming  ages. 

Governor  Warfield  has  well  said:  "This  room,  hallowed  by  so 
many  sacred  memories  and  historic  associations,  will,  I  am  sure, 
become  the  mecca  of  every  patriotic  person  in  the  State  of  Maryland, 
and  will,  each  year,  become  more  priceless  in  historic  associations. 

"It  will,  in  connection  with  the  two  adjoining  rooms,  be  kept 
fcr  historic  memorials." 

As  an  evidence  of  the  Governor's  pride  in  his  native  State,  I 
will  quote  his  speech  upon  Maryland  Day  at  the  St.  Louis  Exposition. 
Said  he: 
"Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

"The  three  greatest  epochs  in  American  history  have  been 
commemorated  by  expositions.  In  1876  the  end  of  the  first  century 
of  our  independence  was  celebrated  at  Philadelphia  in  a  manner 
that  profoundly  impressed  our  poeple  and  demonstrated  that  the 
United  States  possessed  the  spirit  and  the  resources  that  were  fast 
making  her  the  greatest  Government  on  the  globe. 

"  In  1892,  following  the  suggestion  first  made  by  the  Baltimore 
"Sun,"  the  four  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the  Western 
Hemisphere  by  Columbus  was  signalized  by  the  World's  Fair  at 
Chicago.  That  Fair  brought  the  whole  world  together  in  a  grand 
display  of  its  progress  to  commemorate  that  historic  event.     The 


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growth  of  the  North  American  Continent  during  those  four  centuries 
was  exhibited  there  in  a  marvelous  and  instructive  way. 

GREATEST    FAIR    OF   ALL. 

"This  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition,  the  greatest  of  them  all, 
emphasizes  what  has  been  accomplished  during  the  hundred  years 
that  have  elapsed  since  the  acquisition  of  this  vast  Western  domain 
by  Thomas  Jefferson  in  1803. 

"You,  Mr.  President  Francis,  and  your  associates  are  entitled 
to  the  applause  and  gratitude  of  our  people  for  this  wonderful  Expo- 
sition of  the  magic  growth  and  material  development  of  our  country, 
and  especially  of  what  the  Louisiana  territory  has  added  in  wealth 
to  the  United  States. 

"  Your  conception  and  execution  of  the  plans  for  this  Fair  have 
resulted  in  a  consummation  unequaled  in  the  annals  of  such  enter- 
prises. It  is  acknowledged  to  be  the  best  exhibition  of  the  world's 
development  that  has  ever  been  assembled.  AH  honor  and  glory 
to  you,  sir,  and  your  associates! 

Maryland's  tribute. 

"Maryland,  one  of  the  States  which  favored  the  Treaty  with 
France  ceding"^' Louisiana,  has  commanded  me  to  lay  her  tribute  at 
your  feet  and  join  with  you  to-day  in  praise  of  the  statesmen  whose 
wisdom  and  prompt  action  secured  this  splendid  domain  for  our 
common  country — Jefferson,  Monroe  and  Livingston. 

"  I  am  pleased  to  note  that  our  Commissioners,  headed  by 
General  Baughman,  have  co-operated  with  you  in  your  work,  and 
that  our  State  is  so  creditably  represented  here  under  their  direction. 

"It  is  not  my  purpose  to  dwell  upon  the  advantages  to  the 
people  of  such  Expositions.  The  lessons  taught  by  those  of  the 
past  have  satisfied  us  that  the  results  flowing  from  such  exhibitions 
of  our  material  growth,  and  of  our  wealth  and  resources,  are  of 
untold  benefit. 

"  On  your  opening  day  I  sent  you  greetings  from  our  people  and 
promised  that  in  due  course  of  time  Maryland  would  be  with  you  to 
add  her  voice  in  praise  of  the  statesmanship  which  gave  us  this 
Western  territory,  that  has  added  so  much  to  our  national  greatness 
and  glory.  For  that  purpose  we,  her  sons  and  daughters,  are  here 
to-day. 

A    DAY    OF    days    TO    MARYLAND. 

"  We  have  come  on  this  Twelfth  of  September,  because  it  is  one 
of  the  proudest  and  most  sacred  days  in  Maryland  annals.  It  is  the 
anniversary  of  the  battle  of  North  Point,  the  battle  that  tiu-ned  the 
tide  against  the  triumphant  British  Army,  saved  Baltimore  from 
destruction,  and  virtually  ended  the  War  of  1812.  It  is  known  and 
celebrated  by  us  as  'Old  Defenders'  Day,'  and  has  for  ninety  years 
been  annually  observed  in  honor  of  the  valor  of  our  citizen  soldiers. 


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"The  British  Army,  under  command  of  General  Ross,  having 
captured  and  sacked  Washington  City  and  laid  the  Capitol  in  ashes, 
sailed  up  the  Chesapeake  Bay  with  their  combined  military  and  naval 
forces  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  Baltimore. 

ROSS  killed;  British  repulsed. 

"Their  general,  Ross,  was  killed  by  sharpshooters,  and  our 
citizen  soldiers  met  the  British  and  repulsed  and  defeated  them. 

"  Following  up  the  attack,  the  British  vessels,  on  the  next  day, 
made  an  attempt  to  take  the  city  of  Baltimore  by  bombardment 
from  the  ships.  All  night  long  there  was  fierce  and  constant  can- 
nonading, to  which  the  defenders  in  Fort  McHenry  and  from  other 
temporary  forts  along  the  waterside  replied  with  spirit. 

WHERE    KEY   COMPOSED    NATIONAL   ANTHEM. 

"It  was  during  this  bombardment  that  Francis  Scott  Key,  a 
son  of  Maryland,  who  was  detained  on  the  flagship  of  Admiral 
Cochrane,  where  he  had  gone  under  a  flag  of  truce  to  procure  the 
release  of  a  friend,  composed  'The  Star-Spangled  Banner/  the  national 
anthem  of  our  country. 

"  All  during  the  dark  hours  of  that  night  he  waited  and  watched 
with  anxiety  the  outcome  of  the  battle.  At  one  time  his  heart  sank 
in  him,  as  it  seemed  that  Fort  McHenry  had  been  silenced. 

"We  can  appreciate  his  anxiety  because  he  realized  that,  if 
such  were  the  case,  the  fate  of  Baltimore  would  be  the  fate  of  the 
Nation's  Capital.  With  eagerness  he  watched  the  dawn  of  day,  that 
he  might  see  whether  the  flag  was  still  flying.  It  was  during  these 
trying  moments  that  he  wrote  the  immortal  verses  which  have  been 
so  touchingly  declaimed  here  to-day  by  one  of  our  fair  and  gifted 
daughters. 

SUCCESS    OF    THE    SONG    IMMEDIATE. 

"The  lines  were  written  in  pencil  on  the  back  of  an  envelope 
whilst  leaning  on  the  top  of  a  barrel  on  the  deck  of  the  British  ship. 
He  carried  them  with  him  to  the  city  when  he  was  released,  had 
them  adapted  to  a  tune  already  existing,  and  they  were  sung  to  the 
public  for  the  first  time  in  the  city  of  Baltimore.  The  success  of 
this  song,  written  under  such  stress  of  patriotism,  was  great.  The 
Star-Spangled  Banner'  has  taken  its  place  as  our  beloved  national 
anthem. 

"  A  noted  Maryland  orator,  referring  to  this  historical  incident, 
said: 

"  'The  Stars  and  Stripes  themselves  had  streamed  at  the  front  of 
two  wars  before  the  kindling  genius  of  a  Maryland  man,  exercised  in 
the  white  heat  of  battle,  translated  the  dumb  symbol  of  national 
sentiment  into  a  living  voice,  and  made  it  the  sublime  and  harmonious 
interpreter  of  a  nation's  progress  and  power.' 


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Maryland's  service  to  the  nation. 

"  The  people  of  the  United  States  owe  to  the  State  of  Maryland 
a  great  debt  for  the  part  she  played  in  establishing  our  independence 
and  the  formation  of  the  Union. 

"  It  was  her  bold,  determined  and  unswerving  stand  against  the 
ratification  of  the  Articles  of  Confederation  that  resulted  in  the 
cession  to  the  United  States  of  what  was  then  known  as  the  North- 
west territory. 

"  Many  of  the  original  colonies  which  had  received  charters  from 
the  Crown  believed  that  there  were  no  set  boundaries  at  the  West, 
and  that  their  grants  extended  to  the  'Western  waters.'  New  York, 
Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  Virginia  were  foremost  in  making 
such  claims.  Virginia,  whose  charter  antedated  all  others,  had  the 
best  title  to  the  lands  in  dispute.  Hence,  she  w^as  the  most  tenacious 
in  her  claims. 

"The  other  States  naturally  felt  that,  as  these  larger  States 
grew  and  waxed  powerful,  they  might  tyrannize  over  their  smaller 
neighbors. 

this  state  arose  to  the  occasion. 

"  Of  all  these  protesting  States,  it  was  Maryland  alone  that  rose 
to  the  occasion  and  suggested  an  idea,  which  at  first  seemed  start- 
ling, but  which  became  a  fixed  fact,  from  which  mighty  and  unforseen 
consequences  afterward  flowed. 

"The  Articles  of  Confederation  were  about  to  be  presented  to 
the  respective  States  for  ratification  when  the  question  naturally 
arose  as  to  how  the  conflicting  claims  to  these  Western  lands  should 
be  settled. 

"  A  Marylander,  Daniel  Carroll,  offered  in  Congress  a  resolution 
that 

"  The  United  States,  in  Congress  assembled,  should  have  the  sole 
and  exclusive  right  and  power  to  ascertain  and  fix  the  Western 
boundary  of  such  States  as  claimed  to  the  Mississippi,  and  lay  out 
the  land  so  ascertained  into  separate  and  independent  States  from 
time  to  time  as  the  number  and  circumstances  of  the  people  may 
require. 

"  To  carry  out  this  motion  it  was  necessary  for  the  States  claim- 
ing this  Western  territory  to  surrender  their  claims  into  the  hands  of 
the  United  States,  and  thus  create  a  domain  which  should  be  owned 
by  the  Confederation  in  common. 

BOLD    STEP,    but    SUCCESSFUL. 

"This  was  a  bold  step  taken  by  Maryland,  and  was  considered 
to  smack  somewhat  of  centralization  of  power.  Maryland  was  the 
only  State  that  voted  for  it.  She  stood  firm,  pursued  her  purpose 
resolutely,  and  was  rewarded  with  complete  success. 

"New  York,  Virginia,  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  finally 
ceded  their  title  to  these  lands,  and  Maryland  ratified  the  Confedera- 


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tion,  having  first  secured  as  the  common  property  of  the  United 
States  all  of  the  immense  territory  which  has  since  been  parceled 
out  and  established  by  Congress  into  the  free  and  fertile  States  of 
Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Michigan  and  Wisconsin. 

"Thus,  the  Confederation  was  perfected,  the  Union  preserved, 
and  this  great  territory  was  saved  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  united 
people. 

LAID    CORNER-STONE    OF    UNION. 

"Maryland,  by  taking  the  stand  she  did  and  leading  the  way  in 
this  fight,  laid  the  corner-stone  of  our  Federal  Union. 

"  The  rising  tide  of  immigration  poured  into  this  Western  country, 
creating  a  sturdy  and  determined  citizenship  there,  so  that,  when 
Spain  claimed  the  exclusive  right  to  navigate  the  Mississippi  River 
and  decided  to  abrogate  the  privilege  that  had  been  enjoyed  by  these 
settlers  to  deposit  their  products  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi 
River  for  exportation,  the  cry  of  hot  protest  came  from  these  fearless 
pioneers  of  the  West  notifying  the  politicians  of  the  New  World  that 
these  freemen  of  the  frontiers  of  the  nation  would  not  tolerate  the 
abridgment  of  their  rights  and  would  insist  upon  the  free  navigation 
of  the  Mississippi  River  and  their  right  to  send  their  products 
through  it  to  the  ocean. 

WORK    OF   JEFFERSON   AND    MONROE. 

"It  was  this  vigorous  protest  of  these  new  sons  of  the  West, 
demanding  prompt  action  by  the  Administration  at  Washington, 
that  aroused  President  Jefferson  and  caused  him  to  take  steps  looking 
to  the  acquisition  of  New  Orleans  and  securing  from  France  the 
right  of  deposit  and  free,  uninterrupted  navigation  of  the  Mississippi 
River. 

"  He  at  once  sent  James  Monroe  to  Paris  to  negotiate — not  the 
purchase  of  the  entire  Louisiana  Territory,  but  simply  to  acquire 
New  Orleans  and  the  Floridas  east  of  the  Mississippi  River — and, 
failing  in  that,  then  to  secure  the  right  to  our  citizens  to  own  property 
in  New  Orleans  and  to  deposit  their  products  for  export. 

"When  Mr.  Monroe  reached  Paris  he  found  that  our  resident 
Minister,  Mr.  Livingston,  had  been  in  negotiation  with  the  French 
Government  for  the  purchase  of  New  Orleans  and  the  Floridas.  He 
also  found  that  Napoleon,  then  the  First  Consul,  had  declared  his 
purpose  of  selling  the  whole  of  Louisiana  to  the  United  States, 
because  of  the  fear  that  England  would  seize  that  territory  as  her 
first  act  of  war.  In  an  interview  with  Marbois,  one  of  his  Ministers, 
upon  the  subject.  Napoleon  said: 

" '  Irresolution  and  deliberation  are  no  longer  in  season.  I 
renounce  Louisiana.  It  is  not  only  New  Orleans  that  I  cede — it  is 
the  whole  colony,  without  reserve.  I  know  the  price  of  what  I 
abandon.  I  have  proved  the  importance  I  attach  to  this  province, 
since  my  first  diplomatic  act  with  Spain  had  the  object  of  recovering 
it.     I  renounce  it  with  the  greatest  regret;    to  attempt  obstinately 


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to  retain  it  would  be  folly.    I  direct  you  to  negotiate  the  affair,  and 
have  an  interview  this  very  day  with  Mr.  Livingston.' 

"  I  will  not  weary  you  with  the  details  of  the  negotiations  result- 
ing in  the  purchase  of  the  whole  of  Louisiana.  The  price  paid  was 
$15,000,000,  and  France  ceded  this  immense  territory  to  the  United 
States  on  April  30,  1803. 

STATES    CARVED    OUT    OF   WILDERNESS. 

"What  a  progressive,  prosperous  group  of  States  and  Terri- 
tories has  been  carved  out  of  this  land — Arkansas,  Iowa,  Missouri, 
Nebraska,  North  and  South  Dakota,  parts  of  Kansas,  Colorado,  Mon- 
tana, Minnesota,  Wyoming  and  Louisiana,  all  of  the  Indian  Territory 
and  part  of  Oklahoma!  Its  area  is  more  than  seven  times  that  of 
Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  It  is  larger  than  Great  Britain,  Germany, 
France,  Spain,  Portugal  and  Italy  combined,  and  is  only  one-fourth 
less  than  the  area  of  the  thirteen  original  States. 

"Two  of  these  States,  Colorado  and  Montana,  produced  in  one 
year  $89,938,708.95  in  gold,  silver,  copper  and  lead — over  five  times 
the  purchase  price  paid  by  the  United  States. 

"The  annual  agricultm-al  products  reach  a  total  of  billions  in 
this  territory,  and  its  present  population  is  over  13,500,000. 

THE    STORY   OF   MARYLAND. 

"We  Marylanders  are  proud  of  the  history  of  our  State,  and 
venerate  the  deeds  of  our  forefathers.  Therefore,  I  ask  your  indul- 
gence whilst  I  briefly  tell  you  the  story  of  Maryland.  She  stands 
as  the  seventh  in  the  original  galaxy  of  thirteen  States,  because  she 
was  the  seventh  to  adopt  the  Constitution  forming  the  permanent 
Union.  The  very  foundation  of  the  colony  of  Maryland  was  of 
national  importance,  because  the  principal  of  religious  toleration 
was  introduced  by  the  founder.  From  the  time  of  the  landing  at 
St.  Mary's  until  to-day,  liberty  of  conscience  has  been  the  funda- 
mental right  of  every  person  in  Maryland. 

TRUE    HISTORY   OF   ACT   OF   TOLERATION. 

"Much  has  been  written  upon  the  subject  of  the  Act  of  Tolera- 
tion of  1649.  The  true  history  may  be  briefly  stated.  Cecilius 
Calvert,  being  vested  with  extraordinary  power  over  a  great  terri- 
tory, determined  to  foimd  there  a  free  English  State,  where  all  the 
rights  and  liberties  of  every  English  freeman  would  be  protected. 
To  do  this  he  divested  himself  and  his  heirs  of  the  princely  preroga- 
tives granted  to  him  by  his  charter.  He  caused  to  be  drafted  at  home, 
and  then  adopted  by  the  freemen  of  Maryland,  codes  of  laws  which 
transferred  English  institutions  to  Maryland.  By  orders,  proclama- 
tions and  conditions  of  plantation  he  strengthened  and  fortified  these 
institutions  thus  transplanted.  Believing  that  Magna  Charta  and 
the  right  of  petition  guaranteed  every  Englishman  the  right  to 


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liberty  of  person  and  security  of  property,  he  was  wise  enough  to 
see  and  brave  enough  to  declare  that  these  rights  were  worthless 
without  liberty  of  conscience. 

"  He,  therefore,  adopted  and  declared  that  to  be  the  principle  on 
which  the  foundations  of  Maryland  should  be  laid.  From  the  first, 
he  intended  to  secure  all  those  rights,  privileges  and  franchises,  not 
alone  to  Roman  Catholics,  nor  yet  alone  to  Englishmen,  but  to  all 
Christian  people  of  all  the  nations  of  the  world. 

"  In  doing  this  he  was  supported  by  the  whole  social  influence  of 
the  Roman  Catholics  of  England  and  by  the  power  of  the  Society 
of  Jesus. 

SAFETY   and    SHELTER    FOR   ALL. 

"  Under  this  institution  the  Puritans  settled  at  Providence,  the 
Quakers  at  West  River  and  the  Presbyterians  on  the  Patuxent.  It 
gave  shelter  to  the  Huguenots  after  the  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew, 
and  to  Roman  Catholics  from  the  murders  and  burnings  of  San 
Domingo. 

"  Notwithstanding  its  repeated  external  overthrow  by  force  or 
faction,  it  has  always  been  imbedded  in  the  life  of  the  people.  In  the 
wars,  insurrections,  revolutions,  rebellions  and  civil  broils  which 
swept  the  province  in  its  earlier  days,  neither  life,  liberty  nor  property 
has  ever  been  sacrificed  in  the  fury  of  religious  fanaticism.  Blood 
has  been  shed  in  the  struggles  of  factions,  but  no  man  has  ever  been 
put  to  death  on  account  of  his  religion  in  Maryland. 

struggled  for  freemen's  rights. 

"The  growth  of  popular  government  was  early  manifested  in 
Colonial  Maryland.  In  the  very  first  Assembly,  in  1635,  every 
freeman  was  entitled  to  a  seat  and  voice  in  the  proceedings.  The 
second  Assembly  was  held  in  1637,  and  the  freemen  rejected  the  code 
of  laws  offered  by  Lord  Baltimore,  although  liberal  and  just,  claiming 
the  right  to  originate  legislation  for  themselves.  Thus  began  the 
fight  in  Maryland  for  the  rights  of  freemen. 

"  In  1739  the  Assembly  successfully  opposed  taxes  being  imposed 
without  its  consent,  and  this  fight  went  on  until  1765,  when  the 
attempt  to  place  taxes  by  Parliament  and  the  tea  tax  of  1767  so 
aroused  the  people  that  the  protest  was  universal  throughout  the 
colony. 

"Meetings  were  held  all  over  the  State  to  protest  against  the 
closing  of  the  port  of  Boston,  and  provisions  were  sent  to  aid  the 
almost  starving  people  of  that  city,  thus  showing  the  earnest  sym- 
pathy of  the  people  of  Maryland  in  their  fight  for  the  great  principle 
of  'No  taxation  without  representation.' 

burning    of   the    PEGGY   STEWART. 

"In  all  of  the  movements  that  led  up  to  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  the  Revolutionary  War  Maryland  stood  in  the 
forefront.  The  first  overt  act  of  her  people  against  the  authority  of 


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the  King  of  England  was  on  October  19,  1774,  when  her  fearless 
patriots  compelled  Anthony  Stewart  to  burn  his  brig,  the  Peggy 
Stewart,  with  her  cargo  of  tea,  in  the  harbor  of  Annapolis.  This 
was  done  in  broad  daylight,  by  men  undisguised,  whose  motto  was 
'Liberty,  or  death  in  the  pursuit  of  it.' 

"  Thomas  Johnson,  of  Maryland,  nominated  George  Washington 
in  the  Continental  Congress  to  be  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  American 
Army. 

"  The  Maryland  Riflemen,  under  Michael  Cresap,  were  the  first 
organized  troops  to  respond  to  the  call  of  liberty.  They  fought  side 
by  side  with  the  Puritans  of  Massachusetts  at  Concord  and  Lexington. 

Maryland's  "four  hundred." 

"  It  was  Maryland's  '  Four  Hundred,'  under  the  intrepid  Gist, 
who,  after  six  successive  bayonet  charges,  saved  Washington's  army 
at  Long  Island,  in  August,  1776.  The  greatest  crisis  in  that  battle 
was  the  superb  action  of  these  immortal  Marylanders.  They  held 
the  British  Army  of  4,000  in  check  until  the  Americans  moved  across 
to  the  Jersey  shore.  Two  hundred  and  sixty-seven  of  their  number 
were  killed  or  wounded. 

"Their  bravery  and  heroism  caused  General  Washington  to 
exclaim,  '  Great  God !  what  brave  men  I  must  this  day  lose. ' 

covered  Washington's  retreat. 

"The  'Maryland  line,'  under  command  of  Colonel  Smallwood, 
composed  Washington's  rear  guard  in  his  masterly  retreat  through 
New  Jersey. 

"Maryland  soldiers  participated  in  every  hard-fought  battle  of 
the  Revolution,  from  Long  Island  to  Yorktown,  and  were  especially 
distinguished  for  bravery  at  Camden,  Eutaw  Springs,  Guilford 
Courthouse,  Hobkirk's  Hill  and  Cowpens.  They  were  the  '  old  guard ' 
of  the  Continental  forces, '  the  bayonets  of  the  Revolution.' 

colonel  tilghman's  famous  ride. 

"It  was  a  son  of  Maryland,  Colonel  Tench  Tilghman,  Washing- 
ton's aide,  who  rode  from  Yorktown  to  Philadelphia,  carrying  the 
news  of  Cornwallis'  surrender  to  the  Continental  Congress.  He 
crossed  the  Chesapeake  Bay  to  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland  in 
an  open  boat,  where,  procuring  a  horse,  he  started  on  his  way, 
riding  in  the  dim  watches  of  the  night.  When  his  horse  gave  out  he 
would  ride  up  to  a  house  and  call  out,  'A  horse  for  the  Congress, 
Cornwallis  is  taken!'  There  was  a  flash  of  light,  a  patter  of  glad  feet, 
a  welcome  and  a  godspeed.  Thi^  was  repeated  time  and  again,  until, 
finally,  thundering  into  Philadelphia  at  midnight.  Independence 
bell  was  rung,  Congress  convened,  and  the  watchman  on  his  rounds 
proclaimed,  'Twelve  o'clock;   all's  well  and  Cornwallis  is  taken.' 

"Maryland  has  taken  a  foremost  place  in  our  wars  since  the 
Revolution,  and  in  every  movement  for  the  advancement  of  liberty, 
the  welfare  of  the  people,  and  the  maintenance  of  the  peace,  prestige 
and  dignity  of  the  Government. 


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HER    contribution   TO    WAR    OF    1812. 

"She  contributed  more  money  and  men  for  the  War  of  1812 
than  any  other  State.  The  annals  of  that  war  show  that  of  the  240 
naval  officers  who  served  on  our  ships,  Maryland  furnished  forty-six, 
nearly  one-fifth,  and  more  than  any  other  State;  all  of  the  New 
England  States  together  sending  only  forty-two,  and  New  York 
but  seventeen.  And  in  the  number  of  privateers  sent  out- to  prey 
upon  British  commerce,  Baltimore  headed  the  list  of  cities. 

"  Her  quota  of  volunteers  for  the  Mexican  War  was  promptly 
recruited.  They  were  a  brave  band  of  soldiers,  and  won  glory  for 
their  State.  When  General  Taylor  called  for  'a  little  more  grape, 
Captain  Bragg,'  it  was  Ringgold's  Flying  Artillery  (from  Maryland) 
that  furnished  the  grape. 

SENTIMENT    DIVIDED    IN    1861. 

"  In  1860  Maryland's  electoral  vote  was  cast  for  Bell  and  Everett, 
showing  that  a  majority  of  her  people  were  for  the  Constitution  and 
the  Union.  Although  a  majority  of  her  most  substantial  citizens 
sympathized  with  the  cause  of  the  South,  she  refused  to  secede  from 
the  Union.  Her  sons  were  divided  in  the  contest.  Those  who  wore 
the  gray  believed  that  the  South  was  right,  and,  so  believing,  fought 
bravely,  and  endured  suffering  and  privations  for  the  faith  that  was 
in  them  and  the  cause  they  espoused.  So  with  those  who  volunteered 
to  sustain  the  Union.  Maryland  honors  the  valor  of  all  of  her  sons, 
those  who  wore  the  gray  as  well  as  those  who  wore  the  blue. 

"  In  evidence  of  this  spirit  she  has  erected  a  monument  upon 
the  battlefield  of  Antietam  to  commemorate  their  devotion  to  duty. 
On  the  tablets  are  inscribed  the  names  of  the  commands.  Union  and 
Confederate,  and  the  battles  in  which  they  participated. 

"This  monument  was  presented  to  the  National  Cemetery 
Commission  by  the  State  of  Maryland  in  the  presence  of  old  soldiers 
of  both  armies,  and  was  accepted  by  our  martyred  President,  William 
McKinley,  who  did  more  than  an}^  other  pubhc  man  to  obliterate 
the  animosities  of  the  war  and  reunite  our  people. 

DID    NOT    HANG    BACK    IN    1898. 

"Maryland's  quota  of  volunteers  for  the  Spanish  War  was 
quickly  furnished.  Her  National  Guard  responded  enthusiastically, 
each  regiment  clamoring  to  be  sent  to  the  front. 

"Maryland  took  the  initiative  in  many  important  matters  of 
legislation.  She  passed  the  first  law  to  naturalize  a  foreign-born 
citizen.  She  was  the  first  State  to  recognize  by  law  the  possibility 
of  steam  navigation.  She  did  this  by  granting  to  James  Rumsey  the 
exclusive  right  of  steam  navigation  in  the  waters  of  the  State.  She 
was  the  first  State,  after  Virginia,  to  embody  in  her  form  of  govern- 
ment the  famous  Bill  of  Rights  formulated  by  George  Mason. 


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historical  events  upon  her  soil. 

"Many  interesting  historical  events  have  taken  place  upon  her 
soil.  It  was  in  the  Senate  Chamber,  in  the  old  Capitol  now  standing 
at  Annapolis,  that  Washington  resigned  his  commission  as  Commander 
in  Chief  of  the  army  and  returned  it  to  Congress  and  retired  to 
private  life — the  sublimest  act  of  his  sublime  life. 

"  It  was  in  that  hallowed  chamber  that  the  treaty  of  peace  with 
England,  which  ended  the  war,  was  ratified  by  Congress. 

"It  was  in  that  same  historic  chamber  that  the  initial  conven- 
tion was  held  to  promote  the  organization  of  a  more  permanent 
Government.  It  suggested  the  calling  of  a  convention  to  formulate 
a  Constitution  and  found  the  Union. 

CRADLE    OF    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    IN   AMERICA. 

"Maryland  was  the  cradle  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
America.  The  first  regularly  constituted  church  of  that  denomina- 
tion in  the  United  States  was  erected  at  Rehoboth,  Somerset  County, 
now  Wicomico  County,  with  Rev.  Francis  Makemie  as  its  first 
minister.  Maryland  was  the  only  colony  where  the  Presbyterians 
could  get  toleration. 

"It  was  in  Maryland  that  the  first  bishop  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  consecrated  in  America,  resided — Right  Reverend  Thomas 
John  Claggett,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Maryland,  who  performed 
an  important  part  in  laying  the  foundations  of  this  great  and  historic 
Church. 

"  It  was  in  Maryland  that  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
America  was  established,  and  the  first  house  of  worship  built  by 
that  now  powerful  Christian  denomination  that  has  done  so  much 
for  the  upbuilding  of  both  civilization  and  religion  in  this  as  well  as 
in  other  countries. 

OLDEST   ROMAN    CATHOLIC    DIOCESE. 

"In  Maryland  is  the  oldest  Roman  Catholic  diocese  in  the 
United  States — the  Archdiocese  of  Baltimore. 

"The  first  Archbishop  of  that  Church  in  this  country  was  a 
Marylander,  and  it  is  fitting  that  the  name  of  Archbishop  Carroll 
should  be  linked  in  State  pride  with  that  of  his  kinsman,  Charles 
Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  the  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

"  Maryland  to-day  is  the  head  of  the  Roman  Catholic  hierarchy. 
Representing  that  Church  we  have  in  Baltimore  its  only  Cardinal  in 
the  United  States — Cardinal  Gibbons,  that  man  of  simple  and  pure 
fife,  true  Americanism  and  high  patriotism. 

"  Thus,  it  will  be  seen  that  upon  Maryland's  soil  was  first  estab- 
lished in  the  United  States  these  four  great  Christian  Churches,  that 
have  been  such  potential  forces  in  shaping  the  destiny  and  greatness 
of  our  nation. 

"Not  only  has  Maryland  been  the  scene  of  historical  events, 
but  many  of  the  important  industrial,  inventive  and  scientific 
conceptions  have  been  born  within  her  borders. 


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first  steamboat  floated  in  her  waters. 

"  It  was  in  Maryland  waters  that  the  first  steamboat  was  floated. 
It  was  invented  by  a  Marylander,  James  Rumsey,  twenty-five 
years  before  Fulton  launched  the  Claremont.  General  Washington, 
who  witnessed  the  trial  on  the  Potomac,  gave  a  certificate  of  the 
success  of  the  experiment. 

FIRST   RAILROAD    IN   AMERICA. 

"It  was  in  Maryland  that  the  first  steam  railroad  in  America 
was  built  and  the  first  electric  railway  in  the  world  was  operated. 
It  was  in  Maryland  that  the  first  iron  plates  for  ship-building  were 
made.  It  was  in  Maryland  that  the  first  telegraph  line  in  the  world 
was  constructed,  and  the  first  water  company  and  the  first  gas  com- 
pany were  organized.  It  was  a  Marylander,  Obed  Hussey,  who  in- 
invented  the  first  sickle-knife  for  reapers,  and  the  first  perfect  and 
successful  self-raking  reaper  was  invented  by  Owen  Dorsey,  of 
Howard  County,  Maryland. 

"The  heraldic  device  of  the  Great  Seal  of  Maryland  discloses 
the  fact  that  the  supporters  of  the  shield  are  a  farmer  and  a  fisher- 
man. In  the  days  of  the  Province  these  two  avocations  were  the 
only  ones,  and  to-day  they  form  the  most  important  factors  in  the 
prosperity  of  the  State. 

AS   AN   agricultural   STATE. 

"The  agricultural  products  of  the  State  amount  to  $43,823,419 
annually.  No  more  favored  land  for  agricultural  purposes  can  be 
found  in  the  United  States.  While  corn,  wheat  and  tobacco  are  the 
staples,  yet  every  product  of  the  temperate  zone  can  be  produced 
within  her  borders  in  the  greatest  abundance. 

"Frederick  County,  the  home  of  General  Baughman,  ranks  as 
the  third  agricultural  county  in  productiveness  in  the  United  States. 

"Of  Maryland's  total  area  of  12,210  square  miles,  2,350  are 
covered  by  the  waters  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay  and  its  tributaries, 
which  teem  with  terrapin,  oysters,  crabs  and  fish  in  almost  endless 
variety,  while  to  the  swamps  and  the  marshes  annually  come  thous- 
ands of  ducks,  geese  and  other  wild  fowl.  The  value  of  the  annual 
yield  from  the  products  of  these  waters  is  over  $10,000,000. 

NOT    BACKWARD    IN    MANUFACTURES. 

"Maryland  is  also  taking  her  place  in  the  front  rank  of  manu- 
facturing States.  Her  output  of  manufactured  goods  last  year 
amounted  to  $242,752,990.  By  reason  of  her  proximity  to  the 
stores  of  raw  material,  to  the  great  coal  fields  and  her  splendid  water 
power,  with  unequaled  water  courses  and  great  railroad  connections, 
there  is  every  inducement  for  the  establishment  of  manufactories. 

"The  mineral  resources  of  Maryland  are  extensive,  and  but 
partly  developed.  Iron  ore  is  abundant  and  of  good  quality.  Lime- 
stone and  marble  of  good  quality,  and  granite  unequaled,  are  pro- 


314       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

fusely  distributed  throughout  the  State.  Her  coal  mines  are  practi- 
cally inexhaustible,  and  yield  more  than  $5,000,000  annually.  Her 
deposits  of  clay  and  kaolin  furnish  material  for  brick  and  pottery. 

HEALTHY    CLIMATE,    HOSPITABLE    PEOPLE. 

"  Her  climate  is  salubrious  and  healthy.  Her  hills  and  dales  are 
pleasing  and  attractive  to  the  eye.  Her  people  are  hospitable  and 
cultured.  Her  public  schools  rank  with  those  of  any  State  in  the 
Union.  Her  taxation — for  State,  county  and  municipal  purposes — 
is  moderate.  Her  churches  are  numerous,  and  her  people  are  moral 
and  law-abiding. 

"  In  fact,  Maryland  can  boast  of  a  citizenship,  of  a  culture,  of 
everything  that  promotes  happiness  and  contentment.  In  the  words 
of  her  distinguished  poet,  Randall,  the  author  of  'Maryland,  My 
Maryland,'  "There  is  faith  in  her  stream;  there  is  strength  in  her 
hills;  there  is  life  in  the  old  land  yet.' 

BALTIMORE   A    CITY    OF    FAIR    WOMEN. 

"  I  cannot  close  without  referring  to  our  metropolis,  Baltimore, 
our  beautiful  city,  famed  for  her  fair  daughters,  her  monuments,  her 
beautiful  parks,  her  churches,  her  colleges  of  medicine  and  law;  her 
great  Johns  Hopkins  University,  which  has  in  a  quarter  of  a  century 
won  a  position  in  the  front  rank  of  the  universities  of  the  world;  of 
her  hospitals — unsurpassed  in  their  equipment  for  ministering  to 
suffering  humanity;  of  her  libraries;  her  old  Historical  Society,  filled 
with  the  data  that  tells  the  brilliant  story  of  our  Commonwealth, 
and,  above  all,  of  her  progressive,  wide-awake  and  up-to-date 
merchants. 

"  Our  city  ranks  next  to  St.  Louis  in  population,  but  she  stands 
upon  an  equal  footing  with  her  in  all  of  the  characteristics  that  go  to 
make  up  an  enterprising  community.  Baltimore  sends  greetings  to 
St.  Louis  and  hopes  that  this  Exposition  will  prove  advantageous  to 
her,  and  be  an  inspiration  that  will  yield  fruit  in  the  future. 

pluck   and    ENERGY    AFTER   THE    FIRE. 

"A  great  fire  swept  away  the  very  heart  of  our  cit}^  on  the  7th 
of  February,  1904,  destroying  property  valued  at  S75,000,000.  Our 
people,  with  a  courage  and  grit  unsurpassed,  turned  at  once  to  the 
task  of  restoration  and  worked  with  a  vim,  so  that  to-day  the  work 
of  reconstruction  is  so  well  under  way  that  within  a  year  a  new, 
substantial  and  beautiful  city  will  have  been  built  upon  her  ruins, 
thus  demonstrating  that  our  people  are  of  that  type  that  knows  no 
failure  or  discouragement,  and  who  can  meet  with  stout  hearts  any 
emergency. 

"  Without  aid,  but  with  warm  sympathy  from  every  quarter,  our 
merchants  have  rehabilitated  themselves,  taken  care  of  their  cus- 
tomers, and  pushed  forward  Baltimore's  fame. 


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PRIDE    OF    MARYLANDERS    IN    MARYLAND. 

"These  facts  about  Maryland  justify  the  love  that  every  Mary- 
lander  bears  for  his  native  State.  He  can  point  with  pride  to  her 
record  of  patriotism,  to  her  contribution  to  the  progressive  work  of 
the  world,  to  her  statesmen,  her  soldiers,  her  sailors.  Her  sons  and 
their  descendants  have  furnished  much  of  the  brain  and  brawn 
which  have  contributed  to  '  The  Winning  of  the  West.' 

"  Missouri  is  a  large  debtor  to  Maryland.  Many  of  her  sturdy, 
enterprising,  wide-awake  business  men  are  of  Maryland  stock  or 
natives  of  our  State.  We  are  proud  of  such  sons.  They  reflect 
credit  upon  their  Maryland  ancestry." 

Personally,  Governor  Warfield  is  a  man  of  great  magnetism 
and  strength  of  character. 

Feeling  that  the  people  were  the  source  of  all  political  power 
and  advancement,  he  went  to  them,  and  it  was  only  after  the  people 
had  indicated  their  choice  that  the  organization  leaders  yielded  and 
followed  after. 

Perhaps  the  most  popular  speech  ever  made  by  the  Governor 
was  that  spoken  in  Middletown  Valley,  before  an  immense  concourse 
of  admiring  farmers,  their  wives  and  their  children.  In  that  happy 
line  of  thought  which  comes  from  the  heart,  the  Governor  spoke  of 
true  home  life.  He  spoke  knowingly,  for  it  is  his  greatest  delight  to 
be  at  home  directing  and  admiring  and  resting  when  official  cares  are 
removed  and  all  nature  offers  him  a  home  of  rest. 

Concerning  that  Middletown  speech,  the  Baltimore  "Sun,"  in  an 
editorial,  thus  endorsed  the  Governor: 

"  In  his  own  well-regulated  and  happy  home  life,  based  on  order, 
peace,  contentment,  the  Governor  of  Maryland  is  deservedly  entitled 
to  be  rated  as  the  first  citizen  of  the  State.  As  the  Governor,  he^ 
in  fact,  occupies  such  relation.  As  the  head  of  a  family  governed 
by  such  principles  as  he  has  enunciated,  he  is  worthy  of  follow- 
ing, for  he  is  a  man  of  plain,  orderly  living,  active  and  industrious  in 
his  personal  business,  solicitous  for  the  welfare  of  his  fellow-citizens 
in  the  education  of  their  children  and  in  the  regulation  of  their 
home  life,  and  is  inspired  by  high  ideals  for  others,  as  well  as  himself. 
He  cannot  fail  to  hold  a  firm  place  in  the  hearts  and  homes  of  his 
countrymen." 

In  1886  Mr.  Warfield  married  Emma,  daughter  of  the  late  J. 
Courtney  Nicodemus,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Baltimore,  originally 
of  the  Cumberland  Valley  family,  who  were  descendants  of  noted 
Indian  fighters,  and  who  were  revolutionary  soldiers  and  patriots. 

Governor  and  Mrs.  Warfield  have  four  children.  Their  only 
son,  Edwin  Warfield,  Jr.,  is  a  student  of  St.  John's  College.  Their 
daughters,  Carrie  and  Louise,  are  still  at  school  upon  the  Hudson. 
Miss  Emma,  the  youngest,  is  at  home  and  governs  the  Governor. 


DISTINGUISHED  MEN  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL. 


Distingttished  Marylanders  "Who  Claim  St.  John's  College   as   Their 

Alma  Mater. 


Daniel  Clarke,  Associate  Judge  First  District;  John  Done,  Judge 
of  General  Court,  Judge  of  Fourth  District  and  the  Court  of  Appeals; 
Clement  Dorsey,  Judge  of  First  District;  Benjamin  Ogle,  Governor; 
Ninian  Pinkney,  Clerk  of  Executive  Council,  Class  1793.  Richard 
Harwood,  Adjutant-General;  Jolm  Carlisle  Herbert,  Member  of 
Congress  and  Speaker  of  House  of  Delegates;  Alexander  Contee 
Magruder,  Judge  of  Court  of  Appeals,  Reporter  of  the  Decisions  of 
the  same  Court;  John  Seney  and  John  C.  Weems,  Members  of  Con- 
gress, class  1794.  Robert  H.  Goldsborough,  United  States  Senator; 
Francis  Scott  Key,  author  of  "Star  Spangled  Banner;"  John  Ridgely, 
Siu-geon  United  States  Navy;  Washington  Van  Bibber,  Member  of 
Congress,  Class  1796.  John  Leeds  Kerr,  United  States  Senator; 
John  Taylor  Lomax,  Judge  of  Court  of  Appeals,  Virginia,  Class  1797. 
Alexander  Hammett,  Consul  at  Naples;  Thomas  U.  P.  Charlton, 
Chancellor  of  South  Carolina;  William  Rodgers,  United  States  Navy; 
TobiasWatkins,  Auditor  United  States  Treasury  and  Assistant  Surgeon 
United  States  Army;  John  Wilmot,  Adjutant-General  of  Maryland, 
Class  1798.  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Attorney-General  of  Maryland  and 
Chief  Judge  of  Court  of  Appeals;  Dennis  Claude,  M.  D.,  Treasurer  of 
Maryland;  George  Washington  Park  Curtis,  Class  1799.  Nicholas 
Harwood,  M.  D.,  Surgeon  United  States  Navy;  George  Mann, 
Lieutenant  United  States  Navy;  James  Thomas,  Governor  of  Mary- 
land, Class  1800.  James  Murray,  Examiner-General;  Charles  W. 
Hanson,  Judge  of  Sixth  District;  Alexander  Contee  Hanson,  Editor 
of  "Federahst"  and  United  States  Senator;  David  Hoffman,  Professor 
of  Laws,  University  of  Maryland;  Charles  Sterrett  Ridgely,  Speaker 
of  House  of  Delegates,  Class  1802.  John  Contee,  Lieutenant  United 
States  Marine  Corps;  William  Grason,  Governor  of  Maryland; 
Christopher  Hughes,  Charge  to  Sweden ;  Thomas  Williamson,  Surgeon 
United  States  Navy,  Class  1804.  George  Mackubin,  Treasurer  of 
Maryland;  John  Wesley  Peaco,  Surgeon  United  States  Navy  and 
Governor  of  Liberia;  Daniel  Randall,  Deputy  Paymaster-General 
United  States  Army;  Hyde  Ray,  Surgeon  United  States  Navy;  John 
R.  Shaw,  Purser  United  States  Navy;  Seth  Switzer,  Consul  to 
Guayquil;  William  T.  Wooten,  Secretary  of  State,  Class  1806. 
Thomas  Randall,  Judge  of  District  Court  of  Florida;  John  Ridout, 
Visitor  and  Governor;  John  Gwinn,  Captain  United  States  Navy; 
William  Latimer,  Admiral  United  States  Navy;  Wilham  H.  Marriott, 
Collector  of  Port  of  Baltimore,  Class  1810.  Nicholas  Brewer,  Judge  of 
Circuit  Court,  Anne  Arundel;  William  Caton,  Sm-geon  United  States 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       317 

Nav}';  Reverdy  Johnson,  United  States  Senator,  Attorney-General, 
Minister  to  England;  David  Ridgely,  State  Librarian,  Author  of 
"  Annals  of  Annapolis;"  William  Greenberry  Ridgely,  Chief  Clerk  in 
Navy  Department  at  Washington;  John  Nelson  Watldns,  Adjutant- 
General  of' Maryland,  Class  1811.  Thomas  S.  Alexander,  L.  L.  D., 
United  States  Navy ;  John  Johnson,  Chancellor  of  Maryland;  Landon 
Mercer,  Lieutenant  United  States  Navy;  John  Denny,  Surgeon 
United  States  Navy;  Richard  Randall,  M.  D.,  United  States  Army; 
Governor  Francis  Thomas,  Member  Congress;  Ramsey  Waters, 
Register  in  Chancery;  John  B.  Wells,  Surgeon  in  United  States  Army; 
George  Wells,  President  Maryland  Senate,  Classes  1811  and  1821. 
Alexander  Randall,  Member  of  Congress  and  Attorney-General  of 
Maryland,  Class  1822.  Nicholas  Brewer  (of  John),  Adjutant-General 
of  Maryland;  Burton  Randall,  Surgeon  United  States  Army;  John 
Henry  Alexander,  L.  L.  D.;  William  Harwood,  State  Librarian, 
Professor  at  Naval  Academy,  School  Examiner  of  Anne  Arundel; 
William  Pinkney,  Bishop  of  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Mary- 
land; WilliajnMH,JI\ic^^  of  Court  of  Appeals;  John  Bowie, 
Lieutenant  United  States  Navy,  Class  1827.  John  Randall  Hagner, 
Paymaster  United  States  Navy;  Thomas  Kavney,  Professor  of  Ethics 
and  Librarian  United  States  Naval  Academy;  Ninian  Pinkney, 
Medical  Director  United  States  Navy;  Augustus  Bowie,  Surgeon 
United  States  Navy;  Sprigg  Harwood,  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court;  John 
H.  T.  Magruder,  State  Librarian;  Richard  Swann,  State  Librarian, 
Class  1830.  Rev.  Orlando  Hutton;  John  Green  Proud,  poet  before 
the  Alumni;  F.  W.  Green,  Member  of  Congress;  Peter  V.  Hagner, 
United  States  Army,  Class  1834.  Abram  Claude,  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry, St.  John's  College,  Mayor  of  Annapolis,  Class  1835.  William 
R.  Hay  ward.  Commissioner  of  Land  Office;  Rev.  Samuel  Ridout, 
Class  of  1836.  William  Tell  Claude;  Henry  H.  Goldsborough,  Presi- 
dent of  State  Convention  of  1864,  Comptroller,  Judge  of  Eleventh 
District;  William  H.  Thompson,  Professor  of  St.  John's;  Marcus 
Duvall,  Medical  Director  United  States  Navy;  Frederick  Stone, 
Judge  of  Court  of  Appeals;  Luther  Giddings,  Major  United  States 
Army;  Richard  Grason,  Judge  of  Court  of  Appeals;  Llewellyn  Boyle, 
State  Librarian ;  John  Thomas  Hall,  Lieutenant  United  States  Army ; 
James  Kemp  Harwood,  Purser  United  States  Navy;  John  Scheff 
Stockett,  State  Reporter  Court  of  Appeals;  Nicholas  Brewer,  State 
Reporter  Court  of  Appeals;  Richard  M.  Chase,  Secretary  Naval 
-Academy;  James  Munroe,  Mayor  of  Annapohs,  Class  1846.  James 
Shaw  Franklin,  Clerk  of  Court  of  Appeals;  John  Mullan,  Captain 
United  States  Army;  Charles  S.  Winder,  Captain  United  States  Army 
and  Brigadier-General  of  Confederate  Army;  James  Rev  ell,  State's"" 
Attorney;  Thomas  J.  Nelson,  Paymaster  United  States  Army; 
Charles  Brewer,  Surgeon  United  States  and  Confederate  States 
Armies;  William  Sprigg  Hall,  Judge  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of 
Minnesota;^  DanielR^  "Magruder,  Judge  of  Court  of  Appeals;  John 
H.  Sellman,  Paymaster  United  States  Navy  and  Collector  of  Revenue; 
Andrew  G.  Chapman,  Member  of  Congress;  John  W.  Brewer,  Assist- 


318       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

ant  Surgeon  United  States  Army;  William.  Hirsey  Hopkins,  Vice- 
President  of  St.  John's  and  President  of  Female  College  of  Baltimore; 
Samuel  McCullough,  Lieutenant  Confederate  States  Army. 

Some  Prominent  Men  Who  Have  Gone  out  of  Anne  Artindel  and 
Others  Who  Still  Live  There. 

BRASHEARS. 

The  popular  Representative  of  Anne  Arundel  in  the  Legislature 
of  1902,  who  refused  to  be  Speaker  when  he  might  have  secured  that 
honor,  comes  from  the  Huguenot  Benjamin  Brasseurs,  Commissioner 
of  Calvert  County,  in  1660.  Our  Archives  contain  an  interesting 
record  of  his  naturalization.     It  reads: 

"Cecilius  Calvert — Whereas,  Benjamin  Brasseurs,  late  of  Vir- 
ginia, have  sought  leave  to  inhabit  as  a  free  Denizen,  to  purchase 
lands,  I  do  hereby  De  Clare  that  said  Bendjs.  Brasseur,  his  wife  and 
children,  to  be  full  Denizens  of  this  our  Province  and  that  he  be  held, 
treated,  reputed  and  esteemed  as  one  of  the  faythfull  people." 

The  Brasseurs  homestead  upon  the  Patuxent  shows  its  antiquity 
in  the  ancient  graveyard.     It  is  known  as  "  Brashears  Purchase." 

Mr.  Brashears,  attorney-at-law  at  Annapolis,  married  a  daughter 
of  Joshua  Browne,  former  President  of  the  Annapolis  and  Elk  Ridge 
Railroad. 

^  HOPKINS. 

There  seems  to  have  been  four  distinct  Hopkins  families  in  Anne 
Arundel  and  Montgomery  Counties.  The  first  is  that  of  William 
Hopkins,  of  "Hopkins'  Plantation,"  Greenberry  Point.  He  came 
lip  with  the  Virginians  to  the  Severn  in  1649,  but  left  no  descendants 
of  his  name. 

Gerard  Hopkins  was  here  as  early  as  1658.  His  will  of  1691 
names  his  children  Gerard,  Anne,  Thompsin  and  Mary.  Thompsin 
was  the  first  wife  of  Captain  John  Welsh,  of  South  River.  The  second 
Gerard  married  Margaret  Johns,  and  their  issue  were  Joseph,  Gerard, 
Phihp,  Samuel,  Richard,  William  and  Johns  Hopkins,  all  born 
between  1706  and  1720.  The  founder  of  Johns  Hopkins  University 
was  a  descendant  of  this  family. 

In  1742  Matthew  Hopkins,  of  County  of  Ayr,  Scotland,  came  to 
Rock  Creek,  now  Montgomery  County.  His  widow,  Mary,  became 
Mrs.  Henry  Thralkeld.     No  issue  of  his  name  is  known. 

John  Hopkins,  said  to  have  come  from  Scotland,  was  also  located 
upon  the  Maryland  side  of  the  Potomac,  about  1775.  He  married 
Eleanor  Wallace,  daughter  of  James  Wallace,  of  Montgomery  County. 
They  left  Herbert  Hopkins,  William,  Richard,  Alexander,  James  and 
John  Hopkins.  The  affable  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Comptroller's  office, 
Mr.  Harry  Hopkins,  comes  from  Talbot  County. 


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PROFESSOR  ROBINSON. 

The  most  popular  agriculturist  of  the  North  Severn  section  of 
Anne  Arundel  is  Professor  Robinson,  of  the  Horticultural  Depart- 
ment of  the  Agricultural  College.  He  has  long  been  a  Granger  and 
lectured  throughout  the  State  during  the  life  of  that  order. 

Professor  Robinson's  family  have  long  been  located  upon  the 
Broad  Neck  of  the  Severn.  The  family  came  from  the  Eastern  Shore. 
His  grandfather  was  a  privateer  in  the  War  of  1812.  Professor 
Robinson  is  a  connection  of  Judge  Robinson,  of  the  Eastern  Shore. 

DR.   JOSEPH  MUSE  WORTHINGTON. 

Dr.  Joseph  Muse  Worthington,  son  of  Professor  Nicholas  Brice 
and  Sophia  Kerr  (Muse}_Worthm^toni  of  Annapolis,  is  a  grandson  A 
of  Brice  John  and  i2iaTitzhuglL_{L.ee)7 Worthington,  and  a  great-    *w2r 
grandson  of  Major  NichofasWorthington,  First  Major  of  the  Severn     ^^^ 
Mihtia     Battalion,     commanded     by     Colonel     John     Hall.       Dr.i^/v 
Worthington's  uncle,  Brice  John  Worthington,  was  a  lay  reader  at     f 
Crownsville  Church  for  a  number  of  years.     He  married  Matilda  Pue, 
daughter  of  Henry,  of  Howard  County. 

Dr.  Worthington  has  corresponded  extensively  in  tracing  the 
genealogy  of  the  Worthingtons  of  Maryland,  and  is  thoroughly 
posted  on  all  the  facts  that  can  be  secured  in  this  country.  He  also 
found  traces  of  a  William  Worthington  who  came  to  the  Severn  with 
Richard  Moss,  but  left  no  records  here. 

Beale  Worthington,  of  Anne  Arundel,  is  the  son  of  Thomas 
Beale  and  Margaret  Sellman  Worthington,  grandson  of  Richard  and 
Eleanor  Watkins  Sellman,  and  great-grandson  of  Jonathan  and  Anne 
Eliza  Howard  Sellman.  He  is  also  grandson  of  Dr.  Beale  Worthing- 
ton and  great-grandson  of  Brice  Thomas  Beale  Worthington,  member 
of  the  Maryland  Convention. 

RICHARD   PARRAN    SELLMAN. 

Richard  Parran  Sellman,  of  Anne  Arundel,  is  a  son  of  Alfred 
and  Ann  Parran  Sellman,  grandson  of  Jonathan  and  Ann  Elizabeth 
Howard  Sellman. 

Major  Jonathan  Sellman  was  Second  Lieutenant  of  Captain 
Henry  Ridgely's  company.  In  1777  he  was  commissioned  Captain 
of  First  Maryland  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  O.  Holland 
Williams,  and  he  became  a  member  of  the  Cincinnati. 

GEORGE  H.  SHAFER. 

George  H.  Shafer,  late  of  the  Land  Office,  Annapohs,  who 
was  thirty-eight  years  in  its  service,  was  the  son  of  George  and  Mar- 
tha Bond  Van  Swearingen  Shafer,  grandson  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
B.  Van  Swearingen,  great-grandson  of  Charles  and  Susanna  Stull 
Van  Swearingen.  Charles  was  Second  Major  of  the  Maryland  Militia 
under  Samuel  Beall. 


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THE  SWEARINGEN  FAMILY. 

Feudal  tenants  under  the  lords  of  Dillingen,  Garrett  Van  Swear- 
ingen,  a  descendant  of  the  old  Bavarian  family,  was  born  in  Holland, 
1636,  died  1712;  married  Barbara  De  Barrette,  of  Norman-French 
lineage,  in  1660.  By  her  he  had  Thomas,  born  1665.  He  married 
Jane.  Their  son  Van,  born  1695,  died  1785;  married  Elizabeth 
Walker,  of  Patuxent,  Maryland.  Their  son  Charles — Susannah 
Stull.  Their  son  John — Elizabeth  Bond,  third  daughter  of  John 
Van  Swearingen,  born  1805,  died  1887,  married  George  Shafer — issue 
Elizabeth  Susan  Shafer — Rev.  John  Beck, 

Arms  of  Bond:  First  and  fourth  sable,  a  fesse,  or.  Second  and 
third  quarters,  argent,  on  a  chevron  sable  three  bezants. 

Crest :  A  demi-pegasus  azure,  winged  and  semi  of  estailes.  The 
colors  shown  in  the  sketch. 

•-  JUDGE  NICHOLAS  BREWER. 

Judge  Nicholas  Brewer,  of  the  Second  District  of  Maryland, 
came  down  through  a  line  of  sturdy  men  commencing  with  John 
Brewer,  a  Justice  of  Calvert  County.  "Brewerton"  and  "Larkin- 
ton,"  near  London  Town,  were  the  early  surveys  of  his  son,  John 
Brewer,  son-in-law  of  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely.  Dying  early.  Colonel 
Henry  Ridgely  became  the  executor  for  his  two  sons,  John  and 
Joseph  and  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  named  for  her  grandmother,  a 
Pierpoint.  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely  made  these  grandsons  his  heirs. 
John  Brewer,  third  in  line,  through  his  wife,  Dinah  Battee,  left  four 
sons  and  four  daughters. 

John,  the  elder,  married  Eleanor  Maccubin,  in  1727;  five  sons 
and  four  daughters  were  their  issue.  The  j'^oungest,  Rachel,  became 
the  wife  of  the  artist,  Charles  Wilson  Peale,  father  of  Rembrandt 
Peale,  of  Philadelphia;  Joseph,  her  brother,  through  his  wife,  Mary 
Stockett,  left  Joseph,  with  others,  who  married  a  relative,  Eleanor 
Brewer,  daughter  of  John  and  Eleanor  Maccubin.  Their  son, 
Nicholas  Brewer,  married  Fanny  Davis,  daughter  of  the  Revolution- 
ary Robert  Paine  Davis.  Their  daughter,  Mary  Jane  Brewer,  married 
Richard  Ridgely,  Judge  of  the  Orphans  Court  and  Register  of 
Chancery.  He  was  the  son  of  Absalom  Ridgely,  the  merchant,  by 
Anne  Robinson,  and  grandson  of  Henry  Ridgely  and  Catharine  Lusby 
— coming  down  from  Charles  and  Eliza  Ridgely  (of  Colonel  Henry). 

Of  this  line  of  Absalom  Ridgely  was  Dr.  John  Ridgely  of  the 
Tripolitan  war,  and  David  Ridgely,  the  merchant,  the  State  Librarian, 
and  Ridgely,  the  historian,  herein  often  quoted.  Another  descendant 
is  our  honored  historian,  Elihu  S.  Riley. 

The  obituary  notice  of  Nicholas  Brewer,  father  of  Judge  Nicholas 
Brewer, in  1839,  written  by  the  editor  of  the  "Maryland Gazette, "pays 
this  tribute:  "Thus,  in  his  sixty-eighth  year,  closes  another  of  the 
most  active,  firm,  steady  and  undeviating  politicians  of  the  State  or 
age.  A  man  who,  as  an  opponent,  was  always  a  man,  open,  undis- 
guised, straightforward  and  high-minded.     As  a  friend,  no  man  was 


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ever  more  ardent,  whole-hearted  and  sincere.  For  many  years  he 
represented  this  city  in  the  House  of  Delegates.  He  seldom  spoke, 
but  never  failed  to  command  attention  when  he  did  speak.  He  was 
twice  an  Elector  of  the  Senate.  As  a  next-door  neighbor  and  most 
intimate  friend,  as  an  associate  for  the  third  of  a  century,  in  peace 
and  in  war,  in  sickness  and  in  health,  I  can  testify  that  Nicholas 
Brewer  was  a  man  of  inflexible  integrity." 

Colonel  Nicholas  Brewer,  born  at  Marley  in  1789,  known  as 
"the  mill-boy  of  Marley,"  removed  to  Baltimore  in  1815.  He  was 
the  son  of  Captain  Nicholas  and  Julia  Brewer.  Their  ancestors  came 
to  Massachusetts  with  the  Puritans  in  1644;  went  to  Virginia  with 
the  one  hundred  invited  northern  Puritans.  Four  years  later  they 
were  driven  out  of  Virginia  and  came  to  South  River.  The  pioneer 
was  John  Brewer.  Captain  Nicholas  Brewer  was  with  Smallwood 
in  the  Revolution.  He  was  an  extensive  planter.  His  wife  was  the 
daughter  of  Colonel  Psalter,  of  Braddock's  army. 

Colonel  Nicholas  Brewer  was  a  member  of  the  "Old  Defenders" 
of  Baltimore  in  1840. 

Hon.  Nicholas  Brewer,  Judge  of  the  Second  District,  was  born 
1795.  Graduating  at  St.  John's  College,  he  studied  law.  His  wife 
was  Catharine  Musser  Mediary,  a  descendant  of  John  Bauer,  who 
lived  in  and  took  the  name  of  the  Isle  of  Madeira. 

Judge  Brewer  had  ten  children.  Of  his  legal  record,  Hon. 
Reverdy  Johnson  has  said:  "As  an  equity  pleader  he  had  few  super- 
iors. As  a  judge  he  possessed  the  entire  confidence  of  the  legal 
fraternity.     His  influence  was  great  and  his  decisions  just." 

CHIEF  JUSTICE  ROGER  BROOKE  TANEY. 

In  front  of  the  State  House  at  Annapolis,  upon  a  pedestal  far 
below  the  height  of  his  fame,  sits  the  heroic  form  of  a  Marylander 
whose  name  is  world-wide.  Born  only  a  few  miles  south  of  the  Anne 
Arundel  line,  upon  Battle  Creek,  he  goes  back  through  Roger 
Brooke  to  the  first  commander  'of  the  Patuxent,  Robert  Brooke,  of 
"Brooke  Place."  Roger 'Brooke  Taney  belongs  to  the  history  of 
a  stormy  period.  From  a  little  leather-covered  pocket  book,  dated 
1710,  written  by  Roger  Bjrooke,  grandson  of  the  commander  and 
progenitor  of  Roger  Brooke  Taney,  let  me  quote  the  following:  "At 
the  close  of  the  month  of  June,  1650,  there  landed  on  the  Patuxent, 
twenty  miles  from  its  mouth,  a  family  of  forty  persons,  the  body- 
guard, male  and  female,  of  Mr.  Robert  Brooke  and  his  wife,  Mary 
Mainwaring,  and  ten  children,  born  in  England."  "Dela  Brooke" 
was  their  first  homestead. 

In  1654  the  family  removed  to  "  Brooke  Place,"  on  Battle  Creek, 
a  name  given  by  Mr.  Brooke  in  honor  of  his  first  wife,  Mary  Baker, 
of  Battle.  Her  two  sons.  Baker  and  Major  Thomas  Brooke,  of 
"  Brookfield,"  accompanied  the  immigrants.  The  former  became  a 
member  of  the  Provincial  Council.  The  latter  commanded  the 
Provincial  forces  and  was  the  founder  of  the  present  village  of 
T.  B.,  taken  from  a  landmark  bearing  his  name. 


322      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

I  quote  again:    "My  father,  Roger  Brooke,  Sr.,  second  son  of 
Robert  Brooke,  by  Mary,  his  second  wife,  daughter  of  Roger  Main- 
waring,  D.  D.,  Dean  of  Winchester,  lived  at  Battle  Creek  and  lies  '\ 
buried  in  the  graveyard  betwixt  his  two  wives." 

Dorothy  Neale,  sister  of  Henrietta  Maria  (Neale,  Bennett)  Lloyd, 
was  the  mother  of  Roger  Brooke,  Jr.,  the  Recorder  of  1710.  The 
latter  took  for  his  wife,  Eliza  Hutchins,  sister  of  Mary,  wife  of  Samuel 
Thomas  (of  Philip).  Their  son,  Roger  Brooke,  the  third,  was  the 
progenitor  of  the  Pennsylvania  Brookes,  represented  by  General 
Brooke,  United  States  Army.  James  Brooke,  second  son  of  Roger 
and  Eliza  Hutchins,  through  Deborah  Snowden  (of  Richard),  became  / 
the  progenitor  of  a  large  and  progressive  Brooke  settlement  at  Sandy 
Spring.  His  survey  of  "Brooke  Grove"  covered  33,000  acres,  ten-.  . 
miles  in  extent.  His  pioneer  house,  built  in  1728,  still  stands  near 
Sandy  Spring.  At  that  date  it  was  the  first  frame  house  of  his  forest 
home.  From  it,  with  a  button  pulled  from  his  coat,  Mr.  James  Brooke 
shot  a  panther. 

Two  daughters  of  Roger  Brooke  married  and  remained  upon  the 
Brooke  estate.     They  were  Mrs.  Walter  Wilson,  mother  of  Walter  : 
Brooke  Wilson;   and  Monica,  wife  of  Michael  Taney,  High  Sheriff  of 
Calvert,  and  mother  of  Roger  Brooke  Taney. 

Walter  Brooke  Wilson  married  Mary  (Dalrymple)  Rawlings, 
widow  of  Captain  Thomas  Rawlings,  and  daughter  of  Hon.  James 
Duke  Dalrymple,  of  Calvert — issue,  one  son,  William  Wilson.  After  \ 
the  death  of  Mr.  Wilson  she  married  Dr.  Septimus  J.  Cook,  of  Prince 
George,  and  had  one  daughter,  Margaret,  wife  of  Professor  J.  D. 
Warfield.  Dr.  Cook  and  his  wife  both  descended  from  two  daughters  \ 
of  John  Clare,  of  Calvert  County.  ^ 

To  write  the  life  of  Chief  Justice  Taney  would  only  duplicate 
his  own  modest  autobiography,  but  the  words  of  S.  Teackle  Wallis, 
in  vmveiling  the  statue  which  now  stands  at  the  State  House,  may  be 
of  interest.      Said  he: 

"  In  the  Chamber  where  we  meet  to-day  to  do  him  honor  he  sat 
for  years  a  Senator  of  Maryland,  the  peer  of  the  distinguished  men 
who  sat  around  him,  when  no  legislative  body  in  the  Union  surpassed 
that  Senate  in  dignity,  abilit}'  or  moral  elevation. 

"  In  the  Chamber  there,  above  us,  at  the  zenith  of  his  reputation 
as  advocate  and  council  and  in  the  very  ripeness  of  his  powers,  he 
shone,  the  leader  of  the  Bar  of  Maryland. 

"The  artist  has  chosen  to  present  us  his  illustrious  subject  in 
his  robes  of  office  as  we  saw  him  when  he  sat  in  judgment;  the  weight 
of  years  that  bent  the  venerable  form  has  not  been  lightened,  and  the 
lines  of  care,  and  suffering,  and  thought  are  as  life  traced  them. 

"The  figure  has  been  treated  in  the  spirit  of  that  noble  and 
absolute  simplicity  which  is  the  type  of  the  highest  order  of  greatness. 

"  The  State  of  Maryland  here  silently  and  proudly  presents  to 
posterity  her  illustrious  son.  Already  the  waters  of  the  torrent  have 
nearly    spent    their    force,   and    high    above    them,    as    they   fall, 


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unstained  by  their  pollution  and  unshaken  by  their  rage,  stands, 
where  it  stood,  in  grand  and  reverend  simplicity,  the  august  figure  of 
the  great  Chief  Justice." 

y  COMMODORE  MAYO  OF  SOUTH  RIVER. 

Commodore  Isaac  Mayo,  who  distinguished  himself  in  the 
Mexican  War,  married,  in  1835,  Sarah  Battaile  Fitzhugh  Bland, 
daughter  of  Chancellor  Theodoric  Bland,  Consul  to  Brazil  by  his 
wife,  Sarah  Glen,  widow  of  Mayor  Jacob  Davies,  of  Baltimore.  The 
mother  of  Chancellor  Bland  was  Sarah  Henrietta  Thornton,  daughter 
of  Admiral  Thornton,  of  the  British  Navy. 

Commodore  Mayo's  only  daughter,  Sarah  Battaile  Mayo,  is  the 
wife  of  Thomas  Henry  Gaither,  of  Baltimore,  only  surviving  son  of 
the  late  George  R.  Gaither.  They  have  one  son,  Thomas  Henry 
Gaither,  Jr.,  and  one  daughter,  Georgiana  Mayo,  wife  of  Lawrence 
Bailliere.  They  are  residing  in  the  historic  "Peggy  Stewart"  house 
in  Annapolis. 

Commodore  Mayo  descended  from  Joshua  Mayo,  of  South  River, 
who,  in  1707,  married  Hannah  Learson.  One  son,  Joseph,  and  four 
daughters,  were  all  baptized  at  "All  Hallows."  Joseph,  through 
his  wife,  Sarah  Mayo,  left  Thomas  and  Joseph  Mayo,  Jr. ;  Mrs.  Sarah 
Waters  was  a  daughter. 

Joseph  Mayo,  the  second,  through  his  wife,  Henrietta,  had 
Henry,  John,  Isaac,  Edward  and  James  Mayo.  Isaac  Mayo  and 
Captain  John  Mayo  and  wife,  were  parishioners  of  "All  Hallows"  in 
1845  when  Isaac  Mayo  took  the  oath  to  "demean  himself  in  the 
office  of  vestryman  thereof  according  to  the  best  of  my  skill  and 
judgment  and  without  Favor  affection  or  Partiality." 

Commodore  Mayo  held  a  historic  tract,  once  the  home  estate 
of  Captain  Nicholas  Gassaway,  upon  the  Neck  of  South  River,  now 
known  as  "Mayo's  Neck."  This  estate  is  now  held  by  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Thomas  Gaither. 

The  daughters  of  the  early  Mayos  of  South  River,  married  into 
the  families  of  Jonathan  Waters,  John  Ridgely,  John  Wilmott  and 
Francis  Linthicum. 

HENRY  WINTER  DAVIS,  THE  WAR  CONGRESSMAN. 

Hon.  Henry  Winter  Davis,  the  war  Congressman,  was  the  son 
of  Rev.  Henry  Lym  Davis,  Rector  of  St.  Anne's  Church  and  at  the 
same  time  President  of  St.  John's  College.  Young  Davis  was  born  in 
Annapolis  in  1817.  His  mother  was  Jane  Winter  Davis,  a  lady  of 
intellectual  attainments  and  elegance  of  person.  Her  sister  was 
Henry  Winter  Davis'  first  teacher. 

Graduating  from  Kenyon  College,  Ohio,  in  1837  and  taking  a 
law  course  in  the  University  of  Virginia,  Mr.  Davis  began  practice  in 
Alexandria,  Virginia.  There  he  married  Constance  Gardiner,  of 
Virginia.  He  came  to  Baltimore  in  1850,  and  soon  became  a  leader 
of  the  new  Know-Nothing  party.  Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  war  he 
represented  the  Union  party,  becoming  its  Congressional  delegate. 


324      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

His  chaste,  fervid  diction  always  attracted  attention.  His 
eloquence  and  power  as  an  orator  soon  brought  him  to  the  front. 
Always,  when  speaking,  in  full  dress,  with  kid  gloves,  handsome  in 
person,  dignified  in  manner,  he  became  the  shining  light  of  his  party. 
Although  dealing  in  controversial  subjects,  his  addresses  showed 
considerable  literary  ability. 

He  married  in  Baltimore,  for  the  second  time,  Nancy,  daughter 
of  John  B.  Morris. 

He  died  at  the  close  of  the  war,  in  the  full  vigor  of  his  manhood 
and  fame,  December  30,  1865. 

C.  IRVING  DITTY. 

C.  Irving  Ditty,  born  at  West  River  in  1838,  was  the  son  of  George 
T.  Ditty,  of  Virginia,  and  Harriet,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Winterson. 
His  only  sister  became  Mrs.  Jacob  W.  Bird.  His  father  was  a 
descendant  of  Sir  Jeremiah  Jacob,  one  of  Lord  Baltimore's  immi- 
grants. 

C.  Irving  Ditty  entered  Dickinson  College  in  1854  and  graduated 
in  1857.  He  entered  the  Confederate  service  with  Colonel  Ridgely 
Brown,  and  rose  to  Captain,  and  when  the  war  was  ended  at  Appo- 
mattox, his  company  refused  to  surrender,  but  cut  through  the  ranks, 
and  when  attacked  checked  the  charge.  This  was  the  last  firing  of 
of  the  war. 

Mr.  Ditty  married  Sophia,  daughter  of  Henry  Swartze,  sister  of 
Captain  Swartze,  of  the  same  Confederate  army.  Irvington,  a 
suburb  of  Baltimore,  takes  its  name  from  Mr.  Ditty.  He  entered 
into  the  reform  movement  of  1875,  which  ended  in  his  joining  the 
Republican  party.  He  was  sent  to  Louisiana  to  review  the  Presiden- 
tial count  of  that  State  and  reported  that  both  parties  were  about 
equally  guilty,  but  the  evidences  were  in  favor  of  Hayes. 

Mr.  Ditty  died  in  Baltimore  in  early  manhood. 

Dr.  MARIUS  DUVALL, 

Dr.  Marius  Duvall,  Medical  Director  United  States  Navy,  was 
born  in  Annapolis  in  1818.  He  is  the  son  of  Lewis  and  Sarah 
(Harwood)  Duvall,  and  was  the  youngest  of  eleven  children.  His 
grandmother  was  Miss  Callahan,  from  the  North  of  Ireland.  His 
father  represented  Annapolis  in  the  State  Legislature  for  ten  years. 
His  name  is  among  the  students  of  St.  John's  College. 

Dr.  Duvall  married  a  sister  of  Professor  Lockwood.  After 
filling  many  important  stations,  he  was  transferred  to  the  Naval 
Hospital  at  Annapolis. 

HON.  MICHAEL  BANNON. 

Hon.  Michael  Bannon,  was  born  in  the  County  Tyrone,  Ireland, 
in  1827.     His  grandfather  was  an  officer  in  the  Rebel  Army  of  1798. 

At  eighteen  years  of  age  young  Bannon  set  out  for  America. 
His  own  account  of  his  struggle  is  interesting.  Reaching  Baltimore, 
in  1847,  with  a  capital  of  ten  cents,  he  expended  it  for  his  first  night's 


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lodging.  Having  been  well  taught,  he  soon  secured  a  position  with 
a  relative  to  teach  his  children.  With  his  savings  he  branched  out 
into  other  side  speculations  and  succeeded  in  securing  a  college 
education.  After  graduation  he  succeeded  his  friend  who  had  helped 
him.  After  teaching  for  a  season  he  removed  to  Anne  Arundel 
County  and  there  continued  teaching  near  his  home  at  Jessups. 
Then  studying  law,  he  opened  an  office  in  Baltimore.  In  this  last 
venture  he  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large  business  in  real  estate 
exchanges.     He  built  the  Bannon  Building. 

Becoming  next  a  political  leader,  he  became  State  Senator  and 
Clerk  of  the  County  Court.  After  accumulating  an  estate  of  $100,000 
he  traveled  extensively.  His  wife  was  Eveline  Clark,  of  Anne 
Arundel,  who  bore  him  eight  children.  Mr.  James  Bannon,  of  Anne 
Arundel,  his  son,  succeeds  as  a  political  leader. 

DEACON  ABBOTT, 

Deacon  Wilham  M.  Abbott,  of  the  "Evening  Capital,"  Annapolis, 
in  addition  to  being,  a  zealous  member  of  the  Democratic  Editorial 
Association,  is  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  a  graduate 
of  the  composing-room  of  the  Baltimore  "Sun."  He  was  a  compositor 
"  on  the  wait"  in  the  "Sun"  office  on  the  night  Abraham  Lincoln  was 
assassinated,  and  after  midnight  "set  up"  the  news  of  that  lament- 
able event  in  our  national  history.  Deacon  Abbott  was  born  in 
Trappe,  Talbot  County,  Maryland,  May  31,  1839,  and  was  partly 
educated  there  and  partly  in  a  private  school  in  Baltimore  City.  He 
has  never  held  any  public  office.  He  was  long  in  the  employ  of  the 
late  George  Colton,  and  onMay  12, 1884,  started  the  "Evening Capital," 
which  he  has  published  daily,  Sundays  excepted,  ever  since.  When 
he  began  this  work  his  editorial  desk  was  a  dry  goods  box  and  he 
counted  out  the  papers  on  a  barrel  head.  Mr.  Abbott  has  recently 
bought  the  "Chronicle"  of  Annapolis,  and  has  removed  the  "Evening 
Capital"  to  the  "Chronicle"  office. 

RILEY,   THE  HISTORIAN. 

One  of  the  most  industrious  members  of  the  association,  especi- 
ally on  historical  lines,  is  Mr.  Elihu  S.  Riley,  former  editor  of  the 
Annapolis  "Record."  Living  at  the  seat  of  the  State  Government, 
where  the  public  archives  are  kept  and  historical  memories  cluster 
thickly  about,  Mr.  Riley  is  thoroughly  informed  upon  the  legislation 
and  other  matters  pertaining  to  government.  He  was  born 
in  Annapolis,  May  2,  1845,  and  educated  in  the  pubhc  schools.  He 
is  an  attorney-at-law  as  well  as  an  editor.  He  was  City  Counselor  of 
Annapolis  from  1892  to  1895.  He  is  widely  known  for  various 
writings  on  Maryland  historical  subjects.  With  Mr.  Conway  W. 
Sams,  Mr.  Riley  compiled  a  history  of  Bench  and  Bar  of  Maryland. 
He  has  lately  published  a  history  of  the  Maryland  Assembly. 

Captain  Hugh  Riley,  his  son,  of  the  Annapohs  Mihtia,  has  once 
represented  the  county  in  the  Legislature.  He  is  now  counsel  for. the 
City  government. 


326      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

A  MASTER  OF  ARTS. 

Another  editor  of  Annapolis  who  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Democratic  Editors'  Association  was  also  a  lawyer  and  the  School 
Examiner  of  Anne  Arundel,  and  a  very  efficient  school  man  at  that. 
He  was  Mr.  F.  Eugene  Wathen,  of  the  "Maryland  Republican."  He  was 
born  in  Leonardtown,  St.  Mary's  County,  June  29,  1860,  He  gradu- 
ated from  St.  John's  College  in  1880  and  received  his  degree  of  master 
of  arts  in  1889.  He  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
Elections  for  Anne  Arundel  County  from  1892  to  1894  and  resigned 
to  become  School  Examiner  in  January,  1895. 

During  the  Republican  reign  Mr.  Wathen  had  hard  work  to  keep 
at  the  head  of  the  public  schools  of  his  county,  but  by  pluck  and  skill 
and  ability,  the  master  of  arts  did  it. 

W.  MEADE  HOLLIDAY, 

Another  Annapolis  editor  who  is  a  member  of  the  Democratic 
Editors'  Association  is  Mr.  W.  Meade  Holladay,  publisher  of  the  "Anne 
Arundel  Advertiser."  He  is  a  bright  political  writer;  never  held  any 
public  office  and  never  a  candidate  until  his  recent  appointment  of 
Supervisor  of  Elections  by  Governor  Warfield  in  the  place  of  Mr. 
Revel,  resigned. 

He  was  born  in  Spottsylvania  County,  Virginia,  March  24,  1869, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Fredericksburg,  Virginia. 
He  came  to  Maryland  in  1888  and  has  ever  since  resided  in  Annapolis, 
where  the  associations  are  congenial. 

INTERESTING  DOCUMENTS. 

After  the  repairs  to  the  Courthouse,  some  five  or  six  j^ears  ago, 
many  valuable  old  papers  and  records  belonging  to  the  Circuit  Court 
and  County  were  put  into  the  cellar  of  the  Courthouse  without  order 
and,  in  many  cases,  Avithout  care  whatever.  The  County  Commis- 
sioners appointed  Major  William  H.  Gassaway,  late  of  Annap- 
olis, to  rearrange  and  preserve  the  most  valuable  of  these  docu- 
ments. In  his  work  Major  Gassaway  found  many  curious  bits  of 
local  history,  amongst  them  returns  of  the  currency  and  silver 
belonging  to  the  citizens  of  Anne  Arundel  County.  That  for  1780 
shows  that  of  the  R's,  Mr.  Absalom  Ridgel}^,  an  Annapolis  merchant, 
had  the  most  currency  in  hand,  that  sum  being  £2,156  12s.  6d. 
Returns  of  the  Elk  Ridge  tobacco  warehouses  of  colonial  period  have 
come  to  light,  and,  amongst  other  curiosities,  the  venire  of  the  juries 
of  1775.  Habitues  of  the  Courthouse  have  been  busy  picking  out 
ancestors  in  this  old  list  that  is  replete  with  the  Anne  Arundel  names 
of  to-day.  The  venire  is:  Abraham  Woodward,  Thomas  Wilson, 
Stephen  Gambrill,  Joseph  Meeke,  Richard  Sappington,  Gilbert  Yeald- 
hall,  Samuel  Warfield,  Thomas  Warfield  (son  of  Joshua),  Amos 
Gaither,  Richard  Beard,  Henry  Hall,  John  Burgess,  Edward  Lee, 
Robert  Paine  Davis,  Robert  Welch,  Richard  Watkins,  Samuel 
Watkins,  Thomas  Noble  Stockett,  Charles  Hammond  (son  of  John) , 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      327 

Charles  Dorsey  (son  of  Henry),  Rezin  Mobberly,  Nicholas  Aldridge, 
Joshua  Marriott,  John  Barnes  (son  of  Adam),  Vachel  Warfield  (son 
of  Samuel) ,  John  Dorsey  (son  of  Michael) ,  John  Dorsey  (son  of  Severn 
John),  Thomas  Cornelius  Howard,  James  Walker,  William  Ridgely, 
Jr.,  William  Fennell,  John  Rolls,  Ezekiel  Steuart,  Zachariah  Gray, 
Joshua  Cromwell,  John  Scrivener,  Thomas  Miles,  Benjamin  Brashears, 
William  Evans,  James  Cooley,  Gabriel  Lane,  Wilkinson ,  Brashears, 
Thomas  Lane. 

MR.   JAMES  MUNROE. 

Upon  the  highest  point  of  West  street,  Annapolis,  lives  the 
genial  attorney,  Mr.  James  Munroe.  He  has  been  requested  to  give 
me  a  history  of  his  family,  but  has,  perhaps,  forgotten  it.  In  the 
absence  of  it,  his  present  life  is  a  history  in  itself.  Broad  and  lib- 
eral in  his  political  views,  correct  and  somewhat  exacting  in  his  legal 
work,  Mr.  Munroe  exerts  a  living  influence  in  the  community  of  an 
interesting  old  city. 

At  present  he  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  for  the 
Agricultural  College.  He  holds  no  other  official  position,  but  his 
legal  practice  is  large  and  he  is  by  all  men  held  in  the  highest  esteem. 

His  present  home  is  the  beautiful  one  of  the  late  Judge  Tuck. 

MR.  ROBERT  MOSS. 

Coming  down  from  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Anne  Arundel, 
located  on  the  North  Severn  Neck,  Mr.  Moss  is  exerting  considerable 
influence  in  Anne  Arundel.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Agricul- 
tural College;  was  a  member  of  the  Senate  of  Maryland.  He  has 
been,  for  several  sessions,  the  reading  clerk  of  the  Senate  and  also  an 
attorney  for  the  City  government  of  Annapolis.  He  is  now  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  St.  John's  College.  He  is  liberal  in  his 
views  and  endorses  progressive  movements  in  public  institutions. 

OWENS. 

This  family  was  represented  by  Richard  Owens,  who  was  seated 
in  the  southern  section  of  the  county,  when  Edward  Lloyd,  in  1649, 
was  given  a  grant  near  him.  Mr.  James  Owens,  the  popular  attorney 
of  Annapolis,  and  Dr.  Owens,  Registrar  of  the  Maryland  Agricul- 
tural College,  are  descendants.  My  sketch  of  this  family  was  left 
with  Mr.  James  Owens  for  revision,  but  it  has  not  yet  reached  me. 
Mr.  Owens  is  not  only  an  interesting  talker,  but  a  forcible  political 
writer  and  speaker  who  has  made  himself  felt  in  several  recent 
campaigns.     May  he  continue  to  guide  us. 

DR.  GEORGE  WELLS. 

As  a  successful  physician  and  popular  leader  in  political  affairs 
of  the  County  of  Anne  Arundel,  Dr.  Wells  has  long  been  at  the  head 
of  the  progressive  men  of  the  State.  He  comes  from  eminent  ancestry. 
His  father  was  Hon.  George  Wells,  former  President  of  the  Farmers' 


328      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Bank  of  Annapolis,  President  of  the  Senate  and  the  chief  head  of  the 
AnnapoHs  and  Elk  Ridge  Railroad  in  its  earlier  struggle  for  existence. 
Hon.  George  Wells  was  a  warden  of  St.  Anne's  Church  when  the 
furnace  which  caused  its  destruction  was  put  into  it.  He  remon- 
strated against  and  declined  to  aid  in  rebuilding  the  present  edifice, 
but  after  it  had  been  completed,  with  its  belfry  in  which  there  was 
no  bell,  a  thousand-dollar  bell  was  soon  at  hand,  the  gift  of  the 
good-hearted  warden,  who  kept  his  vow,  yet  showed  his  generous 
spirit.     (Riley.)  ■*"■ 

As  President  of  the  Annapolis  and  Elk  Ridge  Railroad  he  made 
it  a  success.  In  1863  the  road  paid  the  State  $14,286.72,  nearly 
five  per  cent,  on  the  investment.  Upon  his  retirement,  Mr.  Joshua 
Brown,  the  builder  and  superintendent  of  the  road,  succeeded  to  the 
presidency. 

At  a  special  meeting,  in  1865,  Hon.  George  Wells  was  elected 
State  Senator.  He  was  twice  married,  first,  to  a  sister  of  Hon.  John 
Stephens  Seliman,  of  the  "Nineteen  Electors."  The  mother  of  Dr. 
George  Wells  was  Eliza  Harwood,  cousin  of  Major  Harwood. 

Dr.  Wells  is  third  in  line  of  his  family  in  Maryland.  His  grand- 
father, George  Wells,  came  direct  from  England.  In  1833  he  was 
one  of  the  first  trustees  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  which 
stood  near  the  present  record  office  on  State  House  Hill.  His  asso- 
ciates of  that  Board  were  Absalom  Ridgely,  Joseph  Evans  and  John 
Miller.  In  1834  Mr.  George  Wells  and  Nicholas  Brewer  were 
delegates  to  the  State  Legislature. 

Dr.  George  Wells,  the  present  popular  Clerk  of  the  Court,  was 
in  1869  chosen  upon  the  issue  of  the  Fifteenth  Amendment  a  Demo- 
cratic Alderman  for  Annapolis.  He  was  elected  to  the  House  of 
Delegates  in  1872  and  to  the  Senate  of  Maryland  in  1880-82.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  upon  the  appropriation  for  the  Agricul- 
tural College  in  1880,  in  which  he  made  a  favorable  report  of  the 
institution,  securing  its  continued  appropriation.  In  1887  Dr.  Wells 
was  unanimously  elected  Treasurer  of  the  County.  He  came  into 
the  office  of  Clerk  in  1896  and  has  held  it  ever  since. 

Courteous  and  prompt  in  all  official  duties,  he  is  a  popular  leader 
in  the  Democratic  party,  an  able  speaker,  and  almost  idolized  by 
those  who  know  him  best. 

Dr.  Wells  holds  one  of  the  old  historic  dwellings  of  Annapolis, 
in  the  southern  section  of  the  city,  just  opposite  the  old  homestead 
of  the  first  editor  of  the  "Maryland  Gazette."  He  was  a  delegate  to 
the  convention  that  nominated  Grover  Cleveland  in  1884,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Convention  which  sent  delegates  to  the  St.  Louis 
Convention  which  nominated  Bryan  and  was  again  present  at  the 
nomination  of  Judge  Parker. 

Dr.  Wells  is  still  a  bachelor.  Dr.  John  D.  Wells,  United  States 
Army,  was  an  uncle. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      329 

DR.  WIRT  ADAM  DUVALL. 

Dr.  Wirt  Adam  Duvall,  of  Baltimore,  was  born  in  Anne  Arundel 
County,  1863.  He  is  the  son  of  Judge  Grafton  and  Mary  Rebecca 
(Sullivan)  Duvall,  descendants  of  the  Huguenot  Mareen  Duvall  and 
of  the  English  Sullivans.  Of  the  former  we  had  Judge  Gabriel  Duvall, 
of  the  Supreme  Bench  of  United  States,  and  of  the  latter,  revolu- 
tionary soldiers  of  renown.  Judge  Grafton  Duvall  sat  as  Chief  Judge 
of  the  Orphans  Court  for  a  number  of  years.  He  likes  to  spell  his 
name  with  two  "  I's"  and  says  he  claims  no  relation  to  those  who  drop 
one  of  them,  but  all,  alike,  come  from  Mareen  Duvall,  the  Huguenot 
merchant,  who  owned  an  immense  estate,  including  "Great  Marsh," 
and  handed  down  a  large  and  distinguished  family  of  large  land- 
holders, prominent  in  official  positions. 

Dr.  Wirt  A.  Duvall  completed  his  general  education  at  St.  John's 
College  in  1885  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  Maryland  University  in  1888.  He  is  Demonstrator  of 
Anatomy  in  the  University  and  a  member  of  its  associations. 

He  married  a  daughter  of  Captain  William  Mitchell,  of  Baltimore, 
and  has  several  children. 

"^1  DR.   JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART. 

Dr.  James  Davidson  Iglehart,  of  Anne  Arundel,  born  1850,  now 
a  resident  of  Baltimore,  is  the  son  of  the  late  John  Wilson  Iglehart 
and  Mathda  Davidson,  his  wife.  The  Igleharts  came  from  Germany 
and  located  near  Marlborough,  Prince  George  County,  in  1740. 
James  Davidson  came  to  Pennsylvania  from  England  in  1775  and 
enlisted  in  the  Pennsylvania  regiment  of  the  patriot  army,  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Maryland  Line  under  General  Smallwood  and  served 
throughout  the  war,  becoming,  also,  in  1812,  one  of  the  "Old 
Defenders"  of  the  Battle  at  North  Point.  He  settled  at  Davidson- 
ville,  Anne  Arundel  County,  dying  in  1841.  John  Wilson  Iglehart 
was  born  1814,  and  at  twenty-one  years  was  appointed  magistrate, 
serving  also  as  County  Commissioner  and  Judge  of  the  Orphans  Court. 
He  owned  an  extensive  plantation  in  Anne  Arundel,  dying  in  1881. 
His  son,  James  Davidson  Iglehart,  took  his  B.  A.  degree  at  St.  John's 
College  in  1872.  He  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Wilham  P.  Bird, 
of  Anne  Arundel,  and  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvaina  in  1875.  He  was  appointed  by  John  W.  Garrett  as  one  of 
the  surgical  staff  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad.  He  was  an 
organizer  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Relief  Department  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  House  of  Refuge,  member 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  of  the  Historical  Society 
of  Maryland. 

He  married  Monterey,  daughter  of  Colonel  Wilham  Watson,  who 
commanded  the  Baltimore  Blues  in  the  Mexican  war  and  was  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Monterey.  Husband  and  wife  are  prominent  in 
colonial  orders.     He  is  a  member  of  Colonial  Wars  and  War  of  1812. 


A  GLANCE  AT  ANNE  ARUNDEL  COUNTY  OLD  AND   NEW. 


From  "One  Hundred  Years  Ago"  I  quote  a  charming  review  of  a 
century  ago: 

"  Judging  the  people  of  Annapohs  by  their  houses,  they  were  of 
refined  and  cultivated  tastes.  Externally  without  architectural 
pretension,  but  within  beautifully  proportioned  rooms,  with  doors 
of  solid  mahogany  and  sometimes  with  handles  of  silver,  with  many 
elegant  mantel-pieces  and  stairways — these  evidences  may  still  be 
seen.  The  dining-rooms,  the  largest  of  all,  usually  open  into  gardens, 
beautiful  and  well  kept.  After  dinner  a  stroll  under  the  shade  of 
trees  or  a  view  of  the  river  till  tea  served  under  the  trees,  was  the 
summer  order  of  the  day. 

"  There  still  remain  in  some  of  the  old  families  pieces  of  silver  of 
very  elegant  design.  In  Dr.  Ridout's  family  I  have  seen  an  exquisite 
piece  which  was  used  as  an  ornament  for  the  centre  of  the  table; 
also  old  Dresden  china  worthy  to  have  graced  the  collection  of  Queen 
Mary  at  Hampton  Court.  In  the  matter  of  coaches  the  love  of 
display  cropped  out  and  seems  to  have  been  unrestrained.  The 
coaches  were  imported  from  England,  with  the  horses  and  liveries. 
I  have  heard  that  some  of  the  panels  on  which  the  escutcheons  were 
emblazoned  are  still  preserved  as  relics  of  a  gorgeous  past.  Dr. 
Ridout  once  told  me  that  his  father  remembered  when  six  coaches- 
and-six  were  kept  in  the  town,  and  it  was  not  the  style  for  grandees 
to  appear  with  less  than  four. 

"With  the  surrounding  country  abounding  in  game  and  the 
waters  of  the  Chesapeake  with  oysters,  ducks  and  terrapin,  it  was 
not  difficult  to  maintain  a  bountiful  hospitality.  The  lovely  Severn 
River,  the  high  banks  of  which  remind  one  of  a  miniature  Hudson, 
widens  a  few  miles  from  town  into  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water  called 
Round  Bay,  where  lovely  scenery,  as  well  as  abimdance  of  fish 
invited  the  angler  to  indulge  his  favorite  pastime.  On  the  other  side 
of  the  town  the  "Spa"  winds  past  fine  old  mansions  with  terraced 
gardens,  among  them  "Carrollton,"  the  seat  of  Charles  Carroll,  and 
in  front  of  the  city  the  Severn  loses  itself  in  the  blue  waters  of  the 
Chesapeake. 

"Everything,  therefore,  combined  to  make  boating  and  sailing 
attractive.  The  gentlemen  kept  their  sailboats  as  the  ladies  did 
their  coaches,  and  many  pleasant  excursions  were  made  to  the 
country-seats  of  friends  on  the  Eastern  Shore  and  in  St.  Mary's." 

At  the  beginning  of  this  new  century  we  are  either  tearing  down 
or  else  trying  to  preserve  the  priceless  relics  of  historic  Annapolis. 
At  the  same  time  both  the  city  and  the  State  are  rivaling  each  other 
in  remodeling  streets  and  buildings.  Even  the  United  States 
Government  has  at  last  recognized  the  charming  advantages  of  this 
ancient  city  of  the  Severn.     With  three  such  combined  influences 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      331 

centering  at  our  State  Capital,  with  a  delightful  climate,  a  most 
charming  location,  midway  between  two  great  cities,  the  future  of 
Annapolis  can  even  now  be  pictured. 

Where  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey,  in  1705,  sold  a  row  of  houses  on 
"  Bloomsbury  Square,"  because  "  for  want  or  tenants  they  were  going 
to  decay,"  the  Government  has  erected  a  handsome  new  postoffice 
facing  historic  St.  Anne's,  three  times  erected  on  its  original  site. 
St.  Anne's  graveyard,  which  frightened  tenants  from  "Bloomsbury 
Square,"  now  rears  its  silent  white  columns  upon  Cemetery  Creek, 
and  Bloomsbury  Square,  facing  St.  Anne's  Circle,  is  destined  to 
become  still  more  attractive. 

For  a  century  or  more  the  Pinkney  House,  sacred  in  memory 
and  solid  in  masonry,  stood  facing  State  House  Circle  and  opposite 
the  Governor's  Mansion.  Yielding  up  its  site  to  the  State,  it 
moved  in  stately  dignity  down  College  Avenue  and  took  its  stand 
facing  St.  John's  College,  and  now  bids  fair  to  shed  its  lustre  through 
another  century.  In  its  place  now  looms  up  a  new  Court  of  Appeals 
temple,  a  new  State  Library,  a  new  Land  Office,  a  new  Comptroller's 
Office.  Even  our  venerable  State  House,  ashamed  of  the  modern 
additions  that  almost  obliterated  its  grandeur,  has  been  relieved  of 
all  these  blemishes;  new  legislative  and  gubernatorial  halls  and 
committee  rooms,  after  its  original  designs,  have  been  added.  Its 
old  Senate  Chamber  has  been  restored  as  it  was  when  Washington 
therein  laid  down  his  commission  as  Commander-in-Chief  and  bade 
good-bye  to  the  Continental  Congress  therein  assembled,  passing  to 
South  River  and  thence  to  Mount  Vernon.  King  William  School 
long  since  gave  up  its  site  on  the  south  of  the  State  House;  the 
Armory,  on  the  north,  no  longer  bristles  with  muskets — a  gallant 
fighting  foreigner  stands  upon  the  site  of  the  former  and  now  let 
us  have  the  handsome  form  of  our  fighting  Revolutionary  Governor, 
Thomas  Sim  Lee,  on  the  latter,  for  without  him  and  his  Maryland 
soldiers  there  might  have  been  no  Revolution. 

Whilst  all  these  changes  have  taken  place  on  State  House  Circle, 
there  is  one  little  building,  with  its  iron  chest  and  its  doors  that  defy 
robbers,  still  standing  as  a  reminder  of  the  organizers  of  the  County- 
seat  and  State-seat.     Let  it  stand. 

For  half  a  century  the  Government  has  held  the  Severn  shore 
of  the  city.  One  by  one  old  landmarks  in  that  section  have  dis- 
appeared. A  century  ago  the  commodious  Dulany  house,  built  by 
Daniel  Dulany  in  1735,  stood  with  its  garden  extending  to  the  water's 
edge.  The  tragic  history  of  this  brilliant  family  would  fill  a  volume. 
Near  it  stood  the  mansion  of  Governor  Eden,  who,  with  Daniel 
Dulany,  almost  alone  championed  the  cause  of  the  proprietary  imtil 
the  booming  cannon  announced  the  beginning  of  the  people's  govern- 
ment. From  this  latter  mansion  our  State  Governors  held  sway 
until  it,  too,  was  absorbed  by  the  Naval  Academy,  to  give  way,  in 
turn,  to  modern  advancement.  Old  Fort  Severn  is  no  more.  Upon 
these  sites  marble  palaces  of  a  great  naval  school  have  been  erected. 
Until  recently  five  Governors'  mansions  stood  in  Annapolis.     Some 


332      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

declare  the  sixth,  and  the  earUest,  still  stands  upon  Prince  George 
Street.  The  first  home  of  Governor  Nicholson  was  upon  the  town 
common,  as  was  also  Major  Edward  Dorsey's.  Prince  George  Street 
is  upon  that  common,  but  our  records  do  not  further  locate  them, 
nor  are  there  any  records  to  locate  Seymour  and  the  first  Edward 
Lloyd,  of  1709. 

Governor  Hart  occupied  a  house  then  standing  upon  "  Proctor's 
Choice"  and  "Norwoods,"  somewhere  in  the  Naval  grounds. 

Governor  Bladen's  attempt  at  building  "Bladen's  Folly"  gave 
McDowell's  Hall  to  St.  John's  College,  and  preceded  Governor 
Samuel  Ogle's  success  in  building  his  still  well-preserved  homestead 
on  College  Avenue.  The  next  in  line,  in  1763,  was  "White  Hall," 
seven  miles  out  on  Whitehall  Creek,  by  Governor  Sharpe,  upon  the 
estate  of  the  two  Colonel  Greenberrys.  Governor  Sharpe's  full-length 
portrait  still  looks  down  upon  its  spacious  dining-room.  This  was 
followed  by  Governor  Eden's  addition  of  wings  to  Mr.  Bordley's 
Severn  River  house.  Governors  Johnson  and  Thomas  Sim  Lee 
followed  Governor  Eden  in  the  charming  home  that  had  been  con- 
fiscated, but  William  Paca  built  his  own  home  upon  Prince  George 
Street,  the  charming  gardens  of  which  have  been  so  often  described. 
This  is  now  Hotel  Carvel,  with  its  driveway. 

The  Chase  House  seems  to  have  been  the  combined  product  of 
Judge  Samuel  Chase  and  Governor  Edward  Lloyd,  of  1809,  who  held 
it  then;  he  added  an  additional  story. 

Last  in  line  is  the  present  gubernatorial  mansion  between  State 
House  Circle  and  St.  Anne's  Circle.  This  was  built  under  Governor 
Swann  and  has  lately  been  enlarged  by  Governor  Smith  and  its 
grounds  improved  by  Governor  Warfield. 

The  Enghsh  settlers  of  1660  followed  their  home  river,  the 
beautiful  Severn.  From  Greenberry  Point  to  Round  Bay,  or  "  Eagle 
Nest  Bay,"  and  the  Isle  of  St.  Helena  in  the  center  of  Little  Round 
Bay,  is  a  distance  of  nine  miles.  The  shores,  sloping  from  the  uplands 
to  the  river,  are  varied  by  decided  eminences  attaining  155  feet 
elevation.  Forty  such  little  mountains  can  be  seen  in  sailing  up  the 
river.  The  river  secnery  of  the  Severn  has  been  compared  to  the 
Hudson,  and,  excepting  always  the  grand  gorge  of  the  Highlands,  the 
comparison  can  be  maintained. 

The  sail  to  Indian  Landing,  where  three  islands  stand  out  boldly 
in  the  river,  was  once  the  attraction  of  the  English  settlers.  From 
"Mount  Misery,"  at  the  northern  side  of  Round  Bay,  at  a  height  of 
155  feet,  the  view  commands  the  bay,  three  miles  in  width,  and 
looking  east,  takes  in  the  headlands,  slopes  of  the  Magothy  and  the 
Chesapeake  beyond.  At  this  point,  during  the  war,  was  a  signal 
station.  It  is  an  eligible  site  for  a  summer  hotel  and  suburban  park — 
and  Round  Bay  may  yet  be  utiHzed  by  the  Government  when  the 
contemplated  enlargement  of  the  Naval  Academy  shall  have  been 
completed. 

Around  these  hills,  named  after  the  pioneer  surveyors,  settled 
a  neighborly  English  colony.     (Scharff.) 


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CEMETERY  CREEK  RECORDS. 

In  the  beautiful  but  neglected  grounds  of  Cemetery  Creek,  where 
rest  the  unknown  dead  of  Annapolis'  early  history,  there  are  many 
still  to  give  us  some  idea  of  the  lives  and  characters  of  our  distin- 
guished families.  Every  conceivable  memorial  and  tribute  may 
there  be  found.     I  copied  some  of  them  as  follows: 

"Nester  Ann,  dau.  of  the  late  Hon.  J.  T.  and  Hester  Chase — 
born  1791— died  1875." 

"Thomas  Chase" — (letters  almost  obliterated). 

"Mary,  consort  of  Richard  M.  Chase,  died  1836." 

"Mrs.  Hester  Chase"  (inscription  obscure). 

"Theodorick  Bland,  Chancellor  of  Md.,  died  1846  in  70th  year." 

"Alexander  Randall,  1852."  In  this  lot  are  many  handsome 
memorials  that  could  not  be  read  from  closed  gates. 

"  Col.  Daniel  Randall,  of  John  and  Deborah,  Paymaster-General 
—born  1790— died  1851." 

"  Richard  Lockerman  Harwood — a  Confederate  soldier  of  Mary- 
land Cavalry,  only  son  of  Mrs.  Hester  Ann  Harwood." 

"Ninian  Pinkney,  Medical  Director  of  U.  S.  A. — born  1811 — 
died  1877." 

"Mary  Sherwood,  wife  of  Ninian  Pinkney." 

"Mary  Ameha  Pinkney,  daughter  of  Ninian  and  Amelia." 

"George  Mackubin,  son  of  Edward  and  Mary  C.  Hammond — 
died  1852." 

"  Ann  Carroll  Brice— died  1858—74  years." 

"Ehzabeth  Brice— died  1889—80  years." 

"Father— Jas.  Munroe,  Sept.  1827— Sept.  1896." 

"Harry  S.  Munroe— born  1839— died  1863." 

"  John,  son  of  Grafton  and  Mary  Munroe— born  1839— died  1878." 

"  Ann,  daughter  of  Grafton  and  Mary  Munroe — died  1890,  aged 
64  years." 

"Davidson  Hall,  son  of  Frank  and  Mary  Munroe— 1900— 1903." 

"In  memoriam  of  Nicholas  Brewer — born  1795 — died  1864." 

"Arthur  Tillard  Brewer— 1873— 1897." 

"Kate  Brewer  Sutherland,  wife  of  Charles  Sutherland,  U.  S. 
Army." 

"Thomas  S.  Beall— born  1816— died  1890." 

"  Barbara  M.  Beall,  wife  of  Thomas  S.  Beall— born  1820— died 
1891." 

"  William  Iglehart,  son  of  James  and  Ehza  Iglehart — 1848 — 1896 

"William  Iglehart,  son  of  James  and  Ehza  Iglehart — 1848 — 
1896." 

"Emily  Green,  daughter  of  WilHam  Saunders  Green." 

"Ehza,  daughter  of  Wilham  S.  Green  and  Widow  of  James  H. 
Iglehart— 1812— 1838." 

"Mary  Harwood— 1815— 1891." 

A  flat  slab  to  "  James  Murray — 1786 — 1866  and  Catharine,  his 
wife— 1780— 1870." 


334      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"Catharine,  wife  of  James  D.  Murray  and  daughter  of  William 
A.  and  Catharine  Spencer — born  1835 — died  1859." 

"In  memory  or  Eliza  Maynadier — born  1786 — died  1852." 

"Colonel  Henry  Maynadier... .died  1849 — 91  years." 

"  Hannah  Maynadier  Murray,  wife  of  Charles  Calvert  Stewart — 
1826—1894." 

"  Beneath  this  stone  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Mary  Owings, 
widow  of  Samuel  Owings,  of  Stephen,  of  Baltimore  County,  who 
departed  this  life  1835 — 76  years." 

"  Elizabeth  Maynadier,  wife  of  Colonel  H.  Maynadier." 

"Charlotte,  wife  of  James  Murray— 1791— 1845." 

"  Henry  M.  Murray— 1824— 1870." 

"  Harriet,  second  daughter  of  Rev,  Daniel  Maynadier  and  Mary, 
his  wife— 1825." 

"  Margaret,  third  daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Maynadier  and  Mary 
his  wife— 1825." 

"Helen,  daughter  of  Charles  Calvert  Stewart— 1856— 1882." 

"Sally,  daughter  of  Charles  Calvert  Stewart— 1821— 1863." 

"  Charles  Calvert  Stewart     1819—1863." 

"Dr.  Upton  Scott — died  1814 — 92  years.  Native  of  Antrim, 
Ireland,  and  for  60  years  a  distinguished  and  respected  inhabitant  of 
this  city." 

"  In  memory  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Scott,  beloved  and  respected  by 
all  who  knew  her — died  1819 — 80  years." 

"Mrs.  Ann  Ogle  Steele,  wife  of  John  N.  Steele— 1839— 40  years." 
(A  long  and  handsome  tribute  to  her  memory.) 

"  Mrs.  Mary  Steele,  only  daughter  of  the  late  John  Rider  Nevitt 
and  Sarah  Thomas,  and  relict  of  James  Steele." 

"  Mrs.  Anne  Upshur,  second  daughter  of  James  Steele  and  relict 
of  Arthur  Upshur,  of  Virginia— 1791— 1835." 

"  Billings  Steele,  son  of  Hy.  M.  and  Maria  Steele— 1845— 1897." 

"Mary  Nevitt,  daughter  of  C.  H.  and  C.  R.  Steele— 1841— 1870." 

"  Charles  H.  Steele,  M.  D.— 1812— 1889." 

"Rispah,  wife  of  Francis  Welch— 1799— 1862." 

"Sarah  Steele,  youngest  daughter  of  James  Steele." 

"  Isabella  Elizabeth  Steele,  fourth  daughter  of  James  Steele,  of 
Annapolis — 1825."  (A  beautiful  tribute  to  her  memory.)  A 
monument  by  its  side  stands  also  over  "James  Steele." 

"Elizabeth,  consort  of  Charles  Calvert  Stewart  and  daughter 
of  Hy.  M.  and  Maria  Steele— died  1857,  aged  25." 

"Ellen  Key  Steele." 

"  Henry  M.  Steele." 

"  Maria  Lloyd  Key,  daughter  of  Hy.  Maynadier  Steele — 1805 — 
1897." 

"Charles  H.,  son  of  C.  H.  and  C.  R.  Steele." 

"Charlotte,  wife  of  Charles  H.  Steele,  of  West  River— 1884— 
68  years." 

"  Robert  Henry  Goldsborough,  sixth  son  of  Charles  Goldsborough, 
Governor  of  Md.  and  Sarah  G.  Goldsborough— 1814— 1819." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      335 

"  Richard  Moale  Chase,  son  of  Richard  Moale  and  Mary  Marriott 
Chase— 1827— 1901." 

"  Thomas  Baldwin  Chase,  late  Surgeon  of  U.  S.  A.,  son  of  Richard 
M.  Chase— 1830— 1894." 

"Henry  Murray,  Counsellor  at  Law,  died  1824,  aged  35." 

"Dr.  James  Murray,  of  Annapolis — 1819." 

"Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Murray,  wife  of  Dr.  James— 1837." 

ADVANTAGES  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL. 

Bordered  on  her  entire  eastern  front  by  the  Chesapeake  bay, 
into  which  flow  the  Elk,  Sassafras,  Chester,  Third  Haven,  Choptank, 
Nanticoke,  Wicomico  and  Pocomoke,  on  the  east,  with  the  Bush, 
Gunpowder,  Patapsco,  Magothy,  Severn,  South  Rhode,  West, 
Patuxent  and  Potomac  Rivers  on  the  west,  she  has  eighteen  out- 
stretched arms  inviting  abimdant  resources  and  opportunities. 

What  cannot  be  grown  in  her  soil  may  be  found  in  her  neighbor- 
ing waters.  Says  Professor  William  K.  Brooks,  of  Johns  Hopkins 
University : 

"The  Chesapeake  bay  is  a  great  river  valley,  not  as  large  as  the 
Nile  or  Ganges,  but  of  enough  consequence  to  support  in  comfort 
and  prosperity  a  population  as  great  as  that  of  many  famous  States. 
It  receives  the  drainage  of  a  vast  area  of  fertile  land  stretching  over 
the  meadows  and  hillsides  of  nearly  one-third  of  New  York  and 
nearly  all  of  Pennsylvania,  Maryland  and  Virginia. 

"More  than  forty  million  acres  of  this  great  tract  of  fertile  soil 
send  its  rich  deposits  into  the  bay,  in  the  green  waters  of  which  it 
sinks  as  fine  black  sediment,  known  as  oyster  mud.  This  is  just  as 
valuable  to  men  and  just  as  fit  to  nourish  plants  as  mud  which 
settles  every  year  on  the  wheat  fields  and  rice  fields  of  Egypt." 

This  alluvium  sustains  an  endless  variety  of  microscopic  plants 
and  animals  on  which  the  Chesapeake  oyster  fattens  and  multiplies, 
becoming,  in  flavor,  unrivalled.  Since  the  beginning  of  the  oyster 
packing  trade  in  1834  up  to  1891,  an  estimate  places  the  output  of 
the  bay  and  its  tributaries,  in  packing  and  shipment,  at  400,000,000 
bushels,  and  when  legislative  enactments  shall  have  succeeded  in 
regulating  that  output,  the  same  sources  of  supply  will  continue  a 
boundless  wealth  of  comfort  and  prosperity  to  many  thousands  of 
our  people. 

The  Chesapeake  also  modifies  the  climate  of  Anne  Arundel, 
enabling  out-door  labor  comfortable  for  three-quarters  of  the  year. 
The  cheap  transit  of  the  ba}^  offers  special  inducements  to  the  growth 
of  manufacturing  towns  along  the  borders  of  its  tributaries. 

The  soil  of  Anne  Arundel  is  rich  in  variety  and  mineral  deposits, 
including  porcelain  clays  and  glass  sand.  Fruits,  vegetables  and 
tobacco  growing  are  about  equally  divided.  Chief  Howard,  of  the 
Bureau  of  Statistics,  reports:  "  Lands  can  be  purchased  by  immigrant 
settlers  in  tracts  of  from  one  acre  to  1,000  acres."  Many  portions 
of  Anne  Arundel  are  identical  in  soil  with  the  famous  small-fruit 
growing  county  of  Cumberland,  New  Jersey,  in  which  is  situated 


336      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Vineland.  The  climate  of  Anne  Arundel  is  more  favorable  than  that 
of  Cumberland  County,  New  Jersey,  and  offers  special  inducements 
to  fruit  growers,  for  the  location  is  such  that  there  is  a  choice  of 
excellent  city  markets. 

With  a  few  exceptions,  nearly  all  of  the  old  manor  estates  have 
been  subdivided,  necessarily,  by  the  present  labor  system,  which  uts 
most  of  the  estates  under  tenants.     Excellent  oyster-shell  re  -e 

yearly  connecting  the  more  remote  sections  with  market  s. 

In  the  southern  sections  of  the  county,  corn  and  tobacco  are  the 
chief  crops,  aided  by  fruits.  Here  tenants  lease  the  estates  at  a 
rental  of  one-half  of  the  products.  Remote  from  railroads,  their 
markets  are  reached  through  the  various  lines  of  steamers  that  touch 
at  available  river  harbors.  Here,  daily,  upon  the  arrival  of  the  boat 
may  be  seen  the  congregations  of  ox-teams  employed  in  hauling  the 
hogsheads  of  tobacco  or  the  more  inviting  boxes  of  peaches. 

The  assembled  conveyances  at  the  two  wharves  of  West  River, 
on  the  boat's  arrival,  have  much  the  appearance  of  a  small-sized 
camp-meeting.  Summer  sojourners  in  the  many  boarding  cottages 
along  these  rivers  come  in  their  rowboats  to  see  the  crowd  of  excur- 
sionists, as  well  as  to  learn  lessons  of  patience  and  of  agriculture  in 
loading  and  unloading  of  all  manner  of  freight.  The  combination 
passenger  and  freight  steamers  of  the  bay  grow  greater  in  population 
yearly.  A  whole  day's  ride  upon  the  bay  may  be  enjoyed,  and  in 
that  ride  many  interesting  points  herein  recorded  may  be  seen  and 
appreciated. 

Old  Anne  Arundel,  the  "Providence"  of  the  sturdy  settlers,  is 
yet  to  make  history  and  rival  her  ancient  prestige. 


HOWARD  COUNTY. 


With  a  history  that  covers  two  centuries,  Howard  County  has 
had  no  historian  to  record  it.  With  a  river  unrivalled  in  tragedy  and 
unexcelled  in  picturesque  sublimity,  no  artist  has  immortalized  it. 
With  every  evidence  of  a  pioneer  race  who  roamed  as  hunters  upon 
its  waters  and  through  its  forests,  no  Washington  Irving  has  snatched 
up  one  of  its  rude  types  to  dress  him  in  his  native  garb,  or  make  him 
"King  of  that  enchanted  realm  where  comedy  and  pathos  dwell; 
where  laughter  touches  tears  and  sadness  blossoms  into  mirth." 
Bordered  by  the  rocky  profiles  of  the  Patapsco  on  the  north  and  by 
the  rich  levels  of  the  Patuxent  on  the  south,  this  gem,  set  in  a  frame 
of  rushing,  tragic  waters,  with  a  lustre  as  brilliant  as  the  patriotic 
career  of  the  Revolutionary  here  for  whom  it  was  named,  now  adorns 
the  glittering  diadem  of  Queen  Henrietta  Marie's  crown. 

There  are  many  living  who  can  remember  when  this  western 
section  of  the  Mother  County  was  erected  into  Howard  District,  but 
there  are  none  to  tell  the  struggles  of  our  pioneer  settlers. 

The  Patuxent  was  known  as  early  as  the  St.  Mary's.  The 
Patapsco  was  ranged  as  early  as  the  Severn.  Up  these  rivers  and 
along  the  blind  paths,  blazed  by  Indian  hunters,  came  the  lowland 
settlers  to  the  Ridge  of  Elks,  to  build  their  cabins  by  the  side  of  the 
Indian  wigwams. 

When  Thomas  Browne,  the  Patuxent  Ranger,  was  commissioned 
"to  range  from  Mr.  Snowden's  plantation  to  the  farthest  limits  of 
the  Patuxent,"  we  find  him  before  1699  up  as  high  as  Clarksville. 

When  Charles  Carroll,  of  Annapolis,  the  friend  of  Lord  Proprie- 
tary, received  his  10,000  acre  grant  of  "  Doohoregan,"  it  extended 
"  from  the  Patuxent  by  a  blind  path  to  Thomas  Browne's  plantation 
and  to  four  Indian  cabins  and  thence  to  some  oaks." 

Carroll's  grant  came  from  the  Proprietary  himself,  but  Browne's 
grant  was  through  the  friendship  of  Captain  John  Dorsey,  of  the 
Council.  The  evidence  of  this  is  shown  in  the  name  of  the  survey. 
"Brown's  Chance"  and  Captain  Dorsey's  "Friendship,"  better 
known  as  "  Walnut  Grove,"  at  Clarksville.  There  is,  also,  evidence 
that  our  Patuxent  Ranger  was  a  progressive  farmer,  for  he  knew  the 
value  of  a  limestone  quarry  that  was  upon  it. 

He  marked  the  boundary  lines  of  "  Brown's  Forrest,"  adjoining 
his  friend,  Captain  Dorsey,  at  Oakland  Mills,  and  after  a  survey  of 
some  thirty  tracts  he  is  finally  found  up  on  "Ranter's  Ridge,"  over- 
looking the  Patapsco,  at  Woodstock. 

Long  before  that  Benjamin  Hood  had  followed  it  to  Hollo- 
fields,  where  a  former  highway  had  crossed  it,  and  there  built  his 
mill  upon  "Hood's  Haven."  Browne  and  Hood  were  close  enough 
to  each  other  to  talk  through  their  wireless  telephone. 


338      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Richard  Snowden  next  started  out  to  follow  Thomas  Browne 
into  his  beautiful  forest  country.  He  had  already  backed  out  from 
his  iron  mills  upon  South  River  and  had  built  his  furnace  upon  the 
Patuxent,  east  of  Laurel,  the  first  internal  improvement  of  Upper 
Anne  Arundel. 

He  had  built  "Birmingham  Manor  House/'  in  1690,  and  had 
encompassed  the  whole  town  of  Laurel.  We  next  find  him  upon  the 
Patuxent  as  high  as  Fulton,  taking  in  that  whole  section  under  the 
title  of  "Snowden's  Second  Addition  to  Birmingham  Manor." 

Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  hearing  of  the  lovely  forest  homes  in 
Upper  Anne  Arundel  and  Baltimore  Counties,  followed  Snowden 
on  the  north  to  Huntingtown.  Here  he  took  up  that  whole  section 
as  "Ridgely's  Forest." 

Richard  Warfield  rode  thirty  miles  on  horseback  to  plant  the 
first  stake  of  "Warfield's  Range"  upon  the  beautiful  falls  of  Middle 
Patuxent  at  Savage  Factory,  running  back  two  miles. 

Honorable  John  Dorsey  sent  his  surveyors  out  from  "  Hockley," 
to  go  beyond  Richard  Warfield  on  the  north.  Taking  up  "Troy 
Hill,"  at  Waterloo,  he  backed  up  to  Oakland  Mills  and  Columbia  and 
then  stretched  out  from  Simpsonville  to  Clarksville,  where  he  again 
met  Thomas  Browne. 

Colonel  Edward  Dorsey  followed  him  to  the  same  neighborhood 
in  his  "Long  Reach,"  which  joined  Hon.  John,  at  Columbia. 

All  of  these  surveys  were  made  before  1700.  A  quarter  of  a 
century  later,  this  whole  area  was  occupied  by  the  sons  and  grand- 
sons of  these  pioneer  surveyors. 

The  Ridge  of  Elks  had  become  the  summer  resort  of  fashion. 
It  was  so  popular,  in  fact,  as  to  cover  the  whole  territory,  from 
Laurel  to  Elk  Ridge  Landing,  to  Ellicott  City,  to  Clarksville,  and 
back  to  Laurel. 

Thomas  Browne's  sons,  Richard  Snowden's  sons.  Colonel 
Ridgely's  grandsons,  Richard  Warfield's  grandsons,  Hon.  John 
Dorsey's  grandsons,  seven  in  number,  and  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey's 
sons,  all  were  located  upon  the  excellent  tobacco  lands  of  the  Ridge. 
Even  Colonel  Edward  and  Hon.  John  left  the  attractions  of  the 
official  life  in  Annapolis  to  seat  themselves  upon  "Major's  Choice" 
and  "Troy  Hill,"  near  Waterloo. 

Elk  Ridge  Landing,  the  first  outlet  for  the  settlers  of  Howard 
County,  and  the  starting  point  of  the  dividing  line  from  its  mother 
county,  is  herein  made  my  starting  point  to  trace  the  tracts  of  land 
and  families  reared  upon  them. 

ELK  RIDGE  LANDING. 

At  this  northern  terminus  of  Elk  Ridge,  overlooking  in  pictur- 
esque beauty  the  gorges  of  the  Patapsco  on  the  north,  and  spreading 
out  to  the  east  in  a  water-way  which  no  longer  exists,  was  early 
erected  a  Port  of  Entry  to  accommodate  the  tobacco  growers  of 
Upper  Anne  Arundel. 


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As  early  as  1746,  it  was  a  rival  of  Annapolis.  In  1763  there 
were  1,695  hogsheads  of  tobacco,  more  than  half  of  the  crop  in  Anne 
Arundel  County,  inspected  at  Elk  Ridge,  and  during  the  Revolution 
it  was  at  the  height  of  its  usefulness.  The  great  Northern  and 
Southern  Post  Road  ran  through  it.  Into  this  highway  other  "roll- 
ing roads"  entered. 

Excellent  iron-ore  mines  surrounded  the  Landing.  The  Ridge 
to  the  west  offered  magnificent  sites  for  homes,  and  to  this 
splendid  business  centre  came  the  English  factors,  inspectors  of 
tobacco  and  capitalists  to  develop  the  iron  mines. 

"Moore's  Morning  Choice"  was  one  of  its  earliest  surveys.  It 
took  in  the  commanding  expanse  three  miles  west  of  the  landing. 

It  was  a  survey  of  Dr.  Mordecai  Moore,  husband  of  Colonel 
Wm.  Burgess'  widow,  who  sold  it  to  Caleb  Dorsey  of  "Hockley," 
who  transferred  it  to  his  son,  Caleb.  The  latter  saw  his 
opportunity.  Mines  were  opened,  forges  built,  lands  ten  miles  in 
extent  were  bought  or  surveyed;  furnaces  were  erected  and  ships 
were  sent  laden  with  the  output  to  the  English  markets. 

In  1738  Caleb  Dorsey  built  "  Belmont,"  a  house  which  is  a  his- 
tory in  itself.  The  founder  of  the  Landing  was  known  as  the  rich 
iron  merchant  of  Elk  Ridge,  and  when  he  made  his  will,  it  was  a 
revelation  of  a  progressive  age  and  a  subject  worthy  of  study. 

Previous  to  the  Revolution  it  was  the  custom  to  load  tobacco 
of  the  planters  in  small  bay  ports,  and  in  the  creeks  and  rivers  in 
front  of  large  plantations,  but  after  the  Revolution  the  English 
"Factors,"  who  had  been  located  in  Bladensbiu'g,  Calvert  County, 
St.  Mary's,  Annapolis  and  Elk  Ridge  Landing,  returned  to  England, 
leaving  a  profitable  business  to  German  and  American  tobacco 
merchants,  who  shipped  their  tobacco  by  small  boats  and  by  wagons 
to  Baltimore,  where,  to-day,  the  venerable  State  warehouses,  by 
their  size,  attest  the  importance  of  this  provincial  crop,  which  still 
gives  employment  to  thousands  of  persons. 

When  the  Ellicott  brothers  landed  at  Elk  Ridge,  just  previous 
to  the  Revolution,  they  found  the  surrounding  homesteads  attrac- 
tive, adorned  with  gardens,  fruits,  graveled  walks. 

Henry  Howard,  Judge  Richard  Ridgely,  Horatio  Johnson, 
Nicholas  Ridgely  Warfield,  all  officials  of  the  Port  of  Entry,  held 
houses  in  the  town. 

With  the  receding  of  its  water-way  and  the  growth  of  Baltimore, 
"The  Landing,"  as  a  business  center,  passed  into  history,  leaving 
but  meagre  data  of  its  once  busy  mart.  To-day  there  are  no  relics 
of  its  taverns  for  the  accommodation  of  the  drivers;  of  its  stables 
for  the  keep  of  their  horses;  of  its  tobacco  warehouses,  wherein 
were  deposited  the  immense  hogsheads  which  were  rolled  over  those 
"rolling  roads"  from  their  starting  point,  at  least  twenty-five  miles 
distant  from  "The  Landing." 

Elk  Ridge  Landing  could  have  had  no  artists,  else  they  would 
have  left  us  pictures  of  the  impromptu  gatherings  at  our  early  Elk 
Ridge  Landing;    of  the  vessels;    of  the  wharves;    of  the  old  houses 


340      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

now  lost  to  us.  Fortunately  for  the  historian,  there  are  some  land- 
marks remaining.  Its  founder  built  his  house  upon  a  rock  and  upon 
a  hill  which  the  floods  could  not  destroy. 

His  forge  at  Avalon  has  gone  with  the  tide,  but  "Belmont" 
stands,  to-day,  to  teach  us  how  he  lived.  From  the  pen  of  Dr.  J. 
Williamson  Palmer  we  get  an  interesting  picture  of  it.  It  is  after 
the  old  colonial  type  of  the  Province. 

"In  1738  Caleb  Dorsey  built,  with  English  brick  brought  over 
in  his  own  vessels,  the  historic  house  of  "Belmont,"  home  of  the 
Dorseys  and  the  Hansons. 

The  walls  of  the  hall  and  the  drawing-room  were  paneled  in  oak 
and  the  grounds  in  front  and  rear  were  terraced  in  the  large  old 
English  fashion,  while  boxwood  in  the  garden,  gigantic  now,  seems  still 
to  babble  of  the  sweet  old  times,  when  Caleb  and  Priscilla  set  them  out. 
Here,  later,  was  the  home  of  a  man  of  great  intellectual  and  moral 
force,  who  stamped  upon  the  chronicles  of  his  bailiwick  the  mark  of 
his  distinguished  talents,  his  indomitable  energy  and  his  reckless 
courage.  Alexander  Contee  Hanson,  son  of  the  Chancellor  of  Mary- 
land, editor  of  the  "Federal  Republican"  and  afterward  United  States 
Senator;  staimch  Federahst  and  frank  opponent  of  Madison's  admin- 
istration °and  of  the  War  of  1812,  was  an  undaunted  champion  of  the 
freedom  of  the  press,  in  defiance  of  the  mobs  and  assassins  in  the 
State  which  was  first  of  the  American  colonies  to  own  a  public  press 
and  employ  it  as  an  active  engine  of  light  and  liberty,  while  the 
Puritans  of  New  England  and  Virginia  abhorred  it  as  an  engine  of 
the  devil  and  would  have  none  of  it.  In  1689  the  Province  of  Mary- 
land had  a  public  press  at  St.  Mary's,  which  was  kept  busy  with  the 
printing  of  public  documents,  and  no  other  colonies  had  one." 

Caleb  Dorsey's  descendants  still  tell  of  the  long  hunts  of  this 
master  of  Belmont,  upon  one  of  which  he  met  a  young  lady  on  horse- 
back, who  kindly  invited  him  to  her  father's  residence  for  the  night. 
The  fox-hunter  was  so  charmed  that  he  frequently  renewed  the  chase 
in  the  direction  of  the  West  River,  and  finally  brought  to  Belmont 
the  same  young  lady,  Miss  Priscilla  Hill,  as  his  bride;  she  was  the 
daughter  of  Henry  Hill  and  Mary  Denwood,  of  West  River. 

It  has  been  said,  also,  that  "Caleb  of  Belmont"  could  ride  ten 
miles  in  a  straight  line  on  his  own  lands;  they  extended  from  Curtis 
Creek  to  Ellicott's  City  and  Clarksville  pike,  including  the  "  Long 
Reach"  of  Major  Edward  Dorsey. 

Caleb  and  Priscilla  Dorsey's  son,  Henry  Hill,  married  Eliza 
Goodwin;  from  these  descend  Judge  Parkin  Scott  and  Dr.  Samuel 
Chew. 

Samuel  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  ran  the  forge  during  the  Revolution 
and  supplied  guns  and  cannon  for  home  defence.  His  wife  was  Mar- 
garet Sprigg.  She  survived  him  with  three  children,  Edward  Hill, 
Mary  and  Eleanor.  She  made  Edward  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  their  guar- 
dian. 

Edward  Hill  Dorsey  later  appeared  in  several  contests  over  the 
estate  of  his  father.    His  wife  was  Elinor  Pue,  who  bore  him  Mary — 


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William  H.  Freeman;  James — Miss  Welsh.  Their  heirs  were,  James, 
Dr.  Robert  Dorsey,  late  of  Baltimore,  and  Mrs.  Handy,  of  Richmond. 
Her  daughter  is  a  popular  leader  of  society.  The  daughters  of 
Samuel  and  Margaret  Dorsey  were  Mrs.  Bailey  and  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Dorsey,  of  Dorsey's  Station. 

Edward  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  inherited  "Belmont,"  and,  with  his 
brother  Samuel,  ran  the  two  forges  at  Avalon  and  Curtis  Creek. 
His  sale  of  the  Curtis  Creek  property  brought  on  several  contests  in 
the  Court  of  Chancery.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  John 
and  Mary  Hammond)  was  his  cousin.  Their  daughters  were  Mary — 
Daniel  Murray;  Caroline — Johnson  Donaldson;  Priscilla — Alex- 
ander Contee  Hanson.     She  inherited  "Belmont." 

Hammond  Dorsey  (of  Edward)  built  his  brick  homestead,  still 
standing,  in  sight  of  Relay.  His  wife  was  EHzabeth  Pickering,  of 
Massachusetts.  Descendants  of  Edward  Dorsey  still  reside  at  Elk 
Ridge. 

Daniel  Murray,  the  attorney,  descends  from  Daniel  Murray  and 
Mary  Dorsey.  Daniel  Murray,  Sr.,  was  the  son  of  Dr.  William  Mur- 
ray and  Sallie  Maynadier,  of  Annapolis,  whose  daughter,  Sally  Scott, 
was  the  wife  of  Governor  Edward  Lloyd.  Annie  Murray  became 
the  wife  of  General  John  Mason,  of  Virginia. 

The  heirs  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Dorsey  were  Dr.  James  Murray, 
West  River;  Sally  Scott,  wife  of  Dr.  James  Cheston;  Mary — Dr. 
Worthington,  and  Colonel  Edward  Murray,  U.  S.  A.  and  C.  S.  A. 

The  Murrays  were  descendants  of  Marquis  John  Murray,  who 
came  to  the  Barbadoes.  His  son,  John,  settled  in  Chestertown  and 
married  Ann  Smith.  Dr.  William  Murray  (of  John  and  Ann  Smith) 
married  Harriet  Hesselius.  The  Murrays  were  connections  of  the 
Steuarts  who  can  claim  an  unbroken  line  from  Kenneth  II.  first  King 
of  Scotland.  This  Steuart  family  was  represented  by  the  late  General 
George  Hume  Steuart,  of  South  River,  who  held  the  homestead 
tract  of  Colonel  William  Burgess.  General  Steuart,  genial  and  enter- 
taining, was  the  son  of  General  George  H.  Steuart,  of  the  War  of  1812, 
whose  house  in  Annapolis  stood  upon  the  present  site  of  the 
Executive  Mansion. 

With  Colonel  Elzey  and  Major  Bradley  T.  Johnson,  young 
Steuart,  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  formed  the  First  Maryland  Regi- 
ment in  the  Confederate  Army,  and  remained  at  the  front  until  the 
surrender.  His  father,  also,  though  too  old  for  service,  gave  his 
experience  to  the  Southern  cause.  Returning,  he  died  soon  after  the 
sm-render,  at  his  son's  residence,  on  West  River. 

Other  Elk  Ridge  descendants  of  Edward  of  Belmont  were  Dr. 
Frank  Donaldson  and  his  brother  Thomas  Donaldson,  the  dignified, 
thoroughly  equipped  lawyer  and  scholar  of  "Lawyers  Hill."  The 
records  at  Ellicott  City  show  that  he  held  a  large  clientage.  He 
was  known  as  "the  honest  lawyer." 

John  J.  Donaldson,  successor  and  son,  represented  Howard  in 
the  Legislature  and  is  now  practising  law  in  Baltimore. 


342      FouxDEES  OF  A^^NE  Arundel  and  Howaed  Counties. 

Alexander  Contee  Hanson  and  Priscilla,  his  wife,  had  one  son, 
named  in  honor  of  Mr.  Hanson's  brother-in-law,  Honorable  Charles 
Grosvenor,  member  of  Congress. 

Charles  Grosvenor  Hanson,  of  Belmont,  married  Maria  Worth- 
ington.  Their  son,  Hon.  Grosvenor  Hanson,  has  been  a  School  Com- 
missioner of  Howard  Count}^  and  has  twice  represented  the  county 
in  the  Maryland  Legislature.  He  has  also  taken  active  interest  in 
securing  the  bridge  at  Avalon.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  Stock 
Commission.  His  brothers  are  Murray  Hanson,  Notary  Public,  and 
John  Hanson,  merchant,  of  Baltimore.  Their  sisters  reside  at  Bel- 
mont. 

The  daughters  of  Caleb  Dorsey,  of  Belmont,  were  Mary — Dr. 
Michael  Pue,  whose  son  Dr.  Arthur  Pue — Sarah,  daughter  of  Thoma, 
Beale  Dorsey,  Jr.,  by  Achsah  Brown.  Issue,  Samuel,  Williams 
Ventress,  of  Texas;  Ferdinand  Pue,  of  Highlands,  and  Robert,  of 
Morgan's  Station. 

Milcah  Dorsey,  of  Caleb,  of  Belmont — William  Goodwin;  Rebecca 
— Captain  Charles  Ridgely,  of  Hampton;  Priscilla — Governor 
Charles  Carnan  Ridgely,  of  Hampton.  Elinor  inherited  lands 
"above  the  forge"  and  died  a  maiden;  Peggy  Hill — William 
Buchanan.  Large  legacies  were  left  to  these  daughters  by  Caleb, 
of  Belmont,  the  iron  merchant. 

WATERLOO. 

At  this  junction  of  the  Northern  and  Southern  Post  Road  with 
the  Annapolis  and  Frederick  road,  stands  the  handsome  home  of 
Captain  John  R.  King,  now  head  of  the  Grand  Army.  Here  was 
once  located  a  famous  inn,  the  successor  of  Spurrier's  Tavern,  which 
stood  near  there.  Waterloo  Inn  was  the  central  headquarters  and 
popular  resort  for  many  years. 

Nearby  two  distinguished  brothers.  Colonel  Edward  and  Hon. 
John  Dorsey,  had  seated  themselves  before  1700.  Historic  tracts 
were  there  located.  They  were  "Troy  Hill,"  "The  Grecian  Siege," 
"The  Isle  of  Ely,"  "Major's  Choice"  and  "Long  Reach." 

The  first  three  were  heired  by  Hon.  John's  grandson,  Basil 
Dorsey,  who  inherited,  also,  1,255  acres,  known  as  "Caleb's  Pur- 
chase." Here,  still  later,  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey  (of  Basil,)  Field 
Officer  of  the  Elk  Ridge  Militia,  made  his  headquarters  for  rallying 
the  Revolutionary  patriots  who  were  called  to  the  aid  of  Annapolis. 

Upon  "Troy  Hill,"  to-day,  stands  a  large  stone  house  with 
extensive  barns  and  grounds.    It  is  now  the  Pfeiffer  property. 

This  estate  under  Basil  Dorsey  adjoined  Caleb  of  "Belmont" 
and  extended  a  mile  or  more  along  the  Post  Road,  from  Elk  Ridge 
Landing  to  Spurrier's  Tavern.  Basil  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Worthington  and  Elizabeth  Ridgely.  Sarah  Dorsey's  in- 
heritance was  a  portion  of  "  Worthington's  Range,"  near  Clarksville. 
Basil  Dorsey  was  not  content  to  limit  his  surveys  to  the  neighborhood 
of  Waterloo.  Holding  this  extensive  estate,  he  invested  in  lands  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Liberty,  Frederick  County,  upon  a  portion  of 


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which  were  seated  his  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Ephraim 
Howard;  EHnor,  wife  of  Hon.  Upton  Sheredine,  and  Ariana,  wife  of 
Thomas  Sollers.  Basil  Dorsey's  youngest  son,  Dennis,  died  in  early 
manhood  and  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey  heired  most  of  his  estate. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Dorsey  named  her  heirs,  Basil  Burgess,  John  Bur- 
gess and  Sarah  Burgess,  children  of  Captain  John  Burgess  by  her 
daughter  Sarah.  She  named  her  niece,  Elizabeth  Watkins,  daughter 
of  her  sister  Ariana.  She  appointed  her  son.  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey, 
and  her  son-in-law.  Captain  John  Burgess,  executors. 

They  sold,  in  1789,  to  William  Gaither  other  Frederick  County 
tracts,  known  as  "Pleasant  Fields,"  "Woods  Lot,"  "Chillum  Castle" 
and  "Friendship."  They  sold  to  Ephraim  Howard  "The  Resurvey 
on  Woods  Lot." 

Colonel  Thomas   Dorsey   married  two   Ridgely   cousins,   both 
named    Elizabeth.     The  first  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry 
Ridgely  and  Elizabeth  Warfield;  by  her  he  had  Captain  Daniel 
Dorsey,  of  "The  Flying  Camp,"  referred  to  in  the  following  letter: 
"  To  the  President  of  the  Council. 

"Sir: — When  the  Elk  Ridge  Mihtia  left  this  place  for  Annapolis, 
I  promised  to  send  down  more  on  Sunday.  Captain  Daniel  Dorsey's 
Company  will  certainly  be  down  on  that  day  and  Captain  Norwood's 
on  the  day  following. 

"Yr.  most  obedient  servant, 

"Thomas  Dorset." 

Captain  Daniel,  a  mere  boy,  fought  through  the  war.  He  was 
with  Colonel  Carvil  Halls'  "  Flying  Camp."  Returning  after  the  war, 
he  married  his  cousin,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Ely  and  Deborah  Dorsey; 
later  removed  to  New  York  State,  where  he  became  judge  and 
minister.  He  left  a  large  family  in  Upper  New  York,  named  in 
"  Warfield's  of  Maryland." 

Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey  and  his  brother-in-law.  Colonel  Henry 
Ridgely,  Jr.,  were  rivals  for  the  military  honors  of  the  Ridge.  Their 
personal  letters  to  the  Council  of  Safety  may  be  found  in  the  archives. 
Colonel  Dorsey's  second  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Judge  Nicholas 
Ridgely,  of  Delaware,  by  his  third  wife,  Mrs.  Mary  Vining;  she  is 
thus  recorded  by  the  Judge  himself.  "  And  I  have  another  daughter, 
named  Ehzabeth,  born  on  Sunday,  December  15th,  1745.  She 
married,  June  21st,  1761,  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey,  of  Elk  Ridge,  Anne 
Arundel  County — in  the  Province  of  Maryland  and  left  by  him  a 
large  issue."  (Ridgely  Bible.)  Their  children  were  Dr.  Archibald 
Dorsey,  whose  residence  was  just  west  of  Waterloo;  Theodore, 
Nicholas,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Juliet,  Harriet  and  Matilda  Dorsey. 

We  get  a  view  of  the  speculative  spirit  of  that  period,  and  the 
disastrous  effect  upon  the  estate  of  Colonel  Dorsey,  from  his  will 
of  1790.  From  it,  too,  we  see  the  love,  confidence  and  splendid 
executive  abihty  of  his  wife  and  widow  in  her  management  of  it. 


344      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

COLONEL  DORSEY'S  WILL. 

"  I  request  to  be  decently  buried  with  only  a  few  invited  friends. 
The  services  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  to  be  read.  No 
mourning  other  than  black  ribbons,  handkerchiefs  and  gloves.  As 
it  has  pleased  God,  heretofore,  to  bestow  on  me  a  hberal  fortune, 
which  I  have  lately  lost  by  my  indiscretion  and  ill-judged  confidence, 
and  as  the  small  remnant  that  can  be  saved  out  of  the  wreck  of  my 
fortune  cannot  be  placed  in  the  hand  of  any  person  more  truly  prudent 
and  frugal  than  my  beloved  wife,  who  as  she  divides  her  affection 
among  her  children,  will,  I  have  no  doubt,  distribute  equally  among 
them  anything  that  can  be  saved.  I  give  her,  after  my  just  debts  are 
paid,  all  my  estate  and  make  her  sole  executrix, 

"  I  desire  my  wife  to  apply  to  the  General  Assembly  respecting 
the  debt  I  owe  the  State  in  paper  money,  called  State  and  Conti- 
nental Money,  which  had  depreciated  at  the  time  I  passed  bonds  to 
the  State  at  the  rate  of  three  said  paper  dollars  for  one  silver  dollar. 
I  wish  her  to  hand  over  to  the  State  all  the  property  I  bought  of  the 
Samuel  Chase  estate. 

"Witnesses:  Joshua  Dorsey,  John  Henry  Johnson,  William 
Squire,  D.  Griffith."  The  Assembly  passed  a  bill  accepting  Mrs. 
Dorsey's  tender  and  exempted  her  from  other  liabilities. 

As  executrix,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey  made  the  following  trans- 
fers: 

"Deed  of  1817,  from  Owen  Dorsey  and  Nicholas  Dorsey  to 
Rosalie,  wife  of  George  Calvert,  for  lands  deeded  by  Elizabeth  Dorsey 
(widow  of  Colonel  Thomas)  for  '  Troy,'  part  of  '  The  Isle  of  Ely,' 
'  Grecian  Siege,'  part  of  '  Caleb's  Purchase,'  part  of  '  Brother's  Addi- 
tion,' near  'Herbert's  Care,'  (Colonel  Marshall's)  intersecting  the 
Hnes  of  the  lands  given  by  Thomas  Dorsey  to  Daniel,  which  Daniel 
deeded  to  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  for  part  of  'Caleb's  Purchase,'  running 
with  the  Post  Road  from  Elk  Ridge  Landing  to  Spurrier's  Tavern; 
running  between  the  lands  given  to  Archibald  Dorsey  and  the  lands 
sold  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey  to  Clemson  and  Bailey. 

"  As  Owen  Dorsey  has  paid  Nicholas  Dorsey  the  amount  of  the 
mortgage,  the  deed  was  given  to  Rosalie  Calvert. 

"Daniel  Dorsey  sold  his  tracts  to  Henry  Ridgely,  who  sold  to 
Samuel  Chase,  Thomas  Chase  and  Wilham  G.  Ridgely." 

In  1823,  Archibald  Dorsey,  of  Harford  County,  sold  "Grecian 
Siege"  to  Mr.  Pierce.     It  is  still  held  by  that  family. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey's  will  left  her  lands,  taken  up  recently 
in  Kentucky,  to  her  heirs.  To  son  Dr.  Archibald  Dorsey  she  gave 
her  eight-day  clock;  she  named  her  son  Theodore  and  his  son  Alex- 
ander, whom  she  appointed  her  attorney  to  settle  some  city  claims. 
Her  daughters  were  Ehzabeth  Berry,  Mary  Norwood,  Harriet  Berry 
and  Matilda  Dorsey.  She  named  her  son  Nicholas,  and  sons-in-law, 
Benjamin  and  John  W.  Berry.    She  died  in  Baltimore  County. 


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COLONEL  EDWARD  DORSEY  OF   **  MAJOR'S  CHOICE/' 

Before  1700  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey  removed  from  Annapolis 
to  "Major's  Choice,"  west  of  Waterloo,  and  north  of  the  old  brick 
church,  but  continued  to  sit  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  as  a  delegate 
from  Baltimore  County.  He  was  then  married  to  Margaret  Larkin, 
who  inherited  from  her  father,  John  Larkin,  a  large  estate  upon  the 
north  side  of  the  Patapsco.  Her  children  were  Lacon  (Larkin,) 
Charles,  Francis,  Edward  and  Ann  Dorsey,  who  married  her 
neighbor,  John  Hammond  (of  Charles). 

Colonel  Dorsey 's  sons  by  Sarah  Wyatt  were  located  near  him, 
upon  "Long  Reach"  and  "Major's  Choice."  Edward  Dorsey,  Jr., 
youngest  son  by  Margaret  Larkin,  a  minor  when  his  father's  will  was 
probated  in  1705,  inherited  the  Colonel's  riding  horse  "Sparke,"  his 
best  gun,  largest  silver  tankard,  his  tobacco  box,  his  seal  gold  ring 
and  one  sealskin  trimk,  marked  "E.  D."  The  other  sons  inherited, 
with  Edward,  their  mother's  lands  across  the  Patapsco.  Edward 
located  at  Dayton,  and  bought  lands  of  Thomas  Reynolds,  known  as 
"Thomas  Lot,^^  to  which  he  added  "Dorsey's  Addition."  His  will 
named  his  wife  Phoebe  executrix,  aided  by  Michael  Dorsey.  The 
tradition  is  that  she  was  a  Todd,  a  relative  of  Michael's  wife,  Ruth 
Todd.  In  1769  she  was  Phoebe  Williams,  and,  with  her  son  Lacon, 
deeded  her  late  husband's  estate  to  John  Worthington  Warfield. 

Joshua  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Phoebe)  married  Rachel,  whose 
daughter  married  Major  George  Stockton,  of  Shepardstown,  West 
Virginia.    They  removed  to  Kentucky  and  left  many  descendants. 

Western  descendants  say  that  Mr.  Williams,  who  married  the 
widow  Dorsey,  was  the  father  of  General  Otho  Holland  Williams. 
Later  records  do  not  confirm  this. 

Ann  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  Edward) ,  the  widow  of  John  Hammond, 
named  her  daughters,  Hannah,  wife  of  John  Welsh,  and  Ann,  wife  of 
Francis  Davis.  Both  of  these  left  many  Welsh  and  Davis  descend- 
ants in  LTpper  Howard.  From  Hannah  Welsh  descends  Governor 
Warfield  and  the  author  of  this  history.  Her  sister,  Hamutel  Welsh, 
heired  her  portion  of  the  homestead,  "Major's  Choice."  She  died 
in  the  stone  house,  now  a  part  of  Brookeville  Academy.  Her  daughter 
Carolina — Captain  Elisha  Riggs  and  was  the  mother  of  Colonel  John 
Hammond  Riggs,  from  whom  descended  two  distinguished  physi- 
cians, Dr.  Augustus  and  Dr.  Artemas  Riggs;  one  of  Cooksville, 
Howard  County;    the  other  of  Brookeville,  Montgomery  County. 

JOSHUA  DORSEY  OF  "MAJOR'S  CHOICE," 

Coming  into  possession  of  the  homestead  of  Colonel  Edward,  and 
inheriting  a  large  tract,  known  as  "Barnes'  Folly,"  Joshua  Dorsey 
married,  in  1711,  Anne  Ridgely,  oldest  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Katherine  (Greenberry)  Ridgely.  Joshua  sat  with  his  brother-in-law. 
Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  in  pew  No.  1,  Christ  Church.  His  heirs  were 
Henry,  Philemon,  Joshua,  Nicholas,  Charles,  Rachel,  Anne,  Eliza- 
beth. 


346      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

His  will  of  1747  located  Henry  on  "Dorsey's  Hills"  and 
"Dorsey's  Angles;"  Philemon  on  "  Brother's  Partnership;"  Joshua  in 
"Locust  Thicket;"  Nicholas  at  "Huntington  Quarter"  and  Charles 
upon  the  homestead  "Major's  Choice,"  which  afterward  went  to 
Joshua. 

Henry  Dorsey,  born  1712,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Worthington  and  Elizabeth  Ridgely,  who  inherited  389 
acres  of  "Worthington  Range."  Their  heirs  were  Joshua,  Thomas, 
Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Nicholas,  Ariana,  Ann,  Vachel,  Henry  and  Charles 
Dorsey. 

Joshua  (of  Henry) — Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Hall, 
of  the  Episcopal  Church,  of  West  River,  and  had  Henry  Hall  Dorsey, 
Isaac,  Allen,  Major  Thomas  Hall  Dorsey,  Joshua,  John,  Elizabeth, 
Margaret,  William  Henry  and  Mary  Goldthwait,  whose  daughter 
married  Samuel  Beale  Owings. 

Henry  Hall  Dorsey — Mary  Wright  and  their  daughter  Harriet 
became  the  wife  of  John  Hammond  (of  Philip).  Issue,  Dr.  Thomas 
Wright  Hammond,  Charles  and  Margaret  Mullikin;  William  Henry 
Dorsey,  the  oldest  son  of  Henry  Hall  Dorsey,  died  a  prisoner  in  Eng- 
land, during  the  Revolution. 

Major  Thomas  Hall  Dorsey,  his  brother — Ann  (Warfield)  Dorsey, 
widow  of  Richard,  of  "Hockley."  Issue,  Margaret  Harrison, 
whose  children  are  Anne  Warfield,  Thomas  Dorsey,  Mary,  Margaret 
Elizabeth,  William  Henry  Harrison,  all  single. 

Allen  Dorsey — Eleanor  Dorsey  (of  Samuel  and  Margaret  Sprigg). 
They  resided  at  "  Woodlawn,"  at  Dorsey's  Station,  Washington 
Branch,  B.  &  O.  R.  R.  Issue,  William,  Eliza,  Mary,  Caroline,  all 
maids.  William  Dorsey  (of  Allen)  has  a  son,  William  H.  Dorsey,  now 
of  Baltimore. 

Elizabeth  Dorsey  (of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Hall) — Vachel 
Dorsey,  Jr.  (of  Vachel  and  Ruth  Dorsey).  He  was  a  partner  of  Charles 
Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  in  surveying  waste  lands.  Upon  his  list  of  sur- 
veys, still  to  be  seen  at  "Hockley,"  were  numerous  tracts  in  all 
sections  of  Howard  and  Anne  Arundel. 

Vachel  Dorsey's  son,  Essex  Ridley  Dorsey — Ann  Dorsey,  the 
heiress  of  "Hockley;"  Elizabeth  Hall  Dorsey  (of  Vachel) — Caleb 
Dorsey;  Evalina  Mary — Barnes  Comegys;  Ann  Dorsey  (of  Vachel) 
remained  a  maiden. 

Thomas  Dorsey  (of  Henry)  inherited  his  mother's  interest  in 
" Worthington's  Range" — Mary  Warfield,  only  daughter  of  Benja- 
min and  Rebeckah  (Ridgely)  Warfield,  of  "  Warfield's  Range."  Issue, 
Benedict  Dorsey;  Elizabeth — Joshua  Warfield,  of  "Warfield's 
Range;"  Rebecca — Captain  Vachel  Burgess;  Mary  Ridgely — Phile- 
mon Burgess;  Benedict  Dorsey — Margaret  Watkins  (of  Nicholas  and 
Ariana  [Worthington]  Watkins.  Issue,  Thomas,  Washington  and 
Elizabeth  Dorsey.  The  early  death  of  their  father  left  them  in  charge 
of  Mr.  Nicholas  Watkins.  They  were  all  legatees  of  Nicholas  Ridgely 
Warfield,  who  granted  them  his  portion  of  "Worthington  Range." 
Washington    Dorsey    removed  to  Wilmington,   Delaware,  married 


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Hannah  Chapman  and  left  George  Washington — Mary  Ann  McKee, 
whose  daughter,  Emily  Dorsey — W.  J.  Ellison,  of  Wilmington.  Her 
sisters  are  Anna  and  Bessie;  her  brother,  George  Washington  Dorsey, 
Jr. — Lizzie  Spence,  of  New  York.  Washington  Dorsey,  Sr.,  left 
other  sons — Thomas,  Robert  and  William  Dorsey — and  daughters — 
Lizzie  and  Tamer. 

Elizabeth  Dorsey  (of  Benedict) — George  Ford. 

Ehzabeth  Dorsey  (of  Henry) — Elisha  Warfield  (of  Benjamin). 
Issue,  Mary  Ford,  of  Kentucky,  who  left  Charles,  James  C.  and 
Eliza  P.  Ford;  James  C.  Ford — Mary,  daughter  of  Justice  Robert 
Trimble,  U.  S.  Supreme  Court.     He  was  a  distinguished  Kentuckian. 

Ann  Dorsey  (of  Henry) — Davidge  Warfield  (of  Azel). 

Sarah  Dorsey  (of  Henry) — Benjamin  Dorsey  (of  Patuxent  John), 
Ariana  Dorsey  (of  Henry) — Beni  Warfield  (of  Seth)  and  lived 
upon  "Warfield's  Forest." 

HUNTINGTON. 
Annapolis  J«nction. 

South  of  Waterloo,  upon  the  Post  Road,  were  Huntingtown  on 
the  east  and  Guilford  on  the  west.  Into  this  section  came  Colonel 
Henry  Ridgely,  his  nephew,  Nicholas  Dorsey,  Orlando  Griffith  and 
John  Wortliington,  son  of  the  merchant,  who  resurveyed  upon 
"  Ridgely's  Forest"  the  Worthington  homestead,  still  standing  upon 
"  Worthington's  Plains,"  known  as  the  Bowie  estate. 

Out  of  this  old  Griffith  house,  through  a  daughter  of  Gideon 
White,  successor  to  the  estate  by  purchase,  comes  Colonel  King  (of 
Howard),  former  member  of  the  Maryland  Legislature,  attorney-at- 
law  and  colonel  of  Eleventh  United  States  Regiment  during  the  Civil 
War. 

He  is  upon  a  neighboring  estate  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Waters,  upon 
the  old  Warfield  survey,  west  of  the  Junction. 

Colonel  King's  grandfather,  Gideon  White  (of  Joseph),  the 
miller  and  surveyor  of  "White's  Contrivance,"  came  down  from 
Peregrine  White,  the  first  white  child  born  in  Massachusetts. 

In  this  same  section,  just  west  of  the  Junction,  was  "The  Four- 
teen-mile House,"  a  stage  coach-stand  kept  by  Mr.  Haslup,  grand- 
father of  the  two  popular  Haslup  brothers,  one  an  ex-member  of  the 
Legislature  and  the  other  in  charge  of  the  State  House.  They  reside 
close  by  this  old  stand;  both  have  very  fine  estates  along  that  road. 

Huntingtown,  the  home  of  Orlando  Griffith,  west  of  the  railroad 
and  just  north  of  Annapolis  Junction,  was  a  Griffith  home  of  historic 
importance.     It  is  now  known  as  the  "White  Place." 

William  Griffith  came  to  Maryland  in  1675. 

The  history  of  the  Griffiths,  of  Wales,  forms  'an  exciting  review 
of  the  feudal  splendor  of  Griffith,  Prince  of  Wales,  but  that  history  is 
too  voluminous  for  quotation  here.  Their  descendants  in  Maryland, 
as  will  be  seen,  fought  as  valiantly  for  American  independence  as  did 
their  sires  in  Wales. 


348      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

William  Griffith  took  for  his  wife  a  daughter  of  another  distin- 
guished house  in  Scotland.  She  was  Sarah  Mackubin,  daughter  of 
John  Mackubin,  who  came  from  the  Lowlands,  and  claimed  descent 
from  the  Mc Alpines,  of  the  Highlands,  who  go  back  to  Kenneth  II., 
the  first  king  of  Scotland. 

The  issue  of  that  marriage  were  Orlando,  Captain  Charles, 
William  and  Sophia — Benjamin  Duvall,  youngest  son  of  Mareen, 
the  Huguenot. 

Orlando  Griffith  followed  the  tide  of  western  settlers  to  Hunting- 
ton. His  homestead  was  later  transferred  to  the  Whites;  it  borders 
on  Snowden's  "Summer  Hill,"  lately  owned  by  Major  Powell,  of 
Annapolis  Jimction.  Orlando  Griffith  married,  at  thirty,  Katharine, 
only  daughter  of  Captain  John  Howard  by  Katherine,  widow  of  Henry 
Ridgely,  and  daughter  of  Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry.  She  inherited 
"Howard's  Luck,"  at  Huntington,  Orlando  Griffith  became, 
in  1728,  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  occupying 
pew  No.  8  with  Captain  John  Howard  and  Nicholas  Dorsey,  his  neigh- 
bor. "Griffith's  Adventure"  was  his  survey.  It  is  upon  a  draft  of 
the  Patapsco;  upon  this  he  placed  his  sons  Joshua,  Benjamin, 
Orlando  and  Charles  Greenberry  Griffith. 

Hon.  Henry  Griffith,  eldest  son  and  executor  of  Orlando,  took 
up  lands  in  both  Howard  and  Montgomery;  he  was  Tobacco  In- 
spector, Commissioner  in  the  formation  of  Montgomery,  Register  of 
Queen  Caroline  Parish,  Commissioner  of  Peace,  Member  of  the 
Colonial  Assembly  from  Frederick  County,  upon  the  Committee  of 
Observation  for  Frederick  Comity,  Member  of  the  Convention  which 
formed  the  Association  of  "Freemen  of  Maryland"  and  one  of  the 
Justices  in  the  organization  of  Montgomery  County,  in  1777.  He 
married,  first,  Elizabeth  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd) ,  and  had 
issue,  Sarah — Rezin  Todd,  Rachel — Samuel  Welsh,  Ruth,  Amos  Riggs 
and  Colonel  Henry  Griffith,  who  was  one  of  the  Committee  of  Observa- 
tion for  Frederick  County  to  carry  out  the  Resolves  of  the  Provincial 
Convention.  He  resided  upon  "Hammond's  Great  Branch,"  near 
Laurel,  and  married,  first,  Sarah  Warfield  (of  John  and  Rachel  [Dorsey] 
Warfield,  of  "Warfield's  Range");  issue,  Henry,  Allen,  Nicholas, 
Elizabeth,  Henrietta  Griffith;  Colonel  Henry — married  second,  Sarah 
Davis  (of  Thomas)  and  ,had  Thomas  Griffith,  who  held  the  old 
homestead,  which  has  only  recently  passed  from  the  family. 

Colonel  Henry  Griffith's  descendants  by  Sarah  Warfield  located 
upon  "  Griffith's  Range, "  in  the  neighborhood  of  Unity  and  Layton- 
ville,  and  they  still  hold  their  greatly  improved  estates. 

Hon.  Henry  Griffith  married,  second,  Ruth  Hammond,  daughter 
of  John  and  Ann  (Dorsey)  Hammond,  and  became  joint  executor  of 
John  Hammond's  estate.  Their  issue  were  Captain  Samuel  Griffith, 
John  Hammond  Griffith,  Colonel  Philemon  Griffith,  Lieutenant 
Charles  Griffith,  Joshua  Griffith  and  several  daughters. 

From  the  home  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith,  who  later  located  on  the 
roadpeading  from  Unity  to  Damascus,  went  to,  and  returned  from, 


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the  Revolution  three  colonels,  one  captain,  one  lieutenant,  one 
ensign  and  one  "  high  private." 

The  old  dilapidated  roadside  home  of  Captain  Samuel  Griffith, 
who  took  his  first  wife,  Rachel,  from  "  Warfield  Range,"  may  still  be 
seen,  deserted.  Near  by  is  the  home  of  one  of  their  descendants,  who 
sent  four  more  sons  to  a  later  war. 

Captain  Samuel  Griffith  was  upon  the  Committee  of  Observation 
for  Frederick  County  in  1775,  and  entered  the  army  under  La  Fayette. 
Colonel  Philemon  Griffith  entered  as  lieutenant  in  Captain  Price's  Rifle 
Company;  he  was  Captain  of  Third  Company  of  Rifles  of  Colonel 
Rawlings  regiment,  at  Fort  Washington;  was  taken  prisoner  and 
was  exchanged  and  promoted  to  major  in  1776;  the  rank  of  colonel 
was  conferred  on  him  by  the  Governor  of  Maryland. 

Captain  Samuel  Griffith  and  his  brother,  Colonel  Philemon,  were 
both  in  the  disastrous  campaign  of  the  North.  At  Germantown,  or 
Brandywine,  with  General  La  Fayette,  Captain  Samuel  led  a  company 
of  ninety  men  in  storming  a  "  Cheveaux  de  Frieze"  and  came  out  with 
sixteen.  When  La  Fayette  was  given  an  ovation  in  Annapolis  in 
1825  these  old  heroes  met,  embraced  and  shed  tears. 

Captain  Griffith  was  twice  married;  first,  to  Rachel  Warfield  (of 
John),  and,  second,  to  Ruth  Berry  (of  Richard  and  Sarah  Dorsey); 
many  of  his  descendants  are  scattered  in  every  State;  one  daughter, 
Ruth,  remained  to  guard  the  old  home.  The  writer  stood  within 
that  old,  unpretending  roadside  homestead  when  many  of  his  descend- 
ants were  then  at  the  front;  still  later,  she,  too,  had  gone:  its  lights 
were  out;  its  old  hero,  sleeping  near  by,  had  heard  not  the  war-cry, 
for  he  and  his  brothers  had  answered  their  last  call. 

Colonel  Philemon  Griffith's  daughter,  Ruth,  first — Caleb  Dorsey, 
and  resided  at  Glenwood,  Howard  County,  issue,  John  A.  Dorsey. 
She  married,  second,  Charles  D.  Warfield,  of  "Bushy  Park"  and 
left  Charles  D.  Warfield,  Jr.,  and  Sallie,  wife  of  Dr.  Evan  William 
Warfield,  of  Glenwood. 

Pictures  of  both  Captain  Samuel  and  his  brother.  Colonel  Phile- 
mon, are  to  be  seen  at  Messrs.  Gustavus  Warfield's  and  Alfred 
Mathews,  at  Glenwood;  both  exhibit  striking  features,  which  show 
the  sterling  characters  of  these  old  heroes  we  now  love  to  honor. 

Greenberry  Griffith  (of  Orlando)  inherited  "Ward's  Care"  and 
"Howard's  Luck;"  he  married  Ruth  Riggs,  his  neighbor,  of  "Riggs' 
Hills;"  he  was  warden  and  vestryman  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  and 
upon  the  Committee  of  Observation  for  Frederick  County  in  1775. 
His  son,  Hezekiah — Catharine  Warfield  (of  Azel);  their  son,  John 
Riggs  Griffith — Sarah  Tracey,  whose  daughter,  Rebecca — William 
Davis,  parents  of  Eldred  Griffith  Davis,  Collector  of  Taxes,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  and  his  sisters,  Mrs.  Dickinson  and  Mrs.  Clarke. 

Sarah  Griffith  (of  Orlando)— Colonel  Nicholas  Dorsey;  Lucretia 
— Caleb  Davis. 

Joshua  Griffith  was  Deputy  Surveyor  in  1759  and  Tobacco 
Inspector  at  Elk  Ridge  Landing;  by  his  wife,  Ann  Hall,  their  son  was 
Dennis  Griffith.     He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Continental  Army  and 


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350      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

surveyed  the  State  of  Maryland  in  1794;  he  published  a  map  of  the 
State  which  is  still  extant.  He  was  also  a  vestryman  in  Queen  Caro- 
line Parish  and  a  delegate  to  the  Episcopal  Convention;  he  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Greenberry  and  Lucy  (Stringer)  Ridgely. 
Their  son,  Stephen,  was  in  the  United  States  Army. 
Rachel  Griffith — Henry  Gassaway,  son  of  Brice  John. 

Elizabeth  Greenberry  Griffith — Rev.  Ethan  Allen. 

Rachel  Griffith  (of  Joshua) — John  Sprigg  Belt,  Captain  of 
Fourth  Company,  First  Regiment  Maryland  Line;  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati. 

Benjamin  Griffith  (of  Orlando)  was  Tobacco  Inspector  in  Queen 
Caroline  Parish  in  1762,  during  which  time  he  was  Church  Warden. 
After  1772  he  removed  to  the  neighborhood  of  Poplar  Springs,  Mary- 
land. He  married  Mary  Riggs,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Davis. 
Their  daughter,  Ann — Aquilla  Dorsey;  Mary — Richard  Stringer. 

Colonel  Charles  Greenberry  Griffith,  youngest  son  of  Orlando, 
was  Colonel  of  First  Baltimore  Flying  Camp,  1776.  He  married 
Sarah  Ridgely,  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Warfield) 
Ridgely.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth — General  Jeremiah  Crabb,  of 
Fourth  Battalion  in  Continental  Army,  Brigadier-General  of  Militia 
1794,  Representative  in  Congress  in  1795-6. 

Captain  Charles  Griffith  (of  William)  of  South  River,  left  a  record 
of  his  family  in  which  he  recorded  the  births  and  deaths  of  his  "  daf- 
ters."  He  lived  on  the  north  side  of  South  River  within  six  miles  of 
Annapolis.  He  outlived  his  two  wives  over  thirty-eight  years,  dying 
in  his  seventy-eighth  year  and  was  recorded  as  Captain  Charles 
Griffith.  He  married,  first,  Mrs.  Mary  Mercer  (nee  Wolden) ,  and  had 
William,  Charles  and  Mary  Griffith.  He  married  again  in  1727 
Catharine  Baldwin,  daughter  of  John  Baldwin  and  Hester  (Larkin) 
Nicholson  his  wife.     The  issue  of  his  first  wife  were: 

William  Griffith — Priscilla  Ridgely  and  lived  near  the  head  of 
the  Severn  in  1752;  Charles  Griffith,  Jr. — Ann  Davidge  (of  Robert- 
and  Rachel  [Warfield]  Davidge,  and  lived  near  Stoner's  Mill,  Anne 
Arundel  County.  He  inherited  "Griffith's  Island"  on  the  Severn. 
His  daughter,  Eleanor  Griffith— Vachel  Warfield,  son  of  Samuel,  and 
lived  at  Crown  Point,  now  Portland,  Anne  Arundel  County;  issue, 
Vachel,  Jr. — Achsah  Marriott;  Wilfiam — Sarah  Jane  Merryman; 
Henrietta — Joshua  Marriott. 

Sarah  Griffith  (of  Charles,  Jr. — John  Boone,  son  of  Captain  John. 

Mary  Griffith  (of  Captain  Charles  and  Mary) — Joseph  White, 
who  bought  of  Mrs.  Henry  Ridgely  a  portion  of   "  Wincopin  Neck." 

John  Griffith  (of  Captain  Charles  and  Catharine  Baldwin) — the 
widow  of  Benjamin  Williams,  who  later  became  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Rutland.     John  Griffith's  estate  was  on  the  Severn. 

Sarah  Griffith  (of  Captain  Charles  and  Catharine) — Azel 
Warfield,  son  of  Alexander  and  Dinah  Davidge. 

Catharine  Griffith — Colonel  Nicholas  Worthington. 
William  Griffith,  youngest  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Mackubin, 
removed  to  the  Catoctin  Mountains  and  became  Commissioner  and 


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Justice  of  Frederick  County.  He  married  Comfort  Duvall,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Duvall,  of  Anne  Arundel,  and 
granddaughter  of  Mareen  Duvall. 

COLONEL  HENRY  RIDGELY. 

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Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  the  surveyor,  son  of  Henry  and  Katherine 
Greenberry  and  grandson  of  the  first  surveyor  of  "Ridgely  Forest, 
heired  his  father's  homestead  "Waldridge"  and  "Broome."  These 
tracts  were  transferred  to  his  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Worthington, 
who  resided  there. 

Colonel  Henry  and  his  uncle,  Charles  Ridgely,  were  joint  owners 
of  "Ridgely's  Forest,"  at  Huntington,  and  also  joint  owners  of  the 
South  River  estate.  By  deeds  of  transfer,  Charles  Ridgely  held  the 
South  River  tracts  and  yielded  up  his  interest  in  "Ridgely's  Forest" 
to  his  nephew. 

Colonel  Henry,  in  1711,  seated  himself  upon  the  ridge  east  of 
Guilford.  His  estate  was  then  in  Baltimore  County.  He  became  an 
aggressive  surveyor  of  this  new  territory.  He  resurveyed  "  Ridgely's 
Forest"  into  "Harry's  Lot,"  which  extended  back  to  Savage  and 
Guilford.  Following  up  the  Patuxent,  beyond  "  Snowden's  Second 
Addition,"  we  find  him  on  "Hickory  Ridge,"  at  Highlands.  Joining 
his  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Worthington,  they  took  up  "  Henry  and 
Thomas,"  "Partnership,"  "Altogether,"  stretching  back  to  Glenelg. 
Beyond  that,  Colonel  Henry  is  again  found  at  "  Round  About  Hills," 
"Ridgely's  Great  Park"  and  "Ridgely's  Great  Range,"  thirty  miles 
west  of  his  starting  point.  In  1722,  Colonel  Henry  married  Eliza- 
beth, only  daughter  of  Benjamin  Warfield.  Her  father  had  taken  up 
for  her  a  considerable  tract  called  "  Wincopin  Neck,"  lying  between 
the  Middle  and  North  Branches  of  the  Patuxent  at  Savage;  it 
adjoined  "Warfi eld's  Range"  on  the  south  and  "  Warfield's  Contriv- 
ance" on  the  north. 

In  1728,  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely  was  the  chief  surveyor  and 
builder  of  Christ  Church,  Queen  Caroline  Parish.  He  held  pew  No.  1 
in  the  original  building  in  1736.  His  homestead  is  now  the  Patti- 
son  estate.  The  large  graveyard  of  this  early  survej^or  may  still  be 
seen  there. 

Upon  this  ridge  are  three  Ridgely  homesteads,  all  upon  the  road 
leading  from  Guilford  to  Savage.  Beyond  them,  still  further  west, 
on  the  middle,  or  Savage  River,  there  stands  another  building  in 
perfect  preservation,  a  rough-cast  brick  mansion,  worthy  of  note.  It  is 
"Montpelier."  Its  perfect  walls,  large  rooms,  high  ceiling,  wide  hall- 
way, music  balcony,  hand-carved  woodwork,  speak  unerringly  that 
it  was  once  the  home  of  luxury.  Its  last  Ridgely  owner  was  the 
bachelor,  Harry,  who  weighed  five  hundred  pounds  and  rode  in  a 
chair-carriage  especially  designed  for  him.  He  was  the  only  son  of 
Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  fourth,  hero  of  the  French  and  Indian  war, 
Harry  Ridgely  died  about  1812  and  lies  buried  under  a  huge  tree  in 
the  rear  of  his  mansion,  which  some  say  was  built  by  him,  but  such 


352      FouNDEKS  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howakd  Counties. 

a  building  was  not  designed  for,  or  by,  a  bachelor.  It  was  built  for 
daughters  who  entertained  largely.  As  I  stood  within  I  could  almost 
hear  from  the  balcony  the  music  leading  those  stately  daughters  in 
the  minuet.  Perhaps  the  four  distinguished  daughters  of  the  first 
surveyor  here  met  their  military  husbands  and  from  there  went  out 
to  be  mothers  of  a  long  line  of  descendants,  not  even  bounded  by 
oceans.  It  was  certainly  the  home  of  the  later  Colonel  Ridgely,  who 
took  his  cousin,  Ann  Dorsey,  as  wife.  From  it  Dr.  Charles  Alexan- 
der Warfield  took  his  bride  in  1771.  From  it  " Polly  Ridgely"  went 
down  across  "  Warfield's  Range"  to  " Sappington  Sweep"  upon  Ham- 
monds Great  Branch,  where  still  stands  her  headstone  to-day.  From 
it,  as  late  as  1806,  went  forth  Sally  Ridgely,  the  second  wife  of  Jessie 
Tyson.  From  it,  too,  Ann  Ridgely,  "  the  heiress,"  went  further  down 
the  Patuxent  as  the  bride  of  Major  Thomas  Snowden,  to  name  her 
more  magnificent  home  "Montpelier"  of  Prince  George. 

The  second  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely's  sons  are  fully  named  in 
his  will  of  1749.     It  reads: 

"I  Coll.  Henry  Ridgely,  of  A.  A.  Co.,  give  the  use  of  my  tract 
called  *  Harry's  Lot'  to  my  dear  wife  during  life  and  one-third  of  the 
personal  property. 

"  To  Son  Greenberry,  500  acres  to  be  laid  out  as  follows:  All  my 
part  (being  one-third)  of  'Partnership'  and  all  of  'Hickory  Ridge' 
that  is  clear  of  other  surveys,  and  if  less  than  500  acres,  then  I  give 
him  a  part  of  '  Resurvey  of  Tracts '  nearest  to  him,  to  be  laid  out  at 
the  discretion  of  Mr.  Philemon  Dorsey. 

"  I  give  to  Son  Henry  my  tracts '  Broken  Land,' '  Sapling  Range,' 
'Coopers  Lot,'  bought  of  Mr.  Wm.  Fisher.  Mr.  Philemon  Dorsey  to 
assign  him  lands  on  Sapling  Range." 

"To  Son  Joshua  the  'Resurvey  of  Tracts'  and  'Round  About 
HUls.' 

"To  Charles  Greenberry  all  my  part  (one-half)  of  'Huntington 
Quarter'  with  the  lands  I  have  added  to  it  and  '  Harry's  Lot.' 

"  To  Nicholas  Greenberry  my  tract  called  '  Small  Land '  and  part 
of  'Altogether,'  laid  out  by  Messrs.  Nicholas  Watkins  and  Philemon 
Dorsey,  and  also  a  tract  to  be  bought  of  Aquilla  Dorsey  by  Pliilemon 
Dorsey  and  myself.  I  give  to  Nicholas  Dorsey,  of  Joshua,  my  right 
to  the  other  half  of  '  Huntington  Quarter.'  And  Whereas,  by  a 
resurvey  made  by  Mr.  Thomas  Worthington  and  myself  of  '  Partner- 
ship,' we  could  not  find  enough  land  to  equal  the  warrant,  even 
though  we  took  up  some  vacant  land,  now,  if  Mr.  Thomas  Worthing- 
ton will  pay  to  my  executors  my  part  of  the  charge  and  will  make 
over  to  my  son  Greenberr}^  ten  acres  included  in  said  resurvey  then 
I  give  to  Mr.  Worthington  sixty  acres  which  is  nearest  to  his  lands, 
provided  he  and  my  son  Greenberry  shall  desire  to  exchange  any  part 
of  'Hickory  Ridge'  and  'Partnership,.  I  desire  my  son  Joshua  to 
be  placed  in  the  care  of  Mr.  Philemon  Dorsey,  and  to  be  brought  up 
by  him,  and  if  he  die  without  issue,  his  lands  to  go  to  Nicholas 
Greenberry. 


FouxDEr.s  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      353 

"Test  Alexander  Warfield,  James  Macgill,  John  Warfield,  Joseph 
Hall  and  Joshua  Warfield. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Warfield)  Ridgely  survived  her  husband  some 
twenty  years,  and  in  her  will  of  1769,  named  the  same  sons  and 
daughters,  transferring  her  estate  to  them.  Her  daughters,  thus 
named  were:  Ann,  wife  of  Hon.  Brice  Thomas  Beale  Worthington; 
Elizabeth,  wiie  of  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey;  Sarah,  wife  of  Colonel 
Charles  Greenberry  Griffith,  and  Catherine,  wife  of  Captain  Philemon 
Dorsey,  Upon  her  estate  of  "Wincopin  Neck"  stands,  to-day,  the 
regenerated  Guilford,  famous  for  granite. 

THE  DORSEYS  OF  ANNAPOLIS  JUNCTION. 

By  the  will  of  Joshua  Dorsey,  of  "Major's  Choice,"  he  conveyed 
his  share  of  "  Huntington  Quarter"  to  his  son  Nicholas  Dorsey. 

There  stands,  to-day,  in  sight  of  Annapolis  Junction,  an  old 
hipped-roof  cottage  in  good  preservation.  It  was  built  by  Nicholas 
Dorsey  and  is  still  held  by  his  decendant.  Near  the  old  house  and 
close  to  the  Elk  Ridge  and  Annapolis  Railroad  is  the  family  burial 
ground,  surrounded  by  a  cluster  of  cedars. 

Nicholas  Dorsey  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Worthington,  daughter 
of  John  and  Helen  (Hammond)  Worthington,  left  Nicholas  Worth- 
ington, who  married  Rachel  Warfield  and  removed  to  the  Seneca 
River;  Lloyd  remained  at  home;  Joshua — Henrietta  Hammond; 
Mary — Amos  Dorse}';  Ann — John  Worthington;  Elizabeth — Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Warfield,  of  Smallwood's  Battalion;  Sarah — William 
Ball;  Henrietta — Judge  Owen  Dorsey;  Achsah — Isaac  0 wings  and 
went  west. 

Lloyd  Dorsey  inherited  the  homestead  at  Annapolis  Junction. 
By  his  wife,  Catharine  Thompson,  he  left  Noah  and  five  brothers  and 
five  sisters.  One  of  those  brothers,  Tristram  Shandy  Dorsey,  held 
"  Rich  Neck  "  and  "  Riggs  Hills."  He  was  a  bachelor  and  represented 
his  district  in  several  sessions  of  the  Legislature.  Noah  Dorsey  re- 
mained on  the  homestead,  and  by  his  marriage  to  Sarah  Dorsey,  of 
Joshua  and  Henrietta  Hammond,  left  one  son,  Llo3^d  Egbert  Dorsey, 
who  holds  the  estate.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Vansville  Farmers'  Club 
and  has  built  his  modern  house  in  sight  of  the  pioneer  cottage,  from  a 
window  of  which,  Sarah  Dorsey  lost  her  white  slipper  in  the  snow  upon 
her  run-away  marriage  to  AVilliam  Ball.  Mr.  Dorsey,  also,  married  his 
cousin,  Laura,  a  Worthington  descendant  of  Joshua  and  Henrietta 
Hammond  Dorsey.  They  have  one  daughter,  Edith.  Their  son, 
Ernest  Dorsey,  formerly  of  the  staff  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  is 
now  connected  with  the  educational  staff  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture.     Wilbur  and  Claude  are  brothers. 

This  property  of  Nicholas  Dorsey  is  one  of  the  few  estates  that 
has  been  held  by  its  original  owners.  It  has  handed  down  a  long 
line  of  descendants,  including  the  Worthingtons  of  Howard,  of  Fred- 
erick, the  Macgills  of  Frederick,  the  Dorseys  and  Warfields  of  Mont- 


354      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

gomery,  the  Dorseys  of  Texas,  of  Kentucky,  the  Balls  of  Maryland 
and  Virginia,  and  the  descendants  of  Rev.  Peyton  Brown,  of  Virginia. 
From  a  large  collection  of  silhouettes  of  this  family,  now  in 
possession  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dorsey,  interesting  views  of  the  dress  and 
fashions  of  their  ancestors  may  be  studied.  Among  the  collection 
is  a  striking  photograph  of  Mr.  Noah  Dorsey,  who  was  accidently 
killed  by  a  railroad  train  at  Annapolis  Junction. 

LAXJREL, 

In  sight  of  this  southern  terminus  of  Howard,  upon  the  east, 
looms  up  "Riggs  Hills,"  from  which  John  Riggs  sent  out  many 
daughters  to  be  wives  and  mothers  for  several  Howard  County  families. 
Looking  to  the  south  of  it  was  "  Birmingham  Manor,"  which,  with 
"Rutlands  Purchase"  covered  the  present  site  of  Laurel,  and 
extended  to  "Venison  Park"  in  Howard. 

Here  Colonel  Capron  organized  the  first  mill  of  Laurel,  in  which 
was  sunk  the  fortunes  of  several  of  his  Snowden  kindred. 

To-day  a  beautiful  town,  reaching  back  to  the  heights  on 
both  sides  of  the  Big  Patuxent,  bids  fair  to  rise  to  the  dignity  of 
a  manufacturing  centre.  It  commands  the  trade  of  four  counties. 
With  new  water-works  and  an  electric  railway,  Laurel,  now  boasting 
of  its  large  water  power,  has  already  become  a  splendid  flour  market. 

y-  RIGGS  OF  ANNE  ARUNDEL,  FREDERICK 

AND  MONTGOMERY  COUNTIES. 

The  name  existed  early  in  Maryland.  One  Francis  Riggs,  of 
Calvert  County,  had  800  acres  issued  to  him  by  warrant  July  10, 
1663,  and,  during  the  year  following,  acquired  2,300  acres  in  the  prov- 
ince. He  died  in  1664  at  the  house  of  PJchard  Lench,  on  "Chicka- 
come"  River,  Virginia,  leaving  his  estate  to  John  Edmondston  and 
Richard  Collett,  equally,  but  proceedings  in  the  High  Provincial 
Court  of  Maryland  were  instituted  by  Joseph  Riggs,  of  Virginia, 
claiming  as  cousin  of  the  deceased  Francis.  In  these  proceedings  it 
is  set  forth  that  the  claimant  (Joseph)  was  the  son  of  Francis  Riggs,  of 
Fareham,  Hampshire,  England,  and  that  his  deceased  cousin  (Francis) 
was  the  son  of  John  Riggs,  of  Southampton,  England.  Joseph 
Riggs  established  his  claim,  settled  in  Calvert  County,  dying  there 
in  1671,  leaving  his  wife  Jane  sole  executrix  and  heiress  of  both 
realty  and  personalty,  including  "Lower  Bennett." 

In  1681  the  name  Thomas  Riggs  is  found  in  a  list  of  tobacco 
planters  making  settlement  with  the  Provincial  Government  (Md. 
Archives,  Vol.  7,  p.  251). 

In  1689  Ensign  John  Riggs  brought  to  Lieutenant-Governor 
Nicholson  the  official  announcement  from  England  of  the  accession 
of  William  and  Mary  to  the  throne.  An  investigation  of  the  English 
families  of  Riggs  has  been  made  and  published  by  Mr  E.  Francis 
Riggs,  of  Washington,  as  his  contribution  to  the  recent  work  of  J. 


FOUNDEKS  OF  AnNE  ArUNDEL  AND  HoWARD   COUNTIES.         355 

H.  Wallace,  of  New  York,  on  the  Family  and  Descendants  of 
Edward  Riggs,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  Although  the  evidence 
does  not  clearly  establish  the  exact  branch  from  which  our  Maryland 
settler  came,  Mr.  Riggs  says:  "I  have  always  been  convinced  that 
the  New  England,  New  Jersey  and  Maryland  clans  were  of  the  same 
origin  and  that  their  origin  was  English.  In  England  the  name  is,  I 
believe,  extinct.  I  have  been  unable  to  find  it  there.  I  had  research 
made  in  England  years  ago,  and  from  wills  filed  in  the  public  records 
it  seems  that  the  name,  under  various  forms,  Rygge,  Rigge,  Rigges 
and  Riggs,  appears  early  in  the  fifteenth  century." 

One  Thomas  Riggs,  of  Southampton,  whose  will  was  proved  in 
1551,  was  an  alderman  of  that  town  (County  of  Hampshire) ;  his  wife 
was  Jane  Richardson.  Issue,  Thomas,  of  the  Sussex  Branch;  John, 
of  Scotland;  William,  of  Lincolnshire;  Miles,  of  Suffolk;  Clement, 
of  Middlesex. 

Thomas,  Jr.,  held  the  Manor  of  Fareham,  near  Southampton,  and 
left  a  son  Rafe  (Ralph),  who  married  Mary  Blake.  They  had  nine 
children. 

1.  Thomas  of  Fareham;  buried  at  Fareham  1638. 

2.  Robert;  married  Margery  Chambers,  of  Southampton.     Will  1664. 

3.  Ralph;  three  times  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Winchester  (Hampshire), 
married  Mary  Johnson,  of  Buckinghamshire.     Will  1647. 

4.  Francis;  married  Katharine  Knight,  died  before  1636. 

5.  William;  baptized  at  Fareham  1593. 

6.  John,  of  Southampton;  merchant,  married  Mary  Hopgood.  Will 
proved  1636. 

7.  Mary;  baptized  1585,  married  thrice. 

8.  Elizabeth;  baptized  1591. 

9.  Anne;  baptized  1596,  married  twice. 

Ralph  (or  Rafe)  Riggs,  of  Winchester;  third  son  of  Rafe  and 
Mary  (Blake)  Riggs,  married  Mary  Johnson,  had 

1.  Francis;  2.  Ralph,  ob.  s.  p.;  3.  Thomas,  married  Constance  Hook,  of 
Hook,  Coimty  of  Southampton;  4.  Edmund,  of  Winchester,  will  proved 
April  27,  1660,  buried  in  Winchester  Cathedral,  married  Margaret  Savage 
of  King  Clere,  County  of  Southampton;  5.  Ogle,  married  Mercy,  co-heiress 
of  John  Lock,  of  Hollist,  County  of  Sussex,  died  1705,  aet.  69;  6.  Mary; 
7.  Elizabeth. 

Francis,  fourth  son  of  Rafe  and  Mary  (Blake)  Riggs,  married 
Katharine  Knight,  and  had 

1.  Francis;  2.  .Joseph;  S.Benjamin;  and  four  daughters. 
John  Riggs,  of  Southampton;  merchant  and  sixth  son  of  Rafe  and  Mary 
(Blake)  Riggs,  married  Mary  Hopgood  at  Fareham,  January  12,  1622,  had: 
1.  Jolm;  2.  Thomas,  born  1636;  3.  Francis  and  three  daughters. 

In  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church,  Fareham,  are  the  monuments 
of  several  of  the  above  family,  with  armorial  bearings.  The  arms  as 
given  by  Berr)^  (Hampshire  Pedigrees)  are:  Gules,  a  fesse  vair, 
between  three  water  spaniels  argent,  each  holding  in  the  mouth  a  bird, 
bolt  or,  plumed  argent.  Crest:  A  talbot  passant,  gules,  eared  or, 
holding  in  the  mouth  a  birdbolt  of  the  second  (or),  plumed  argent. 


356      FouxDEES  OF  AxNE  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Mr.  E.  Francis  Riggs  has  had  recent  searches  made  in  Prince 
Georges  County  and  has  found  a  Mr.  James  Riggs'  family  there  as 
early  as  1703. 

No  definite  connection,  though,  has  yet  been  established  as  to 
the  parentage  of  his  progenitor,  John  Riggs,  of  Anne  Arundel 
County,  whose  name  first  appeared  in  the  will  of  John  Marriott,  in 
1716,  as  legatee  to  50  acres  of  "Shepard's  Forest." 

Mr.  Riggs  has,  also,  in  his  library  an  old  Baxter's  Directory, 
which  contains  many  valuable  records  of  the  Davis'  and  Riggs' 
births  and  deaths. 

From  this  Davis  heirloom,  it  is  established  that  John  Riggs  was 
born  in  1687  and  died  August  17,  1762,  aged  75  years.  His  wife, 
Mary  Davis,  was  born  in  1702  and  died  in  1768.  The  Davis  family 
were  among  the  early  Virginia  settlers  of  Herring  Creek,  but  at  the 
time  of  John  Riggs'  marriage  to  Mary  Davis,  in  1721,  Mr.  Thomas 
Davis  was  near  Millersville.  The  will  of  Jabez  Pierpoint  (of  Henry), 
names  Sarah,  wife  of  Alexander  Warfield,  and  Mary,  wife  of  Thomas 
Davis,  his  sisters.     (See  Mr.  Nelson,  genealogist.) 

In  1723  John  Riggs  surveyed  "Riggs'  Hills,"  just  east  of 
Laurel.  In  1725  he  bought  of  Colonel  Charles  and  Rachel 
Hammond  their  adjoining  tract,  "  Rich  Neck."  In  1751,  he  bought 
of  Beale  Bordley  1,000  acres  of  "Bordley's  Choice,"  at  Brookeville, 
Montgomery  County.  Robert  Davis,  his  brother-in-law,  surveyed 
this  tract  and  divided  it  among  the  sons  of  John  Riggs. 

In  1736  John  Riggs  and  Joseph  Hall  held  pew  No.  16  in 
Queen  Caroline  Parish.  At  "  Riggs'  Hills"  a  few  unmarked  graves 
may  still  be  seen,  and  John  Riggs  and  his  wife  are  probably  among 
them.  She  survived  him  several  years  and  left  a  will  in  which  she 
named  her  sons  and  daughters,  leaving  them  her  estate. 

1.  Thomas,  born  Octobei"  20,  1722,  died  October  25,  1797;   unmarried. 

2.  Rachel,  born  June  11,  1724;;  married  to  Edward  Warfield,  of  John, 
October  6,  1741,  by  tlie  Rev.  Jas.  Macgill,  at  Queen  Caroline  Parish;  died 
April  16,  1794,  having  had  twelve  children. 

3.  John,  born  July'll,  1726;   died  1808;   unmarried.' 

4.  James,  born  April  13,  1728;  was  "tobacco  inspector"  for  the  Parish 
September  6,  1736;  was  taxed  from  1756  to  1762,  300  poimds  of  tobacco 
annually  as  a  bachelor;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Howard; 
died  August  14,  1780;  left  no  issue. 

5.  Ptuth,  born  October  20,  1730;  married  Greenberry  Griffith,  had  ten 
children;  died  October  18,  1779. 

6.  Mary,  born  September  24,  1732;  married  Benjamin  Griffith,  had  eight 
children. 

7.  Catharine,  born  February  24,  1734;   married Hyatt;   died  April 

8,  1802. 

8.  Ann,  born  July  29,  1738. 

9.  Samuel,  born  October  6,  1740,  was  also  a  tobacco  inspector  in  Queen 
Caroline  Parish  September  2,  1766-7;  married  in  1767,  Amelia,  daughter 
of  Philemon  Dorsey  and  Catherine  Ridgely;  was  witness  to  several  of  his 
neighbors'  wills  near  Riggs  Hills;  on  his  marriage  removed  to  "Bordley's 
Choice,"  and  built  the  homestead  which  still  stands  upon  a  hill  overlooking 
the  village  of  Brookeville.  During  the  Revolution  he  was  second  lieuten- 
ant in  Colonel  Zadock  Magruder's  Montgomery  County  Militia.  A  striking 
portrait  of  him  is  still  extant,  taken  by  an  artist  who  saw  him  on  the  street 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      357 

in  Washington.  He  died  at  his  farm  at  Brookeville,  May  25,  1814,  and  is 
there  buried  with  his  wife,  who  was  bom  August  23,  1749,  and  died  August 
6,  1807.     They  had  twelve  children. 

10.  Elisha,  born  October  4,  1742;  married  Carolina,  daughter  of  Hamutal 
Welsh,  granddaughter  of  John  and  Anne  (Dorsey)  Hammond;  was  promi- 
nent in  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution,  as  seen  by  the  following  corres- 
pondence : 

"July  14,  1776. 
"Gentlejien: 

"Captain Riggs  waitson  you  with  a  companyof  militia  out  of  mybattaUon. 
The  extreme  busy  time  has  prevented  my  being  able  to  send  them  sooner. 
I  hope  they  will  be  relieved  by  the  Flying  Camp  in  a  few  days.  If  they  are 
not,  I  propose  to  relieve  them  by  another  company  out  of  my  battalion. 

"I  am,  gentlemen,  your  mo.  Humble  Servt., 

"Thomas  Dorset." 

"Ordered  July  15,  1776,  That  Commissary  of  Stores  deliver  to  Captain 
Elisha  Riggs  for  the  use  of  his  Company,  6  muskets,  30  gun  flints,  72  car- 
touche boxes  and  a  quantity  of  ammunition  sufficient  for  his  Company. 

"July  20th,  1776,  Ordered,  That  the  Treasurer  of  Western  Shore  pay  to 
Capt.  Elisha  Riggs  Eighty  five  pounds,  one  shilling  and  three  pence,  to 
discharge  the  pay  of  his  Militia  Company." 

Colonel  Edward  Gaither,  of  Elk  Ridge,  wrote  to  the  Council  of 
Safety  January  21,  1776: 

"Gentlemen: 

"Whereas  the  Hon.  the  Convention  has  thought  Proper  to  appoint  me  a 
Field  Officer  of  the  Elk  Ridge  Battafion,  I  therefore  aprehend  the  nomina- 
tion of  the  Capt.  is  with  Hon.  the  Council  of  Safety.  I  am  requested  by  my 
Company  to  beg  leave  to  recommend  Mr.  Elisha  Riggs  their  Captain  if  it 
should  be  thought  necessary  to  appoint  one;  he  is  the  first  Lieuft.  of  the 
Company.  I  can  assure  you  Gentl.  he  is  much  the  Properest  Person  in  my 
opinion  and  from  the  beginning  of  our  unhappy  disputes  discovered  a  dis- 
position which  does  Honour  to  him  as  an  American. 

"Ed.  Gaither,  Jr." 

"Whereas,  Mr.  John  Marriott,  1st  Lieutenant  of  Capt.  Elisha  Riggs  is 
dead,  I  nominate  Mr.  Joseph  Walker.  Capt.  Riggs  wishes  the  vacancy 
filled  with  all  convenient  speed." 

Captain  Elisha  Riggs  died  June  6,  1777,  left  three  children. 

11.  Achsah  (or  "Nackey"),  married  Samuel  Brown,' bom  January  27 
1745-6.  ^  ^t 

12.  Amon,  bom  April  21,'- 1748,  married  Ruth  Griffith  (died  1830,  aet. 
83),  December  21,  1769,  was  Captain  of  Militia  in  Montgomery  County. 
"Sept.  13,  1777.  The  Treasurer  will  pay  Capt.  Amon  Riggs  72  lbs.  per 
acc't,  passed."     Amon^Riggs  died  March^l6,;;i822,'^had;nine  children.* 

Family  of  Samuel  Riggs  (of  John)  and  Amelia  (Dorset)  : 

1.  Mary,  bom  August  14,  1768,  married  Henry  Griffith,  died  January  21, 

2.  Henrietta,  bom  December  22,  1769,  married  Daniel  Gaither,  died 
April  3,  1854. 

3.  Thomas,  bom  January  12,  1773,  married  November  17,  1796,  Mary, 
daughter  of  his  uncle  Elisha  (of  John)  Riggs,  was  ensign  in  Captain  Fred- 
erick Gaither 's  Company  of  Militia  in  1801,  died  January-  10,  1845,  and 
had  issue. 


*  Captain  Amon  Riggs  sold  "Riggs  Hills"  and  "Riggs  Neck"  to  Nicholas 
Dorsey. 


358      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

4.  Anna,  bom  August  12,  1773,  married  her  cousin,  John  H.  (of  Elisha), 
died  February  18,  1796. 

5.  Reuben^  born  May  23,  1775,  married  Mary  Thomas,  died  April  25, 
1829,  and  had  issue. 

6.  George  Washington,  born  August  8,  1777,  was  a  successful  merchant 
in  Georgetown,  D.  C,  and  later  in  Baltimore;  married,  first, Eliza  Robinson, 
of  Montgomery  County,  by  whom  he  had  four  children,  second;  Rebecca 
(Smith)  Norris,  widow  of  William  Norris  and  daughter  of  Job  Smith,  of 
Baltimore,  and  had  by  her  also  four  children.  Geo.  W.  Riggs  lived  and 
died  at  "Woodville,"  now  within  the  city  limits  of  Baltimore. 

7.  Elisha,  bom  June  13,  1779,  married  Alice,  daughter  of  James  Law- 
rason,  of  Alexandria,  Va.,  September  12,  1812  (who  died  April  16,  1817, 
aged  twenty-five),  leaving  two  sons;  and,  second,  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Karrick,  July  16,  1822,  having  by  her  issue.  He  was  highly  suc- 
cessful in  mercantile  pursuits  in  Georgeto^Ti,  D.  C,  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  and 
later  in  New  York  City,  where  he  died  August  3,  1853,  and  was  buried. 
George  Peabody  was  his  business  partner. 

8.  "Eleanor,  bom  Jime  7,  1781,  died  August  9,  1804. 

9.  Romulus,  bom  December  22,  1782,  married  Mercy  Ann  Lawrason 
(sister  of  Alice  above  mentioned)  May  29,  1810,  was  also  a  merchant  in 
Georgetown;  removed  to  Philadelphia  where  he  was  prosperous,  and  well 
known.  He  died  in  Philadelphia  October  2,  1846,  and  is  buried  there. 
Left  issue. 

10.  Julia,  bom  December  22,  1784,  died  September  26,  1862,  unmarried. 

11.  Samuel,  born  June  14,  1786,  died  1805. 

12.  Remus,  inheritor  of  the  homestead,  bom  January  12,  1790,  married 
Katharine  Adams,  and  had  issue.     He  died  December  18,  1867. 

Family  op  Elisha  Riggs  (of  John)  and  Carolina  Welsh: 

1.  John  Hammond,  married,  first,  Anna  Riggs  (of  Samuel) ;  second,  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  Henry  and  Rebecca  (Boone)  Howard,  and  had  issue. 

2.  Marv,  born  May  23,  1776,  married  Thomas  Riggs  (of  Samuel),  died 
May  10,  i829. 

3.  Sarah,  born  1777,  died  October  22,  1795,  s.  p. 

Family  of  Amon  Riggs  (of  John)  and  Ruth  Griffith  : 

1.  John,  bom  1771;  2.  Henry,  bom  1772;  3.  Charles,  born  1774,  died 
1802;  4.  Amon,  born  1776;  5.  James,  born  1779;  6.  Samuel,  born  1781; 
7.  Joshua,  bom  1790,  died  1810,  and  two  daughters. 

Family  of  Thomas  (of  Samuel)  Riggs  and  Mary  Riggs: 

1.  Sarah  Hammond,  born  September  19,  1797;  married  Philemon 
Griffith,  son  of  Colonel  Philemon  Griffith,  of  the  Revolution. 

2.  Samuel,  born  August  20,  1800,  in  the  old  building  now  part  of  the 
Brookeville  Academy,  married  Margaret  Norris,*  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Riggs,  Peabody  &  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  and  after  the  withdrawal  of 
Elisha  Riggs  the  firm  consisted  of  George  Peabody,  Samuel  Riggs  and  Jere- 
miah Peabody,  imder  the  name  of  Peabody,  Riggs  &  Co.;  later — on  the 
withdrawal  of  George  Peabody— Riggs,  Jenkins  &  Co.,  and  later  still,  Riggs, 
Babcock  &  Co.,  in  both  Baltimore  and  New  York.  The  firm  was  afterwards 
Riggs,  Hitchcock  &  Co.,  of  New  York.  A  few  days  before  the  forrnation 
of  a  partnership  with  his  nephew,  George  W.  Riggs  (of  Elisha),  and  his  son, 
Wm.  T.  Riggs,  under  a  proposed  name  of  Riggs  &  Co.,  Mr.  Samuel  Riggs 
died  in  New  York.  He  is  buried  in  Greenmount  Cemeteiy,  Baltimore. 
His  wife  died  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  also  lies  in  Greenmount.     Left  issue. 

3.  Caroline  Eleanor,  born  June  7,  1803,  married  Caleb  Dorsey,  son  of 
Colonel  Richard  Dorsey,  of  "Happy  Retreat,"  died  April  13,  1877,  and  left 
issue. 


*  Daughter  of  William  Norris,  of  Harford  County. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      359 

4.  Elisha,  born  July  6,  1810,  married  Avolina  Warfield  (of  Joshua), 
resided  upon  the  Patuxent  near  Triadelphia,  died  June  16,  1883. 

5.  Thomas  John,  born  May  15,  1815. 

Family  of  Reuben  (of  Samuel)  Riggs  and  Mary  Thomas: 
1.  Samuel,  member  of  the  Legislature,  and  other  children. 

Family  of  George  Washington  Riggs  (of  Samuel)  and  First 
Wife,  Eliza  Robinson: 

1.  Ameha,  bom  1805,  married  Edward  Norris  (son  of  William),  died 
April  23,  1878,  leaving  issue. 

2.  Anna,  born  1811,  married  Wm.  C.  Pickersgill,  of  Blendon  Hall,  Kent, 
England,  died  July  29,  1892. 

3.  Samuel,  of  Goshen,  born  1808,  died  June  9,  1883,  unmarried. 

4.  Eliza,  born  February-  22,  1817,  married  Adolphus  W.  Peabody,  cousin 
of  George  Peabody,  died  May  18,  1886,  s.  p. 

Family    of   Geo.   W.  Riggs    (of   Samuel),    and    Second    Wife, 

Rebecca  Norris: 

1.  Rebecca,  born  August  22,  1822,  married  Jas.  Bogle,  of  South  Carolina, 
and  had  issue,  died  August  27,  1880. 

2.  Virginia,  born  July  12,  1824,  married,  first.  Major  N.  S.  Waldron,  U. 
S.  M.  C.;"second,  Robert  Spence,  of  Baltimore,  died  s.  p.  February  2,  1901. 

3.  George  Smith,  born  February  8,  1826,  married  Caroline  M.  Field,  of 
New  York,  1853,  has  two  children  and  in  1905  died  in  Winchester,  Va. 

4.  Remus  Dorsey,  of  Goshen,  born  June,  1828,  married  Sallie  (of  Thomas) 
Coward,  of  Baltimore,  has  issue.     He  died  in  1905. 

Family  of  Elisha  Riggs  (of  Samuel)  and  Alice  Lawrason: 

1.  George  Washington,  bom  at  Georgetown,  D.  C,  July  4,  1813,  married 
at  Madison,  N.  J.,  June  23,  1840,  Janet  Madeline  Cecelia  Shedden,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Shedden,  of  Glasgow  (Scotland).  He  was  educated  at  Round 
Hill  School,  Mass.,  and  Yale  (class  of  1833),  partner  of  W.  W.  Corcoran  in 
the  banking  firm  of  Corcoran  &  Riggs,  1840  to  1848,  and  head  of  the  firm 
of  Riggs  &  Co.,  Washington,  from  1845  to  the  time  of  his  death  at  his  coun- 
try-seat, Greenhill,  Prince  George  County,  August  24,  1881.  Left  issue. 
Mrs.  Riggs  died  in  London,  October  14,  1871. 

2.  Lawrason,  born  November  22,  1814,  in  Georgetown,  D.  C,  married 
February  4,  1840,  Sophia  Crittenden,  who  died  in  1841  without  issue; 
married,  second,  in  1843,  Frances  Behn  Clapp,  who  died  Januarj^  4,  1849; 
married,  third,  P'ebruary  24, 1859,  Marj'  Bright,  daughter  of  Senator  Jesse  D. 
Bright,  of  Indiana,  and  died  in  Baltimore,  October  13,  1888,  leaving  issue 
by  his  last  two  wives.  Lawrason  Riggs  lived  for  many  years  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  and  was  in  business  with  his  cousin.  Lawrason  Levering.  He  moved 
to  New  York  in  1858  and  to  Baltimore  in  1868. 

Family  of  Elisha  Riggs  (of  Samuel)  and  Mary  Ann  Karrick: 

1.  Elisha;  2.  Joseph  Karrick;  3.  William  Henry;  4.  Mary  Alice. 
Family  of  Romulus  Riggs  (of  Samuel)  and  Mercy  Ann  Lawrason: 

1.  Samuel  James,  born  Septenjber,  1811;  married  September  24,  1835, 
Medora  Cheatham,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  where  he  died  July  4,  1847,  s.  p. 

2.  Amelia  Dorsey,  bom  1813;  married  January  8,  1834,  James  P. 
Erskine,  of  Quincey,  111.,  died . 

3.  Alice  Ann,  born  1815;  married  March  24,  1836,  Jas.  W.  Bacon,  M.  D., 
of  Philadelphia,  where  she  died  February  21,  1839. 

4.  James  Lawrason,  bom  1817;  married,  first,  Mary  Charlotte  Napier, 
of  Tennessee;  second,  Matilda  I^ing,  of  Tennessee;  third,  Marietta  Francis, 
of  Springfield,  111.,  by  whom  he  left  one  daughter,  Alice. 


360      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

5.  Mercy  Ann,  born  1819;  died  November  12,  1821,  at  Georgetown,  D.  C. 

6.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  1821;  married  July  22,  1844,  at  Philadelphia, 
Robert  Colgate,  of  New  York. 

7.  Henrietta,  born  1623;  married  November  8,  1843,  Samuel  G.  Battle, 
of  Mobile,  Alabama,  and  had  issue. 

8.  Julia  Mandeville,  born  1625;  married  May  20,  1844,  Geo.  H.  Boker, 
of  Philadelphia,  died  1899,  and  had  issue. 

9.  Illinois,  married  March  20,  1847,  Charles  H.  Graff,  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  had  issue. 

Family  of  Remus  Riggs  (of  Samual)  and  Catharine  Adams: 

1.  John,  married  Ann  Hutton,  and  had  issue. 

2.  Thomas,  bachelor,  of  Brookeville. 

3.  Remus,  died  at  Washington,  unmarried. 

4.  William  C,  married. 

5.  Amelia,  married,  first,  MacGill;  second,  William  E.  Wood,  of 

Baltimore;  died  March  9,  1902,  s.  p. 

Family  of  Samuel  Riggs  (of  Thom/».s)  and  Margaret  Norris: 

1.  William  Thomas. 

2.  Henry  Irvine,  died  in  infancy. 

3.  Anna,  married  Maybury  Harrison. 

4.  Thomas,  married,  first,  Elizabeth  DonneU  Kemp,  daughter  of  Judge 
James  Kemp,  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters;  second,  Catharine  Gilbert, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Gilbert,  of  Gilbertsville,  Otsego  County,  New  York,  and 
has  by  her  issue. 

5.  Margaretta,  married  J.  Hall  Pleasants,  of  Baltimore,  and  has  issue. 

Family  of  Elisha  Riggs  (of  Thomas)  and  Avolina  Warfield: 

1.  Mary  Olivia,  married  Thomas  Lloyd  MacGill,  leaving  one  daughter. 

2.  Rachel  G.,  married  Evan  Aquilla  Jones,  of  Florence,  Howard  County, 
and  had  Dr.  Wm.  Jones,  late  of  Baltimore,  Anne — Sprigg  Poole  of  Wash- 
ington, Elisha  R. — Mattie  Banks,  Kate  W— and  Walter  M.  Black. 

3.  Avolina  Riggs  (of  Elisha) — Festus  Griffith. 

4.  Joshua  Warfield,  of  Mosby's  Cavalry,  C.  S.  A.,  married  Matilda,  daugh- 
ter of  Jno.  A.  Dorsey,  and  had  issue,  Florence  Campbell  and  Mattie 
Sheldon. 

5.  Catherine  A.  Riggs  (of  Elisha) — Humphrey  Dorsey — issue,  Stephen 
Boone,  Sarah,  Evie,  Rachel,  Mary,  Hester,  Laura  and  William  Thomas 
Dorsey. 

Family  of  George  Smith  Riggs  (of  Geo.  W.)  and  Caroline  M. 

Field: 

1.  George  Field,  a  retired  surveyor. 

2.  Mary,  married  Chas.  Hunt,  of  New  York. 

Family  of  George  Washington  Riggs  (of  Elisha)  and  Janet 

Shedden: 

1.  Alice  Lawrason,  born  July  7,  1841. 

2.  Katharine  Shedden,  born  December  15,  1842,  married  1872,  Louis  de 
Geofroy,  of  the  French  Diplomatic  Service,  died  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
February  7,  1881,  leaving  two  sons. 

3.  Cecelia  DowdaU,  born  June  20,  1844,  married  October  2,  1867,  Henry 
Howard,  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty's  Diplomatic  Service,  son  of  Sir  Henry 
Howard,  G.  C.  B. 

4.  Janet  Madeline,  born  August  16,  1845,  died  January  30,  1861. 

5.  Mary  Griffith,  born  March  15,  1848,  died  August  2,  1849. 

6.  George  Shedden,  born  December  25,  1849,  died  May  20,  1856. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      361 

7.  Elisha  Francis,  born  October  2,  1851,  married  February  19,  1879, 
Medora,  daughter  of  James  S.  Thayer,  of  New  York  City,  and  Medora,  his 
wife  (who  was  widow  of  Samuel  James  Riggs,  of  Romulus).  He  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Riggs  &  Co.  from  1876  to  its  dissolution  in  1896, 
and  has  (1902)  two  sons. 

8.  Jane  Agnes,  born  October  28,  18.53. 

9.  Thomas  Lawrason,  born  April  11,  1858,  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Riggs  &  Co.;  September  1,  1881,  died  unmarried,  at  Washington, 
January  19,  1888. 

Family  of  Lawrason  Riggs  (of  Elisha)  and  Frances  Clapp: 

1.  Benjamin  Clapp,  born  February  16,  1844,  married  Jime  1,  1874, 
Rebecca  Fox.     He  died  April  18,  1883,  at  Saranac  Lake,  N.  Y.,  leaving  issue. 

2.  Alice  Lawrason,  born  July  10,  1846;  married  December  2,  1873,  Rig- 
gin  Buckler,  M.  D.,  of  Baltimore,  and  has  issue. 

3.  George  Washington,  born  December  22,  1848;  married  October  8, 
1879,  Catharine  Cheesemau,  of  New  York,  and  has  issue. 

Family  of  Lawrason  Riggs  and  Mary  Bright. 

4.  Mary  Bright,  born  January  5,  1860,  died  April  7,  1862. 

5.  Lawrason,  born  October  17,  1861.  Lives  in  Baltimore,  is  Brigadier- 
General  of  Maryland  National  Guard. 

6.  Bright,  born  March  26  and  died  November  11,  1863. 

7.  William  Pickersgill,  born  August  11,  1864,  in  New  York. 

8.  Clinton  Levering,  bom  September  13,  1866,  in  New  York;  married 
October  23,  1894,  Marj'  Kennedy  Cromwell;  lives  in  Baltimore;  now 
Adjutant-General  under  Governor  Warfield. 

9.  Jesse  Bright,  born  Februaiy  3,  1870,  in  Baltimore,  married  October 
5,  1893,  Charlotte  Morris  Symington,  and  has  issue. 

10.  Alfred  Randolph,  bom  April  19,  1871,  in  Baltimore. 

12:  Henl^'GrimtC'   }  bom  November  29,  1872  in  Baltimore. 

13.  Thomas  Dudley,  bom  Januarys  28,  1875,  in  Baltimore;  married. 

SNOWDEN. 

A  tradition  exists  that  Major  Richard  Snowden,  of  Wales,  who 
held  a  commission  under  Cromwell,  was  our  immigrant. 

In  1675  Major  John  Welsh,  husband  of  Mrs.  Roger  Grosse,  and 
executor  of  the  Grosse  estate,  summoned  the  heirs  to  a  settlement. 
Two  of  them  were  Richard  Snowden  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  "  lately 
called  Elizabeth  Grosse."  In  1679  Richard  Snowden  bought  of 
George  Yate  a  tract  of  iron-ore  land  on  South  River.  In  1686  he 
was  granted  "Robin  Hoods  Forest,"  a  tract  of  10,500  acres:  in  1688 
he  bought  lands  of  William  Parker,  near  West  River.  He  was  living 
in  1704. 

Richard  Snowden,  Jr.,  was  a  partner  with  his  cousin,  Captain 
John  Welsh,  as  iron  merchants,  and  in  1733  was  executor  of  Captain 
Welsh.  He  was  married  before  1691,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Linthicum.  In  1717,  Richard  and  Mary  Snowden  signed  the  second 
marriage  certificate  of  their  son  Richard,  whose  first  wife  was  Eliza- 
beth Coale,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Sparrow)  Coale.  By 
her  he  had  EUzabeth,  wife  of  John  Thomas;  Mary,  wife  of  Samuel 
Thomas  (sons  of  Samuel  and  Mary  [Hutchins]  Thomas) ,  and  Deborah 
Snowden,  the  Quakeress  wife  of  James  Brooke.  They  removed  to 
"Snowden's  Manor"  at  Sandy  Spring  in  1728, 


362      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Richard  Snowden,  the  third,  married  his  second  wife  in  1717. 
She  was  Elizabeth  Thomas,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Hutchins) 
Thomas  and  a  sister  of  his  sons-in-law,  John  and  Samuel  Thomas. 

Thomas  Snowden,  of  Richard  and  Eliza  (Thomas)  Snowden, 
born  1722 — Mary  Wright,  daughter  of  Henry  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
Sprigg,  daughter  of  Colonel  Edward  Sprigg. — Richard  Snowden, 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  Wright,  brother  of  Major  Thomas  Snowden,  of 
Montpelier,  and  of  Samuel  and  John,  married  Elizabeth  Rutland, 
daughter  of  Thomas.  She  brought  to  his  estate  "Rutland's 
Purchase,"  which  took  in  most  of  the  land  from  Laurel  to  Annapolis 
Junction.  His  homestead  was  "Fairlands."  His  sole  heiress,  upon 
the  death  of  her  parents,  resided  at  "Montpelier"  and  married  John 
Chew  Thomas,  member  of  Congress  when  President  Jefferson  was 
elected  over  Aaron  Burr. 

Ann  Snowden  became  the  wife  of  Henry  Wright  Crabb,  father 
of  General  Jeremiah  Crabb;  Margaret  Snowden  married  John  Contee. 

Samuel  Snowden  built  the  large  brick  house,  still  standing 
deserted  near  Montpelier,  and  "Birmingham"  now  in  ruins. 

This  manor-house,  built  in  1690,  was  heired  by  John  Snowden; 
it  stood  just  above  the  Snowden  forge  of  the  Patuxent.  Its  huge 
fireplaces,  its  walls  of  brick  and  shingles,  its  portico  looking  out  upon 
a  semi-circle  of  barns  for  stock  and  tobacco;  its  graveyard  with  its 
huge  slabs,  headstones  and  monuments  are  all  well  remembered  by 
the  author.  This  was  the  later  centre  of  a  family  who  held  not  only 
the  whole  area  surrounding  Laurel,  but  were  heirs  of  an  estate  which 
commenced  on  South  River  and  extended  beyond  Sand}^  Spring,  a 
distance  of  fifty  miles. 

In  sight  of  it,  just  across  the  river  in  Prince  George,  is  still  to  be 
seen  a  magnificent  type  of  our  colonial  maaor  houses.  It  is 
"Montpelier,"  of  the  Snowdens,  built  by  Major  Thomas  Snowden  for 
his  bride,  Ann  Ridgely,  who  named  it  for  her  birthplace,  "Mont- 
pelier," of  Anne  Arundel. 

This  house  stands  but  a  short  distance  southeast  of  Laurel,  upon 
the  Great  Northern  and  Southern  Post  Road,  which  connected 
Annapolis  and  Washington.  Upon  this  road  coaches  ran  between  the 
two  cities.  Amid  surrounding  woodland  it  looms  up  as  a  relic  of  the 
past  to  teach  us  how  our  colonial  progenitors  lived.  Before  its  door 
the  family  coach  was  habitually  drawn  up  for  the  daily  morning  ride. 

Within  a  hospitable  reception  ever  awaited  weary  travelers.  It 
was  the  stopping  place  of  General  Washington  on  his  trips  from  Mt. 
Vernon  to  Annapolis.  The  bed  upon  which  he  rested  is  still  in 
possession  of  a  descendant  daughter,  now  of  Sandy  Spring.  "Mont- 
pelier" was  last  held  by  the  Misses  Jenkins,  of  Laurel.  When  I  saw 
it  last  its  doors  were  closed,  its  halls  were  silent,  its  well-graveled 
walks  and  driveways  were  lined  by  closely  cropped  box-wood;  its 
flower  beds  were  encircled  by  boxwood;  its  hand-carved  doorways 
and  pillars,  its  extended  wings  and  corniced  gables,  all  speak  of  the 
life  of  ease  and  comfort  when  Major  Thomas  and  Ann  (Ridgely) 
Snowden  held  this  beautiful  home.     In  a  cedar  grove  in  the  rear, 


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im protected  and  unmarked,  now  lie  the  remains  of  the  master  and 
mistress  of  "Montpeher"  in  Prince  George  Comity.  "Montpelier" 
has  lately  passed  to  Mr.  Pendleton,  the  author,  who  will  make  it  his 
winter  home. 

From  Thomas  and  Mary  Wright  came  Major  Thomas  Snowden, 
of  "  Montpelier."  He" took  his  bride,  Ann  Ridgely,  the  heiress-daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Henry  and  Ann  Dorsey, — issue  Richard,  of  "  Oakland," 
now  known  as  "Contees."  His  wife,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Major 
Charles  Alexander  Warfield,  was  therefore  his  first  cousin,  and  after 
her  death  he  married  her  sister,  Louisa  Victoria  Warfield  (no  issue). 

Ann  Louisa  Snowden,  the  oldest  daughter — John  Contee  and 
inherited  the  extensive  homestead,  which  still  stands  upon  an 
eminence  at  Contee  station,  into  which  Major  Richard  Contee  after- 
ward took  his  bride,  Anna  Boiling.  They  still  hold  it.  Thomas 
Snowden  (of  Richard) — Ann  Rebecca  Nicholls,  issue.  Sarah  Rebecca 
— Colonel  Charles  Marshall,  of  Baltimore.  Caroline  Eliza  (of  Richard) 
— Hon.  Albert  Fairfax.  Issue — the  late  Lord  John  Contee  Fairfax,  of 
"Northampton,"  Prince  George  County.  Emily  Roseville  (of  Rich- 
ard)— Colonel  Timothy  P.  Andrews,  U.  S.  A.,  brevetted  Brigadier- 
General  at  Chapultepec.  Issue,  the  late  Colonel  Richard  Snowden 
Andrews,  C.  S.  A.,  Civil  Engineer  of  Baltimore.  Richard  Nicholas  (of 
Richard) — Elizabeth  Ridgely  Warfield  (of  Dr.  Gustavus  of  "Long- 
wood").  Issue,  Gustavus  Warfield,  Richard,  George,  Thomas,  Evan 
Warfield,  Mary,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Warfield  Snowden — William 
Dorsey,  grandson  of  Colonel  Richard. 

Nicholas  (of  Major  Thomas,  of  "Montpelier") — EHzabeth 
Warfield  Thomas  (of  Samuel  and  Annie  Warfield  Thomas,  of 
"Roxbury." 

Their  residence  was  "  Avondale,"  now  the  handsome  Ober  home- 
stead, near  Laurel.  Ann  Elizabeth — Francis  M.  Hall;  2nd,  Charles 
Hill  Thomas,  Jr.,  died  at  Magnolia,  Florida;  Louisa — Colonel  Horace 
Capron,  who  built  the  Laurel  Manufacturing  Mills;  a  monument 
stands  over  her  grave  at  "  Birmingham;"  Julia  Maria — Dr.  Theodore 
Jenkins,  of  Baltimore.  Issue,  Theodore,  killed  at  Cedar  Mountain, 
1862;  Elizabeth  Snowden,  Louis,  William,  Francis  Zavier,  Mary 
Eliza,  Ann  Louisa,  Arthur  Jenkins;  Adelaide  Snowden — W.  W.  W. 
Bowie;  Edward — Mary  Thomas  Warfield,  of  Longwood;  Dr. 
DeWilton — Emma  C.  Capron;  Henry — Mary  C.  Cowman;  Eliza 
entered  Georgetown  Convent;  Emily  Roseville — Charles  C.  Hill — 
issue,  Ann  Elizabeth,  Charles;  Ann,  Ida,  Edward,  Snowden,  Emily 
Roseville,  Edith  and  Albert. 

From  this  line  comes  Colonel  Nicholas  Hill,  formerly  the  popular 
proprietor  of  the  "  Carrollton  Hotel  and  Merchants  Club,"  of  Balti- 
more. Nicholas — Henrietta  Stabler;  issue,  Emily  Roseville — Gerard 
Hopkins;  Marion,  Lucy,  Helen,  Francis,  Mary.  Dr.  Arthur 
Monteith — first,  Ella  Snowden  (of  Thomas);  second,  Mary  Vaux, 
of  Virginia.  He  was  a  surgeon  in  C.  S.  A.,  and  was  drowned.  His 
home,  afterward  the  tavern  at  Scaggs  Corner,  he  named  "  Herring 
Bone  Hall." 


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Thomas  Snowden  (of  Major  Thomas  and  Ann)  lived  a  bachelor 
at  Summerville,  the  brick  house  at  Annapolis  Junction,  a  portion  of 
his  mother's  inheritance. 

Mary  (of  Major  Thomas  and  Ann) — Colonel  John  Carlisle 
Herbert,  son  of  William,  who  married  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Fairfax)  Carlisle,  of  Virginia.  Colonel  Herbert  built  another 
magnificent  homestead  near  Beltsville,  the  white  walls  of  which  may 
be  seen  from  the  verandah  upon  which  this  is  written.  Issue,  Dr. 
Thomas  Snowden  Herbert,  Ann  Caroline — Hon.  Henry  Fairfax; 
Alfred,  Professor  and  Lieutenant  in  Florida  wars.  Sarah — Captain 
Archibald  Fairfax,  U.  S.  N.;  William  Fairfax,  Emma — Rev.  W. 
Boynton;  Mary  Virginia — Captain  Thomas  T.  Hunter,  U.  S.  N.; 
Julia  Eugenia;  Lucinda — John  Eversfield;  Eliza,  Edward — Mary 
y^  H.  Barrett.  Dr.  Thomas  Snowden  Herbert — first,  Camilla  Ham- 
mond (of  Denton);  second,  Elizabeth  Duer,  (with  no  issue),  issue 
of  Camilla — John  Carlisle  Herbert:  General  James  R.  Herbert, 
C.  S.  A.,  Colonel  of  Fifth  Regiment,  Commanding  General  of  Militia 
and  Police  Commissioner.  He  was  at  the  front  at  the  first  attack 
upon  Gettysburg  and  was  there  wounded.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Coleman,  daughter  of  Colonel  Mark  Alexander,  of  Virginia.  His 
only  son  died  in  the  late  war  with  Cuba.  General  Herbert  held  the 
last  tract  of  the  immense  Herbert  estate,  now  all  passed  from  the 
name.      "Birmingham"  descended  to  the  youngest  son. 

John  Snowden,  of  "Birmingham" — Rachel,  daughter  of  Gerard 
and  Mary  (Hall)  Hopkins.  Issue,  Rachel — Judge  John  S.  Tyson; 
Rezin  Hammond — Margaret  McFadden;  they  handed  down  "Birming- 
ham" to  the  late  William  Snowden — Adelaide  Warfield,  youngest 
daughter  of  Dr.  Gustavus  and  Mary  (Thomas)  Warfield,  of  "  Long- 
wood."  Issue,  Julius,  of  New  York;  Louisa  Victoria,  Marie  Antio- 
nette,  Adelaide  Warfield,  Sophia  Carroll,  Eugenia;  John  (of  Rezin 
Hammond) — Sarah  E.  Hopkins;  issue,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Stanley, 
of  Laurel,  and  John  Snowden  Jr.,  former  Commissioner,  of  Prince 
George's  County. 

SAVAGE   FACTORY. 

Hidden  from  view  by  sm-rounding  hills,  back  from  the  old  Wash- 
ington road,  yet  now  reaching  out  to  it,  is  a  little  manufacturing 
centre,  a  perfect  model  of  one-man  enterprise.  Its  factory  buildings, 
its  neat  brick  houses,  all  recently  painted,  its  stores  and  private 
dwellings  all  bear  evidence  that  a  master  hand  rules  the  town;  that 
revelry  and  dissipation  have  no  home  there;  that  industry  and  thrift 
there  meet.  Upon  one  of  its  hills  stands  the  proprietor's  residence, 
stately,  yet  modest,  overlooking  the  whole  village.  Off  to  the  south 
looms  up  an  attractive,  commodious  house  of  a  former  manager  of 
the  Savage  Factory,  who,  seeing  that  war  was  inevitable,  bought 
largely  of  southern  cotton,  which  returned  him  alone  some  eighty 
thousand  dollars  upon  his  investment. 

Savage  Factory  was  chartered  in  1812  by  three  Williams' 
brothers.     They  bought  parts  of  several  adjacent  tracts,  viz.,  "  War- 


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field's  Range,"  "Venison  Park,"  "Harry's  Lot,"  "Whites  Contriv- 
ance" and  "  Rich  Level,"  but  there  was  a  mill  there  long  before  that. 
Alexander  Warfield  (of  John)  built  a  mill  upon  "Venison  Park," 
near  the  great  fails  in  1750.  He  left  it  to  his  sons,  John  Worthington 
and  Brice  Warfield.  They  failed  to  see  the  coming  manufacturing 
opportimity  and  sold  it  to  their  father-in-law,  Francis  Simpson. 
Savage  is  now  owned  by  the  Baldwin  Company,  chief  of  which  was 
the  late  William  Henry  Baldwin,  Jr.,  the  successful  merchant  of 
Baltimore,  whose  record  has  already  been  recorded  in  Anne  Arundel. 

^  ^"WARFIELD'S  RANGE." 

Five  miles  north  of  Laurel,  extending  from  Savage  Factory  two 
miles  west,  is  this  historic  range,  surveyed  more  than  two  centuries 
ago.  Then  it  was  a  frontier  outpost,  approached  only  by  the  Indian 
trail  which  led  from  Annapolis. 

One  generation  later  this  was  the  center  of  pioneer  settlers 
engaged  in  growing  a  most  excellent  grade  of  tobacco.  Elk  Ridge 
Landing  was  its  shipping  port.  Near  the  Range  passed  the  Great 
Northern  and  Southern  Post  Road,  and  along  that  route  was  the 
popular  line  of  settlement. 

The  magnificent  water-powers  of  the  two  branches  of  the  Patux- 
ent  were  soon  to  be  utilized.  Laurel,  Guilford  and  Savage  were  to 
rival  the  individual  mills  of  the  pioneers,  and  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railway  was  soon  to  take  up  the  tobacco  output  which  had 
before  found  its  market  over  the  rolling  roads  of  the  pioneers. 

Standing,  to-day,  upon  the  many  commanding  points  of  "  War- 
field's  Range,"  and  looking  up  and  down  the  varying  valleys  of  the 
Patuxent,  the  wisdom  of  those  pioneers  becomes  apparent,  but  of 
that  sturdy  host  of  settlers,  all  allied  by  matrimonial  ties,  only  silent 
graveyards,  neglected  and  unmarked,  near  the  old  remaining  relics 
of  their  forest  homes,  are  left  to  us.  In  their  places,  and  upon  their 
plantations,  a  new  people  have  arisen. 

Suburban  homes,  fine  roadways,  large  barns  and  prolific  grass 
and  grain  fields  succeed  their  tobacco  barns  and  cabin  homes. 

Not  only  have  these  pioneers  departed,  but  even  their  descend- 
ants. The  great  west-bound  movement,  which  they  inaugurated, 
has  carried  them  still  further  west,  in  many  cases  even  beyond  the 
bounds  of  the  state. 

Amid  all  the  political  upheavals  of  the  first  century  of  the 
history  of  the  Province,  Richard  Warfield  had  great  faith  in  agricul- 
ture as  the  best  means  to  enhance  the  prosperity  of  his  children. 

In  his  will  of  1703  he  left  280  acres  of  the  "Range"  to  his 
youngest  son,  Benjamin,  and  150  acres  to  his  daughter  Rachel 
Yates.  In  1704  his  sons  and  executors,  John,  Richard,  Alexander 
and  Benjamin,  resurveyed  this  tract  and  took  up  a  large  body  of 
land  adjoining  it.  John  and  Alexander  took  up  "Venison  Park"  on 
the  south  and  Richard  and  Benjamin  surveyed  "Wincopin  Neck" 


366      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

and  "Warfield's  Contrivance"  on  the  north.  None  of  these  brothers 
occupied  these  ranges.    The  real  settlers  were  their  sons. 

About  1725,  John  Warfield's  three  sons,  John,  Benjamin  and 
Alexander,  were  granted  through  their  eldest  brother,  Ptichard,  heir- 
at-law,  adjoining  tracts  upon  "  Warfield's  Range." 

John  settled  upon  what  is  known  as  the  Marriott  place,  upon 
which  is  the  old  family  burial-ground.  Benjamin  adjoined  him  on 
the  north  and  west.  Alexander  adjoined  him  on  the  north  and  east. 
It  was  later  known  as  the  Jerome  Berry  place,  but  now  in  possession 
of  Senator  Gorman.  One  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  the  "Range" 
were  assigned  to  Eleanor  (Warfield)  Dorsey.  It  descended  to  her 
son,  Basil  Dorsey,  who  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Warfield,  of  Alex- 
ander. It  was  later  known  as  the  homestead  of  Dr.  Charles  Griffith 
Worthington,  and  still  later,  the  home  of  Mr.  Peter  Gorman.  North 
of  this  tract,  and  embracing  the  site  of  Senator  Gorman's  "Fair- 
view,"  is  the  original  grant  to  Benjamin  Warfield,  youngest  son  of 
the  first  surveyor.  It  descended  to  his  son  Joshua,  whose  executor, 
Thomas  Warfield,  conveyed  it  to  John  Warfield,  thence  to  Joshua 
Warfield,  his  brother,  who  lived  in  a  quaint  old  house  which  still 
stands  upon  it.  It  descended  to  "  Gentleman  John, ' '  of  Joshua,  the 
last  of  his  line,  and  after  his  death  was  sold  to  Mr.  Bentley  and  to 
Senator  Gorman.  Still  further  north  is  the  original  grant  of  Rachel 
Yates,  daughter  of  Richard  Warfield.  After  her  death  in  1709,  her 
husband,  George  Yates,  sold  it  to  John  Warfield  (of  John).  This  is 
the  most  northern  survey  of  the  Range.  Upon  it  stands  the  home- 
stead of  the  late  Dr.  Thomas  C.  Worthington,  now  owned  by  Joshua 
Warfield  Baxley,  a  descendant  of  the  original  surveyor.  Richard 
Warfield  (of  John)  deeded  the  remainder  of  the  Range  to  his  sons, 
John  and  Seth  Warfield.  John  later  exchanged  with  Edward  Hall, 
of  Frederick  County.  The  latter  sold  to  Basil  Burgess,  who  sold  to 
William  Sellman.  This  property  was  the  Benjamin  Dorsey  home- 
stead. 

Seth  Warfield  (of  Richard)  held,  through  his  descendants,  a 
large  part  of  the  western  border  of  the  Range,  which  has  only 
recently  passed  from  the  Warfield  name.  The  last  owner  was 
Randolph  Ridgely  Warfield,  attorney  of  Baltimore.  Seth's  five  sons 
surveyed  "Warfield  Forest,"  near  Lisbon,  Howard  County.  His 
youngest  son,  Amos,  held  the  homestead  and  built  the  substantial 
stone  house  which  still  stands.  Adjoining  him  on  the  west  and 
south,  across  Hammond's  Great  Branch,  stretches  out  the  thirteen 
hundred  acres  of  "Venison  Park,"  upon  which  were  located  the 
two  younger  sons  of  John  Warfield,  the  first.  They  were  Edward 
and  Philip  Warfield.  The  latter  sold  his  inheritance  to  Seth 
Warfield  and  removed  to  the  neighborhood  of  Clarksville.  Edward 
Warfield's  estate  descended  to  his  son  James,  whose  heirs  all 
removed  to  Tennessee.  This  tract  became  a  part  of  Dr.  Charles 
Worthington's  estate. 

Still  further  south  and  leading  to  Laurel,  were  the  two  estates 
of  Alexander  and  Absolute  Warfield,  sons  of  Alexander,  third  son 


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of  Richard  Warfield.  They  sold  their  portion  to  Thomas  Sapping- 
ton,  who  resurveyed  it  into  "Sappington  Sweep,"  and  all  their 
remaining  interest  to  Alexander  Warfield  (of  John).  Alexander  (of 
Alexander)  removed  to  some  other  State  and  left  no  records  behind. 
Absolute  Warfield  was  a  witness  to  several  wills  as  late  as  1777.  He 
did  not  marry. 

The  Rent  Rolls  show  the  peculiar  authority  of  an  heir-at-law 
in  the  early  grants.  Every  deed  of  transfer  in  "Warfield's  Range" 
was  given  by  Richard  Warfield  (of  John) ,  the  executor  of  the  estate. 
Even  when  new  surveys  were  added,  they  were  conveyed  through  him. 
Just  previous  to  his  death,  in  1765,  he  made  a  systematic  survey  of 
the  titles  of  all  the  heirs  and  confirmed  them.  The  smallest  grants 
were  to  his  sons,  John  and  Seth  Warfield.  Benjamin  Warfield  (of 
Richard)  did  not  settle  upon  his,  nor  did  his  son.  Yet  Richard,  the 
executor,  in  his  will  of  1765,  still  further  confirms  the  title  by  these 
words.  "All  my  interest  in 240 acres  of  "Warfield's  Range"  I  grant 
to  Joshua  Warfield  (of  Benjamin.) "  In  his  deed  to  his  brothers  he 
records  "For  the  love  I  bear  to  my  brother,  I  grant  him  and  his  heirs 
forever  all  my  right  in  a  certain  number  of  acres  of  Warfield's  Range." 
As  a  brotherly  guardian  his  example  is  worthy  of  being  handed  down 
to  posterity. 

John,  Benjamin  and  Alexander  Warfield,  of  "  Warfield's  Range," 
all  married  cousins.  John's  wife  was  Rachel  Dorsey,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Anne  Ridgely.  John  and  Rachel  Warfield  built  the 
quaint  little  house  still  standing  on  the  Marriott  place.  Their  oldest 
son,  Dr.  John  Warfield  settled  upon  the  property  north  of  "Fair- 
view,"  now  Mr.  Bentley's.  He  took  up,  also,  "  Warfield's  Addition, " 
in  Upper  Howard,  which  descended  to  his  nephew,  Allen  Griffith, 
and  to  Captain  Benjamin  Warfield,  of  "Cherry  Grove."  He  died  in 
1775,  a  bachelor,  and  left  his  homestead,  to  his  younger  brother, 
Joshua. 

Charles  Warfield,  his  brother,  settled  upon  "Fredericksburg." 
He  married  Catherine  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Ann 
Dorsey,  of  "  Walnut  Grove."  Their  son  Charles  H.  Dorsey,  married 
Mrs.  Johnson,  mother  of  William  Cost  Johnson,  member  of  Congress 
from  Frederick  County.  Tilghman  and  Feilder  were  two  bachelor 
brothers,  and  "Cousin  Kitty  Warfield"  was  not  only  a  proud,  intelli- 
gent maid,  but  a  good  lawyer.  Their  estate  is  now  held  by  the  heirs 
of  the  late  Horatio  Griffith  and  by   Joshua  N.  Warfield,  of  Florence. 

Joshua  Warfield  (of  John  and  Rachel)  was  married  twice  before 
twenty-one  years  old.  His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Warfield)  Dorsey,  who  had  one  son  Thomas  John,  named 
for  both  grandfathers,  who  married  Mrs.  Sellman  and  removed  to 
the  neighborhood  of  Westminster.  Joshua  Warfield  married,  second, 
Mary  Ann  Jones,  daughter  of  Captain  Isaac,  of  South  River.  Their 
sons  were  Roderick,  Warner  and  "Gentleman  John."  The  latter 
died  in  1860.  His  tombstone,  bearing  the  inscription  "John  Warfield 
of  Joshua,"  stands  in  the  old  burial-ground  upon  the  Marriott  place. 
By  his  side  lie  his  maiden  sisters,  who  preceded  him.     Roderick 


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Warfield  married  Miss  Stockett  and  removed  to  Kentucky,  leaving 
a  large  family  recorded  in  the  "Warfield's  of  Maryland."  Warner 
Warfield  removed  to  "Bagdad,"  near  Sj^kesville.  He  married  his 
cousin,  Catherine  Warfield  (of  Beale,)  and  left  Marcellus,  Wilham 
Henry  and  Manelia  Warfield,  now  Mrs.  Jenkins,  who  inherits  the 
homestead. 

Marcellus  Warfield  was  a  prosperous  merchant  of  Sykesville, 
and  a  vestryman  of  his  parish  church.  He  married  Miss  Lawrence, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Lawrence,  of  Frederick  County,  and  left 
two  daughters,  Mrs.  William  Ward  and  Miss  Ella  Lawrence 
Warfield. 

William  Henry  Warfield  was  a  merchant  at  Laurel,  and  married 
Charlotte  K.,  daughter  of  Dr.  Mareen  Duvall.    He  left  no  issue. 

Harriet  Warfield  of  Joshua  and  Aim,  married  Ralph  Dorsey. 

The  daughters  of  John  and  Rachel  (Dorsey)  Warfield  were  Mrs. 
John  Wayman  (of  Poplar  Springs),  Mrs.  Sarah  Griffith  and  Amelia, 
a  maiden.  They  heired  the  homestead,  which  was  later  sold  by 
Colonel  Lyde  Griffith  to  Jonathan  Marriott. 

Benjamin,  W^arfield  of  "Warfield's  Range,"  married  Rebeckah 
Ridgely,  of  Judge  Nicholas  and  Sarah  (Worthington)  Ridgely.  He 
built  his  cottage  upon  a  commanding  plateau,  just  north  of  his 
brother  John.  Its  present  owner,  Mr.  Samuel  Hearn,  has  a  picture 
of  it.  From  its  gateway  an  extensive  view  reveals  a  charming  land- 
scape. Surrounding  the  dwelling  is  a  large  grove,  on  the  border  of 
which  stands  one  building  over  which  the  storms  of  many  seasons  U(^l.^ 
have  beaten.  Benjamin  and  Rebeckah  Ridgely  had  four  sons,  ^' 
Captain  Nicholas  Ridgely  Warfield,  Captain  Benjamin,  Vachel  and 
Elisha,  and  one  daughter,  Mary  Ridgely  Warfield,  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Dorsey,  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Worthington.  Captain  Nicholas 
Ridgely  Warfield,  the  bachelor,  survived  all  his  brothers,  dying  at  an 
advanced  age,  in  1814.  He  was  a  tobacco  inspector,  of  Elk  Ridge 
Landing,  and  Captain  of  its  militia;  he  held  an  extensive  estate  in 
both  Howard  and  Montgomery  Counties.  Just  across  the  road  from 
the  homestead  was  located  his  brother  Vachel,  upon  a  portion  of  the 
Range  taken  up  later  by  his  uncle  Richard.  This  was  recently  the 
Groscup  race-course.  Still  later,  Vachel  and  his  brothers,  Benjamin 
and  Elisha,  removed  to  Upper  Howard. 

Benjamin  Warfield  Sr.,  married  again  Ann  White  and  had  one 
son,  Caleb,  and  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Charles  Banks  and  Mrs.  John 
Lansdale."  After  his  death  the  homestead  was  bought  by  Vachel 
Yates,  a  relative.  He  resided  there  in  1774,  as  shown  by  a  note  from 
William  Coale  to  him  in  1774.  It  was  found  in  the  old  cottage  when 
torn  down  by  Mr.  Hearn. 

Nicholas  Ridgely  Warfield,  as  heir-at-law,  in  1810,  confirmed 
the  sale  to  Mr.  Thomas  Moore.  It  passed  to  Mr.  Marriott  and  to 
Mr.  Faire,  who  mortgaged  it  to  Mr.  Mason,  and  by  the  late  John  T. 
Mason  of  R.  was  sold  to  Mr.  Hearn  some  twenty  years  ago.  He 
has  made  it  a  model  farm.  The  graves  of  Benjamin  and  Rebeckah 
Warfield  are  in  the  family  ground. 


FOUNDEKS  OF  AnNE  ArUNDEL  AND  HOWAED   COUNTIES.         369 

V        DR.  CHARLES  GRIFFITH  WORTHINGTON 
OF  ''WARFIELD'S  RANGE." 

Removing  from  his  birthplace  in  Anne  Arundel,  Dr.  Charles 
Griffith  Worthington  (of  Thomas)  bought  of  Samuel  Burgess  and 
Leonard  Sellman  their  interest  in  "Warfield's  Range." 

Here  Dr.  Worthington  organized  the  first  medical  school  in  the 
Province,    This  embryo-medical  college  still  stands. 

Dr.  Worthington  acquired  adjoining  property  and  settled  his 
sons  upon  it.  His  first  wife  was  Mary  Dorsey  (of  Amos).  Their  son 
and  successor,  Dr.  Thomas  C.  Worthington,  adjoined  him  on  the 
north,  and  married  a  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Harriet  (Warfield) 
Dorsey. 

His  patriarchal  beard,  handsome  form  and  courtly  manners  are 
well  remembered  and  give  us  a  picture  of  those  founders  of  many 
brilliant  pages  of  Maryland  history.  Joshua  Warfield  Baxley  holds 
his  home.  Nicholas  Dorsey  Worthington  adjoined  him  on  the  north. 
His  property  is  now  owned  by  Ex-Sheriff  James  Hobbs.  Charles 
Griffith  Worthington,  Jr.,  married  Kate  Stewart,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Stewart,  the  surveyor,  who  built  her  a  large  brick  house 
upon  his  estate.    Mr.  Harding  has  made  a  beautiful  home  here. 

Brice  Worthington,  the  bachelor,  inherited  "White  Hall"  upon 
the  Patuxent,  adjoining  "Montpeher."  This  house  has  a  history  of 
two  centiu^ies  and  it  still  stands.  It  is  a  rough-cast  brick,  now  show- 
ing its  age.  Five  generations  of  Worthingtons  are  buried  in  its  hill 
cemetery.  By  the  light  that  comes  from  our  Rent  Rolls,  its  history 
goes  back  one  century  more.  It  stands  upon  a  part  of  "Wincopin 
Neck."  This  was  a  joint  survey  by  Benjamin  and  Richard  Warfield, 
brothers. 

It  was  heired  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ridgely  and  by  Alexander 
Warfield  (of  Richard). 

The  latter  put  his  son  Rezin  and  Honor  (Howard)  Warfield 
upon  it.  It  came  to  their  daughter  Ann,  wife  of  Major  Richard 
Lawrence,  who  was  known  as  "Major  Lawrence,  of  White  Hall." 

It  was  from  this  "  White  Hall"  Mrs.  Rezin  Warfield  went  out  as 
the  bride  of  her  husband's  cousin,  John  Davidge,  to  hand  down  her 
two  celebrated  sons,  Dr.  John  and  Henry  Davidge,  and  afterward  to 
die  the  widow  of  two  more  husbands. 

"White  Hall"  finally  passed  to  Dr.  Worthington  and  his  son 
Brice,  and  from  Brice  Worthington  to  his  nephew,  Dr.  William 
Henry  Worthington,  a  student  of  the  first  medical  college,  just  in 
sight.  Dr.  William  H.  Worthington  married  Mary  Ann  Jones  Dorsey, 
daughter  of  Ralph  and  Harriet  (Warfield)  Dorsey  and  left  Mrs. 
Galena  Hodges,  of  EUicott's  City.  Achsah  Worthington,  his  only 
sister,  married  Rinaldo  (Warfield)  Dorsey.  Their  son  is  Joshua 
Warfield  Dorsey,  of  Ellicott  City,  who  holds  a  beautiful  and 
commanding  estate  adjoining  "White  Hall."  His  present  wife  is  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  Worthington  by  his  last  wife,  Miss  Cooke. 


370      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"^  THE  BURGESS  FAMILY  OF  HOWARD, 

The  four  brothers  whose  descendants  make  up  a  history  of 
Howard  were:  John,  West,  Joseph  and  Caleb  Burgess,  sons  of  John 
and  Matilda  (Sparrow)  Burgess,  of  South  River. 

Captain  John  led  a  company  of  militia.  In  April,  1776,  Major 
Henry  Ridgely  and  others  protested  against  the  officers  made  by  the 
Company  under  command  of  Captain  John  Burgess,  and  it  was  re- 
solved by  the  Council  that  they  be  rejected  and  commissions  be  made 
out  of  those  elected  by  the  people  on  the  9th  of  September  last,  viz., 
John  Burgess,  Captain;  Davidge  Warfield,  First  Lieutenant;  Basil 
Burgess,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  William  Simpson,  Ensign.  Captain 
John  Burgess  was  also  one  of  the  justices  of  Upper  Anne  Arundel, 
and  in  1778  was  appointed  Sheriff  in  the  place  of  William  Harwood. 
Captain  Burgess  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey, 
having  married  Sarah  Dorsey,  of  Basil  and  Sarah  (Worthington) 
Dorsey.    Issue,  Basil,  John,  Achsah  and  Sarah  Biu-gess. 

Basil  became  an  officer  in  his  father's  company  and  later  joined 
the  Continental  Army.  He  was  a  surveyor.  He  bought  Edward 
Hall's  interest  in  "Warfield's  Range."  John  Burgess  removed  to 
Frederick  County. 

West  Burgess,  brother  of  Captain  John  and  Joseph,  resided  on 
the  Severn,  near  Round  Bay.  He  married  Elizabeth  Warfield,  of 
Alexander  and  Thomasin  (Worthington)  of  "  Warfield's  Range." 

His  brother,  Caleb  Burgess  was  Ensign  in  the  Continental  Army. 
He  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Thomasin  Warfield. 

The  descendants  of  these  two  brothers  are  named  in  the  will  of 
Alexander  Warfield,  of  Frederick  County,  the  bachelor  brother  of 
their  wives. 

"To  my  brother  Brice  Warfield,  I  leave  a  farm  for  Hfe;  to 
Rachel  Burgess,  wife  of  West  Burgess  and  daughter  of  Brice,  a  legacy. 
To  Matilda  Simpson,  wife  of  Joshua;  To  Matilda  Spurrier  and  to 
to  the  daughters  of  my  brother,  John  Worthington  Warfield,viz, : 
Araminta,  Ann  and  Sarah,  similar  legacies;  To  Samuel  Burgess  of 
West,  my  interest  in  "  Warfield's  Range." 

"  To  Zadoc  Warfield  of  Brice  and  to  John  Burgess  of  Caleb,  my 
lands  in  New  York  with  improvements  lately  made  by  Thomas 
Edmondston.  To  Arnold  and  Alexander  Warfield,  sons  of  brother 
John  W.  Warfield,  the  land  I  own  in  New  York.  To  Caleb  of  Caleb 
Burgess,  land  bought  of  John  Wampler.  To  Samuel,  of  Caleb,  to 
Surrat  D.  Warfield  of  brother  Brice,  and  to  Alexander  Burgess  of 
Caleb,  the  remaining  parts  of  my  estate  in  Frederick  County,  to  be 
divided  by  them." 

West  and  Samuel  Burgess  held  parts  of  "Warfield's  Range;"  they 
sold  to  Dr.  Charles  G.  Worthington.  Captain  Joseph  Burgess  will 
be  found  at  Triadelphia. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      371 

^         SENATOR  ARTHUR  PUE  GORMAN 

OF  *'FAIRVIEW/' 

Five  miles  northwest  of  Laurel,  upon  a  nicely  graveled  road, 
made  and  kept  yearly  in  repair  by  Senator  Gorman,  upon  a  ridge 
that  commands  an  extensive  view  of  a  beautiful  landscape,  is  the 
model  farm  of  Maryland. 

The  present  building  stands  upon  the  same  site  as  the  original, 
which  was  erected  after  the  war  and  was  burned  several  years  ago. 

The  house  stands  upon  a  survey  of  1686.  "Fairview"  farm 
embraces  500  acres  of  "  Warfi eld's  Range."  The  barren  fields  left  by 
the  old  tobacco  growers,  by  liberal  dressings  of  lime  and  manure, 
aided  by  clover,  are,  to-day,  producing  corn,  wheat  and  grass  equal 
in  quality  and  quantity  to  the  limestone  lands  of  Frederick  County. 
Not  a  vestige  can  be  seen  of  the  old  tobacco  houses  of  the  pioneers, 
but  upon  "Fairview"  are  extensive  barns,  and  stables  filled  with 
grain,  hay  and  high-grade  stock.  Over  this  extensive  farm  the 
Senator  may  frequently  be  seen  on  horseback  directing  its  manage- 
ment. "Fairview"  has  a  verandah  from  which  the  entire  farm  and 
neighborhood  may  be  seen. 

Three  hundred  yards  west  is  the  homestead  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Peter  Gorman,  whose  portraits,  by  Healy,  now  hang  in  the  drawing- 
room  of  Fairview.  The  artist  has  represented  Mr.  Peter  Gorman  in 
early  manhood,  with  an  intelligent  and  striking  face.  His  father, 
John  Gorman  married  Miss  McDonald,  both  of  the  North  of  Ireland. 
They  came  to  Harrisburg,  but  later  removed  to  Baltimore,  where 
Mr.  Peter  Gorman  was  born.  The  latter  in  early  manhood  became 
the  contractor  and  builder  of  the  first  section  of  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railroad,  from  Ellicott  Mills  to  Woodstock.  Located  at  Wood- 
stock, he  there  met  and  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Browne,  daughter 
of  John  Riggs  Browne,  of  "Good  Fellowship." 

Mrs.  Gorman's  mother  was  Sarah  Gassaway,  daughter  of  Brice 
John  Gassaway  and  Dinah  Warfield,  a  sister  of  Major^Charles  Alex- 
ander Warfield.    Senator  Gorman  was  born  at  Woodstock,  in  1839. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  contract  Mr.  Peter  Gt)rman  bought 
the  homestead  of  Dr.  Charles  Griffith  Worthington,  near  Savage, 
and  removed  there,  where  his  remaining  children  were  born. 

They  are  Mrs.  Stephen  Gambrill,  of  Laurel;  Mrs.  Thomas 
Marriott,  of  New  York;  Calvin  Gorman,  of  Laurel,  and  WilHam  H. 
Gorman,  of  Catonsville. 

Mr.  Peter  Gorman  was  one  of  Stephen  Arnold  Douglas'  strongest 
supporters  for  the  Presidency,  in  1860,  and,  like  Douglas,  when  the 
war  came,  supported  the  Union.  Upon  a  trip  South  upon  private 
business,  during  the  war,  Mr.  Gorman  was  arrested  and  confined  in 
Libby  Prison. 

The  confinement  weakened  his  nervous  system,  and,  before  a 
release  could  be  secured  from  Governor  Letcher,  his  health  broke 
down.    He  died  soon  after  his  release. 

His  widow  survived  him  several  years. 


372      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Senator  Gorman's  career  is  an  object  lesson  worthy  of  being 
perpetuated. 

The  idol  of  Stephen  Arnold  Douglas,  United  States  Senator,  he 
was  made  a  page  in  the  Senate.  Even  then  he  was  a  favorite  with  all 
who  knew  him.  In  1861,  when  the  war  brought  a  Republican 
majority,  his  popularity  again  secured  his  retention  and  even  his 
advancement  to  Postmaster. 

Active  in  his  opposition  to  the  impeachment  of  Andrew  Johnson, 
he  lost  his  position,  but  through  the  efforts  of  Reverdy  Johnson, 
Thomas  A.  Hendricks  and  Montgomery  Blair,  he  was  appointed 
Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  Fifth  District.  In  this  appoint- 
ment several  Republican  Senators  joined  in  his  confirmation.  At 
that  time  the  Fifth  District  was  not  only  an  extensive  one,  but  a 
difficult  one  to  manage.  Its  accounts  had  never  been  settled  up. 
Yet,  Mr.  Gorman  in  six  months  after  the  close  of  his  term  returned 
a  satisfactory  settlement. 

In  1869  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates  and 
was  returned  in  1872,  when  he  was  made  Speaker.  Of  his  first 
experience  in  legislating  for  the  still  existing  oyster  interest,  Mr. 
Gorman  has  given  an  interesting  account. 

When  Speaker  he  came  down  from  his  chair  to  advocate  an 
appropriation  of  $150,000  for  the  education  of  the  colored  people  of 
the  State.  Appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  he  long  remained  an  active 
member.  When  President  of  the  Company,  he  made  it,  though  pre- 
viously unprofitable,  to  return  over  one  million  dollars;  more  than 
double  the  amount  it  had  returned  in  twenty  years  previous. 

In  1875  he  was  elected  to  the  Maryland  Senate  to  succeed  Hon. 
John  Lee  Carroll,  then  nominated  for  Governor.  As  a  member  of 
that  body  his  influence  was  always  exerted  in  the  development  of 
the  State's  interest,  and  upon  his  individual  efforts  the  Agricultural 
College  was  enabled  to  receive  its  appropriation.  In  1877  he 
became  Chairman  of  the  State  Central  Committee.  His  personal 
popularity,  success  in  organizing  men,  and  in  settling  complicating 
interests,  pointed  him  out  as  a  leader  able  to  represent  the  State  in 
the  Senate  of  the  United  States. 

He  was  elected  in  1882,  and  at  once  took  a  foremost  rank  as  a 
leader.  His  force,  calmness,  cool  courage,  added  to  his  well-equipped 
knowledge  of  men  and  measures  in  a  critical  era  succeeding  the 
Civil  War,  have  made  Senator  Gorman  a  national  leader. 

His  magnificent  fight  against,  and  defeat  of,  the  "Force  Bill," 
has  been  echoed  and  re-echoed  in  every  journal  of  the  United  States. 
His  splendid  management  of  the  New  York  Campaign,  when-  he 
telegraphed  to  the  World — "  Cleveland  is  elected  and  will  be  inaugu- 
rated"— sent  a  thrill  of  satisfaction  through  the  country. 

Though  not  in  sympathy  with  some  of  the  later  issues  the  Demo- 
cratic Party  was  called  on  to  face,  Senator  Gorman  stood  facing  the 
storm  until  his  party  went  down  in  defeat,  and  he  went  out  of  the 
Senate — because  of  that  defeat.    During  the  four  years  of  his  retire- 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      373 

ment  all  eyes  turned  to  him  as  the  leader  of  his  party.  In  answer  to 
the  unanimous  voice,  he  entered  upon  the  State  Campaign,  was 
again  successful,  and  in  turn  was  honored  by  every  Democratic  vote 
of  both  houses  of  the  Legislature  as  the  next  United  States  Senator 
from  Maryland. 

Senator  Gorman  took  his  seat  at  the  Special  Session,  and  at  once 
held  his  former  position  as  Democratic  leader.  His  name  had  been 
prominently  mentioned  for  the  nomination  upon  the  Democratic 
platform  for  the  Presidency,  but  in  throwing  his  influence  to  the 
support  of  Judge  Parker,  he  was  almost  imanimously  urged  as 
Chairman  of  the  Campaign  Committee. 

This  honor  he  declined  and  urged  a  younger  man  for  the  arduous 
work. 

Mr.  Gorman  was  married  in  1867,  to  Mrs.  Hannah  Donagan 
Swartz,  of  Reading,  Pennsylvania.  He  has  six  children.  His  only 
son.  Colonel  Arthur  P.  Gorman,  Jr.,  is  an  attorney,  at  present  State 
Senator  from  Howard.  His  wife  is  Grace,  daughter  of  James  L. 
Norris,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Senator  Gorman's  daughters  are  Mrs.  Richard  A.  Johnson, 
Mrs.  William  J.  Lambert,  of  Washington;  Mrs.  Stephen  Gambrill, 
Jr.,  of  London;  Mrs.  Ralph  Hills  and  Miss  Ada  Gorman,  of  Fairview. 

GAMBRILL. 

V 

The  will  of  Augustine  Gambrill,  of  1774,  is  the  earliest  one  on 
record  at  Annapolis. 

To  his  sons,  Augustine  and  Stevens,  he  left  "Friendship"  and 
"What  You  Please."  Augustine  was  to  hold  the  homestead.  To 
these  same  two  sons  he  left,  also,  a  tract  upon  the  Magothy,  called 
"Young's  Success."  To  his  wife.  Comfort,  all  of  his  personal  estate, 
which  at  her  death  was  to  descend  to  his  nine  children,  viz.,  William, 
Augustine,  Benjamin,  Stevens,  Ann,  Sarah,  Martha  and  Comfort. 
To  his  daughters,  in  addition,  he  left  several  negroes.  John  Marriott 
and  John  Sewell  were  witnesses. 

The  will  of  John  Marriott,  of  1716,  names  his  daughter,  Ann 
Gambrill.  This  shows  the  family  there  much  earlier  than  the  above 
will.  The  will  of  Augustine  Marriott,  son  of  John,  of  1716  pro- 
bated 1729,  shows  a  Joshua  Gambrill  as  a  witness  and  in  1791, 
Joshua  Gambrill  sold  "Owen's  Range"  to  Stevens  Gambrill. 

About  the  same  time,  Richard  Gambrill  bought  of  Richard  and 
Sarah  Marriott  several  tracts  near  Carroll's  Manor. 

In  1798  William,  Mary,  Augustine  and  John  Gambrill  sold 
their  interest  in  their  homestead  on  the  Magothy. 

In  1804  John  and  Elizabeth  Gambrill  sold  to  Mr.  Ashley  "  Home- 
wood's  Forest,"  on  Bodkin  Creek. 

In  1805  Joseph  and  Augustine  Gambrill,  sons  of  Benjamin, 
sold  "Howard's  Pasture"  to  Charles  Waters. 

In  1807  Augustine  Gambrill  sold  to  Richard  Gambrill  a  tract 
called  "  Worthington,"  That  same  year,  Lydia  and  Susannah 
Gambrill,  daughters  of  Augustine  Gambrill,  granted  to  their  brother 


374      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Augustine  two  tracts,  "Friendship"  and  "What  You  Please." 
Richard  Gambrill  bought  of  Richard  Warfield  Jones  "  Lancaster 
Plains,"  willed  him  by  Richard  Warfield. 

The  following  deed  gives  a  further  history  of  the  family.  Augus- 
tine Gambrill  sold  to  Samuel  Briant  certain  lands  called,  "Young's 
Success,"  held  by  Augustine  Gambrill,  who,  dying  in  1774,  left  it 
to  his  two  sons,  Augustine  and  Stevens,  as  tenants  in  common. 
About  1789  Augustine  Gambrill  died  and  by  his  will  devised  it  to 
his  son  William,  who  possessed  in  common  with  Stevens  Gambrill. 

In  1803  William  sold  his  part  to  his  brother  Augustine,  who 
now  sells  to  Samuel  Briant  his  undivided  part  in  1812. 

In  1805  Samuel  Ridout  granted  Augustine  Gambrill,  according 
to  a  warrant  of  re-survey,  several  tracts,  viz.,  "Wyatt's  Hill," 
"  Wyatt's  Ridge,"  "Crouchfield,"  part  of  "Providence,"  now  named 
"  Gambrill's  Purchase."  The  deed  covers  six  pages  of  the  record  and 
the  price  was  quite  large.  Augustine  Gambrill  married  the  widow  of 
Captain  Harry  Baldwin.     The  sons  were,  Stephen  and  Charles. 

The  will  of  his  father,  Augustine,  probated  1790,  reads — "To 
sons  Richard  and  Augustine,  my  dwelling  and  lands  "Friendship" 
and  "What  You  Please."  To  daughters  Lydia,  Susannah,  Eliza, 
Margaret  and  Sarah  the  right  of  living  in  the  houses  in  common  with 
my  sons  Augustine,  Richard  and  William."  Witnesses,  Lancelot 
Warfield,  John  Sappington  and  William  Woodward.  The  will  of 
Stevens  Gambrill  left  all  of  his  property  to  his  nephew  Stevens  of 
Augustine  and  made  the  same  Ms  executor.  Lancelot  Warfield, 
Caleb  Sappington  and  Richard  Gambrill  were  witnesses,  in  1808. 

Mr.  Richard  Gambrill,  of  Columbia,  Howard  County,  married 
Miss  Iglehart.  Their  sons  have  all  become  prominent  in  the  history 
of  Maryland.  The  Gambrill  Flour  Mills  of  Baltimore,  Howard  and 
Frederick  County  were  founded  by  these  sons. 

Mr.  Stephen  Gambrill,  of  Laurel,  was  formerly  President  of  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal.  He  married  Kate,  oldest  daughter  of 
Mr.  Peter  Gorman  and  Elizabeth  Browne,  his  wife.  She  is  a  sister 
of  Senator  Gorman.  They  have  two  sons  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  viz., 
George  Thomas  and  Major  William  Gorman  Gambrill,  of  the  Philip- 
pines. They  have  written  some  interesting  letters  of  devotion  to 
parents  and  country.  Stephen  Warfield  Gambrill  married  a  daughter 
of  Senator  Gorman.  He  is  the  London  representative  of  the  Fidelity 
and  Deposit  Company,  of  Baltimore,  of  which  Governor  Edwin 
Warfield  is  President. 

Arthur  Pue  Gambrill  and  his  sister,  Catherine  Gassaway  Gambrill, 
are  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gambrill  in  their  handsome  home  in  Laurel. 

•       VENISON  PARK. 

Upon  the  east  and  south  of  "  Warfield's  Range,"  forming  now 
a  part  of  Savage  Factory  and  extending  west  along  Hammonds  Great 
Branch,  is  the  now  almost  forgotten  tract  of  thirteen  hundred  and 
thirty-six  acres  of  "Venison  Park,"  marked  out  by  Alexander  and 
John  Warfield.     According  to  the  arrangement  of  these  brothers, 


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some  four  hundred  acres  of  this  tract  were  surveyed  for  the  two 
younger  sons  of  John  and  the  remainder  for  the  two  sons  of  Alex- 
ander. 

The  will  of  the  latter,  in  1740,  shows  his  son  Alexander,  upon 
the  "  eastern  hmits  of  Warfield's  Range,"  and  extending  to  the  mill 
site  of  Savage.  About  1750  Alexander  Warfield  sold  out  his  interest 
to  his  cousin  Alexander  (of  John)  and  left  no  records  at  Annapolis. 

Absolute  Warfield,  his  brother,  and  executor  of  his  father,  sold 
another  portion  of  Venison  Park,  to  Thomas  Sappington,  who  resur- 
veyed  it  into  "Sappington  Sweep." 

As  executor  of  his  father  he  completed  the  deeds  for  200  acres 
each  to  Edward  and  Philip  Warfield,  younger  sons  of  John.  These 
tracts  were  west  of  "Sappington  Sweep." 

Absolute  Warfield  appears  as  a  witness  to  several  wills  of  his 
neighbors  as  late  as  1777.     He  remained  a  bachelor. 

The  following  interesting  record  from  Mr.  Frank  Warfield,  of 
Bellefonte,  Pennsylvania,  seems  to  point  to  a  descendant  of  the 
above  Alexander  Warfield.    I  do  not  know  where  else  to  place  him: 

"  My  father  Alexander  Warfield  was  born  in  Maryiand,  in  1820, 
and  died  in  San  Diego,  California,  in  1893.  He  had  a  sister  Adaline. 
He  went  to  Kentucky  when  young;  was  afterwards  President  of  a 
College  in  Georgia;  was  next  in  Missouri,  and,  in  1860,  was  in  Cali- 
fornia as  a  mining  expert.  My  mother  was  a  descendant  of  John 
Quincy  Adams.  They  were  married  in  Missouri.  Upon  his  return 
from  California,  in  1869,  I  was  old  enough  to  know  him.  He  returned 
to  Mexico  to  develop  a  silver  mine. 

"In  1884,  after  having  made  and  lost  three  fortunes,  with  my 
mother  and  sister,  he  again  went  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  never  to  return. 

"All  I  know  of  that  noble  man  was  gained  while  I  was  only  a 
boy.  I  feel  a  just  pride  in  being  his  son,  for  he  was  all  that  goes  to 
make  a  man,  and  in  all  my  travels  I  have  found  none  quite  equal 
to  him.  My  oldest  sister,  Hattie  A.,  married  W.  B.  Ross,  of  Nash- 
ville, Tennessee.     My  youngest  sister  remains  single." 

The  heirs  of  Alexander  and  Thompsy  (Worthington)  Warfield 
were,  Thomas,  the  bachelor,  of  "Warfields  Range;"  John  Worthing- 
ton Warfield  and  Brice,  twin  brothers,  of  "Venison  Park"  and  joint 
owners  of  the  mill;  Alexander  Warfield,  Jr.,  of  "Venison  Park"  and 
three  daughters. 

Mrs.  Alexander  Warfield  married  again  Francis  Simpson,  of 
Frederick  County,  who  bought  out  the  entire  interests  of  the 
Warfield  heirs.  John  Worthington  Warfield  then  bought  of  Edward 
Dorsey's  heirs,  "Thomas'  Lot,"  near  Dayton.  He  there  married 
Susannah  Ridgely,  who  left  a  son  Arnold  Warfield,  who  married 
Margaret  Browning  and  removed  to  Clifton  Springs,  New  York,  upon 
lands  granted  him  by  his  uncle  Alexander. 

Arnold  Warfield  left  several  descendants  in  New  York.  Some 
of  these  have  recently  removed  to  Florida.  One  of  them  was  the 
late  Alexander  Warfield  Bradford,  author  of  several  legal  works. 


376      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

John  Worthington  Warfield  left  his  Dayton  farm  to  his  brother 
Brice  and  removed  to  the  Big  Seneca,  where  he  accumulated  a  large 
estate.  He  married  again,  Mary  Holland  of  Amos,  and  had  John 
Holland  Warfield,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Amos  Warfield, 
and  lived  at  Scaggs'  Corner.  Their  son  was  Lorenzo  Warfield,  of 
Glenelg,  whose  old  hostelry  still  stands. 

Alexander  Warfield,  of  John  Worthington,  inherited  the  Seneca 
homestead;  married  Mary  Harwood,  whose  mother  was  Elizabeth 
Stockett  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Noble,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
and  Mary  Wells,  whose  father  was  Major  Richard  Wells  of  the  Puritan 
Council.  Mrs.  Stockett  became  the  wife  of  George  Yates,  the 
surveyor,  and  had  issue,  George  Yates,  husband  of  Rachel  Warfield, 
of  "Warfield's  Range." 

Mary  Warfield,  of  Alexander  and  Mary,  married  Ephraim 
Creager,  of  Frederick  County.  Issue,  Frank,  George,  Manilla  Markey, 
Alcinda  Savidge,  Caroline  Broadbent,  Major  Noble  Creager,  U.  S.  A., 
and  Miss  Virginia  Creager,  of  Baltimore. 

Caroline  (of  Alexander  and  Mary)  married  William  Bantz. 
Their  daughter  was  the  late  wife  of  Senator  Henry  G.  Davis,  of  West 
Virginia,  Vice-Presidential  candidate. 

John  A.  Warfield  (of  Alexander  and  Mary)  married  his  cousin 
Henrietta,  of  Surrat  D.  Warfield.  Their  heirs  are  living  in  Frederick 
County. 

Brice  Warfield  (of  Alexander  and  Thompsey)  married  Sarah 
Dickerson  and  lived  near  Dayton.  He  had  two  sons  and  several 
daughters,  all  legatees  of  his  bachelor  brother,  Alexander  Warfield, 
of  Unionville.  Surrat  Dickerson  Warfield  (of  Brice)  was  the  chief 
heir  and  executor  of  his  uncle  Alexander,  who  in  addition  to  several 
farms  in  Frederick  County,  held  a  large  and  undeveloped  tract  at 
Clifton  Springs,  New  York,  which  he  left  to  his  Warfield  and  Burgess 
nephews. 

Alexander  Warfield's  will  also  left  legacies  to  the  daughters  of 
his  brother  John  Worthington  Warfield. 

Surrat  Dickerson  Warfield  inherited  the  estate  near  Union- 
ville, and  became  State  Senator  from  Frederick  County.  His  descend- 
ants are  Dr.  Brown  Warfield,  of  Philadelphia;  Surrat  R.  Warfield, 
and  his  sons,  Guy  and  Frank  Brown  Warfield,  of  Baltimore. 

The  daughters  of  Alexander  and  Thompsey  were  wives  of  Caleb 
Burgess  and  of  West  Burgess,  both  brothers  of  Captain  John  and 
Captain  Joseph  Burgess,  all  engaged  in  the  Revolution.  Their  heirs 
held  a  portion  of  "Warfield's  Range."  They  sold  it  to  Dr.  Charles 
Griffith  Worthington.  It  is  now  the  handsome  estate  of  Senator 
Gorman. 

GUILFORD. 

Age,  hoary  and  neglected  sat  many  years  upon  the  old  stone 
houses  of  Guilford,  but,  built  of  the  enduring  granite  found  there, 
they  will  stand  for  centuries.  The  site  of  the  place  is  upon  "  Wincopin 
Neck."    Here  Alexander  Warfield  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ridgely  had 


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a  joint  mill  in  1750.  It  is  upon  the  North  branch  of  the  Patuxent, 
to  which  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company  has  now  built 
a  connecting  road  for  the  shipment  of  the  output  of  the  newly-organ- 
ized Granite  Company  of  Baltimore.  Guilford  has  been  renovated. 
Its  neglected  buildings  have  been  restored.  Its  granite  is  acknowl- 
edged to  be  of  the  first  order,  and  the  only  need  was  shipping  facilities, 
which  have  been  furnished.  A  macadamized  road  connects  it  with 
Savage  Factory,  and  over  this  highway  Mr.  Penny's  six-horse  team 
did  much  of  the  delivery  for  market. 

Charles  Greenberry  Ridgely,  sixth  son  of  Colonel  Henry  and 
Ehzabeth  (Warfield)  Ridgely,  inherited  "Himtington  Quarter"  and 
"Harry's  Lot,"  the  most  eastern  division  of  the  estate.  He  lived  at 
the  homestead,  upon  the  hill  east  of  Guilford.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  vestry  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish  and  married  Sarah,  oldest 
daughter  of  Rev.  James  Macgill,  Rector. 

Upon  his  estate  stands,  to-day,  the  Pattison  homestead,  the  Com- 
modore Barney  house  and  the  Cronmiller  house.  Charles  Green- 
berry  Ridgely,  Jr.,  as  executor  of  the  estate,  sold  to  Thomas  Coale 
the  property  known  as  the  Barney  place.  It  was  inherited  by  Miss 
Coale,  the  second  wife  of  Commodore  Barney.  Archibald  G.  Ridgely, 
brother  of  the  executor,  his  sisters  Elizabeth,  Ann,  Mary  received 
the  home  place. 

Ann — Nicholas  Griffith,  youngest  son  of  Colonel  Henry  and 
Sarah  (Warfield)  Griffith  and  became  the  mother  of  Sarah  (Warfield) 
Griffith,  wife  of  Amos  Brown  and  mother  of  Colonel  Ridgely  Brown 
C.  S.  A. 

Henrietta  Griffith — William  Penniman;  Thomas  Griffith — 
Elizabeth  Griffith,  daughter  of  Colonel  Lyde.  Their  four  sons, 
Captain  Thomas,  David,  Festus  and  Frank  Griffith  were  in  the 
Confederate  Army. 

The  homestead  "Harry's  Lot"  descended  to  Archibald  G. 
Ridgely,  whose  tombstone,  now  broken  by  the  side  of  a  hay  barrack 
on  the  Pattison  estate,  reads: 

"To  my  father,  Archibald  G.  Ridgely;  died  November  21st, 
1806." 

His  will  reads:  "To  my  daughter  Emily,  and  unborn  child,  all 
my  estate,  but  if  the  one  born  and  the  other  unborn,  should  die, 
then  I  give  to  my  wife  all  my  estate  to  descend  to  Nicholas  Ridgely 
Griffith,  son  of  my  sister  Nancy,  but  not  to  deprive  my  wife  of  her 
third.    Witnesses  Richard  Ridgely,  John  H.  Dorsey  and  G.  Watkins," 

Emily  Ridgely  (of  Archibald,  married  Major  Spedden,  U.  S.  A., 
and  held  the  homestead.    By  them  it  was  sold  to  the  Pattisons. 

Close  by  this  old  family  burying-ground,  upon  the  edge  of  the 
wood  upon  the  road  to  Savage,  is  an  old  brick  and  frame  house,  once 
the  home  of  Commodore  Barney.  It  is  now  Dr.  Linthicum's.  Still 
nearer  Savage  is  another  house  of  the  family  of  Charles  Greenberry 
Ridgely.     It  was  known  as  the  Cronmiller  place. 

This  property  is  upon  a  commanding  ridge  overlooking  the 
'  romantic  centres  of  Savage,  Guilford  and  Annapolis  Junction. 


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SAPPINGTON  FAMILY. 

At  Sappington  station,  Annapolis  and  Elk  Ridge  Railroad ^ 
stands  a  well  preserved  type  of  the  cottage  homes  of  early  days.  It 
was  built  by  Caleb  Sappington,  son  of  John.  On  the  Little  Patuxent 
is  "  Sappington  Ford,"  named  for  a  kindred  family.  Both  later  had 
representatives  in  Howard  County.  Caleb  Sappington's  mother  was 
Ann  Everitt,  who  later  became  Mrs.  Ridgely;  his  father,  John  Sap- 
pington, Jr.,  took  up  "John's  Luck/'  near  Savage.  Caleb  sold  his 
interest  in  that  tract  to  his  sisters,  Ann,  Rebecca,  Martha,  Elizabeth 
and  CaroHne  Sappington.  It  adjoined  "Brown's  Purchase," 
"  Warfield's  Contrivance,"  and  "Food  Plenty."  Caleb  of  John- 
Margaret  Gambrill,  daughter  of  Augustine  and  Sarah  Baldwin, 
widow  of  Lieutenant  Henry.  -  3':^.'"'«-' 

Nicholas  John  Sappington,  of  Augustine  and  Mrs.  Julia  (Sewell) 
Worthington  inherited  the  homestead  of  Sappington.         , 

The  Sappington  estate  on  the  Patuxent  was  sold  by  William 
Warfield,  trustee  to  Dr.  Anderson  Warfield,  both  nephews  of  Caleb 
Warfield,  who  married  into  that  family. 

The  will  of  Thomas  Rutland  in  1731  named  Thomas  Sappington, 
"his  grandson."  This  Thomas  Sappington  removed  to  Howard 
County  and  bought  of  Absolute  Warfield  a  portion  of  "Venison 
Park"  and  of  Alexander  Warfield  a  part  of  "Warfield's  Range,"  which 
he  resurveyed  under  the  title  of  "Sappington  Sweep."  He  married 
Frances  Brown,  daughter  of  Mark  Brown,  who  bought  of  Neale 
Clark  an  adjoining  tract  to  "Sappington  Sweep,"  known  as  "  Neale's 
Delight;  this  was  given  to  his  daughter,  Frances  (Brown)  Sappington. 

Thomas  Sappington,  Jr.,  Dr.  Francis  Brown  Sappington  and 
Mark  Brown  Sappington  were  the  sons.  They  were  all  engaged  in  the 
revolutionary  struggle.  Thomas  Sappington,  Jr. — Polly  Ridgely, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  and  Ann  (Dorsey)  Ridgely,  of  "  Mont- 
peher."  In  his  will  of  1783  he  gave  all  of  his  estate  to  his  son,  Henry 
Sappington,  and  his  three  daughters,  Frances,  Henrietta  and  Ann. 
He  appointed  his  brother,  Dr.  Francis  Brown  Sappington,  trustee  of 
his  son  Henry.  Any  dispute  with  Francis  Simpson  concerning  lands 
bought  of  Absolute  Warfield  was  to  be  settled  by  a  commission,  viz., 
Henry  Ridgely,  Jr.,  and  Dr.  Francis  B.  Sappington.  He  named  his 
wife,  Polly  Sappington.  In  a  neglected  graveyard,  just  west  of 
Thomas  Sappington's  old  homestead,  immediately  upon  Hammond's 
Great  Branch,  and  within  sight  of  the  public  road  leading  from 
Laurel  to  Senator  A.  P.  Gorman's,  I  found  tombstones  to  the  memory 
of  "Polly  Sappington,"  "Frances  Sappington"  and  "Henrietta 
Sappington." 

The  following  transfers  show  the  last  heirs  of  this  estate :  "  Zede- 
kiah  Moore  and  Anne  Louisa,  his  wife,  sell  to  Anne  Prather, 
' Venison  Park,'  'Warfield's  Range,'  'Sappington  Sweep'  and  'Two 
Sisters,'  taken  up  in  the  name  of  Francis  B.  Sappington  and  Henrietta 
Sappington,  conveyed  by  Francis  Brown  Sappington  to  said  Frances, 
Henrietta  and  Louisa,  daughters  of  Thomas  Sappington." 


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Dr.  Mark  Brown  Sappington  inherited  the  upper  portion  of  the 
estate  adjoining  Alexander  Warfield;  he  was  upon  the  committee 
of  Observation  for  Anne  Arundel  County  and  witness  to  the  will  of 
Dr.  John  Warfield. 

Dr.  Francis  Brown  Sappington — Ann  Ridgely,  daughter  of 
Greenberry  and  Lucy  (Stringer)  Ridgely,  a  cousin  of  his  brother's 
wife.  With  her  he  removed  to  Liberty,  Frederick  County.  Their 
son,  Colonel  Thomas  Sappington,  who  was  in  the  War  of  1812,  and 
six  times  senator  of  Frederick  County,  married  Sarah  Coale,  sister 
of  General  James  M.  and  Major  Richard  Coale,  of  Liberty.  Issue, 
Dr.  Thomas  Sappington,  late  of  Baltimore;  Dr.  Greenberr5^  Sap- 
pington, of  Frederick  County;  Dr.  Sydney  Sappington,  of  Liberty; 
Dr.  August  Sappington,  of  Liberty;  William  Coale  Sappington, 
attorney-at-law,  and  Frank  Sappington.  The  daughters  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Sappington  are  Mrs.  Caroline  Davis  and  Sarah  Sappington. 

Martha,  daughter  of  Dr.  Francis  Brown  Sappington,  became  the 
wife  of  Dr.  Richard  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Margaret  [Boone]  Dorsey). 

Harriet  Sappington  (of  Dr.  Francis  Brown)  was  engaged  to 
marry  Dennis  Howard  (of  Ephraim),  a  large  land  holder  of  Liberty. 
He  introduced  her  to  Dr.  Peregrine  Warfield  as  "  the  most  beautiful 
woman  in  Maryland."  Dr.  Warfield  must  have  thought  so  too,  for 
Harriet  Sappington  became  his  wife  and  Mr.  Dennis  Howard 
remained  a  bachelor. 

Nancy  Sappington,  her  sister,  married  Mr.  McSherry,  grandfather 
of  James  McSherry,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  Mary- 
land. 

COLONEL  HENRY  RIDGELY'S 
**  UPPER  MONTPELIER." 

Henry,  second  son  of  Colonel  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Ridgely,  was 
born  1728.  In  1752  he  raised  a  company  of  volunteers  in  answer  to 
the  call  of  Governor  Sharpe,  and  joined  him  at  Fort  Cumberland  to 
resist  the  threatening  Indians  upon  the  western  frontier.  After  a 
successful  campaign,  in  which  the  Maryland  forces  were  publicly 
complimented  lay  Governor  Sharpe,  Captain  Ridgely  was  promoted 
to  Colonel  in  charge  of  the  militia.  He  lived  up  to  the  time  of  the 
Revolution.  The  archives  record  the  personal  contest  between 
Colonel  Henry  and  his  brother-in-law.  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey,  upon 
the  organization  of  the  Elk  R.idge  Militia  in  1775.  In  his  letter  to 
the  Council  of  Safet}-,  Colonel  Ridgely,  alluding  to  his  former 
military  service,  and  referring  to  the  demand  of  his  neighbors  that 
he  should  again  lead  them,  yielded  his  place  to  Colonel  Dorsey  and 
contented  himself  in  offering  his  service  as  a  private  in  the  ranks. 

Colonel  Ridgely  also  wrote  a  protest  against  some  of  the 
officers  in  Captain  Burgess'  company  of  militia  from  Elk  Ridge  and 
succeeded  in  securing  new  officers  under  Captain  Burgess. 

Colonel  Ridgely  was  located  at  "Montpelier,"  adjoining  "War- 
field's  Range."  A  description  of  this  homestead  is  elsewhere  given. 
His  wife  was  his  cousin,  Ann  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Ann 


380      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

(Ridgely)  Dorsey.  In  the  midst  of  his  mihtary  career,  and  for  that 
service  he  secured  a  large  landed  estate.  His  only  son,  Henry 
Ridgely,  the  bachelor,  after  the  marriage  of  all  of  his  sisters  held 
the  homestead  until  his  death. 

Ehzabeth  Ridgely  (of  Colonel  Henry)  married  Dr.  Charles  Alex- 
ander Warfield,  and  upon  her  dower  of  several  hundred  acres  of 
"Ridgely's  [Great  Park"  was  built  "Bushy  Park,"  elsewhere  noted. 

Polly  Ridgely  married  Thomas  Sappington,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Frances  (Brown)  Sappington,  of  "  Sappington's  Sweep." 

Rachel  Ridgely  married  Jesse  Tyson,  near  Laurel. 

Ann  Ridgely  married  Major  Thomas  Snowden  and  transferred 
her  residence  further  down  the  Patuxent  in  Prince  George  and  pre- 
sided over  new  "Montpelier,"  a  still  more  magnificent  home.  Her 
record  belongs  to  the  Snowdens.  She  inherited  "  Summerville, " 
near  Annapolis  Junction,  and  there  lived  and  died  her  bachelor  son, 
Thomas  Snowden.  Both  "  Montpeliers "  have  now  passed  into 
stranger  hands. 

Late  in  life,  1770,  Colonel  Henry  assigned  unto  Brice  Thos. 
Beale  Worthington,  his  brother-in-law,  fifteen  tracts,  negroes  and 
black  cattle,  to  pay  a  debt  due  Daniel  Dulaney  and  Ann  Tasker. 

The  homestead  of  Colonel  Henry,  as  above  described,  is  now 
the  property  of  Mr.  Wessel,  who  has  restored  it. 

FULTON. 

All  the  area  aroimd  Fulton,  south  of  Columbia  road,  upon  the 
Patuxent,  was  embraced  in  "  Snowden's  Second  Addition  to  Birming- 
ham Manor." 

North  of  Fulton,  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely  and  Thomas  Worthing- 
ton took  up  "Partnership"  and  "Hickory  Ridge." 

Upon  "  Partnership,"  opposite  Fulton,  Major  Thomas  Gassaway 
was  seated. 

This  later  became  the  home  of  Brice  John  Gassaway.  It  is  now 
the  Moore  property.  V.   * 

Fulton  has  a  church  and  cemetery,  a  store,  blacksmitlf  shop  and 
several  residences. 

A  good  road,  now  nearly  macadamized,  connects  it  with  High- 
land. 

THE  GASSAWAYS  OF  HOWARD. 

The  Gassaways,  of  Howard,  were  decendants  of  Nicholas 
Gassaway  (of  John)  and  Nicholas  Gassaway  (of  Major  Thomas), 
both  grandsons  of  Colonel  Nicholas  Gassaway,  of  South  River. 

Nicholas  Gassaway  (of  John)  sold  his  interest  in  his  father's 
estate  on  South  River  to  his  uncle,  Major  Thomas  Gassaway,  and 
removed  to  the  parish  of  Queen  Caroline.     His  will  of  1757  records: 

"I  Nicholas  Gassaway,  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  give  to  my 
deceased  daughter,  Ann  Pierpont's  heirs,  Samuel  Pierpont;  to  my 
daughter  Susannah  Mansill;  to  my  son  Nicholas,  each  one  shilling: 
I  bequeath  to  my  three  sons,  Benjamin,  Richard-and  Robert  Gassa- 
way, all  my  tract  called  'Talbotts  Resolution  Manor. ' . 


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"  I  appoint  my  wife,  Rachel  Gassaway,  executrix,  and  to  her  and 
my  children,  Thomas  and  James  Gassaway,  Hannah  Porter,  Mary 
Gassaway  and  Lucy  Nicholson,  Benjamin,  Sarah,  Richard,  Robert 
and  Rachel  Gassaway,  I  give  my  personal  estate." 

The  above  testator  was  thrice  married  First,  to  Elizabeth 
Hawkins;  second,  to  Sarah  Shipley,  daughter  of  Robert;  third,  to 
Rachel  Howard,  daughter  of  Joseph  (of  John)  and  Rachel  (Ridgely) 
Howard.  Witnesses,  John  Dorsey  (of  John)  and  Caleb  Dorsey 
(of  John).     These  locate  the  testator  near  the  old  Brick  Church. 

MAJOR   NICHOLAS    GASSAWAY 

(OF  MAJOR  THOMAS  AND  SUSANNAH  [HANSLAP] 

GASSAWAY). 

Major  Nicholas  Gassaway  (of  Major  Thomas  and  Susannah 
[Hanslap]  Gassaway)  married  Catharine  Worthington  and  resided 
also  in  Queen  Carohne  parish  upon  his  wife's  portion  of  "Partner- 
ship," between  Highland  and  Fulton.  Her  father,  Thomas  Worth- 
ington, assigned  to  Nicholas  Gassaway,  husband  of  his  daughter 
Catharine,  369  acres  of  "Partnership"  taken  up  by  Colonel  Ridgely 
and  himself.  Major  Nicholas'  will,  witnessed  by  Brice  and  Azel 
Warfield,  was  probated  1775,  and  reads: 

"  I  give  to  my  wife  Catharine  the  whole  -of  my  personal  estate. 
I  give  to  my  son  Thomas  what  he  already  has  from  me,  except  his 
bond.  To  son  Henry  what  he  has  already  received.  To  daughter 
Susannah  Rogers  what  she  has  already  received  and  fifty  acres  to  be 
laid  out  of  a  tract  I  bought  of  Richard  Snowden,  called  'Second 
Addition  to  Snowden's  Manor,'  to  descend  to  grandson  Nicholas  Gas- 
saway Rogers. 

"  To  son  Charles  what  he  has  already  had.  To  son  Brice  John  all 
the  residue  of  '  Second  Addition  to  Snowden's  Manor,'  and  also  the 
tract  '  Partnership '  on  which  I  now  reside.  I  give  to  daughter  Ann 
Warfield,  wife  of  Richard,  what  she  has  already  received  and  also 
stock.     Wife  Catharine  and  sons  Thomas  and  Henry  executors." 

Thomas  Gassaway,  executor  of  Major  Nicholas,  married,  first, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sarah  (Todd)  Dorsey,  widow  of  C. 
Geist;  second,  Sarah  Watkins. 

Sarah  Geist  held  "Uplands,"  near  Triadelphia,  from  her  first 
husband.  As  the  wife  of  Thomas  Gassaway  she  sold  it  to  Wm.  Cot- 
ter and  rebought  it.  After  her  death  Thomas  Gassaway  married 
Sarah  Watkins,  to  whom  he  left  his  whole  estate  and  made  her 
executrix. 

She  sold  "Uplands"  to  Jos.  Dick,  who  later  sold  it  to  Captain 
Joseph  Burgess. 

Thomas  Gassaway's  son,  Nicholas  Gassaway,  married  Amelia 
Berry  and  held  "  Dorsey's  Addition  to  Thomas'  Lot,"  near  Glenelg. 
His  will  granted  his  wife,  Amelia,  a  life  estate  in  "More  houses 
Generosity"  and  "Dorsey's  Addition  to  Thomas'  Lot."  His  three 
sons,  Hanson,  John  Gassaway  and  Berry  Gassaway,  were  granted 


382      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

personal  property,  and  upon  coming  to  manhood  were  to  receive 
their  shares  of  real  estate,  including  lands  in  Alleghany  County. 
Witnesses,  Chas.  Alex.  Warfield.  Joseph  Burgess  and  Deborah  Berry. 
Probated  1806. 

Their  son  John  Gassaway — Eliza  Dorsey  (of  Caleb  and  Mary 
[Gassaway]  Dorsey),  and  will  he  later  noticed. 

Captain  Charles  Gassaway  (of  Nicholas  and  Catherine) — Ruth 
Beall,  daughter  of  "Ninian,  of  Ninian."  Issue,  Charles — Catherine 
Noland,  of  Virginia,  lived  near  Leesburg  and  left  no  issue;  Thomas 
— Henrietta  Dawson,  of  Virginia,  no  issue;  Sally  was  engaged  to 
Captain  Samuel  Dawson,  brother  of  Henrietta;  he  died  on  their 
appointed  wedding  day;  Rachel — Mr.  Owings;  Elizabeth — Mr. 
Darne,  issue,  Anne — Captain  Smoot,  U.  S.  N.,  issue  Sidney  Smoot; 
Maria  Darne — Dr.  Lacy;  Cecelia — Dr.  Beall;  Louisa — Mr.  Beall, 
issue,  Ann,  Mattie,  Kate  and  Alexander,  a  lawyer  of  New  York; 
Alexander  Hanson  Darne — Mary  Gassaway  (of  John) ,  a  cousin. 

Mary  Gassaway  (of  Captain  Charles  and  Ruth  Beall) — Caleb 
Dorsey,  only  child  of  Caleb  and  Dinah  Warfield  (of  Dr.  Joshua  and 
Rachel  Howard,  issue,  Evelina  A.,  Eliza  and  Deborah  Lydia  Ridgley 
— Evelina  A. — first,  William  Prince,  of  Kentucky,  issue,  Cyeanne — 
Nicholas  Daw^son,  of  Montgomery  County,  issue,  William,  Thomas, 
Charles  and  Mollie;  Evelina  (Dorsey)  Prince  married,  secondly,  be- 
fore twenty-one,  her  cousin,  Amos  Dorsey,  of  Howard  County,  issue. 
Napoleon,  Pulaski,  Judge  of  the  Orphans'  Court  of  Howard,  Harrison, 
Ann  Eliza  Simpson  and  Ellen,  wife  of  Otis  Worthington,  Kate  and 
Laura,  wife  of  Hammond  Carr. 

Eliza  (of  Caleb  and  Mary)— John  Gassaway  (of  Nicholas  and 
Millie  Berry),  her  cousin,  issue,  Nicholas,  John  Hanson — Kate 
Armstrong,  issue,  John,  Alexander — Bettie  Miller,  issue,  John 
and  Norman. 

Mary  (of  John  and  Eliza) — Alexander  Hanson  Darne,  her  cousin, 
issue,  John,  William,  Ella,  widow  of  the  late  Thomas  Anderson,  Jane 
(of  John  and  Eliza) — Alexander  Peter,  issue,  Mrs.  Beall,  Mrs.  Offutt, 
Mrs.  Dr.  Nurse,  Evie  and  Willie;  William  (of  John  and  Eliza)  — 
Mary  Farrow,  half-sister  of  Bishop  Cummings,  issue,  Sallie,  wife  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Griggs;  Mary — Mr.  Redding;  Florence — Rev.  McNair; 
William  Gassaway,  Jr.  * 

Lavinia  (of  John  and  Eliza) — Hon.  George  Peter,  son  of  Major 
George  Peter,  U.  S.  A.,  relative  of  General  Washington;  Mr.  Peter 
was  State  Senator;  issue,  John,  attorney;  Sallie — Wm.  Laird  Dun- 
lop,  son  of  Judge  Dunlop;  issue,  James  and  William  Dunlop. 

Mary  (of  George  and  Lavinia) — Thomas  Dawson,  Clerk  of  Mont- 
gomer}^;  Edward  (of  George  and  Lavinia) — Mary,  daughter  of  Judge 
Thos.  Vincent — he  was  State's  Attorney;  Robert  (of  George  and 
Lavinia) — a  daughter  of  Judge  Lowry,  U.  S.  A.;  Kate — Hugh  Nelson 
(of  Rev.  Cleland  K.  Nelson) ;   Arthur  is  a  lawyer  of  Washington. 

Laura  (of  John  and  Eliza) — George  Bradley,  issue,  Thomas 
Gaither,  of  the  "Rough  Riders,"  complimented  by  Colonel  Roose- 
velt; Harry,  lives  in  the  west;  George — a  daughter  of  Captain 
McDonald,  late  M.  C;   Laura  and  Sadie  Bradley. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      383 

Deborah  Lydia  Ridgely  Dorsey  (of  Caleb  and  Mary),  admired  by 
both  W.  W.  Corcoran  and  Richard  M.  Johnson — Dr.  Charles  Grey 
Edwards,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Ellzey  Minor,  of  Loudoun 
County,  Virginia;  issue,  Benjamin,  Caleb,  Thomas  Lee,  Ann, 
Virginia  Grey  and  Laura. 

Ann— Dr.  Richard  H.  Edwards,  surgeon  of  Eighth  Virginia  Regi- 
ment, issue,  Rachel — Dr.  T.  L.  McGill,  of  Frederick;  issue,  Dr.  Lloyd, 
Dr.  Charles,  Wilham  and  Nannie,  the  young  widow  of  Charles  Hil- 
finstein.  Dr.  Charles  Grey  Edwards  (of  Dr.  R.  H.  Edwards)  served 
in  the  Loudoun  Guards,  17th  Virginia  Regiment,  and  was  badly 
wounded;  removed  to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  he  married  Ida, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Edmund  T.  Perkins,  the  distinguished  Rector 
Emeritus  of  St.  Paul's;  issue,  Edmund,  Ida,  Harry  and  Margaret  Grey. 
William  Howard  (of  Dr.  R.  H.  Edwards)  served  in  Colonel  Lige 
White's  battaUon,  was  torn  to  pieces  by  a  shell;  a  comrade  of  young 
Edwards  had  a  leg  taken  off  by  the  same  shell;  upon  Decoration  Day 
he  may  be  seen  upon  crutches,  meditating,  or  decorating  the  grave  of 
his  companion.  Thomas  W.  Edvvards  (of  Dr.  R.  H.  and  Ann) — 
Lily  S.,  daughter  of  Colonel  Rush,  of  West  Point,  whose  wife  was 
Ida  Lee,  great-granddaughter  of  Richard  Henry  Lee;  issue,  Wilham 
Howard  and  Ida  Lee.  Laura  P.  (of  Dr.  Charles  Grey) — Dr.  Richard 
E.  Bland,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  descendant  of  Colonel  Theodorick 
Bland,  of  Virginia,  and  relative  of  John  Randolph,  of  Roanoke.  She 
has  one  son,  Richard  Bland,  of  the  West.  John  Randolph  Bland, 
President  of  the  United  States  Fidelity  and  Guaranty  Company,  of 
Baltimore,  is  the  son  of  Dr.  R.  E.  Bland  by  a  former  marriage  to  Miss 
Williams,  of  Norfolk. 

Virginia  Grey  Edwards  (of  Dr.  Charles  Grey  Edwards) — William 
Worsely,  son  of  John  Worsley,  of  Girton,  Nottinghamshire,  England, 
and  Elizabeth  Daniel,  of  Virginia.  Their  homestead,  "Hedgeland," 
was  named  from  the  hawthorn  hedge  which  separated  every  field. 
Issue,  Lizzie  and  Nannie,  of  Leesburg,  Virginia,  and  Thomas  Lee 
Worsley,  of  St.  Louis,  who  married  Moselle,  daughter  of  Judge 
Gustavus  De  Launay,  of  Columbus,  Georgia.  Issue,  Corinne, 
William  D.,  a  student-at-law,  Moselle  and  Charles  Grey  Edwards. 

Henrietta  Gassaway,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  Grey  Edwards, 
was  the  tliird  wife  of  her  cousin  on  three  lines;  Warfield,  Dorsey  and 
Beall.  He  was  Nicholas  Dorsey  Off  utt,  whose  mother  was  a  daughter 
of  Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield,  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Dorsey)  Warfield.  He  was  also  the  grandson  of  Zachariah  Off  utt 
and  Ellinor  Beall,  of  Ninian. 

Henrietta  Gassaway  Offutt  left  no  issue. 

The  children  of  Nicholas  Dorsey  Offutt  by  Rachel  were  Nicholas 
D.  William  Worthington,  Lee.  By  a  third  marriage  to  Mary  Ander- 
son— issue,  Lulie,  Mrs.  Dr.  Campbell  and  Anderson  Offutt. 

Captain  Charles  Gassaway's  homestead  was  "Pleasant  Hill," 
near  Darnestown.  Its  large  rooms,  high  ceilings,  carved  stairway, 
perfect  brickwork,  may  still  be  seen.  Having  ample  means,  his  hos- 
pitality was  proverbial.  John  Hanson  Gassaway,  near  Germantown, 
now  holds  a  part  of  the  Beall  estate,  of  Ruth,  of  Ninian. 


384      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Brice  John  Gassaway  (of  Major  Nicholas)  married  Dinah 
Warfield,  daughter  of  Azel  and  Sarah  (Griffith)  Warfield;  she  was  a 
sister  of  Catherine,  wife  of  Hezekiah  Griffith,  who  died  1796. 

Brice  John  Gassaway 's  estate  was  "Partnership"  and  "Second 
Addition  of  Snowden's  Manor,"  at  Fulton.  His  homestead  is  now 
held  by  Mr.  John  Moore.  He  also  held  the  estate  of  his  son-in-law, 
James  Warfield,  whose  family  removed  to  Tennessee.  He  was  a 
leading  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  bought  of  Rezin  Ham- 
mond, in  1792,  one  acre  of  "Davis'  Pasture"  for  a  Baptist  Church. 

Having  lost  his  estate  through  the  failure  of  his  sons,  he  removed 
to  Brookeville,  where  he  died,  beloved  by  all,  an  active  Christian. 
His  heirs  were  George,  Henry,  Ann,  Catherine,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and 
Mary — Thomas  Gibbons.  George — Miss  Porter  and  removed  to 
North  Bend,  Ohio;  Henry — Rachel  Griffith,  daughter  of  Dennis. 
Their  son  Henry  Charles — Elizabeth  Allen,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ethan 
Allen.  Henry  Gassaway  removed  from  Baltimore  to  Cincinnati. 
His  son,  Stephen  Griffith  Gassaway,  a  minister  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  was  killed  in  a  steamboat  accident  on  the  Mississippi. 

Ann  (of  Brice  John) — James  Warfield,  of  "Vension  Park,"  son 
of  Edward  and  Rachel  Riggs.  She  married,  second,  Nicholas  Worth- 
ington  (of  Thomas)  and  with  him  and  her  son-in-law,  Walter 
Warfield  Waters,  joined  her  Warfield  children  in  Tennessee. 

Walter  Warfield  Waters  was  the  son  of  Ignatus  and  Ann  Warfield 
(of  Azel).  His  brothers  and  sisters  were  Charles  Alexander,  Azel, 
Ignatus,  Richard,  ^amuel,  Elizabeth,  Charlotte,  Catherine  and 
Louisa  Ann — all  grandchildren  of  Richard  Waters,  of  Goshen,  by  Eliz- 
abeth Williams,  sister,  it  is  said,  of  General  Otho  Holland  Williams. 

Catharine  Gassaway  (of  Brice  John) — Colonel  Charles  Ham- 
mond and  had  issue,  William  Alexander,  Evaline,  Rezin,  Gassaway, 
Lloyd,  Annie,  Mary,  Sallie— Ephraim  Carr,  whose  heirs  are  Hammond 
Carr,  Henry  and  Mrs.  Earp,  who  holds  the  commodious  homestead 
upon  "Brown's  Purchase."  Hammond  Carr  inherited  and  holds  a 
portion  of  "Worthington's  Addition,"  a  part  of  "White  Hall." 

Sarah  Gassaway  (of  Brice  John) — John  Riggs  Brown  (of  Samuel 
and  Achsah  Riggs)  who  held  the  Brown  homestead  of  "  Good  Fellow- 
ship." Her  will  of  1855  named  her  heirs,  Henry  G.  Brown,  Samuel 
John  R.  Brown;  daughters  Louisa  Davis,  Mary  Ann  Smith,  Eliza- 
beth Gorman,  Kitty  Ann  Hood.    (See  Brown  Record). 

Elizabeth  Gassaway  (of  Brice  John)  became  Mrs.  William 
Porter,  of  Sandy  Spring.  Issue,  Charles  and  William  Porter.  The 
latter  was  a  contributor  to  Edgar  Allen  Poe's  journal.  He  married 
Mary  E.  Catlett,  the  daughter  of  Mary  Dorsey  by  her  second 
marriage.  Mrs.  Mary  Porter  established  a  successful  school  for  girls, 
at  Brookeville,  which  later  became  Briarly  Hall,  Poolsville.  She,  at 
an  advanced  age,  has  materially  aided  me  in  much  interesting  Gassa- 
way data.  Her  tribute* is — "They  were  cultivated,  courteous  and 
gentle."  Four  of  them  entered  the  Revolution  as  commissioned 
officers.  John,  Nicholas  and  Henry  were  with  General  Sullivan  at 
Long  Island,  in  that  gallant  charge. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      385 

Henry  Gassaway  was  Lieutenant  in  the  Fourth  Maryland  Regi- 
ment from  1781  to  1783;  Brice  John  Gassaway  rose  from  Lieutenant 
to  Captain  in  1780.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  Camden  and  was 
paroled  to  the  end  of  the  war. 

Charles  Gassaway  was  Captain  of  militia. 

The  revolutionary  claims  entitled  them  to  lands  in  West 
Virginia,  which  have  never  been  located. 

SIMPSONVILLE. 

Upon  the  Middle  Patuxent,  nestled  under  hills  on  all  sides,  was 
an  old-time  mill,  lately  destroyed,  which  dates  back  to  the  earliest 
days  of  the  settlers.  In  some  of  the  Howard  wills  it  was  called  "  Dr. 
Warfield's  Mill.''  In  others,  of  later  date,  it  was  known  as  "Richard 
Owings  Mill."  It  is  now  known  as  Simpsonville.  Upon  a  southern 
hill  stands  the  large  and  comfortable  residence  of  the  late  Major 
Owings.  Around  this  centre  located  Dr.  Joshua  Warfield,  Ephraim 
Howard,  Cornelius  Howard,  and  his  sons,  the  Howard  Merchants, 
one  of  whom  was  Captain  Brice  Howard,  commander  of  the  Elk 
Ridge  Militia,  and  here  was  Richard  Owings,  the  merchant. 

HOWARDS  OF   SIMPSONVILLE. 

Two  Howard  families  were  in  Upper  Anne  Arundel.  Governor 
John  Eager  Howard  invested  in  lands  near  Woodstock,  in  1786,  for 
his  son  George  Howard,  the  Governor  of  1832,  but  long  before 
that  Joseph  Howard,  son  of  Captain  Cornelius  Howard,  of  the  Severn, 
had  surveyed  some  four  thousand  acres  upon  both  sides  of  "  Dough- 
oregan  Manor,"-  upon  which  he  seated  his  three  sons,  Henry,  Cor- 
nelius and  Ephraim,  one  hundred  years  before  Howard  District  was 
organized. 

Joseph  Howard  and  Margery  Keith,  his  wife,  lived  upon  the 
Severn  homestead  and  there  handed  down  a  continued  line  of  Joseph 
Howards,  but  following  his  neighbor  Thomas  Worthington  into 
the  neighborhood  of  Clarksville  and  Simpsonville,  Joseph  took  up 
"First  Discovery,"  "Howard's  Passage"  and  "Joseph's  Gift," 
between  Simpsonville  and  Elioak,  and  then  went  west  of  Dough- 
oregan  and  extended  "  Second  Discovery"  toward  Glenelg. 

To  his  oldest  son,  Henry  Howard,  he  willed  "Kil  Kenny," 
"Howard's  Passage"  and  portions  of  the  First  and  Second  "Dis- 
covery." 

Henry  Howard's  descendants  claim  that  he  was  "Sir  Henry 
Howard,  the  British  Commissioner,  of  1706."  He  held  a  house  at 
Elk  Ridge  Landing,  which  seems  to  confirm  the  idea  that  he  was 
connected  with  that  Port  of  Entry,  but  he  was  not  born  until  1708. 
No  records  to  confirm  the  tradition  have  been  found.  He  married 
Sarah  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Honor  Elder),  of  "Long  Reach,"  and 
through  her  came  into  possession  of  a  portion  of  "  Dorsey 's  Grove" 
at  Glenelg.  This  adjoined  his  "Second  Discovery."  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  owned  a  greater  part  of  "Dorsey's  Grove"  and  had 
extended  his  surveys  to  Glen  wood. 


386      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

He  also  came  into  possession  of  500  acres  of  his  brother 
Ephraim's  inheritance. 

His  will  of  1773,  shows  him  a  man  of  marked  intelhgence,  of 
determination,  and  an  extensive  landholder.  At  the  time  of  writing 
it  he  seems  to  have  resided  at  Glenelg,  now  the  property  of  Frank 
Shipley's  heirs. 

He  named  his  heirs,  Ephraim,  John  Beale,  Vachel  Denton, 
James,  Joshua,  Mrs.  Sarah  Nelson,  Mrs.  Honor  Davidge  and  Mrs. 
Rachel  Warfield.  Three  of  his  sons.  Dr.  Ephraim,  Dr.  John  Beale 
and  Joshua,  having  inherited  the  Dorsey  Grove  estate,  will  be  noted 
in  Upper  Howard. 

Captain  Vachel  Denton,  James  and  the  daughters,  holding  lands 
near  Simpsonville,  will  now  be  noticed. 

Captain  Vachel  Denton  Howard  (of  Henry)  was  with  Colonel 
Richard  Dorsey  in  the  Revolution.  He  left  Colonel  Dorsey  a 
memorial  watch,  which  marked  the  hours  by  the  twelve  letters  of 
his  name.  It  was  held  by  the  late  Richard  Dorsey,  of  Glenwood, 
who  handed  it  to  his  nephews. 

Captain  Vachel  died  a  bachelor  and  left  500  acres  of  "  Discovery" 
to  his  niece,  Dinah  (Warfield)  Dorsey. 

James  Howard  (of  Henry)  was  the  executor  of  his  father  and 
his  brother-in-law.  Dr.  Joshua  Warfield,  of  Simpsonville. 

He  was  an  attorney,  but  left  no  heirs  that  can  be  found. 

Sarah  Howard  (of  Henry) — Burgess  Nelson,  of  Montgomery 
County.  Issue,  Henry,  Benjamin,  Rachel,  Sarah — Vachel  Dorsey 
(of  Vachel);  Elizabeth — Charles  Grifiith;  Mrs.  Nelson  became  the 
wife  of  Major  Richard  Green,  of  Montgomery  County,  and  mother 
of  Ruth,  Marv,  Amelia — Michael  Dorsey,  third,  Israel  and  Mrs.  John 
Cole. 

Rachel  Howard  (of  Henry) — Dr.  Joshua  Warfield  (of  Alexander 
and  Dinah  Davidge).  Issue,  Sarah,  Dinah,  Ruth,  Rachel  and  Joseph 
Warfield. 

Dr.  Joshua  Warfield  resided  at  Simpsonville.  His  field  of  prac- 
tice covered  that  whole  section. 

Sarah,  his  daughter,  died  single;  Dinah — Caleb  Dorsey;  Ruth 
— Richard  Owings;  Rachel — Nicholas  Worthington  Dorsey  and 
had  Ezra,  of  Texas;  Lloyd,  Nicholas,  Noah,  Alfred,  Reuben,  Mor- 
timer, Clarissa,  Matilda  and  Joshua  Warfield  Dorsey,  of  Laytons- 
ville.  He  married  Miss  Waters  and  Miss  Childs.  Issue,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Dorsey  and  Mrs  John  Warfield,  of  Laytonsville. 

Lieutenant  Joseph  Warfield — Elizabeth  Dorsey,  sister  of 
Nicholas  Worthington  Dorsey.  Both  families  lived  upon  the  Seneca, 
in  Montgomery.  Issue,  Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield,  Eliza  Offutt, 
Juhet  Davis  and  Caroline,  second  wife  of  Major  Richard  Lawrence. 
Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield  and  Mary,  his  wife,  left  Edwin  Warfield, 
Mary  Eliza  Warfield  and  Elizabeth  Ann  Hawkins. 

A  grandson  of  Edwin  Warfield  is  Professor  Lodge. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      387 

CORNELIUS    HOWARD   (OF  JOSEPH  AND  MARGERY). 

Cornelius  Howard  (of  Joseph  and  Margery)  located  upon  "  First 
Discovery"  and  "Howard's  Passage."  He  married  Rachel  Ridgely 
Worthington,  who  inherited  369  acres  of  "  Worthington  Range,  at 
Clarksville.  The  heirs  of  Cornelius  and  Rachel  Howard  were 
Thomas  Cornelius,  Brice,  Joseph,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Ephraim 
Davis  and  wife  of  William  Gaither;  Sarah  Ducker  and  Rachel  Hood. 
The  three  sons  of  Cornelius  Howard  were  merchants  with  head- 
quarters at  Simpsonville. 

Thomas  Cornelius  held  the  homestead  just  opposite  the  Catholic 
Church  at  Clarksville.  It  later  became  the  home  of  Mr.  Denton 
Miller,  whose  tombstone  may  there  be  seen.  Joseph  Howard  held 
"  Howard's  Resolution"  and  "  Poole's  Desire;"  Captain  Brice  Howard 
held  the  homestead  near  Simpsonville. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Rachel  Howard,  in  1801,  named  her  "grand- 
children, Thomas  Worthington,  Charles,  Henry,  Brice,  Polly,  Rachel 
Duval,  Elizabeth  Rowan,  Rebekah  Young  and  Anna  Howard,  child- 
ren of  her  son,  Thomas  Cornelius  Howard;  her  daughter  Sarah 
Ducker;  her  granddaughters,  Henrietta  Poole,  Martha  Ann  and 
Elizabeth  Gaither,  daughters  of  her  daughter  Elizabeth;  grandson, 
Brice  Howard;  granddaughter,  Ann  Howard,  of  mj^  late  son,  Brice 
Howard."  Rachel  Howard  (of  Cornelius  and  Rachel)  became  the 
wife  of  John  Hood,  Jr.,  of  "Bowling  Green."  Her  inheritance 
adjoined  "Folly  Quarter;"  a  part  was  bought  by  Charles  Carroll 
Mac  Tavish.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Hood,  married  Nicholas 
Meriweather  (of  Reuben)  and  inherited  the  remainder,  adjoining 
"Brown's  Chance  and  Dorsey's  Friendship."  It  was  sold  at  public 
sale  to  John  Hood,  Jr.,  who  resold  it  to  John  O'Donnell.  It  was 
again  bought  by  Nicholas  Worthington  (of  John)  and  by  him  deeded 
to  John  R.  Clarke,  who  exchanged  it  with  his  father  for  lands  at 
Columbia.  The  inheritance  thus  handed  down  to  Rachel  Howard 
is  now  known  as  "  Hayland,"  the  late  homestead  of  William  Clarke 
and  the  present  attractive  farm  of  Governor  Edwin  Warfield. 

Joseph  Howard  (of  Cornelius  and  Rachel)  married  Rachel 
Ridgely,  of  "White  Wine  and  Claret,"  one  of  the  eleven  daughters 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Duval)  Ridgely.  Their  son  Joseph,  Jr., 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Cornelius  Howard;  Elinor 
Howard,  their  daughter,  became  Mrs.  Azel  Waters,  and  had  issue, 
Mary  Ajin,  Joseph  Howard,  Washington,  Rachel  Howard  and 
Isabella  Waters. 

Captain  Brice  Howard  commanded  a  company  of  militia  in 
1776,  with  Joseph  Burgess,  First  Lieutenant;  John  Norwood,  Second 
Lieutenant;  Thos.  Cornelius  Howard,  Ensign.  He  married  Ann  ■ 
Ridgely,  of  "White  Wine  and  Claret;"  her  will  of  1801  named,  "My 
daughter,  Anne  Howard,  and  son,  Brice  Howard,"  to  whom  she  left 
money  for  their  education.  (The  former  married  Caleb  Dorsey,  of 
Columbia,  the  latter  became  a  lawyer  in  Cumberland.)  "All  the 
residue  of  the  estate  to  be  divided  amongst  all  my  children,  viz., 
Willliam  Cornelius  (named  for  both  ancestors),  Harriet,  Margaret, 


388      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

George,  Thomas  Worthington,  Jeremiah  Brice  Howard  and  my  two 
younger  children,  Anne  and  Brice  Howard.  George  Howard, 
executor,  sold  a  portion  of  Captain  Brice  Howard's  estate,  near 
Glenelg,  to  Samuel  Owings. 

Jeremiah  Brice  Howard  held  the  estate  of  Colonel  John 
Hammond  Riggs  at  Brookeville,  married  Mrs.  Harriet  Watkins  (nee 
Burgess)  and  left  Brice  Worthington  Howard  (who  holds  the  enlarged 
and  valuable  estate)  and  Mrs.  Harriet  Mathews,  of  Glenwood. 
Brice  Worthington  Howard  married  Kate  Orendorf;  their  sons  are 
Brice  Worthington,  Jr.,  William  Howard,  of  the  south,  Artemas, 
Thomas  and  Robert;  their  daughters  are  Miss  Evie,  Mrs.  Kate 
Henderson  and  Miss  Nannie  Howard. 

EPHRAIM  HOWARD, 
OF  JOSEPH  AND  MARGERY. 

Ephraim  Howard  (of  Joseph  and  Margery)  deeded  his  inherit- 
ance of  500  acres  of  "Discovery"  to  his  brother  Henry,  held  "How- 
ard's Passage"  and  part  of  "Athol."  "Howard's  Passage"  is  just 
west  of  "  Oakland  Manor."  In  his  will  of  1770  he  granted  to  his  son 
Joseph  lands  on  the  west  side  of  the  Patuxent;  to  Ephraim,  "my 
land  in  Frederick  County  called  'Lakeland;'  to  Henry,  my  lands  in 
Anne  Arundel  on  the  south  side  of  the  Patuxent;  to  daughter  Sarah 
and  daughter  Martha,  personal  property;  to  Margaret  Mackelfresh, 
if  she  lays  no  claim  to  her  father's  interest,  an  amount  of  money. 

"  Son  Joseph  executor;  wife  Martha  Howard,  the  homestead  during 
life.  Witnesses,  Thomas  Dorsey,  of  Henry,  Edward  Gaither,  Jr.,  and 
Wm.  Selman." 

Mrs.  Martha  Howard,  his  widow,  in  1792,  referred  to  her  son, 
John  Mackelfresh,  son  Joseph  Howard,  Ephraim,  Henry,  grand- 
daughter Martha  Mackelfresh,  daughter  Martha  Howard,  daughter 
Sarah  Riggs;  son  Joseph,  executor.  Witnesses,  Vachel  Worthington 
and  Samuel  Brown 

Joseph  Howard,  son  of  the  above  testators,  in  1792,  gave  to 
brother  Henry  and  Ephraim  /^5  each;  to  Henry  all  my  lands  on  the 
northwest  side  of  the  main  road  leading  from  the  bridge  near  where 
my  mother,  Mrs.  Martha  Howard,  lives,  formerly  called  Ephraim 
Howard's  bridge,  to  the  mill  commonly  called  Dr.  Joshua  Warfield's 
mill,  at  Simpsonville. 

"  I  give  to  my  three  sisters,  Margaret  Mackelfresh,  Sarah  Riggs 
and  Martha  Howard,  during  single  lives,  my  dwelling  and  all  lands 
adjoining  on  the  southeast  or  lower  side  of  the  aforesaid  road  leading 
from  the  aforesaid  bridge  to  the  aforesaid  mill,  and  at  the  expiration 
of  their  single  life  or  natural  life,  then  to  my  brother,  Henry  Howard. 
My  sisters  are  to  have  all  negroes,  houses,  cattle,  stock,  furniture, 
plate,  money  in  hand,  bonds,  notes  and  books. 

"My  brother  Henry  and  sister  Martha,  executors.  Mr.  Pue, 
Charles  A.  Warfield  and  Brice  Howard,  witnesses. 

Henry  Howard  (of  Ephraim)  left  his  home  place  to  his  wife, 
Mary,  during  life.  It  adjoined  Samuel  Brown,  near  a  branch  of  the 
Patuxent,  near  Richard  Owings  mill.     "I  give  to  George  Howard  (of 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      389 

Brice)  all  my  lands  on  which  Patrick  Donnahoo  lives,  near  Thomas 
Cross,  on  the  contemplated  new  pike.  I  give  to  Richard  Owings,  St., 
all  the  rest  of  my  estate  for  a  debt  due  him  and  make  him  my 
executor.  John  Garrett,  Samuel  Owings  (of  Richard)  and  Nicholas 
Watkins,  Jr.,  witnesses." 

Ephraim  Howard,  Jr.,  removed  to  Frederick  County  near  Lib- 
erty. He  married  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Basil  and  Sarah 
(Worthington)  Dorsey,  of  "Troy  Hill."  Her  silver  key-holder,  with 
name  inscribed,  is  still  in  possession  of  Mr.  Albert  Jones,  formerly  of 
Mount  Airy.  She  inherited  "  lands  bought  of  John  (of  Gideon)  How- 
ard," just  east  of  Liberty,  Frederick  County.  Her  sisters,  Elinor 
Sheridine  and  Achsah  Sollers,  had  their  portions  adjoining. 

Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  Howard  had  issue — Dennis  Howard, 
who  held  the  homestead  and  a  large  estate. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Riggs  named  her  nephew,  Dennis 
Howard  (of  brother  Ephraim).  She  was  the  widow  of  James  Riggs  (of 
John  and  Mary  Davis). 

OWINGS. 

Richard  Owings,  brother  of  Samuel  Owings,  of  Owings  Mill, 
Baltimore  County,  sons  of  Richard  and  Rachel  Owings,  of  Baltimore 
County,  married  Ruth  Warfield,  daughter  of  Dr.  Joshua  and  Rachel 
(Howard)  Warfield,  and  settled  as  a  merchant  at  Simpsonville.  The 
foundation  of  his  old  store  may  still  be  seen  there.  Their  sons  were 
Samuel,  James,  Thomas,  Joshua,  Basil  and  Major  Henry  Owings. 
Samuel  Owings  married  Sarah  Ann  Hatherly;  he  and  his  brother 
James  were  executors  of  their  father's  estate.  James  bought  "  Win- 
copin  Neck"  at  Guilford;  Thomas  Owings — Ann  Maria,  daughter 
of  Lancelot  and  Mary  Warfield  of  "Brandy"  and  had  issue,  the  late 
Richard  Owings,  of  Friendship,  Anne  Arundel  County,  and  Mrs. 
Eastwood,  whose  descendants  are  in  Missouri.  Joshua  Owings 
removed  to  Missouri;  Basil  Owings  was  a  merchant  at  Lisbon,  married 
Eleanor  Griffith;  issue,  Edwin  U.,  Basil,  Albin,  Ulysses,  Mrs.  Laura 
Jessup,  James.  Amelia — Henry  Owings  and  William  W.  Owings. 
James — Ann  M.  Carr;  Basil — Mattie  Massey;  Ulysses  G.  Owings — 
F.  Norris,  and  is  a  merchant  of  West  River;  Albin  Owings — M. 
-  Plummer  and  resides  at  Woodbine  as  general  agent  of  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 
Edwin  U.  Owings — Achsah  Bradford  and  had  William  T.  Owings,  of 
Baltimore;  Edwin  U. — Miss  Hall;  Florence — Samuel  Waters  and 
resides  at  Parkton;  Clarence,  merchant  of  Lisbon, — Miss  Henderson; 
Mary  E.  Owings,  of  Lisbon,  now  Mrs.  Bradford. 

Major  Henry  Owings,  successor  to  his  father,  built  his  commo- 
dious home  upon  the  southern  hill  of  Simpsonville  and  still  further 
increased  his  father's  large  estate;  he  was  one  of  the  first  com- 
missioners of  Howard.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Gist,  whose  son  was 
Dr.  James  Owings,  of  Parkersburg,  West  Virginia;  their  daughters 
are  Mrs.  Alverda  Dorsey  (whose  only  son  is  Upton  Dorsey,  of  U.  S. 
Army),  the  late  Mrs.  Myerly,  who  lived  at  the  homestead,  and  Mrs. 
Sally  Pennypacker,  of  West  Virginia. 


390      FouNDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Major  Owings  married,  second,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sally  (Hammond)  Dorsey;  their  sons  are  John  H.  Owings,  Samuel 
Owings,  Richard  Owings;  their  daughters  were  Rebecca,  wife  of 
George  Gambrill,  and  Susan,  wife  of  Hon.  John  Ridgely  Clark,  for- 
mer State's  attorney  for  Howard.  His  estate  at  Columbia,  and  the 
Worthington  property,  near  Simpsonville,  are  now  well  managed  by 
his  daughters. 

John  Hammond  Owings,  long  clerk  of  Howard  County  Court, 
was  his  own  successor  for  three  terms.  The  Democratic  party  was 
defeated  in  1895,  and  A.  C.  Rhodes,  was  elected  to  the  office 
of  clerk.  Upon  his  sudden  death,  soon  after,  Judge  Jones 
reappointed  Mr.  Owings,  who  held  the  office  afterward  by  election. 
He  was  assisted  by  his  son.  Both  were  ready  always  to  explain 
intelhgently  and  courteously  the  workings  of  the  office,  which,  in 
system  and  execution,  is  a  model  worthy  of  record. 

Mr.  Owings  took  his  wife  from  the  same  Dorsey  house  out  of 
which  came  his  mother.  She  was  Sally,  daughter  of  Hammond  and 
Lucretia  (Brown)  Dorsey.  His  son  married  a  daughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Hunt,  of  Ellicott  City  and  resides  there. 

Mr.  John  H.  Owings'  estate  is  "  Hazelwood,"  east  of  "  Oakland 
Manor."  Samuel  Owings,  his  brother,  lives  near  him.  He  married 
Miss  Sallie  Wethered,  of  Howard. 

Richard  Owings  resides  near  Simpsonville;  he  married  Caroline 
daughter  of  Hon.  John  Watkins.     These  brothers  are  model  farmers. 

SETTLERS  NEAR  THE  BRICK  CHURCH. 

The  neighborhood  of  this  church  was  and  is  another  Dorsey 
range.  The  church  stands  upon  "  New  Years'  Gift,"  a  tract  granted 
to  Edward  Dorsey  and  to  Charles  Carroll,  of  Annapolis,  by  their 
friend,  the  Proprietary,  as  a  New  Years'  gift.  The  whole  tract  was 
bought  by  Caleb  Dorsey,  of  "  Hockley,"  who  transferred  it  to  his  son 
John.  It  embraced  a  large  and  very  rich  body  of  land  in  one  of  the 
best  agricultural  sections  of  the  county  to-day. 

One  of  the  descendants  of  this  family  was  William  Dorsey,  an 
attorney  of  Annapolis,  whom  Governor  Sharpe  honored  by  a  con- 
sultation; another  was  Colonel  Richard  Dorsey,  whose  troop  of 
horse  was  with  General  Washington  in  the  North. 

"John  Dorsey,  son  of  Caleb,"  located  on  "New  Years'  Gift."  He 
held  the  land  upon  wliich  Christ  Church  stands.  He  was  a  member 
of  its  vestry  and  signed,  "John  Dorsey,  son  of  Caleb."  He  bought 
lands  in  Frederick  County  (now  Montgomery),  at  Triadelphia;  he 
also  held  property  in  Frederick  City.  He  married  liis  cousin,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Joshua  and  Ann  (Ridgely)  Dorsey;  issue,  Caleb, 
John,  Richard,  Elinor,  wife  of  Richard  Stringer,  Elizabeth  Burgess 
and  Achsah,  wife  of  Dr.  Ephraim  Howard  (of  Henry) .  His  will  was 
dated  1765;  Caleb  was  made  executor  and  inherited  the  homestead 
and  lands  in  Frederick  Coimty.  All  of  the  remaining  estate  was  left 
to  John  and  Richard,  who  removed  to  their  inheritance  upon  the 
Westminster  road.     Caleb,  at  the  time  of  his  will,  held  lands  near 


Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      391 

Shafersville.  He  married,  first,  Sophia  Dorsey,  of  "Patuxent  John;" 
issue,  EHzabeth  Dorsey;  second,  Rebecca  Hammond;  issue,  George, 
John,  Richard,  WilHam,  Larkin,  Caleb,  Mrs.  Sarah  Lawrence,  wife  of 
Captain  Levin,  Mrs.  Nicholas  Owings,  Mrs.  Achsah  Gwinn  and 
Rebecca  Dorsey.  His  will  of  1790  appointed  "  his  brothers,  John, 
Richard  and  William  Hammond,  trustees"  to  divide  his  estate.  To 
Caleb,  Jr.,  he  left  the  homestead  upon  "Israel's  Creek."  His 
grandson,  Caleb  Gwinn,  was  remembered. 

Caleb  Dorsey,  Jr.,  granted  his  inheritance  in  Frederick  County 
to  his  brothers,  Larkin  and  Richard  Dorsey,  and  the  rest  of  his 
estate  to  Achsah,  Caleb,  Rebecca,  Edward  and  Ann  Gwinn,  children 
of  Edward  and  Achsah  Gwinn.  "To  sister  Achsah,  all  my  negroes; 
to  brothers  John  and  William,  my  horses;  to  sister  Rebecca,  my 
silver  plate." 

George  Dorsey  removed  to  West  Virginia.  A  recent  Parkers- 
burg  paper  thus  refers  to  him:  "  Mrs.  Ann  M.  Dorsey,  aged  eighty- 
seven,  is  one  of  the  six  "Star  members"  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
Revolution;"  her  father,  Mr.  Mathiah,  having  been  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution;  her  second  husband  was  George  W.  Dorsey,  who  was  a 
large  landowner  and  slaveholder  on  the  Kingwood  Pike,  near  Mor- 
gantown.  The  Dorsey  home  was  noted  for  its  hospitality,  especially 
to  Methodist  ministers..  The  aged  lady  hopes  to  spend  her  days 
with  her  son,  J.  W.  Dorsey,  of  this  city.  Two  of  her  sons  reside  here, 
one  in  Morgantown  and  one  in  Dayton,  Ohio. " 

Larkin  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  built  "Waveland,"  the  late  home 
of  Mrs.  Reuben  M.  Dorsey;  he  married  Miss  McCurdy. 

In  his  will  of  1837  he  named  his  wife  Jane,  and  appointed  her, 
with  James  McHenry  Boyd,  his  executors.  He  set  his  negroes  free; 
they  numbered  twenty-two.  His  farm  was  to  be  sold  and  proceeds 
divided  among  Larkin  Lawrence,  Hammond  Dorsey,  William  Baker 
Dorsey,  Larkin  Dorsey,  Richard  Dorsey  and  niece  Caroline  Owings, 
each  to  receive  $1,000.  All  of  the  remainder  of  his  estate,  including 
that  in  Pennsylvania,  to  go  to  his  wife,  Jane  Dorsey. 

William  Dorsey,  his  brother,  was  an  attorney-at-law  in  Annapo- 
lis during  the  French-Indian  war.  He  was  consulted  by  Governor 
Horatio  Sharpe  concerning  the  right  of  the  province  to  draft  slaves 
for  the  war.  Mr.  Dorsey  replied  that  "no  such  power  existed 
without  the  permission  of  the  owners."  He  was  a  bachelor.  His 
will  of  1802  devised  the  homestead  left  him  by  his  father  to  brother 
Richard,  but  if  brother  John  desires  it,  he  gave  his  permission  for  an 
exchange.  "All  my  law  books  to  my  nephew,  Caleb  Lawrence;  my 
Illinois  lands  to  Captain  Levin  Lawrence;  my  land  obtained  from 
Robert  Dorsey,  adjoining  Price's  place  and  Benjamin  Dorsey's,  I 
grant  to  my  three  brothers.  My  brother  Richard  executor,  and, 
with  John  and  Larkin,  inheritor  of  my  personal  estate. 

"Peregrine  Warfield,  EUsha  Brown  and  John  Hammond, 
witnesses." 

Richard  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  inherited  the  property  immediately 
at  the  old  brick  church  but  resided  in  Baltimore;   he  married  Mrs. 


392      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Sherlock,  daughter  of  Robert  Gilmor.  His  will  named  his  wife,  Anne, 
and  children,  Caleb,  Richard,  Anne,  Edward  and  Mary.  "To  my 
brother,  William  Watson,  my  saddle  horse;  to  my  mother,  Mary 
Watson,  all  my  interest  in  the  estate  where  she  lives." 

John  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  exchanged  with  his  brother  Richard  and 
held  the  homestead,  through  the  permission  of  William,  the  attorney. 
He  married  Sally  Hammond,  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Charles  Ham- 
mond, a  neighbor.  The  will  of  Mrs.  Sarah  (Hammond)  Dorsey 
named  her  son  Hammond,  William  Baker,  Mary  Bailey,  Rebecca, 
Richard  (died  on  the  Eastern  Shore)  and  Elizabeth — Major  Henry 
Owings.  William  Baker  Dorsey,  executor.  He  came  into  possession 
of  his  uncle  Richard's  farm;  he  was  one  of  the  early  commis- 
sioners of  Howard  County;  his  wife  was  Miss  Wood.  He  left  no 
heirs  and  willed  his  estate  to  his  nephew,  Larkin  Dorsey. 

Hammond  Dorsey  inherited  the  homestead  adjoining,  married 
Lucretia  Brown,  daughter  of  Elisha  of  "  Brown's  Purchase,"  near, 
Guilford.  Their  heirs  were  Hammond,  Larkin,  Richard  and  Sallie, 
wife  of  John  Hammond  Owings. 

Hammond  Dorsey  inherited  the  homestead  and  married  a 
daughter  of  Captain  Pendleton,  of  "  Walnut  Hill."  They  have  a  son, 
Hammond,  and  a  daughter,  who,  with  her  mother,  resides  at  the 
homestead. 

The  estate  of  Larkin  Dorsey,  immediately  at  the  Old  Brick 
Church,  has  become  the  property  of  Mr.  Selling. 

The  Old  Brick  Church  stands  upon  the  site  of  the  first  church 
of  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  organized  in  1728.  It  was  an  offshoot  of 
St.  Ann's.  Before  it  could  be  established  it  was  necessary  to 
secure  the  consent  of  the  entire  parishioners  then  living  upon  that 
immense  territory.  Benjamin  Gaither  undertook  this  work.  Mount- 
ing his  horse,  he  rode  from  Annapolis  to  Clarksville,  over  the  entire 
area  between  the  two  rivers,  and  succeeded  in  this  object.  The  first 
church  stood  until  1806,  when  it  was  replaced  by  the  present  build- 
ing, now  nearly  a  century  old.  Two  of  its  latest  building  committee 
were  Dr.  Lloyd  T.  Hammond  and  Samuel  Brown,  Jr.,  long  Register 
of  Wills  at  Annapolis. 

The  following  deed  upon  record  at  Annapolis,  covers  the  ground 
upon  which  the  church  stands.  It  was  made  in  1738,  and  reads: 
''To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come  greeting — know 
ye  that  we,  Caleb  Dorsey  and  John  Dorsey,  gentlemen,  as  well  for 
and  in  consideration  of  the  great  love  and  affection  we  do  bear  to 
the  Protestant  religion,  give  and  grant  to  Rev.  James  Macgill, 
Rector  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish;  Richard  Davis,  Abel  Brown,  John 
Dorsey,  Richard  Shipley,  Adam  Barnes  and  Peter  Barnes,  present 
vestrj'men,  and  to  their  successors,  for  the  use  of  said  Parish  all  those 
two  acres  called,  'New  Year's  Gift'  on  which  the  church  now  stands, 
as  surveyed  by  Mr.  Henry  Ridgely,  late  surveyor  of  Anne  Arundel, 
signed  and  sealed  by  Caleb  Dorsey  in  the  presence  of  Henry  Ridgely, 
Edward  Gaither  and  Richard  Dorsey,  and  by  John  Dorsey  in  the 
presence  of  Henry  Ridgely,  Alexander  Warfield  (of  John)." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      393 

The  above  granters  were  Caleb  Dorsey,  of  "Hockley,"  surveyor 
of  the  tract  and  father  of  John  Dorsey,  who  then  held  it,  but  could 
not  give  a  deed  without  his  father's  signature.  "  Queen  Caroline 
church  has  a  handsome  communion  service  dating  from  1748,  and 
a  Bible  presented  by  Commissary  Henderson,  who  was  sent  to  report 
on  the  church."     (Old  Brick  Churches.) 

The  church  has  been  recently  painted  and  a  memorial  window 
has  been  added.  The  graves  of  Rev.  Marbury  Ogle  and  his  wife, 
late  of  the  church,  are  chief  among  the  few  buried  in  the  old  church- 
yard. This  parish  extended  back  ten  miles  or  more  west  of  the  Land- 
ing at  the  Relay.  Its  territory  was  divided  into  Hundreds — each  of 
which  had  its  Captain,  to  look  after  the  tobacco  tax  upon  which  the 
church  was  supported. 

Some  of  its  pew-holders  in  1736,  under  Rev.  James  Macgill, 
were:  Pew  No.  1,  Captain  Henry  Ridgely  and  Joshua  Dorsey;  No. 
2,  Basil  Dorsey  and  three  brothers,  Henry  Dorsey,  and  John 
Warfield;  No.  3,  John  Dorsey,  son  of  Edward;  No.  4,  Captain  Nath 
Hammond,  Benjamin  Warfield  and  Alexander  Warfield;  No.  5, 
Edward  Dorsey  and  WilHam  Ridgely;  No.  8,  Orlando  Griffith, 
Captain  John  Howard  and  Nicholas  Dorsey;  No.  12,  Nicholas  Gassa- 
way  and  Henry  Howard;  No.  17,  Captain  John  Dorsey;  No.  19, 
Alexander  Warfield  (of  Richard) ;  No..  20,  Benjamin  Lawrence, 
Lancelot  Todd  and  his  brother,  John  Todd;  No.  23,  Edward  White, 
Joseph  White,  Edward,  PhiHp  and  Alexander  Warfield,  Jr.;  No.  24, 
Edward  Dorsey,  Jr.,  Reynolds  Mackubin  and  Neal  Clark;  No.  25, 
John  Elder,  Sr.,  and  John  Elder,  Jr.;  No.  26,  Joseph  Hall  and  John 
Riggs;    No.   29,  Michael   Dorsey. 

West  of  the  church  looms  up  "Athol,"  the  English  castle  of 
Rev.  James  Macgill,  its  rector.  It  was  built  in  1746,  by  English 
workmen  transported  by  him.  Its  commanding  site  overlooks  the 
old  church  in  which  he  spent  his  life.  He  handed  down  from  its 
threshold  many  fair  daughters  to  be  the  comforters  and  helpmates 
to  his  parishioners.  "Athol's"  gray  stone  walls,  high  and  massive 
chimneys  and  pitched  roof  are  still  well  preserved,  and  though  it 
has  passed  from  the  family,  the  old  church  has  been  remembered  by 
a  daughter  of  its  rector.  A  part  of  the  "  Athol"  estate  is  still  held  by 
descendants  who  have  built  upon  it  recently.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geaslin 
hold  the  old  homestead. 

OAKLAND    MANOR. 

North  of  "Athol,"  upon  the  Ellicott  City  and  Laurel  highway, 
was  one  of  Hon.  John  Dorsey's  surveys — "Dorsey's  Adventure." 

It  was  willed  by  him  to  his  grandson,  Edward  Dorsey,  son  of 
his  "deceased  son,  Edward  Dorsey."  Around  it,  later,  arose  "Oak- 
land Manor"  and  Oakland  Mills.  There  lived  Luther  Martin,  Attor- 
ney-General of  Maryland,  when  he  broke  to  pieces  John  Randolph's 
charges  against  Judge  Samuel  Chase,  another  landholder  in  Howard. 
Following  him  came  Robert  Oliver,  the  English  hunter,  to  build  his 
English  stables  for  his  hunters,  upon  his  own  forest  range  of  2300 


394      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

acres.  From  here,  still  later,  Colonel  Charles  Sterrett  Ridgely  com- 
manded his  troopers  as  the  bodyguard  of  General  Lafayette,  in 
1825.  Here  was  born  Lieutenant  Randolph  Ridgely,  a  hero  of  the 
Mexican  War. 

From  here  George  R.  Gaither  drove  his  four  iron-grays  to  St. 
John's  Church  each  Sunday.  From  here  Colonel  George  R.  Gaither 
organized  his  Howard  Dragoons,  successors  to  Colonel  Charles 
Carroll's  Dragoons,  of  earlier  days.  Colonel  Carroll's  reviews  of 
Gaither's  Troopers  ended  in  a  royal  treat  of  Southdown  mutton  and 
its  attendants.  All  this  was  after  Howard  had  risen  to  the  dignity 
of  her  county  rights  and  before  war  had  come  to  check  her  proud 
career. 

The  sixty  yoimg  men  of  Gaither's  Troopers,  all  relations  and 
friends,  with  a  future  that  seemed  bright,  soon  were  ordered  to  take 
up  arms  in  defence  of  the  State.  They  obeyed;  with  their  Captain 
they  crossed  over  the  river,  some  to  return  not,  some  to  go  elsewhere, 
but  few  to  remain.    The  Captain  himself  has  passed  on  before. 

The  officers  of  Colonel  Gaither's  Troopers  upon  organization 
were: 

Captain,  George  R.  Gaither,  of  Oakland;  First  Lieutenant,  Dr. 
Milton  W.  Warfield,  of  Lisbon;  Second  Lieutenant,  John  R.  Clark, 
of  Columbia;  Orderly  Sergeant,  Benjamin  D.  Cooke,  of  the  Brick 
Church  neighborhood.  The  latter  later  took  up  the  work  of  Dr. 
Warfield  and  was  the  drill-master  for  a  long  time. 

The  recent  death  of  Dr.  Warfield,  of  Lisbon,  leaves  Benjamin 
D.  Cooke,  of  Colonial  Beach,  Virginia,  the  only  surviving  officer  of 
that  historic  organization. 

The  author,  as  a  high  private  of  "Gaither's  Troopers,"  here 
places  a  wreath  of  immortelles  over  the  graves  of  his  departed 
comrades. 

"DORSEY'S    ADVENTURE/^ 
HOME  OF  CAPTAIN  EDWARD  DORSEY. 

This  grandson  of  Hon.  John  Dorsey  inherited  two  tracts, 
"Dorsey's  Adventure"  at  Oakland  and  "Whitaker's  Purchase," 
now  the  Stockett  place.  He  was  a  witness  to  his  brother's  will,  in 
176  L  He  was  not  a  surveyor  and  made  no  increase  in  his  estate. 
His  wife  was  Sarah  Todd,  daughter  of  Lancelot  and  Elizabeth  Rock- 
hold,  descendant  of  James  Todd,  of  the  original  site  of  Baltimore. 
Their  son,  Edward  Dorsey,  Jr.,  removed  to  the  neighborhood  of 
Hood's  Mill  and  will  there  be  recorded.  Colonel  John  Dorsey  held  the 
homestead  and  became  the  Baltimore  merchant;  Lancelot  Dorsey, 
Ely,  Charles  and  Major  Richard,  of  the  Baltimore  Artillery  Company 
of  the  Revolution,  were  other  sons.  Their  daughters  were  Elizabeth, 
first  wife  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith;  Ruth,  wife  of  Vachel  Dorsey,  near 
Hoods  Mill;   Sarah  Gist,  wife  of  Thomas  Gassaway. 

Captain  Edward  Dorsey,  by  exchange  with  his  son  Edward,  of 
Hoods  Mill,  got  possession  of  several  adjoining  tracts  "Ely's  Lot" 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      395 

and  "  Dorsey's  Thickett/'  which  he  left  to  his  sons,  Charles,  Ely, 
Lancelot  and  Richard,  none  of  whom  settled  upon  them.  These 
were  held  by  their  brothers,  Colonel  John  and  Edward  and  their 
brother-in-law,  Vachel  Dorsey 

Colonel  John  Dorsey  and  his  brother  Ely  were  the  executors 
of  their  father's  estate.  They  sold  a  portion  of  "Dorsey's  Adven- 
ture" to  Benjamin  Howard,  in  1768.  Colonel  John  held  a  portion 
of  "Dorsey's  Adventure."  He  mortgaged  it  to  James  Russel,  of 
London.  In  1785  he  sold  it  to  Luther  Martin,  Attorney-General  of 
Maryland. 

As  "Luther  Martin's  Elk  Ridge  farm"  it  embraced  "Dorsey's 
Adventure,"  "Dorsey's  Inheritance,"  "Good  for  Little,"  "Chew's 
Vineyard"  and  "Adam  the  First,"  covering  1100  acres. 

In  1827,  through  a  case  in  Chancery,  in  which  Luther  Martin 
and  the  Bank  of  Baltimore  were  defendants,  it  was  sold  by  Judge 
Nicholas  Brewer  to  Robert  Oliver,  an  Englishman,  who  built  Oak- 
land Mills,  (now  a  wreck  by  fire.)  He  increased  the  estate  to  2300 
acres  and  later  sold  it  to  Colonel  Charles  Sterrett  Ridgely.  It 
descended  through  Mrs.  EHzabeth  (Hollingsworth)  Ridgely,  to  her 
son,  John  Sterrett  Ridgely. 

In  1838,  Thomas  Oliver,  heir  of  Robert,  who  stiU  held  a  claim, 
sold  it  to  George  R.  Gaither.  It  then  embraced  "  Dorsey's  Search," 
"Dorsey's  Search  Resurveyed,"  "Fehcity,"  "Talbott's  Resolution 
Manor"  and  Oakland  Mill,  adjoining  "Howard's  Passage"  and 
"Joseph's  Gift."  It  bordered  upon  lands  conveyed  by  Judge  Richard 
Ridgely  to  James  Sterrett,  running  to  lands  conveyed  by  Eleanor 
Dall  to  Robert  Oliver,  in  1825;  adjoined  lands  conveyed  by  Nicholas 
Worthington  (of  John)  to  Charles  Sterrett  Ridgely,  Richard  Gittings 
and  others  and  by  them  conveyed  to  Robert  Ohver. 

In  1785  Colonel  John  Dorsey,  through  speculation,  became 
involved  and  sold  his  lands  near  Hood's  Mill  to  his  brother-in-law, 
Vachel  Dorsey. 

He  sold  to  Robert  Dorsey  all  the  lands  he  held  in  common  with 
John  Sterrett,  Wilham  Goodwin,  Samuel  Chase  and  others  upon  the 
Gunpowder.  He  sold  to  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey  and  Samuel  Chase 
another  large  tract  bought  for  speculation.  His  interest  in  the 
Nottingham  Iron  Works  led  to  a  case  in  Chancery,  in  which  the 
State  brought  suit.  These  investments  caused  the  complete  failure 
of  himself  and  Colonel  Thomas  Dorsey. 

Colonel  John  Dorsey  was  one  of  the  first  commissioners  of  Balti- 
more City.  He  was  upon  the  reception  committee  to  receive  General 
Washington.  He  was  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  vestry  and  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel  Wilham  Hammond,  the  Baltimore 
merchant.  Their  daughter  Elizabeth  became  the  wife  of  Edward 
Dorsey,  of  "Belmont."  Judge  Walter  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  John) 
was  elected  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Baltimore.  His  wife  was  Hopewell 
Hebb;  issue,  Anna  Marie — Frank,  son  of  Dr.  John  Beale  Davidge 
and  his  wife.  Miss  Stuart,  of  the  Fisgall  estate  of  Scotland. 


396      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  issue  of  Frank  and  Anna  Marie  Davidge  were  William, 
Walter,  Joanna,  Robert  Cunningham  and  Frank  Davidge.  WiUiam 
— Virginia  Mason,  of  Virginia,  whose  son  William  married  a  daughter 
of  Bishop  Potter.  Walter  Davidge,  the  celebrated  lawyer  of  Wash- 
ington— Anna  Washington.  These  were  the  descendants  of  John , 
Davidge  and  Honor  (Howard)  Warfield,  of  "  Warfield's  Contrivance.j' 
Judge  Clement  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  John  and  Mary)  married  Miss 
Smith,  of  St.  Marys. 

Their  daughter,  Eliza  became  the  wife  of  her  cousin,  Richard 
Brooke  Dorsey,  of  Montgomery  County,  from  whom  descends  Mri. 
Vernon  Dorsey,  of  the  Congressional  Library. 

William  Hammond  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  John  and  Mary)  removed 
to  Montgomery  County;  married  a  daughter  of  Richard  Brooke,  of 
Olney  and  was  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  Brookeville  Academy,  in 
1815.  His  heirs  were  William  J.,  Richard  Brooke,  James  M.,  Robert 
E.,  and  Marie  Dorsey,  all  holding  portions  of  "Addition  to  Brooke 
Orove." 

Richard  Brooke  Dorsey — Anne  Eliza,  daughter  of  Judge  Clement 
Dorsey.  Their  son,  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  was  a  Civil  Engineer, 
living  in  Peru,  Chili,  California,  Mexico,  Nevada,  British  Columbia, 
South  Africa,  finally  dying  recently  in  London,  having  accumulated 
and  lost  several  fortunes. 

His  brothers  are  Richard  Brooke  Dorsey  and  Vernon  Dorsey, 
who  married  his  cousin. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dorsey  have  been  long  connected  with  the 
genealogical  department  of  the  Congressional  Library.  Their 
daughter,  Miss  Anna  Vernon  Dorsey,  has  made  a  mark  in  her 
imitation  of  Southern  dialects. 

Dr.  Robert  Edward  Dorsey— Sarah  Ann  Duvall;  their  heirs 
are  Dr.  Grafton  Duvall  Dorsey  and  Mrs.  George  R.  Coale. 

Miss  Cornelia  Dorsey,  of  Baltimore,  is  a  sister  of  Richard  Brooke 
Dorsey. 

Lancelot  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd)  sold  "  Lancelot's 
Lot"  in  Baltimore  County  to  his  brother  Edward  and  lived  for  a  time 
upon  his  inheritance,  "Altogether,"  near  Clarksville. 

He  married  Deborah  Ridgely,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (Duvall)  Ridgely,  of  "White  Wine  and  Claret."  They  joined 
in  selling  their  homestead  to  Thomas  Dorsey.  He  left  no  will,  but 
Dennis  Dorsey,  by  case  in  the  Court  of  Appeals  brought  suit  against 
the  estate.  The  heirs  were  Dathan  Dorsey  and  Mrs.  Elder.  Dathan 
lived  near  Glenelg. 

Charles  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah)  sold  his  inheritance  in 
Baltimore  County  to  his  brother  Edward  and  removed  to  Frederick 
County.  His  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Gassaway,  was  appointed 
trustee  of  his  estate. 

Captain  Richard  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd)  organ- 
ized the  Baltimore  Artillery  Company  during  the  Revolution.  His 
name  appears  frequently  in  the  archives.  With  Captain  Brown's 
Company  he  was  in  the  North  and  later  both  were  united  to  Colonel 


FouxDEKS  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      397 

Beales'  Battalion  in  Virginia.  His  record  has  been  mixed  up  with 
that  of  his  namesake,  Colonel  Richard  Dorsey,  of  "Happy  Retreat." 

Captain  Richard  Dorsey  remained  in  Virginia  dm-ing  the  war 
and  died  there.  In  1785  he  deeded  his  land,  house  and  lot  in  Elk 
Ridge,  all  land  due  him  from  the  United  States  and  State  of  Mary- 
land, as  Captain  in  the  Maryland  Line,  to  Thomas  Gassaway,  his 
brother-in-law.  In  1795  he  was  Major  Richard  Dorsey  and  sold 
his  lands  near  Fort  Cumberland  to  George  Golder,  He  was  then 
living  in  Anne  Arundel,  but  removed  to  Virginia  later  and  married 
Mrs.  Pierpoint  (nee  Hawkins),  who  bore  him  a  son,  Edward,  and  a 
daughter,  Sarah,  named  for  his  father  and  mother.  Edward  died  a 
bachelor  and  lies  buried  at  Alexandria,  by  the  side  of  his  sister,  who 
became  Mrs.  John  Suter  and  left  Mrs.  Alexander  Myers,  of  Havre  de 
Grace;  Mrs.  Cornelius  Jacobs,  of  Alexandria,  Virginia;  Mrs.  Arthur 
Yeatman,  of  Warrenton,  Virginia,  and  Mrs.  George  Emmerson,  of 
Alexandria,  Virginia. 

It  is  claimed  by  his  descendants  that  he  bore  the  arms  of  the 
D'Arcys,  of  Kiltula  House  and  of  "Clifton  Castle,"  Ireland — the 
same  given  by  Burke — motto  "f/w  Dieu,  Un  Roi." 

The  descendants  of  Ely  Dorsey  will  be  noticed  at  Poplar  Spring. 

*'LONG  REACH/' 
HOME  OF  JOHN  DORSEY,  OF  COLONEL  EDWARD* 

Adjoining  "Patuxent  John  Dorsey"  on  the  east,  and  by  many 
of  his  descendants  taken  for  him,  was  seated  as  early  as  1708  another 
large  surveyor. 

He  invariably  signed  himself  "  John  Dorsey  (of  Edward)  " — son 
of  Colonel  Edward,  the  surveyor  of  "  Long  Reach."  At  sixteen  years 
of  age  he  married  Honor  Elder,  heir  of  John  Elder,  a  large  land- 
holder upon  the  Patapsco,  near  Sykesville.  Upon  "Long  Reach" 
was  also  located  John  Dorsey's  brothers,  Benjamin  and  Nicholas. 
A  later  survey  of  this  tract  is  now  known  as  "Chew's  Resolution." 
It  extended  to  and  joined  Patuxent,  John  Dorsey's  estate.  These 
two  John  Dorsey's  even  then  had  overreached  Hon.  John's  surveys. 
Their  combined  tracts  covered  about  one-third  of  Howard  County. 
Nor  did  they  stop  in  Howard,  but  reached  out  to  Frederick,  Carroll 
and  Baltimore  Counties,  and  left  descendants  in  almost  every 
family  in  the  State. 

"John  Dorsey  (of  Edward) "  married  in  1708.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  in  1728,  and  in  its  vestry.  He  took  up 
"Dorsey's  Grove"  in  Upper  Howard,  1080  acres,  extending  from 
Glenelg  to  Glenwood.  By  deed  of  partition,  in  1735,  this  was  divided 
among  his  four  daughters,  Hannah  Barnes,  Sarah  Howard,  Ruth 
Lawrence  and  Susannah  Lawrence.  With  his  brother  Joshua,  he 
took  up  "Brothers  Partnership,"  in  the  neighborhood  of  Dayton, 
Upon  this  he  put  his  son  Michael. 


398      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

His  adjoining  tract,  "Good  Range,"  was  also  given  to  Michael, 
and  to  Michael's  son,  John,  was  granted  Thomas  Brown's  first  sur- 
vey in  that  neighborhood — "Brown's  Chance  and  Captain  Dorsey's 
"Friendship." 

Captain  John  Dorsey  (of  Michael)  married  Ann  Dorsey  (of  Cap- 
tain Philemon)  and  had  Vachel,  Philemon,  Michael  and  Ruth,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins;  Vachel  (of  Captain 
John)  inherited  his  mother's  survey  upon  the  Patuxent,  south  of 
Florence.  He  married  Ann  Poole  and  left  Harriet  Dorsey,  wife  of 
Basil  Crapster. 

Mrs.  Ann  (Poole)  Dorsey  became  the  wife  of  Colonel  Lyde 
Griffith.  By  a  case  in  Chancery,  entitled,  Crapster  vs.  Griffith,  the 
property  descended  to  Harriet  Crapster  and  thence  to  her  sons,  John 
and  Wilham.    It  is  now  the  property  of  Joshua  N.  Warfield. 

The  homestead  of  Captain  John  Dorsey  was  left  to  his  son 
Philemon,  whose  interest  was  bought  by  Colonel  Gassaway 
Watkins  and  Ruth,  his  wife.     By  them  it  was  named  Walnut  Grove. 

Captain  John  Dorsey's  daughter  Catherine  became  the  wife  of 
Charles  Warfield  (of  John),  of  Fredericksburg. 

Michael  Dorsey's  wife,  Ruth  Todd,  inherited  from  Lancelot 
Todd,  her  father,  an  adjoining  tract,  "Altogether."  There  was 
located  Lancelot  Dorsey,  of  Michael  and  Ruth,  the  heir  of  his  grand- 
father, Lancelot  Todd.  He  was  sheriff,  and  like  many  other  sheriffs, 
his  estate  was  sold  at  Sheriff's  Sale  to  his  son,  Darius  Dorsey,  whose 
mother  was  Sarah  Warfield  (of  Philip),  his  neighbor. 

Michael  Dorsey,  Jr.,  married  the  rich  widow  of  three  husbands, 
Honor  Howard,  and  lived  upon  her  estate,  at  Elioak.  His  record  will 
be  found  in  the  Dorsey's  of  Ehoak. 

Michael  and  Ruth  (Todd)  Dorsey  had  daughters  enough  to 
occupy  a  whole  pew  in  the  parish  church.  They  were  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Capt.  Joseph  Burgess;  Sarah,  wife  of  Richard  Berry;  Ruth, 
wife  of  Ely  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd),  her  cousin;  Honor 
Elder,  Ann  Elder  and  Lydia  Talbott. 

The  will  of  "John  Dorsey  (of  Edward)"  in  1764,  shows  the 
advantage  of  namesakes.  He  especially  remembered  John  Dorsey 
(of  Michael),  John  Barnes  (of  Adam),  John  Elder  (of  Honor),  John 
Lawrence  (of  Levin),  John  Howard  (of  Henry)  and  John  Dorsey  (of 
Nathan).  He  also  honored  his  wife's  namesakes.  Honor  Elder  (of 
Michael),  Honor  Warfield,  wife  of  Rezin,  Honor  Elder  and  Sarah 
Berry,  all  receiving  negroes  and  money.  Two  of  his  daughters  were 
twice  married — Ruth  Lawrence  became  Mrs.  Tumey  and  Jemima, 
widow  of  Joseph  Hobbs,  became  Mrs.  Charles  Elder. 

Three  of  his  sons,  Vachel,  Nathan  and  Edward  were  located 
upon  his  wife's  inheritance  and  his  own  investments  along  the 
Patapsco.  Vachel  and  Edward  rivalled  him  in  their  continued 
surveys.  Edward,  who  has  been  entirely  lost  sight  of  by  his  descend- 
ants, or  at  least  mistaken  for  another,  was  the  most  noted  man  of  all. 
He  will  be  found  at  St.  James  Church. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      399 

NICHOLAS  DORSEY  OF  ^'LONG  REACH/' 

This  son  of  Colonel  Edward  married  Francis  Hughes  (of  Thomas) 
and  named  his  oldest  son  Thomas  Dorsey,  who  was  a  partner  of 
Benjamin  Lawrence,  of   "Delaware   Bottom."      Benjamin   Dorsey 
inherited  the  homestead  and  Edward  the  personal  estate.    His  name- 
sake, Nicholas,  removed  to  an  extensive  sm-vey,  then  in  Baltimore 
County,  but  now  in  Carroll.    He  there  was  placed  upon  the  Committee 
of  Observation  for  that  outpost,  and  when  the  war  came,  he  was 
advanced  from  Ensign  in  Captain  Godman's  Regulars  to  LieutenanT)  T^^-cu  <^ 
in  the  Fourth  Regiment  of  the  Continental  Army,  which  he  heldr  n^x,Lcrl< 
from  April,  1777,  to  November,  1778.    He  was  promoted  to  ColoneO 
He  married  Sarah  Griffith,  oldest  daughter  of  Orlando  and  Katherine 
Howard. 
^vuA^  Qoloncl  Nichola^nd  Sarah  (Griffith)   Dorsey,  of  Eldersburg, 
^    left  Mrs.  Rachel  Lin«sey,  Mrs.  Lydia  Dorsey,  Mrs.  Catherine  Wood, 
Mrs.  Achsah  Warfield,  Mrs.  Lucrefcia  Welsh,  and  Mrs.  Frances  Chap- 
man, afterward  Mrs.  EHe  Warfield.     Their  sons  were,  Nicholas —  ^^, 
Ruth  Todd;  Charles  G.— Catherine  Welsh;  Orlando  Griffith  Dorsey,  ^^'■^ 
heir  of  the  homestead — second,  Mary  Gaither,  daughter  of  Henry  -^ 
and  Martha  Ridgely.     Their  daughter,  Mary   Dorsey,   rode  from 
Eldersburg  to  Kentucky  on  horseback,  to  accompany  her  brother 
Beale,  who  went  west  for  his  health.    There  she  met  John  Carr,  of 
Jefferson  Countj^,  Kentucky,  and  became  his  wife.     In  1817  she 
joined  her  husband,  brothers  and  sisters  in  the  following  deed:   "To 
Nicholas  Dorsey  for  $5,718,  all  the  tracts  in  Baltimore  County,  on 
which  Orlando  G.  Dorsey  resided,  known  as  '  Long  Trusted  Resur- 
veyed'  and  'Wilson's  Meadows.'" 

The  signatures  were  Luke  T.  Dorsey,  Beale  Dorsey,  Jonathan 
Norris,  Deborah  Dorsey,  Henry  C.  Dorsey,  John  H.  Dorsey  and 
Mary  Carr. 

John  and  Mary  Dorsey  Carr  had  issue,  Mary — John  Fenley,  now 
represented  by  Mr.  WiUiam  C.  Fenley,  of  Crescent  Hill,  Kentucky. 

Ehza  Jane — Henry  Hamilton  Honore,  now  represented  by  Mrs. 
Potter  Palmer  and  the  wife  of  General  Frederick  Grant,  U.  S.  A. 

Laura  Carr — Benjamin  Lockwood  Honore;  Martha  Carr — 
James  T.  Edmunds;  Ruth  Carr — Winchester  Hall,  a  Dorsey  and 
Lawrence  descendant. 

Mrs.  Potter  Palmer  takes  an  interest  in  her  Colonial  ancestors. 
She  visited  Annapolis  that  she  might  see  the  original  homes  of  them. 

She  saw  the  former  site  of  Old  Hockley  and  the  city  estate  of 
Colonel  Edward  Dorsey  in  AnnapoHs;  she  walked  through  the 
corridors  of  "  White  Hall,"  which  stands  upon  "Greenberry  Forrest." 
She  crossed  over  South  River  to  the  home  of  Colonel  William 
Burgess,  where  his  memorial  tablet  still  reveals  his  masterly  career; 
she  visited  Londontown  and  passed  through  its  magnificent  stone 
building,  still  silently  pointing  to  its  aged  and  courtly  days.  Though 
recently  a  visitor  to  the  native  homes  of  many  of  our  founders,  she 
comes  back  with  renewed  interest  to  study  and  honor  the  lives  of 
those  who  were  foremost  in  giving  us  our  inheritance. 


400      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


Nicholas  Dorsey  (of  ^ColoAoI  Nicholas)  married  Ruth  Todd, 
granddaughter  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith.  Their  daughter  Elizabeth, 
as  Mrs.  Bayley,  married  John  Hawkins.  Issue,  Ruth  Dorsey 
Hawkins— Dr.  Samuel  B.  Martin,  an  "Old  Defender"  of  Baltimore. 
Frances  McC.  Hawkins — Rev.  George  Schaffer;  John  H.  W. 
Hawkins,  William  Hawkins,  Nicholas  Dorsey  Hawkins  and  Ann 
Grover  Hawkins — all  of  Baltimore. 

Charles  G.  DorseyJ^^Cof— Gekmef- Nicholas)^ — Catherine  Welsh. 
Issue,  Edward  Stanhope,  Charles  Nimrod  Warren  Dorsey,  John 
Hammond,  Sarah — Robert  Crump;  Ann  Welsh,  Lucretia  Armstrong 
and  Lydia  Watkins. 

COLUMBIA. 

An  expanded  view  here  reveals  a  charming  country.  Off  to  the 
northwest  is  the  Hammond  Manor,  bordering  on  Doughoregan. 

Upon  this  Colonel  Rezin  Hammond  of  the  Revolution  placed 
his  great  nephews,  Denton  and  Matthias,  as  recorded  in  Anne  Arundel. 
Denton's  estate  adjoined  "Dorsey's  Search,"  the  dividing  lines  of 
which  were  settled  by  the  Court  of  Chancery. 

Adjoining  them  was  seated  Dr.  Lloyd  T.  Hammond  (of  Philip), 
both  descending  to  Judge  Edward  Hammond  and  Colonel  Mathias 
Hammond,  whose  families  have  been  united  by  the  marriage  of 
Richard  Hammond  (of  Judge  Edward)  to  Grace,  the  only  daughter 
of  Colonel  Matthias. 

"  Dorsey's  Hall,"  home  of  Patuxent  John  Dorsey,  is  at  Columbia. 
Adjoining  it  on  the  west  is  the  residence  of  Governor  Ligon — now 
held  by  his  son.  "  Dorsey's  Hall"  is  a  splendid  relic  of  the  early  set- 
tlement of  Howard.  It  is  a  large  brick  house,  now  modernized  by 
its  present  owner,  Mr.  Reuben  Dorsey  Rogers. 

Columbia  is  the  meeting  point  of  roads  leading  from  Annapolis, 
Laurel  and  Sandy  Spring  to  Ellicott  City. 

PATUXENT   JOHN  DORSEY  OF  **  DORSEY'S  SEARCH/* 

This  pioneer  settler  of  Howard  signed  his  name  "John  Dorsey, 
Jr."  His  wife  and  Dr.  Joshua  Warfield,  the  writer  of  his  will, 
recorded  him  "Captain  John  Dorsey."  His  neighbors  called  him 
"Patuxent  John  Dorsey,"  because  his  estate  was  on  both  sides  of 
the  north  branch  of  the  Patuxent,  which  up  to  1725  was  the  division 
of  Baltimore  and  Anne  Arundel  Counties.  Patuxent  John  Dorsey's 
substantial  manor  house,  now  held  by  Mr.  R.  Dorsey  Rogers,  is 
immediately  at  Columbia,  Post-office.  Patuxent  John  Dorsey's 
father  was  Edward  Dorsey,  oldest  son  of  Hon.  John  and  Pleasance 
Ely.  In  1694  he  was  a  mariner  upon  board  of  "The  Good  Hope," 
under  the  command  of  Captain  Richard  Hill.  His  wife  Ruth  was 
unknown,  but  she  may  have  been  the  traditional  "Lady  Hill" — 
daughter  of  Captain  Richard.  Edward  and  Ruth  had  only  two 
sons. 


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At  the  time  of  his  father's  will,  in  1714, he  was  "Edward  Dorsey 
deceased."  She  became,  first,  Mrs.  John  Greeniff  and  then  the  wife 
of  John  Howard,  grandson  of  Matthew  Howard,  of  the  Severn.  Her 
will  of  1747  named  "her  two  sons,  John  and  Edward  Dorsey,  her 
executors."  She  was  then  residing  in  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  perhaps 
with  one  of  them.  Patuxent  John  Dorsey  was  a  progressive 
man.  Holding  the  extensive  tract  of  "  Dorsey's  Search,"  he  enlarged 
it  and  then  made  the  first  surveys  in  the  neighborhood  of  New 
Market  and  upon  the  Linganore.  These  were  "  Dorsey's  Search," 
"Good  Luck,"  Mt.  Peasant,"  "Pleasant  Valley."  A  view  of  him 
is  in  the  following  letter  from  a  Baltimore  merchant  to  his  uncle  in 
London. 

"Mr.  John  Dorsey  desires  that  I  recommend  your  payment  of 
his  sons  draft  for  £50.  He  has  six  hogsheads  of  tobacco  in  Captain 
Spencer's  ship,  and  you  will  be  right  to  pay  it,  as  great  umbrage  to 
that  family  would  be  given,  otherwise.  Ely  Dorsey  desired  that  I 
would  write  that  Robert  Izard's  draft  for  £10  and  Benjamin  Brown's 
for  £9  be  paid,  which  pray  do.  Ely  and  the  old  man  are  very 
serviceable  to  you,  and  you  must  be  very  careful  to  oblige  them.  In 
short,  they  are  very  powerful  among  the  people."  (Old  Brick 
Churches.) 

The  above  letter  shows  that  Ely  Dorsey,  though  not  mentioned 
in  Patuxent  John  Dorsey's  will,  was  the  son  of  the  "old  man,"  and 
not,  as  some  of  his  descendants  claim,  the  son  of  Edward  Dorsey, 
a  brother.     Captain  John  Dorsey  held  a  pew  in  the  parish  church. 

His  will  of  1761,  reads:  "  I,  John  Dorsey,  Jr.,  bequeath  unto  m}- 
son  Samuel,  450  acres  of  "Dorsey's  Search,"  "Sam's  Folly,"  and 
"Pleasant  Valley."  I  give  to  my  son,  Benjamin,  my  tract  called 
"Long  Reach"  and  also,  lands  adjoining  "Dorsey's  Search;"  also, 
a  part  of  "Partnership,"  laid  out  by  Plummer.  To  my  son,  John 
Dorsey,  "Good  Luck."  To  William  Hall,  of  Elk  Ridge,  all  the 
residue  of  "Partnership."  To  my  daughter,  Rachel  Hall,  ten  pounds 
current  money  in  full  for  her  part.  I  give  to  my  daughter,  Lucy 
Dorsey,  as  much  land  as  will  make  her  part  equal  to  my  sons,  Samuel 
and  Benjamin.  I  have  already  given  to  my  married  daughters  their 
portions.  All  the  residue  of  my  estate  to  be  divided  equally  except 
Rachel  Hall. 

"  My  loving  wife,  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  and  my  son,  Basil,  to  admin- 
ister. John  Dorsey,  Jr." 

Basil  Dorsey  was  then  upon  "Dorsey's  Search,"  in  Frederick 
County,  and  Ely  Dorsey  upon  "  Dorsey's  Search  Enlarged,"  in  Anne 
Arundel,  near  Elioak;  Lucy  and  Rachel's  inheritance  were  near  St. 
James  Church.  "Good  Luck"  was  upon  the  Linganore,  near  New 
Windsor. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  in  1775,  named  her  children, 
Ely  Dorsey,  Basil,  Benjamin,  John,  Samuel,  Ruth  Talbott,  Rachel 
Ridgely,  Deborah  Dorsey  and  Lucy  Dorsey. 


402      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Witnesses:  Samuel  Brown,  Jr.,  Sarah  Brown  and  Rachel  Todd. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey  has  also  been  classed  unknown.  She  was  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Browns,  and  her  witnesses  were  Browns.  She 
was  likely  a  sister  of  Benjamin  Brown,  mentioned  in  Ely  Dorsey 's 
letter — heir  of  Samuel  Brown,  the  Naval  Officer,  of  Annapolis. 

ELY  DORSEY  OF  ^'DORSEY'S  SEARCH/' 

St.  Paul's  record  shows  the  marriage  of  Ely  Dorsey  to  Mary 
Crockett,  of  Baltimore.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  John 
Crockett,  merchant.  His  widow,  Mary  (Coale)  Crockett,  married 
John  Hopkins  (of  Gerard  and  Margaret  Johns).  Ely  and  Mary 
(Crockett)  Dorsey  had  one  son,  John  Crockett  Dorsey.  He  was 
located  upon  a  portion  of  "  Dorsey's  Search."  It  was  mortgaged  to 
Joseph  Howard,  but  was  redeemed  by  Ely  Dorsey,  who  in  his  will 
left  it  to  be  sold  for  the  children  of  liis  daughters,  Mrs.  Judge  Richard 
Ridgely  and  Mrs.  Eleanor  Dorsey,  wife  of  Captain  Daniel.  John 
Crockett  Dorsey  removed  to  his  father's  surveys  in  Frederick  County. 
His  wife,  Elizabeth  Robinson,  held  a  tract — "Sandy  Spring."  Their 
heirs  were  Otho,  JE^y,  Amos,  Edward  and  Mary. 

Ely  Dorsey,  inthe  interest  of  his  second  wife,  Deborah  Dorsey, 
surviving  sister  of  Captain  Edward  Dorsey,  of  Annapolis,  entered 
a  case  in  Chancery  against  Caleb  Dorsey,  of  Belmont,  late  partner 
of  Edward,  in  the  iron  forges  of  Elk  Ridge.  The  case  had  not  been 
settled  at  the  time  of  her  will.     His  will  of  1794,  reads: 

"To  my  grandson,  Caleb  Dorsey,  my  dwelling  and  all  lands 
adjoining,  consisting  of  sundry  tracts,  containing  about  700  acres, 
together  with  all  the  personal  property  that  did  belong  to  his  father, 
Caleb  Dorsey,  deceased.  I  give  to  my  executors  for  the  purpose  of 
selling  the  tract  called  ' Dorsey 's  Search,'  whereon  my  father  lived, 
containing  by  patent  about  479  acres,  the  same  to  be  sold  at  pubUc 
vendue  to  the  liighest  bidder  and  the  money  to  be  divided  between 
the  children  of  my  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Eleanor.  To  my 
wife  Deborah,  one-third  of  my  personal  property  and  her  thirds  in 
my  dwelling  plantation. 

"To  EH  Dorsey,  son  of  John  Crockett  Dorsey ,  and  Eli  Dorsey ,  son  of 
Eli  Dorsey,  £100  each.  The  residue  of  my  estate  to  be  divided  as 
follows:  One-fourth  to  my  son,  Amos  Dorsey;  one-fourth  to  my 
grandson,  Caleb  Dorsey,  and  the  remaining  two-fourths  to  the  child- 
ren of  my  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  Ridgely  and  Eleanor  Dorsey. 
Executors — my  wife  Deborah,  my  son  Amos  and  my  son-in-law, 
Daniel  Dorsey." 

A  second  codicil  announces  the  death  of  liis  son  Amos;  divides 
his  interest  among  his  four  children;  revokes  the  gift  of  personal 
property  to  his  grandson  Caleb,  and  makes  his  wife  sole  adminis- 
tratrix. 

Her  will  claimed  a  large  sum  from  the  estate  of  Caleb  Dorsey, 
the  iron  merchant,  which,  when  recovered,  she  willed  to  her  grand- 
children. As  the  lands  held  by  her  grandson  Caleb  were  in  dispute, 
she  granted  him  others. 


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The  old  homestead  of  Ely  Dorsey,  which  stood  upon  the  present 
estate  of  Napoleon  Dorsey,  was  a  brick-nogged  frame  with  hipped 
roof,  brick  ends  and  high  ceilings.  It  was  upon  the  road  leading  from 
Elioak  to  Simpsonville. 

Caleb  (of  Ely)  married  Dinah  Warfield,  daughter  of  Dr.  Joshua 
Warfield,  of  Simpsonville.  She  inherited,  also,  500  acres  of  "  Second 
Discovery"  from  her  uncle,  Vachel  Howard;  their  only  son  inherited 
the  homestead  of  Ely  Dorsey.  His  wife  was  Mary  Gassaway.  Issue, 
Evoline,  Deborah,  Lydia  Ridgely  and  Ehza  Dorsey.  His  widow  Mary, 
married  again  her  cousin,  Grandison  Catlett,  and  had  one  daughter, 
Mary,  who  became  Mrs.  Mary  Porter.  At  an  advanced  age  she  is 
still  living.  Evoline  Dorsey — first,  William  Prince,  of  Kentucky; 
issue,  one  daughter  Cyeanne;  second,  Amos  Dorsey  (of  Amos); 
issue.  Napoleon,  Judge  Pulaski,  of  the  Orphans'  Court  of  Howard; 
Harrison,  Anne,  Eliza  Simpson,  Ellen  Worthington,  Laura,  wife 
of  Hammond  Carr,  and  Kate  Dorsey. 

Napoleon  Dorsey  is  upon  the  home  tract  of  Ely  Dorsey. 

Judge  Pulaski  and  brother  Harrison  reside  with  their  sister,  Mrs. 
Simpson.  Both  were  members  of  Gaither's  Howard  Dragoons  and 
with  him  joined  the  Confederate  Army.  Judge  Dorsey  is  now  Judge 
of  the  Orphans'  Court  of  Howard. 

Deborah  Lydia  Ridgely  Dorsey — Dr.  Charles  Grey  Edwards, 
of  Loudoun  County,  Virginia,  second  cousin  of  Benjamin  Edwards, 
who  married  Margaret  Beall.  Her  inheritance,  near  Carroll's  Manor, 
was  sold  to  Lloyd  Jones;  Eliza  (of  Caleb  and  Mary) — John  Gassawayf. 
Issue,  John  Hanson — Kate  Armstrong;  Nicholas,  who  died  on  his 
return  from  California;  Louisa — George  W.  Peter,  son  of  Major 
George  Peter,  U.  S.  A.,  and  a  member  of  Congress  from  Montgomery 
County. 

Jane  Gassaway — Alexander  Peter;  Laura — George  Bradley; 
William — Mary  Farrow,  half-sister  of  Bishop  Cummins. 

Amos  Dorsey  (of  Ely) — Mary  Dorsey  (of  Nicholas  and  Eliza- 
beth [Worthington]  Dorsey).  Issue,  Amos,  Mrs.  Dr.  Charles  Carnan 
Ridgely,  Mrs.  Samuel  Norwood  Ridgely  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Charles  Griffith 
Worthington. 

"Ely  Dorsey  of  Ely"  was  Captain  in  the  Revolution  and  after- 
ward resided  at  "Fruitland,"  near  Unionville,  Frederick  County. 
He  married  Sarah  Worthington,  daughter  of  John — issue,  as  named 
in  the  will  of  1821 — John  Worthington  Dorsey,  surgeon  U.  S.  N.  with 
Decatur  during  the  Tripohtan  War.  He  brought  home  the  first 
tomatoes  seen  in  tliis  country;  they  were  then  used  as  mantle  orna- 
ments. He  married  Deborah  Howard  (of  Joshua  and  Rebecca 
Owings),  granddaughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Dorsey)  Howard. 
Their  residence  was  in  Liberty,  and  their  daughter,  Matilda  Dorsey, 
married  Dr.  Richard  Dorsey.  Both  of  their  portraits  are  now  in 
possession  of  Mr.  Albert  Jones. 

Mary  (of  Captain  Ely) — Sabritt  Sollers;  Elizabeth — Ignatius 
Waters;  Anne — Otho  Sprigg;  Julia  Anne — Richard  Johnson  (of 
Roger).  Issue,  Richard  Dorsey  Johnson — Nannie  Simms,  whose 
daughter  Marion — Dr.  Duvall. 


404      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

Susan  (of  Captain  Ely) — Joshua  Howard.  Issue,  Sallie  Rebecca, 
Lydia  Moore,  Deborah  Ridgely,  and  Dr.  Joshua  Howard,  who  died, 
aged  twenty-five  j^ears,  Ely  Dorsey,  Jr. — Sarah  Johnson. 

Thomas  Worthington  Dorsey  (of  Captain  Ely)  had  a  son,  Thomas 
Worthington  Dorsey,  Jr. 

Eli  Dorsey,  the  son  of  Thomas  Worthington  Dorsey,  was  born 
the  9th  of  January,  1826,  and  died  the  8th  day  of  November,  1877. 
He  married  Miss  Nancy  J.  Gates;  they  had  four  children,  Elizabeth 
Ann,  born  the  23d  day  of  June,  1855;  died  July  the  6th,  1897; 
Richard  Worthington,  born  the  20th  day  of  December,  1856;  Daniel 
Howard  Dorsey  was  born  the  28th  day  of  January,  1859;  Walter 
Eli  Dorsey  was  born  the  30th  day  of  October,  1864. 

Richard  Worthington  Dorsey  married  Miss  Emma  Jane  Camp- 
bell; they  had  no  children. 

Daniel  Howard  Dorsey  married  Miss  Martha  E.  Umbarger;  they 
had  four  children,  Leroy  H.,  born  January  19th,  1887;  James  W., 
born  July  17th,  1890;  Elizabeth  M.,  born  August  7th,  1892;  Maudie 
T.,  born  August  30,  1896. 

Walter  Eli  Dorsey  married  Miss  Rosa  M.  Turley;  they  had  one 
son,  William,  born  October  12th,  1893. 

Captain  Ely  Dorsey  married  again  Araminta  Cumming,  sister 
of  Mary  Cumming,  wife  of  his  neighbor,  John  Dorsey,  of  "Good 
Luck." 

In  her  will  of  1823  she  named  her  nephews,  Samuel  Thom,as 
Dorsey  and  William  Alexander  Dorsey,  sons  of  Basil  Dorsey  (of 
John),  of  "Good  Luck,"  and  grants  them  her  inherited  tracts,  viz., 
"Howard's  Chance"  at  Clarksville,  "Mt.  Gilboa,"  "Barnes'  Luck," 
"Creagh's  Enlargement,"  all  resurveyed  into  "Cummings  Farm," 
excepting  the  present  graveyard,  which  is  to  be  walled  in  with  stone 
and  never  to  be  sold.  To  Clagett  Warfield  Dorsey  and  Basil  Dorsey, 
sons  of  my  nephew,  Basil  Dorsey  (deceased),  "Preston's  March," 
commonly  called  Sugar  lands  in  Montgomery  County;  To  niece 
Mary  Dorsey,  $1,000;  To  nephew  John  Dorsey,  $1,000;^'-To  step- 
daughter Anne  Worthington  Sprigg,  silver  spoons,  marked  A.  C, 
(Araminta  Cummings).  To  my  step-daughter  Julian  Johnson,  a 
gold  locket;  To  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Ridgely  Howard,  $200; 
To  grandson  Joshua  Howard,  $200 ;  To  Margaret  Clagett  Hammond, 
daughter  of  George,  $300;  To  Lucy  Dorsey  and  Mariah  Dorsey 
daughters  of  William  Dorsey,  (deceased)  $300  each;  To  Harriet, 
widow  of  Basil  Dorsey,  my  four-wheeled  carriage;  To  granddaughter 
Sally  Rebecca  Howard,  my  bureau;  To  William  Hammond  (of 
George)  $100;  To  the  Methodist  Preachers,  $100;  The  remainder  to 
Samuel  Thomas  Dorsey  and  Mary  Dorsey.  Mrs.  Araminta  Dorsey 
was  the  daughter  of  William  Cummings,  Sr.,  and  Margaret  Thomas. 

From  "Dorsey  Hall"  went  out  to  "Dorsey's  Search,"  in  Fred- 
erick County,  Judge  Basil  Dorsey,  of  the  Frederick  County  Court 
and  a  m.ember  of  its  "Committee  of  Observation."    By  a  daughter 


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of  John  Crockett,  merchant,  of  Baltimore,  he  had  Evan  Dorsej'', 
whose  wife  was  Susannah  Lawrence.  Evan  Dorsey,  Jr.,  married 
JuUan  Lawrence.  They  were  daughters  of  John  Lawrence,  Sr.,  and 
John  Lawrence,  Jr.,  of  Linganore. 

Basil  Dorsey,  Jr. — Harriet  Harris,  daughter  of  Rachel  Lawrence, 
widow  of  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey  and  wife  of  Nathan  Harris; 
Cordelia  Dorsey  was  the  wife  of  William  Downey,  son  of  Captain 
John  Downey,  of  Captain  Nelson's  Riflemen,  of  Philip  Haas'  Battalion 
in  Canada,  and  was  in  Colonel  Smith's  Battalion  on  the  frontier. 
Still  later,  Captain  Downey  was  under  "Light  Horse"  Harry  Lee 
in  the  "Whiskey  Rebellion."  He  cut  down  the  pole  erected  by  the 
rebels.  His  father  was  William  Downey,  the  Scotch  immigrant,  and 
his  mother  was  Ruham.a  Stocksdale,  of  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 
Mrs.  Cordelia  Downey  held  500  acres  of  woodland  near  Monrovia. 
When  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  was  under  construction,  timber 
along  the  line  had  advanced  so  high  the  company  could  not  buy. 
Mrs.  Downey  offered  her  tract  to  complete  the  road.  The  officers 
of  the  company  tendered  her  a  memorial  cup — an  acorn,  on  which 
was  engraved,  "Tall  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow."  The  first  engine, 
''the  acorn,"  was  succeeded  b}^  the  "tall  oak,"  the  mammoth  engine. 

The  late  Mr.  William  Downey,  of  New  Market,  and  his  son,  Dr. 
Jessie  Downey,  former  Fish  Commissioner,  hold  much  of  Mrs. 
Cordelia  Downey's  estate.  Mr.  William  Downey's  wife  was  Margaret 
Jane  Wright,  of  Jesse.     Their  daughter  is  Mrs.  Dr.  Hopkins. 

Harriet  Downey,  sister  of  William,  became  Mrs.  Francis 
Sappington  Jones,  descendant  through  Abraham  and  Charity  Stans- 
berry,  of  Daniel  Jones,  who  was  the  son  of  Deacon  John  Jones  (of 
Piney  Creek  Church)  and  Hannah  Crapster,  of  Sweden,  progenitress 
of  Basil  Crapster  (of  Abraham.) 

Albert  Jones,  former  banker  of  Mt.  Airy,  John  Dorsey  Jones, 
William  Downey  Jones,  Charles,  Edward  and  Emma  Jones  are  their 
heirs. 

Upton  Dorse}^  (of  Evan) — Janette  Hobbs  whose  brother  William 
Hobbs — Susan  Dorsey. 

Wilham  Dorsey  (of  Judge  Basil),  through  his  son  Corbin,  was 
the  progenitor  of  Senator  Stephen  Dorsey,  of  Ohio.  Harriet 
(of  William) — Colonel  Thomas  Gist,  son  of  General  Mordecai  Gist. 
Evan,  Basil,  Vachel  and  Josiah  Dorsey  went  West.  Judge  Dorsey 
married,  second,  Tabitha  Richardson  and  had  Tabitha,  second  wife 
of  Hon.  Upton  Sheridine,  member  of  Congress  from  Frederick. '  Mr. 
Albert  Jones,  of  Baltimore,  holds  the  seal  and  ring  of  Judge  Dorsey. 

Samuel  Dorsey  (of  "  Patuxent  John")  inherited  "  Dorsey 's 
Search,"  near  Columbia,  and  other  tracts  near  New  Market.  His 
wife  was  Eleanor  Woodward  (of  Henry  and  Mary  Young).  Their 
son,  Henry  Woodward  Dorsey,  was  twice  married,  first,  to  Mary 
Maccubin,  of  Zachariah,  whose  daughter  Achsah  married  Thomas 
Beale  Dorsey,  Jr.,  leaving  a  son,  Samuel.  Harry  Woodward  Dorsey's 
second  wife  was  Mrs.  Rachel  Cooke  (nee  Magruder) .  They  had  an 
only  son,  Harry  Woodward  Dorsey,  of  New  Market,  whose  wife  was 
Sarah  Waters  (of  Ignatius). 


406      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

From  them  descend  Vernon  Dorsey — Miss  Worthington  (of 
Rezin) ;  the  late  Dr.  Harry  W.  Dorsey,  of  Hyattsville — Miss  Waters 
(of  Dr.  William);  Captain  Ignatius  Dorsey,  C.  S.  A. — Laura  Hobbs 
(ofWilHam);  Pottinger  Dorsey — Mollie  Morris;  Elizabeth — William 
Blunt,  of  Goshen. 

Harry  Woodward  Dorsey's  homestead  descended  to  Harry 
Dorsey  Waters.  It  stands  upon  an  eminence  overlooking  the  National 
Pike,  east  of  New  Market.  From  it  an  extended  view  of  a  beautiful 
country  is  presented. 

During  the  Civil  War,  when  Lee's  army  held  that  country, 
General  Fitzhugh  Lee  spent  an  evening  there. 

Captain  Ignatius  and  his  late  brother,  Pottinger  Dorsey,  had 
adjoining  properties. 

Benjamin  Dorsey  (of  Patuxent  John)  inherited  "  Long  Reach," 
"Partnership"  and  lands  adjoining  "Dorsey's  Search,"  in  Anne 
Arundel  County.  He  married  Sarah  Dorsey  (of  Henry  and  Eliza- 
beth Worthington).  Issue,  Allen,  Elizabeth,  Ralph,  Joshua,  Sarah, 
Samuel  and  Rachel. 

Ralph  (of  Benjamin)  remained  upon  the  homestead  and 
married  Harriet  Warfield  (of  Joshua).  Issue,  Galen,  Ralph,  Joshua, 
bachelors;  Benjamin  and  Rinaldo.  Their  sister,  Mary  Ann  Jones 
Dorsey — Dr.  William  Henry  Worthington;  Benjamin  Dorsey — 
Henrietta  Mathews.  Issue,  Samuel,  killed  at  Greenland  Gap;  Louisa 
— Trusten  Polk;  Eliza  Dorsey.  Benjamin  Dorsey  was  Register  of 
Wills  for  Howard.  His  residence  was  the  northern  border  of 
'Warfield's  Range."    He  held  also  a  part  of  "Montpelier." 

Rinaldo  Dorsey  (of  Ralph) — Achsah  Worthington,  sister  of 
Dr.  William  Henry.  Issue,  Joshua  Warfield  Dorsey,  who  still  holds 
her  inheritance,  "Wildwood."     He  also  holds  a  fine  farm  near  it. 

SHERIFF  JOHN. 

Sheriff  John  Dorsey,  son  of  Patuxent  John,  inherited  "Good 
Luck"  and  "Mt.  Pleasant,"  near  New  Windsor,  containing  one 
thousand  acres. 

As  there  seemed  to  be  no  good  luck  for  sheriffs  in  those  days, 
his  estate  became  involved,  and  by  order  of  Chancellor  Hanson, 
David  Alexander  Dorsey,  a  son,  was  made  trustee.  Harry  Dorsey 
Gough  held  a  mortgage  which  was  taken  up  by  Mrs.  Rachel  Hall,  a 
sister  of  Sheriff  John,  and  by  Stephen  West;  father  of  Mrs.  John 
Lawrence,  of  Linganore.  Sheriff  John  Dorsey  married  Mary  Gum- 
ming, daughter  of  William  Gumming  and  Margaret  Thomas,  both 
of  whom  held  a  considerable  estate  in  Howard.  William  Gumming 
also  became  involved  and  transferred  his  estate  to  William  Gum- 
ming, the  younger,  of  Frederick  County. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Gumming  in  her  will  of  1804,  after  having  sold 
"Presley,"  near  Roxbury  Mills,  to  Henry  Gaither,  and  by  him 
conveyed  to  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey,  left  to  her  granddaughter, 
Margaret  Dorsey,  "Gosnell's  Chance"  and  part  of  "Creagh's 
Enlargement"  and  to  her  daughter,  Mary  Dorsey,  the  other  half  of 
the  same  two  tracts. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      407 

To  daughter  Araminta  Gumming,  "Howard's  Chance,"  "Mt. 
Gilboa,"  "Barnes'  Luck"  and  "Cumming's  Bower."  She  made  her 
daughter  Araminta  her  executrix. 

This  daughter  became  the  second  wife  of  Captain  Ely  Dorscy, 
whose  estate  in  Frederick  County  adjoined  that. 

The  heirs  of  Sheriff  John  Dorsey  were  David  Alexander,  John, 
Samuel  Thomas  (named  for  his  grandfather),  Basil  William,  Eliza- 
beth, Mary  and  Margaret  Dorsey. 

David  Alexander  Dorsey  and  his  brother  William  assigned  their 
interest  in  the  estate  through  David  Gumming,  to  their  sisters.  The 
sisters  assigned  their  interest  to  their  brothers,  John  and  Samuel 
Thomas  Dorsey,  and  to  their  nieces,  Araminta  Hammond,  Lucy 
Dorsey  and  Maria  Dorsey,  daughters  of  brother  William  (deceased), 
and  to  their  nephews,  William  Alexander,  Clagett  Warfield  and 
Basil  Dorsey,  sons  of  brother  Basil  (deceased.) 

Samuel  Thomas  Dorsey  in  1836  held  the  present  estate  of  the 
late  Harry  Peddicord,  near  Union ville,  and  left  it  to  nephews  William 
Alexander  and  Clagett  Warfield  Dorsey,  sons  of  brother  Basil,  who 
married  Harriet  Jones,  daughter  of  Westley  Jones  and  Harriet 
Warfield,  daughter  of  Colonel  Charles*^ Warfield,  of  Sam's  Creek. 

Their  son,  Clagett  Warfield  Dorsey,  in  1843,  granted  to  Upton 
Dorsey  and  Mary  Forsythe  a  tract  called  "Cumming's  Farm,"  a 
resurvey  for  Margaret  Gumming,  formerly  sold  to  Philip  Hammond. 
In  1843  Henry  Forsythe  and  wife  deeded  the  same  to  Upton  Dorsey, 
son  of  John  Dorsey,  of  Sheriff  John. 

Through  Judge  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Captain  Ely  and  Ara- 
minta (Gumming)  Dorsey,  in  1817,  deeded  to  Basil  (of  John)  "Gray's 
Bower,"  and  to  Peggy  Dorsey  "Gosnell's  Chance,"  on  the  old  road 
leading  from  Hollofield  to  Frederick.  In  1823  Mrs.  Ely  Dorsey  left 
her  mother's  estate  to  her  sister's  children  and  their  descendants. 
It  finally  came  to  John  Dorsey,  father  of  Upton  and  Mrs.  Forsythe. 

He  held  a  large  estate  upon  the  old  Frederick  road.  He  died 
upon  "Gosnell's  Chance,"  which  descended  to  his  son  Upton.  His 
wife  was  Miss  Cochran. 

Mrs.  Forsythe  inherited  her  estate  where  she  lived  and  died. 
It  is  now  owned  by  Henry  Forsythe,  who,  with  his  brother  Arthur, 
holds  a  large  and  productive  estate. 

Upton  Dorsey — Louisa  Sophia  Crawford  and  left  John  Gummings 
Dorsey — Alverda  Owings;  William  Clagett  Dorsey — first,  Elizabeth 
Carr;  second,  Catharine  Linthicum  (of  Lloyd) ;  Upton  Wallace  Dorsey 
— Ella  Waters  (of  James) ;  Mary  Virginia — William  Clarke  (of 
Thaddeus);'  Laura  Lee — Samuel  Gashell  and  Basil  B.  Dorsey,  a 
bachelor;  Howard  Crawford— Miss  Gartrell.  Their  estate,  "Howards' 
Chance"  and  other  tracts,  is  at  Clarksville. 


408      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

THE  *' MICHAEL  DORSEYS"  OF   "ELIOAK/* 

Michael  Dorsey,  youngest  son  of  Michael  and  Ruth  (Todd)  Dor- 
sey,  married  Honor  Howard,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Dorsey, 
and  removed  to  her  estate  at  the  junction  of  The  Manor  Road  and 
Clarksville  Pike.  This  property  is  now  held  by  Quill,  who  tore  down 
the  old  house,  a  long  frame  one,  with  dormer  windows  and  porch,  and 
rebuilt  upon  the  site.  Mrs.  Michael  Dorsey  had  an  interesting  career. 
She  was  taken  from  her  birthplace  near,  if  not  the  same,  whereon 
she  then  resided  as  the  bride  of  Rezin  Warfield  (of  Alexander)  down 
to  "White  Hall"  near  Guilford;  as  his  widow  with  three  children, 
she  married,  after  1767,  Rezin's  rich  cousin,  John  Davidge;  as  his 
widow  in  1773,  with  five  children,  she  became  Mrs.  Joseph  Wilkins, 
and  with  him  administered  upon  the  estate  of  John  Davidge, 
and  then,  marrying  Michael  Dorsey,  Jr.,  returned  to  her  own 
inheritance.  As  his  widow,  in  1817,  she  named  "her  daughter 
Jemima  Warfield,  her  daughter  Oner  Dorsey,  and  her  son  Owen 
Dorsey,  her  executors."  But  there  was  another  son  with  a  large 
family.  Her  son,  Lloyd  Dorsey,  married  Anna  Green  and 
had  Mrs.  Achilles  Simpson;  Honor,  wife  of  Thomas  Burgess,  of  "  Pros- 
pect Hill;"  Mrs.  Annie  Barnes,  of  Ohio;  Michael  Lloyd,  Washington; 
Wilham  and  Mary  N.  (Dorsey)  Green,  of  Ohio. 

Washington  left  Virginia  Mitchell,  Cecelia  Lynch,  Emma, 
Washington,  Jr.,  Howard,  Melvilla  and  Edward  Dorsey. 

Wilham  had  issue:  William  Lloyd  Dorsey,  of  Martinsburg, 
Nannie,  Lucy  and  Mary  Green,  who  married  Charles  W.  Dorsey  (of 
Hangon) . 

Judge  Owen  Dorsey  (of  Michael  and  Honor)  was  Judge  of  the 
Orphans'  Court  of  Baltimore  and  made  many  sales  of  real  estate  in 
Howard.  He  built  the  present  large  brick  house  at  Elioak,  which 
he  transferred  to  Michael  Dorsey,  the  third,  in  exchange  for  other 
lands.  Judge  Owen  Dorsey  married  Henrietta  Dorsey  (of  Nicholas) , 
of  Annapohs  Junction,  and  had  Owen,  Edwin,  Elizabeth  Duer  and 
Lorenzo,  who  married  Anna  Hanson  McKenney,  the  authoress, 
parents  of  Louis,  Clare — R.  B.  Mohim,  Angela — Major  Eastman,  Flor- 
ence, and  Ella  Loraine  Dorsey,  of  Washington,  successor  to  her  mother 
in^literary  work. 

The  daughters  of  Michael  and  Honor  were  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Dorsey  Ball.  Her  son  was  Owen  Dorsey  Ball,  who  married 
Frances  E.  Boyd  and  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  John  William  Hmiter 
Porter,  of  Portsmouth,  Virginia.  Jemima  Dorsey  (of  Michael  and 
Honor)  became  Mrs.  Alexander  Warfield,  of  Sam's  Creek.  Honor 
married  Joshua  Jones,  Cecelia — Daniel  Dunn. 

Michael  (of  Michael  and  Honor),  of  Elioak — his  cousin,  Amelia 
Green. 

Dr.  Hanson  Dorsey  (of  Michael,  third,  and  Amelia  Green) 
graduated  at  University  of  Maryland,  1836,  practiced  his  pro- 
fession at  Wickliffe,  Park  County,  Virginia,  until  1844;  he  then 
married  Amanda  Castleman,  of  Auburn,  near  Wickliffe,  daughter  of 
Wilham  Castleman,  Jr.;   he  then  removed  to  Front  Royal,  Warren 


Founders  of  Anne  Akundel  and  Howard  Counties.      409 

County,  Virginia,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  Hfe,  respected 
and  beloved  by  all  around  him;  was  learned  and  successful  in  his  pro- 
fession and  a  most  intelligent  and  cultured  gentleman  of  the  old 
school;  was  remembered  with  love  and  gratitude  by  neighbors  and 
friends;  he  died  at  Greenfield,  near  Front  Royal,  Warren  County, 
June  21,  1903.     Children  of  Dr.  Hanson  and  Amanda  Dorsey: 

William  Hanson,  died  in  early  manhood;  Isabel,  Louise,  Rosalie, 
Owen,  Warfield,  dying  in  childhood;  Charles  Worthington,  aged 
forty-four  years,  died  March  10,  1898,  in  Baltimore.  Living:  Vir- 
ginia, Howard  and  Caroline  Hanson  Dorsey,  youngest  of  the  family 
and  unmarried.  Charles  Worthington  Dorsey  married  his  cousin, 
Mary  Green  Dorsey,  only  daughter  of  William  Dorsey  (of  Martins- 
burg,  West  Virginia,  and  son  of  Lloyd)  and  Lucy  Harrison,  issue  of 
Charles  W.  Dorsey  and  Mary  G.  Dorse}^;  Lucy  Harrison  Dorsey,  aged 
twenty-one  years;  she  and  her  mother  are  living  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  William  Dorsev  also  left  one  son,  William  Lloyd,  unmarried, 
in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Michael,  the  fourth,  late  of  Elioak — Eliza,  daughter  of  David  Jones, 
late  of  ''Cedar  Grove,"  Baltimore  County.  Their  daughter,  Marion 
B.  Dorsey,  became  the  wife  and  widow  of  Mr.  Louis  Gassaway,  Cashier 
of  the  first  bank  in  Annapolis.  The  only  son,  Louis  Dorsey  Gassaway, 
fourth  in  line  of  his  name,  is  the  assistant  cashier  of  the  Farmers' 
National  Bank  of  Annapolis,  and  Recorder  of  the  South  River  Club. 
He  married  Miss  Iglehart,  a  descendant  of  the  distinguished  family 
that  has  given  the  name  to  Iglehart  Station  in  Anne  Arundel.  The 
only  daughter  of  Mrs.  Gassaway  is  the  recent  bride  of  Lieutenant 
Fisher,  U.  S.  A.  Mary  Dorsey  (of  Michael,  fourth)  now  resides  in  the 
handsome  home  of  "  Elioak  "  as  the  wife  of  Ex-Treasurer  James  T. 
Clark,  of  Howard.  Their  son,  Louis  T.  Clark,  attorne^^-at-law  of 
EUicott  City,  owns  the  historic  house  of  "Walnut  Hill,"  His  bride 
is  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Branch,  of  Ellicott  City. 

HISTORIC  CLARKSVILLE. 

Rich  in  limestone,  lovety  in  landscape,  far-famed  for  its 
handsome  daughters,  this  section  was  popular  even  before  it  had  a 
name.     To-day  it  is  the  centre  of  a  progressive  settlement. 

A  most  attractive  home  is  that  of  Mr.  Nicholas  Miller,  son  of  Mr. 
Denton  Miller,  of  Millersville,  who  lies  buried  upon  his  old  homestead 
adjoining  the  former  home  of  Thomas  Cornelius  Howard.  Mrs. 
Denton  Miller  was  a  Miss  Jenkins,  aunt  of  Dr.  William  and  Mr.  John 
Hardy. 

Clarksville  has  two  attractive  churches,  two  stores  and  several 
modern  residences. 

THE  HARDY  BROTHERS. 

Southwest  of  Clarksville  are  the  two  substantial  dwellings  of  the 
late  Dr.  William  Hardy  and  his  brother,  Mr.  John  Hardy,  now  an 
octogenarian.  Their  father  came  up  from  St.  Mary's  County  and 
settled  across  the  Patuxent  in  Montgomery, 


410      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1875  Dr.  Hardy  was  School  Examiner  of  Howard  and  Mr. 
John  Hardy  was  a  School  Commissioner  of  Howard.  The  latter  also 
represented  the  county  in  the  State  Legislature. 

The  wife  of  Dr.  Hardy  was  a  Miss  Speers,  a  niece  of  William 
Clark.  The  homestead  is  now  held  by  Miss  Jennie  Hardy,  who 
conducted  for  years  a  successful  school  near  by. 

Mrs.  John  Hardy  was  a  Miss  Rowles.  Their  daughter  is  Mrs. 
Thomas  Clark. 

Clarksville  has  for  years  been  noted  for  its  Rattlesnake  Spring 
picnics  and  its  tournaments.  The  Hardy  brothers  were  always  lead- 
ers in  all  social  enjoyments.  To  these  were  added  their  long-distance 
fox-hunts  over  the  Patuxent  grounds.  Mr.  John  Hardy  can  not 
resist  a  desire  to  follow  his  dogs  even  now. 

Two  roads  leading  across  the  Patuxent  enter  Clarksville.  At 
Highlands  was  "Wall's  Cross-Roads  Tavern,"  long  since  lost  to 
memory.  It  gave  place  to  the  wayside  tavern  at  Clarksville,  where 
the  village  pump  still  offers  free  entertainment,  but  the  old  hostelry  is 
closed  and  its  keeper,  Mr.  John  Simms,  with  his  fund  of  history,  has 
passed  away  without  recording  it.  Much  of  it  was  related  to  the 
author,  but  not  for  publication. 

Long  before  Clarksville  had  a  name  or  a  tavern,  three  surveyors 
met  at  a  corner  stone  in  Mr.  Nicholas  Miller's  field  and  determined 
to  possess  that  entire  country.  The  first  was  Hon.  John  Dorsey,  who 
laid  out  "White  Wine  and  Claret;"  then  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely  and 
his  brother-in-law.  Major  Thomas  Worthington,  came  up.  They 
surveyed,  first,  "  Henry  and  Thomas,"  but  later  Mr.  Worthington 
resurveyed  it  as  "  Worthington's  Range;"  still  later,  the  Howard 
heirs  of  it  resurveyed  theirs  as  "  Howard's  Chance." 

Colonel  Henr}'^  and  Major  Thomas  took  up  all  the  land  north  of 
"Snowden's  Second  Addition,"  up  through  Highlands  and  Clarks- 
ville, to  the  neighborhood  of  Glenelg.  They  put  upon  this  long  stretch 
an  expanding  line  of  descendants. 

x/  THE  HOWARDS  OF  CLARKSVILLE. 

Thomas  Cornelius  Howard,  the  merchant,  son  of  Cornelius 
Howard,  increased  his  mother's  dower  and  left  a  large  estate.  His  wiU 
makes  no  mention  of  his  wife.  It  left  to  his  son,  Thomas  Worthington 
Howard,  "two  tracts,  'Worthington  Range'  and' Howard's  Chance,' 
on  the  east  side  of  the  main  road  leading  from  Snell's  bridge  to  Elli- 
cott's;  also  a  part  of  the  said  two  tracts  which  lie  between  the  main 
road  leading  from  Green's  bridge  to  Owing's  Mill  and  the  aforesaid 
main  road  from  Snell's  bridge  to  Ellicott's,  which  said  part  adjoins 
the  lands  of  my  son-in-law,  Joseph  Howard. 

"To  my  son,  Henry  Howard,  I  give  five  shillings  above  his  part; 
to  son  Charles  Howard  'Brown's  Chance'  and  'Friendship,'  com- 
monly called  '  Ryan's  land,'  whereon  my  son-in-law  John  Rowan  now 
lives,  provided  the  title  shall  ever  be  made  good  to  my  estate,  but 
if  not,  then  I  give  to  son  Charles  a  bond  from  William  Taylor. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      411 

"To  son  Brice  Howard  all  the  remaining  part  of  'Worthington 
Range'  on  the  north  side  of  the  main  road,  from  Green's  bridge  to 
Ellicott's,  provided  my  son  Brice  shall  pay  to  my  daughter  Ann  How- 
ard, his  sister,  £150.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Howard,  wife  of  Joseph 
Howard,  all  she  has  already,  as  well  as  the  account  against  her  hus- 
band on  my  books,  also,  'Poor  Man's  Beginning'  and  six  head  of 
horned  cattle.  To  my  daughter,  Rachel  Duvall,  and  her  children  a 
number  of  negroes  named. 

"  To  my  daughter,  Elizabeth  Rowan,  two  tracts  of  *  Worthington 
Range'  and  'Howard's  Chance'  in  the  fork  of  roads  where  a  new 
house  is  built. 

"  To  my  daughter  Rebekah,  negroes  and  furniture.  To  daughter 
Anna  Howard,  negroes  and  furniture,  horse  and  cattle.  To  my 
grandson,  Thomas  Howard,  son  of  Charles,  a  grey  colt;  to  grandson, 
Thomas  Duvall,  a  colt.  My  son  Brice  and  son-in-law,  John  Rowan, 
executors." 

Thomas  Worthington  Howard  (of  Thomas  Cornelius)  named  his 
wife  Emma,  nephew  Thomas  H.  Howard,  son  of  brother  Charles: 
To  Betsy  Howard,  daughter  of  brother  Charles,  be  granted  "  White 
Wine  and  Claret,"  purchased  of  Charles  Ridgely  (of  Charles) ;  niece 
Nelly  Howard,  daughter  of  Joseph  Howard.  Test  William  Welling, 
Henry  Welling  and  William  L.  Matthews. 

Major  Worthington's  heirs  at  Clarksville  were  his  daughter 
Rachel,  wife  of  Cornelius  Howard,  who  received  369  acres  of  "  Worth- 
ington's Range;"  Elizabeth  Worthington,  wife  of  Henry  Dorsey, 
369  acres;  Sarah,  wife  of  Basil  Dorsey,  368  acres;  Ariana  Watkins, 
wife  of  Nicholas,  received  the  remainder  and  300  acres  of 
"Altogether"   adjoining  it. 

Thomas  Cornelius  Howard  (of  Cornelius)  came  into  possession 
of  his  mother's  portion,  which  embraced  the  whole  site  of  Clark  sville. 

Thomas  Worthington  Howard — EHza  Ridgely  Crabb,  and  their 
daughter  Emily — John  G.  England,  whose  son  is  John  G.  England,  of 
Rockville. 

S^  THE    WATKINS  OF  CLARKSVILLE. 

Nicholas  Watkins,  of  Clarksville,  son-in-law  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Ridgely)  Worthington,  was  a  descendant  of  John  Wat- 
kins, of  Nansemond  Coimty,  Virginia,  who  was  one  of  the  members 
who  assumed  to  pay  the  church  tithes  of  the  Non-Conformist  Church 
of  1642.  Lower  Norfolk  records  give  the  marriage  contract  of  his 
widow,  Frances  Watkins,  with  Edward  Lloyd,  later  commander  of 
the  Severn.  She  relinquished  her  dower  in  Virginia  to  Edward 
Lloyd  and  stipulated  that  her  son,  John  Watkins,  was  to  be  paid  his 
portion  by  Lloyd.  This  was  carried  out  in  1658,  when  Edward 
Lloyd  surveyed  for  John  Watkins  "his  son-in-law"  (step-son)  100 
acres  and  "John  Watkins  demanded  one  hundred  acres  more  in  his 
own  right."  This  was  granted  in  "Watkins'  Hope"  surveyed  in 
1663.     In  1675  John  Watkins  was  living  upon  the   Severn.     His 


412      Founders  of  Axne  Aruxdel  axd  Howard  Counties. 

daughter  Annie  married  John  Watkins  Lord;  his  widow,  Ann 
(Watkins)  Lord,  married  WiUiam  Burgess,  Jr.,  without  issue.  Her 
former  husband's  children  inherited  from  WilHara  Burgess  1,000 
acres  in  Baltimore  County. 

John  Watkins,  Jr.,  in  1688,  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Gassaway.     They  were  the  executors  of  Colonel  Gassaway  in  1691. 

In  1699  Ann  Watkins  took  out  letters  upon  the  estate  of  her 
husband.  Their  son  John  Watkins,  in  1715,  conveyed  as  heir-at-law 
of  his  father,  a  tract  of  land  located  on  Swan  Creek,  Kent  Coimty, 
to  his  brother,  Nicholas  Watkins,  who  was  born  in  1691.  In  his  deed 
of  conveyance  it  is  stated  that  his  father  had  so  intended  to  devise 
this  land,  but  died  before  the  execution  of  his  will.  The  third  son 
of  John  and  Ann  (Gassaway)  Watkins  was  Gassawaj'  Watkins,  to 
whom  Colonel  Thomas  Gassaway  left  in  1739  "the  farm  on  which  he 
now  lives." 

Elizabeth  Watkins  (of  John  and  Ann  [Gassaway]  Watkins)  was 
born  in  1693. 

John  Watkins  and  Mary  Warman  were  married  in  1715.  She 
■was  a  descendant  of  Ninian  Beall  and  held  an  estate  in  Prince  George 
County.  His  will  of  1734  left  his  Prince  George  estate  to  his  sons 
John  and  Stephen,  which,  in  the  event  of  no  heirs,  was  to  descend  to 
his  son  Nicholas.  His  wife,  Mary  Watkins,  named  her  daughters, 
Hester  Lane,  Jane  Smith,  Sarah  Keene  and  Frances  Dorsey  (wife  of 
John  Hammond  Dorsey.  She  also  named  her  grandson  Nicholas 
Watkins  (of  Stephen)  and  her  granddaughter  Mary  Smith  (of 
Anthony) . 

Nicholas  Watkins,  Sr.,  second  son  of  John  and  Ann  (Gassaway) 
Watkins,  in  1657,  named  his  wife  Margaret  Watkins.  His  sons  were 
Nicholas,  born  1722;  John  Gassaway,  Joseph,  Thomas  and  Jeremiah; 
daughters,  Elizabeth  Hall  and  Ann  Watkins. 

Nicholas  Watkins,  Jr.,  married  Ariana  Worth! ngton,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Ridgely)  Worthington,  and  removed  to 
her  estate  near  Clarksville.  Their  heirs  were  Margaret,  Thomas, 
Elizabeth,  John,  Nicholas  and  Gassaway  Watkins. 

After  the  death  of  Nicholas  Watkins,  his  widow  became  Mrs.  John 
Ijams  and  with  him  administered  upon  the  estate.  In  1761  she  deeded 
her  estate  of  "Worthington  Range"  and  "Altogether"  to  her  sons. 

Some  of  the  marriages  in  the  Watkins  family  after  the  Revolu- 
tion were:  1778,  Richard  Watkins  and  Ruth  Beard;  1778,  Adam 
Richardson  and  Ann  Watkins;  1787,  Joshua  Dorsey  and  Margaret 
Watkins;  1791,  John  Watkins  and  Ann  Rutland;  1794,  Benjamin 
Watkins  and  Anne  Harwood;  1797,  John  Watkins  (of  Stephen)  and 
Elizabeth  Hall;  1798,  Nicholas  G.  Watkins  and  Margaret  Harwood; 
1801,  Rev.  Nicholas  Watkins  and  Rachel  S.  Watkins;  1805,  Dr. 
Wilham  Watkins  and  Eleanor  Harwood;  1806,  Nicholas  Watkins 
and  Margaret  Todd. 

Margaret  Watkins  (of  Nicholas  and  Ariana  Worthington) 
married  Benedict  Dorsey,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Warfield;  she  after- 
ward became  Mrs.  Basil  Gaither  and  was  the  mother  of  Nathan 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      413 

Gaither,  who  was  in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  Kentucky. 
Ehzabeth  Watkins,  her  sister,  also  became  Mrs.  Gaither.  Thomas 
Watkins,  their  oldest  brother,  was  High  Sheriff  of  Anne  Arundel,  and, 
like  many  other  sheriffs,  lost  his  estate. 

Gassaway  Watkins  entered  the  Revolution  in  1776,  and  Avas 
mustered  out  with  General  Greene. 

His  Record  in  the  Revolution. 

The  following  partial  sketch  of  his  services  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  was  foimd  among  his  papers  some  years  after  his  death. 
It  is  evidently  incomplete,  and  no  doubt  the  balance  has  been  lost, 
as  it  is  contained  on  one  side  of  a  sheet  of  foolscap-size  paper,  and 
stops  very  abruptly. 

"I  entered  the  Revolutionary  Army  with  Colonel  Smallwood's 
regiment  in  January,  1776,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Long  Island  and 
White  Plains  as  sergeant.  Was  taken  sick  in  November,  and  sent  to 
and  left  at  Morristown,  Jersey.  I  put  my  clothing  in  the  regimental 
wagon,  and  the  driver  carried  all  to  the  enemy.  I  traveled  from 
Morristown  to  Annapolis  without  money  or  clothing,  and  got  to 
Annapolis  in  January,  '77,  and  lay  confined  to  my  room  until  the  last 
of  April.  I  was  then  inoculated  for  the  small-pox.  and  remained  in 
Maryland  as  lieutenant  on  duty  until  September.  I  joined  the  army 
a  few  days  before  the  battle  of  Germantown  and  remained  with  the 
army  and  wintered  at  Wilmington,  in  1778.  I  was  in  the  battle  of 
Monmouth  and  was  attached  to  the  command  of  General  Scott's 
light  infantry  and  after  the  battle,  came  to  Bownbrook.  Left  camp 
the  24th  of  December,  on  furlough,  and  joined  the  army  26  of  April, 
1779.  Continued  in  camp  at  West  Point  and  wintered  at  Heck's  farm. 
I  was  several  times  in  the  vanguard  and  was  on  Staten  Island,  in 
March,  1780,  and  was  in  Elizabethtown  a  few  hours,  after  Major 
Egleston  and  his  guard  were  taken.  Was  present  when  Colonel 
Hazen  arrested  Colonel  Howard,  for  not  keeping  his  men  on  the 
parade  until  they  were  frozen.  I  left  camp  the  last  of  April  for  the 
South,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Camden.  Was  sent  to  a  house  by 
General  Greene  for  information;  was  pursued  by  Tarleton's  horse, 
jumped  a  fence  eleven  logs  high  and  was  two  nights  and  days  without 
eating  and  without  seeing  anyone  and  slept  in  the  woods.  Rejoined 
General  Smallwood,  at  Elizabethtown.  Was  sent  by  General  Small- 
wood,  in  September,  with  special  despatches  to  General  Marion. 
Joined  the  General  at  Hillsborough.  Left  Hillsborough  under  the 
command  of  Colonels  Howard  and  Morgan.  Commanded  a  com- 
pany in  the  battle  of  the  Cowpens,  1781.  In  February,  the  day  Gen- 
eral Davidson  was  killed,  I  left  camp  with  orders  from  General 
Greene  and  was  with  the  retreating  militia,  two  miles  from  the  battle 
ground.  At  twelve  o'clock  that  night,  I  stopped  at  a  house  on  the 
road,  cold,  wet  and  hungry,  but  got  nothing  to  eat.  There  were  at 
least  one  hundred  persons  in  the  house.  My  dress  was  noticed  by  an 
old  man  of  the  country,  who  asked  to  speak  in  private  with  me.  He 
told  me  there  were  enemies  as  well  as  friends  in  the  house  and  offered 


414      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

his  services  to  me.  I  started  in  a  few  moments  after,  and  told  him 
what  I  wanted.  He  was  faithful.  We  rode  all  night  and  got  to  the 
foard,  about  ten  o'clock  next  morning.  The  trees  came  tumbling 
one  after  the  other  down  the  Yadkin.  The  old  man  said  it  was 
impossible  to  cross.  I  was  satisfied  there  was  nothing  to  stop  the 
enemy  and  the  wish  of  my  general  to  bring  his  troops  to  a  point  near 
action,  so  I  immediately  pulled  off  my  coat  and  boots,  put  the. 
despatches  in  the  crown  of  my  hat,  tied  it  on  my  head,  took  leave  of  my 
friend,  who,  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  wished  me  well,  and  with  diffi- 
culty crossed  the  river.  My  guide  and  friend  expressed  his  joy  by 
throwing  up  his  hat  and  I  returned  it  with  gratitude.  About  seven 
o'clock  I  got  to  headquarters  and  was  received  by  Generals  Greene 
and  Morgan." 

Officers  of  the  Revolutionary  Army  received  from  the  United 
States  government  land  warrants  for  their  services,  and  the  following 
was  copied  from  the  records  in  the  Land  Warrant  Division  of  the 
Interior  Department,  Washington: 

Gassaway  Watkins,  Warrant  No.  2406  for  300  acres,  located 
with  others  on  lot  2,  township  6,  range  13,  United  States  Military 
District,  Ohio,  Knox  County.  Patented  to  James  Williams,  March  21, 
1800;  warrant  issued.  May  11,  1790. 

Mr.  James  Williams,  being  a  son  of  General  Otho  Williams,  of 
the  old  Maryland  Line,  was  intrusted  with  the  warrants  of  a  large 
number  of  the  old  soldiers  for  lands,  and  located  at  the  same  time 
4,000  acres  of  lands  for  them  in  Ohio,  contiguous  to  the  lot  of  Colonel 
Watkins.  Captains  received  300  acres,  and  privates,  100  acres.  The 
possession  of  the  warrant  was  the  only  requisite  to  carry  title  to  such 
lands  and  authorized  and  empowered  the  holder  to  make  the  location. 
These  lands  were  then  considered  of  very  little  value  by  the  old 
soldiers,  and  owing  to  the  failure  and  subsequent  death  of  Mr. 
Williams,  and  loss  of  papers.  Colonel  Watkins  did  not  receive  any- 
thing foL  his  lot. 

The  State  of  Maryland,  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature,  passed 
November,  1788,  ch.  44,  granted  to  Colonel  Watkins,  in  recognition 
of  his  services  in  the  Revolutionar}'  War,  four  lots  of  land  in  what  is 
now  known  as  Garrett  County,  The  numbers  of  the  lots  are,  2244, 
2245,  2246,  and  2247,  each  containing  50  acres.  These  lots  are  now 
owned  by  his  grandsons,  Edwin  Warfield  and  John  Warfield. 

Soon  after  the  war  Colonel  Watkins  married  Sarah  Jones,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Isaac  Jones,  of  South  River,  and  settled  upon  his 
inheritance,  ''Richland."  His  wife  died  within  one  year,  without 
issue.  He  next  married  Ruth  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Dorsey,  of  "Brown's  Chance."  He  continued  at  "Richland"  until 
the  death  of  Captain  Dorsey,  when  he  bought  his  heirs  interest  in" 
the  homestead  and  removed  there. 

The  old  pioneer  house  was  the  typical  Queen  Anne  hipped-roof 
cottage.  Colonel  Watkins  built  the  present  commodious  one  of 
stone  and,  from  the  spreading  walnut  tree  immediately  at  its  door, 
named  it  "Walnut  Grove." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      415 

His  oldest  son,  Lieutenant  Gassaway  Watkins  was  in  the  War  of 
1812.     He  married  Rebeckah  Richardson,  daughter  of  Richard  and' 
Ehzabeth   (Thomas)   Richardson.     Dying  in   1817,  he  left  a  son, 
Richard  Gassaway  Watkins. 

Bonaparte,  second  son  of  Colonel  Watkins,  died  early;  Thomas 
and  Turenne  went  to  Kentucky.  The  former  left  a  son,  Thomas, 
now  a  prominent  merchant  of  Louisville, 

Charlotte,  eldest  daughter,  married  Alfred  Coale,  brother  of  Mrs- 
Commodore  Barney;  Ann  became  Mrs.  Lot  Linthicum,  leaving  a 
daughter,  the  late  Miss  Ehza  Linthicum. 

In  1803  Colonel  Watkins  brought  his  third  wife  to  "Walnut 
Grove."  She  was  Eleanor  Bowie  Clagett,  daughter  of  Wiseman  and 
Priscilla  Bowie  (Lyles)  Clagett,  of  Prince  George  County,  She  was 
a  granddaughter  of  Edward  Clagett  and  Eleanor  (Bowie)  Brooke — 
great-granddaughter  of  Richard  Clagett  and  Deborah  (Dorsey) 
Ridgely,  who  resided  at  "Croome."  The  immigrant  and  father  of 
Richard  Clagett,  was  Captain  Thomas  Clagett,  of  the  British  Navy, 
son  of  Colonel  Edward  Clagett,  who  held  a  Commission  under  Charles 
I.  The  mother  of  Captain  Thomas  Clagett  was  Margaret  Adams, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas,  Lord  Mayor  of  London. 
j/  Captain  Clagett  married  Sarah  Patterson,  of  London.  "Good- 
lington  Manor,"  "Greenland,"  "Weston,"  were  his  estates  in  St. 
Mary's  County. 

Reverend  Samuel  Clagett  (of  Richard  and  Deborah)  was  the 
father  of  the  first  American  Bishop,  Rev.  Thomas  John  Claggett. 
His  motto,  handed  down  through  the  church,  is  "Gratia  Dei  Grata." 
Colonel  Watkins  and  Eleanor  Clagett  had  eight  daughters  and 
two  sons.  The  oldest  daughter,  Caroline,  widow  of  Julius  Watkins, 
died  several  years  ago,  aged  ninety-two  years,  leaving  an  only  son. 
Captain  Richard  Watkins,  of  California;  Camsadel  Watkins  married 
Dr.  Horatio  Grieves  (of  Wales) ,  leaving  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Crapster,  of  "Ellershe,"  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Moorehead.  Eleanor  Wat- 
kins— WiUiam  Ridgely  Warfield;  Amanda — Thomas  Watkins; 
Elizabeth — William  Watkins;  Priscilla — George  Kenly;  Margaret 
Gassaway — Albert  Gallatin  Warfield;  Albina — V/illiam  Clark.  In 
1893  four  of  these  daughters  were  living  representatives  of  an  officer 
of  the  Revolution. 

Dr.  William  W.  Watkins,  oldest  son  of  Colonel  Gassaway  and 
Eleanor  (Bowie)  Watkins  resided  at  "Richland."  His  whole  life 
was  an  official  one.  Sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  Legislature  in  1838,  he 
urged  and  secured  a  subdivision  of  the  large  county  of  Anne  Arundel, 
and  when  Howard  District,  which  he  created,  finally  passed  into  a 
County,  in  1851,  he  was  chosen  its  first  State  Senator.  Dr.  Watkins 
was  a  graceful  and  eloquent  speaker.  His  large  and  handsome  form, 
added  to  his  inherited  perseverance,  made  him  a  popular  leader. 
For  twenty-five  years  he  was  successively  chosen  Clerk  of  the  Court, 
and  when  he  retired  the  honor  was  given  to  his  son  Lewis,  whom  he 
had  brought  up  in  the  office — a  worthy  successor. 


416      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Dr.  Watkins  was  twice  married — first,  to  Laura,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Watkins,  and,  second,  to  Eleanor  Harwood,  of  West  River. 
His  oldest  son,  Thomas — Kate  Welling.  His  namesake  and  successor 
in  medical  practice  was  Dr.  William  Watkins,  Jr.,  who  married  his 
Watkins  cousin. 

Lewis  J,  Watkins  held  the  office  of  Clerk  during  life;  his  widow 
resides  on  West  River. 

Harwood  Watkins,  youngest  son,  attorney-at-law,  died  in  early 
manhood.     He  was  editor  of  "The  Times." 

Ellen  Elizabeth  Watkins  became  Mrs.  Joshua  Warfield  Dorsey. 
Issue,  James  Malcolm  Dorsey,  attorney  of  Howard;  J.  Worthington 
Dorsey,  merchant  of  Baltimore;  Benjamin  Dorsey,  attornej^-at-law; 
William  R.  Dorsey,  of  Ellicott  City. 

Amanda  Watkins,  youngest  daughter  of  Dr.  Watkins,  married 
Thaddeus  M.  Sharretts,  of  Baltimore.    She  is  the  only  living  child. 

Hon.  John  S.  Watkins,  second  son  of  Colonel  Watkins,  inherited 
the  homestead,  "Walnut  Grove."  He  was  State  Senator  of  Howard 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  Genial,  hospitable  and  popular, 
his  home  was  an  attractive  centre  of  reunion.  He  married  Amanda 
Linthicum  and  left  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Richard  Owings  and  Mrs. 
John  Bracco. 

After  the  death  of  Hon.  John  S.  Watkins  the  old  homestead  was 
sold  to  Edwin  Warfield,  grandson  of  Colonel  Watkins,  now  our 
popular  Governor  of  Mar3dand.  He  has  made  many  improvements. 
His  recent  purchase  of  "  Hayland,"  an  adjoining  estate  of  the  late 
William  Clark,  with  abmidant  limestone  upon  both,  gives  him  some 
six  hundred  acres  of  the  finest  hay  lands  in  Maryland.  As  elsewhere 
shovv^n,  these  tracts  cover  the  earliest  surveys  in  Howard  County. 

*'WHITE  WINE  AND  CLARET,'* 
HOME   OF    WILLIAM    RIDGELY, 

Stretching  out  from  Simpsonville  to  Clarksville  is  a  beautiful 
tract  of  rolling,  fertile  land.    Tradition  records  its  history  as  follows: 

After  Hon.  John  Dorsey  had  selected  a  munificent  inheritance 
for  the  descendants  of  his  sons,  he  sent  out  surveyors  with  an  abund- 
ant supply  of  White  Wine  and  Claret  to  take  up  another  body  of 
good  land  for  the  sons  of  his  daughter.  When  he  saw  the  crooked 
outlines  of  their  survey  he  thought  White  Wine  and  Claret  had  been 
the  cause,  and  would  be  an  appropriate  name,  and  so  it  stands  to-day. 
It  embraced  nearly  2,500  acres  and  was  given  to  Charles  and  William 
Ridgely,  sons  of  his  daughter,  Deborah  Ridgely.  A  plat  of  it,  now  in 
the  hipped-roof  cottage  of  Irving  Ridgely,  of  Clarksville,  reads: 
"William  Ridgely  (of  William)  to  hold  820  acres  of  the  lower  tract; 
John  Ridgely  (of  Charles)  to  hold  930  acres  of  the  lower  tract;  Charles 
Ridgely  (of  William)  to  hold  234  acres  of  the  upper  tract  and  John 
Ridgely  (of  Charles)  all  the  remainder  of  the  upper  tract." 

Charles  Ridgely  (of  Charles  and  Deborah  [Dorsey]  Ridgely)  was 
the  founder  of  the  Ridgelys  of  Hampton  and  never  lived  upon  his 
inheritance. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      417 

William  Ridgely,  marrying  his  cousin  Elizabeth,  Duval,  daughter 
of  Lewis,  made  it  their  home,  and  from  it  sent  out  three  sons  and 
eleven  daughters,  viz.,  Samuel  the  bachelor,  William,  Charles, 
Martha — Henry  Gaither;  Margaret — Samuel  Farmer;  Deborah — 
Lancelot  Dorsey;  Elizabeth — Aquila  Duval;  Rachel — Joseph 
Howard;  Anne — Captain  Brice  Howard;  Mary,  Sarah,  Eleanor, 
Delilah  and  Assinah. 

From  the  will  of  Miss  Delilah  Ridgely  we  learn  that  two  more  of 
her  sisters  were  married,  for  she  named,  in  1798,  "  her  mother,  sister 
Sarah,  brother  Charles,  brother  William,  nieces  Harriet  and  Sarah 
Richardson,  sister-in-law  Ruth  Ridgely,  sister-in-law  Mary  Waters, 
brother-in-law  William  Simpson,  niece  Anna  Howard,  brother-in- 
law  Thomas  Richardson  and  brother  Charles'  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Richardson." 

William  Ridgely,  Jr.,  inherited  the  homestead  and  married 
Captain  Philemon  Dorsey's  daughter,  Elizabeth,  which  marriage 
imited  the  two  Ridgely  families — the  "blackheads,"  of  St.  Mary's, 
and  the  "  lightheads,"  of  Anne  Arundel.  Their  heirs  were  William 
Pitt  Ridgely,  Samuel,  Charles  Greenberry,  Pliilemon  Dorsey;  Eliza- 
beth— Joshua  Griffith;  Sarah — Major  Henry  Welling;  Rachel — 
Colonel  George  Dorsey;  Amelia — Beale  Warfield  (of  Captain 
Benjamin). 

Charles  Ridgely,  known  as  "  Black  Head  Charles,"  at  seventeen 
years,  built  "Springfield"  upon  the  upper  tract,  just  north  of  Clarks- 
ville.  It  is  a  brick-nogged  cottage,  still  well-preserved.  He  extended 
his  surveys  over  "Hayfields"  to  the  Frederick  Pike  at  West  Friend- 
ship. Later  he  made  his  residence  near  the  Relay  House.  His  brick 
house  still  stands  near  the  quarantine  yards  of  the  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 

He  was  twenty-seven  years  in  the  Legislature  and  was  Speaker 
of  the  House  during  several  sessions.  His  wife  was  Ruth  Norwood, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Norwood,  who  brought  him  her  large  estate. 
Their  heirs  were  Samuel  Norwood  Ridgely,  Dr.  Charles  Carnan 
Ridgely,  William,  Thomas  P.,  Robert,  John,  Washington,  Frank; 
Elizabeth — Robert  Ridgely  Richardson,  of  Prince  George;  Julia — 
Dr.  Alexander  Barron,  of  Towson;  Ruth — Dr.  John  Baltzell,  of 
Frederick. 

Samuel  Norwood  Ridgely — Deborah  Dorsey  (of  Amos).  Issue, 
Amos  Dorsey,  Samuel  and  Lewis  Ridgely. 

Dr.  Charles  C.  Ridgely  inherited  "Springfield;"  married  Eliza- 
beth Dorsey  (of  Amos).  Issue,  Henry  K. — Achsah  Dorsey  (of 
Colonel  Richard)  and  had  John  T.  Ridgely  of  the  C.  S.  A.,  who 
married  Sarah  Jervis,  of  "Bowling  Green;"  Oliver  Ridgely — Ida 
Hinkle;  George  Washington,  Louisa  Bradford  and  Carolina  Bradford. 

John  R.  Ridgely  (of  Dr.  Charles) — Mary  S.  Ball;  Charles  Ridgely 
— Sallie  Waters;  Arthur  P.  Ridgely — Selah  Waters;  Elizabeth — 
John  D.  Alcock;  Oliver  D.  Ridgely  inherited  "Springfield;"  married 
Harriet  Crawford,  leaving  an  only  son,  Irving  O.  Ridgely,  of  Spring- 
field, who  married  a  daughter  of  the  venerable  William  Brown,  of 
Montgomery  County. 


418      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Henrietta  (of  Dr.  Charles) — Judge  Deye  Worthington;  no  issue. 

George  W.  Ridgely — Margaret  Turner,  of  Virginia.  Their 
daughter,  Elizabeth — I.  W.  Hobbs,  great-grandson  of  Luther  Martin. 

Wilham  Ridgely  (of  Hon.  Charles)  located  near  Glenwood, 
married  Elizabeth  Dameste,  niece  of  Colonel  Bentelow.  Issue,  George 
K. — Martha  Dorsey,  leaving  Mrs.  Richard  Lansdale,  Mrs.  Elisha 
Riggs,  Mrs.  Sheridine. 

Gustavus  Ridgely  (of  William) — Camille  Hammond  McKean. 
Issue,  Ruxton  Ridgely,  attorney-at-law,  Baltimore — Rebecca 
Gaither;  Lieutenant  Gustavus  Ridgely,  of  Fifth  Regiment  and 
Genevieve — Ridgely  Gaither,  all  of  Baltimore. 

William  Ridgely  (of  William)  died  a  bachelor;  Thomas — EUza 
Nally,  of  Virginia.  Issue,  William  A. — Marie  Offutt,  of  Baltimore 
County.    He  now  holds  the  homestead  of  his  grandfather. 

WELLING. 

Major  Henry  WelUng  inherited  from  his  father,  Peter  WeUing, 
a  portion  of  "  White  Wine  and  Claret."  He  married  Sarah  Ridgely  (of 
William  and  Elizabeth  Dorsey),  but  had  no  heirs.  His  will  of  1843 
left  his  estate  of  "  White  Wine  and  Claret"  to  his  wife  Sarah.  Upon 
it  was  a  mill,  which  after  her  death  was  left  to  "  my  nephew,  Henry 
Welling,  and  to  my  nephew,  William  WelUng's  son  Henry.  To 
wife  Sarah,  one-half  of  the  "burnt-house"  place.  To  nephew  Henry 
Warfield,  "  Heariy's  place,"  bought  of  Simpson.  To  nephew  Wilham 
Warfield,  the  place  CassidyUves  on,  to  be  shared,  also,  by  my  nephew, 
Richard  Warfield. 

"My  lands  purchased  of  the  Warfield  family,  314  acres,  to  go  to 
George  Dorsey  Owings,  son  of  my  niece,  Matilda  Owings.  The 
remainder  of  the  "  burnt-house"  place  to  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  to 
be  divided  equally  among  William  Welling  and  my  nieces,  Elizabeth 
Young,  Mary  Iglehart  and  Rebecca  Morris.  "Harden's  Place"  to 
be  sold  and  the  proceeds  to  be  divided  among  my  sister's  children, 
viz.,  Azel  Warfield,  George  Warfield,  Eliza  Mercer,  Mary  Fisher  and 
Nancy  Dorsey. 

"To  Sarah  Francis  Richardson,  I  give  a  negro.  Mr.  Trueman 
Welling  holds  the  old  homestead." 

From  Wilham  Welhng,  brother  of  Major  Henry,  descends  the 
Welling  family  of  "  White  Wine  and  Claret."  He  had  two  sons,  Henry 
and  WiUiam.  Henry's  only  daughter  is  Mrs.  Kate  Watkins,  widow 
of  Thomas  Watkins  (of  Dr.  Wilham).  Mr.  Trueman  Welling,  upon 
the  old  homestead,  and  Mrs.  Henry  Forsythe  are  heirs  of  William 
Welling,  Jr. 

HIGHLANDS. 

Highlands  is  the  site  of  Wells  Cross  Road  Tavern,  which  went 
down  when  ClarksviUe  rose  as  a  center  for  travel.  The  present  village 
is  becoming  the  literary  centre  of  the  county.  Its  fine  hall  and 
literary  club  attract  visitors  from  several  counties.  Two  stores  and 
several  shops  are  upon  these  cross  roads.  An  Episcopal  Church  is 
near  by. 


Founders  of  Anne  Abundel  and  Howard  Counties.      419 

Mr.  Charles  F.  Disney,  proprietor  of  one  of  these  stores  is  a 
descendant  of  the  large  Disney  family,  of  Anne  Arundel,  still  promi- 
nent near  Odenton.  He  owns  several  historic  tracts  at  Highlands, 
viz.,  a  part  of  "Hickory  Ridge,"  "Partnership,"  and  "Gaither's 
Chance."  South  of  Highlands,  leading  to  Snells  Bridge,  Benjamin 
Gaither  located  "Bite  the  Biter"  and  Richard  Snowden  stretched 
out  his  "  Snowden's  Second  Addition."  Upon  this  tract,  near  Snells 
Bridge  was  born  the  Continental  Whig  Major,  who  rode  to  Annapolis 
and  ordered  the  "Peggy  Stewart"  to  be  burned.  This  was  the  home 
of  Azel  Warfield,  whose  descendants  are  world-wide.  The  Gaither 
tract  has  also  passed  to  the  Harding  estate. 

Mr.  William  H.  Marlowe,  recent  Register  of  Howard  County, 
holds  two  of  the  old  pioneer  cottages  upon  "  Bite  the  Biter." 

The  estate  of  Azel  Warfield  descended  to  his  son,  who  left  it  to 
a  bachelor  relative. 

Just  west  of  Highlands  is  Hickory  Ridge,  upon  which  Colonel 
Henry  Ridgely  seated  his  son  Greenberry,  who  left  a  distinguished 
line  of  judges  and  patriots. 

^  "GAITHER'S  FANCY/' 

HOME  OF  BENJAMIN  GAITHER. 

Benjamin  Gaither,  second  son  of  John  and  Ruth  Gaither,  married, 
in  1709,  Sarah  Burgess,  daughter  of  Captain  Edward  and  Sarah 
(Chew)  Burgess  and  located  upon  "Gaither's  Fancy."  He  then  sur- 
veyed estates  upon  the  Patuxent  which  extended  to  Hawlings  River. 
His  heirs  were  Benjamin,  the  bachelor;  John,  Edward,  Samuel,  Henry,  - 
William,  Elizabeth  Davis,  Sarah,  Anne  Hammond,  Mary  Long  and 
Cassandra  Linthicum. 

Two  old  colonial  cottages,  with  immense  chimneys  and  dormer 
windows,  still  stand  upon  one  of  his  estates, "  Bite  the  Biter,"  between 
Snells  Bridge  and  Highland.  It  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  William  H. 
Marlow,  late  Register  of  Wills  for  Howard.  The  Harding  estate  is  also 
a  portion  of  Benjamin  Gaither's  surveys,  all  upon  the  Patuxent. 

"Gaither's  Fancy,"  the  homestead,  was  left  to  Mrs.  Gaither 
during  life.  That  was  on  the  Patuxent.  Benjamin  Gaither  was  very 
active  in  establishing  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  in  1728.  He  canvassed 
the  whole  Parish  of  St.  Ann's,  which  then  embraced  all  of  the  set- 
tled area  west  of  Annapolis  and  extending  to  Clarksville.  He  secured 
the  necessary  consent  to  establish  the  branch  chiu-ch  upon  the  site 
of  the  present  old  brick  church.  He  was  an  active  buyer  and  seller 
of  real  estate.  His  name  appears  also  as  a  witness  to  many  wills  of 
his  neighbors.  To  each  of  his  heirs  he  left  a  substantial  inheritance 
in  land  and  negroes. 

Benjamin  Gaither's  will  of  1741  left  "  my  manor  house  to  wife 
Sarah  for  life.  To  Benjamin  "  Pole  Cat  Hill."  To  John  and  Samuel, 
one-half  each  of  "Bite  the  Biter."  To  Edward  350  acres  of 
"  Benjamin's  Lot,"  (at  Triadelphia).  To  Henry  Gaither  350  acres  of 
"Gaither's  Chance"  in  Prince  George  County.  To  William  Gaither 
400  acres  of  "  Gaither's  Fancy,"  whereon  I  now  dwell.     To  daughter 


420      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  CduNTiEs. 

Elizabeth  Davis,  part  of  "  Benjamin's  Lot"  in  Princ6Ge\)rge  County. 
To  Sarah,  Ann,  Mary  and  Cassandra  Gaither,  all  the'remainder,  710 
acres  of  "Gaither's  Chance"  in  Prince  Georg^ County.  '  Witnesses, 
Thomas  Davis,  Francis  Davis  and  John  Thompson." ' 

It  must  be  remembered  that  Prince  George  Coimty-  at  that  time 
embraced  all  the  territory  north  of  Charles  County,  but  after  1748 
all  the  upper  part  of  Prince  George  became  Frederick  County  and 
after  1776  the  same  was  attached  to  Montgomery.  "Gaither's 
Chance,"  a  large  estate,  was,  therefore,  upon  Hawlings  River,  near 
Unity. 

At  Gaither's  Rocks  still  stands,  to-day,  one  of  the  pioneer  houses 
of  "  Gaither's  Chance."    At  Highland  is  another  "  Gaither's  Chance." 

Samuel  Gaither  (of  Benjamin)  was  an  attorney  in  Annapolis. 
He  was  a  bachelor  andleft  his  estate  to  his  sister,  Sarah  Sedgwick,  and 
other  sisters  and  brothers.  His  brother  William  inherited  "  Gaither's 
Fancy,"  the  homestead,  on  the  Patuxent,  south  of  Millersville.  He 
was  also  a  bachelor,  and  in  his  will  of  1782  appointed  Lancelot  War- 
field,  of  "Brandy,"  his  executor;  granted  him  "Turkey  Neck"  and 
"Addition."  To  Mary  Warfield,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah 
Gaither,  he  granted  part  of  "Hammond's  Forest."  To  sister,  M^ry 
Long,  my  tract  "  Gosnell,"  to  descend  to  her  daughter,  Mary  Norwood, 
and  to  John  Norwood  (of  Edward).  To  Mary  Berry  (or  Barrey), 
"Gaither's  Tavern"  and  100  acres  of  "Piney  Grove." 

Mary  Warfield  (of  Richard)  married  Elijah  Robosson. 

Henry  Gaither  (of  Benjamin  and  Sarah)  married  Martha  Ridgely, 
oldest  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Duval)  Ridgely,  of 
"White  Wine  and  Claret."  Henry  Gaither  was  a  progressive  sur- 
veyor and  held  a  large  estate.  His  heirs  were  Beale  (the  bachelor) ; 
Benjamin — R^ichel  Dorsey;  William,  Colonel  Henry,  Daniel,  Deborah 
Warfield,  Anielia  Holland,  Mary  Dorsey,  Captain  Frederick  and 
Elizabeth  Hood,  wife  of  John  Hood,  Jr.,  of  "Bowling  Green." 

William — Mrs.  Ephraim  Davis,  daughter  of  Cornelius  Howard 
and  Rachel  Ridgely  Worthington.  She  was  the  mother  of  Thomas 
Davis  and  grandmother  of  Allen  Bowie  Davis,  of  "Greenwood." 
Her  daughters  by  William  Gaither  are  named  in  the  will  of  her 
mother.  Henry  Chew  Gaither,  her  son — Eliza,  daughter  of  Major 
William  Worthington.  He  built  the  handsome  homestead  near  Unity, 
the  late  home  of  his  son,  Hon.  William  Lingan  Gaither,  the  bachelor, 
afterward  the  property  of  Miss  Lucy  Worthington. . 

Major  Ephraim  Gaither  (of  William)  built  upon  Hawlings  River, 
near  Gaither's  Rocks,  married  Sarah  Goldsborough  and  had  Thomas 
Davis  Gaither,  Martha  Washington,  Elizabeth  Worthington;  Thomas 
Davis  Gaither  heired  it;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Frederick  Gaither. 
Their  only  son  Ephraim  Gaither — Louisa  Ross. 

Martha  Washington  Gaither — first,  Greenberry  Gaither,  and, 
second,  Daniel  Gaither,  brothers;   she  left  no  heirs. 

Elizabeth  Worthington  Gaither — Dr.  William  Magruder,  of 
Brookeville  and  left  one  son  Robert  and  two  daughters,  Mrs. 
Lieutenant  Pierre  Stevens  and  Mrs.  Stonestreet. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      421 

Major  William  Gaither  (of  William)  married  Margaret  Boone 
Dorsey  (of  John)  and  removed  to  his  father's  survey  near  Union- 
ville,  Frederick  County.  Issue,  John  Dorsey  Gaither,  Richard  Dorsey 
Gaither  (both  bachelors),  Henry  Chew,  George,  Elizabeth  and 
Margaret  Dorsey  Gaither. 

Henry  Chew  Gaither — Juliet  Maynard,  Issue,  Mrs.  Norris,  Mrs. 
Edward  Hobbs  and  Thomas  Gaither. 

George  Gaither — Kate  Poole.  Issue,  Jesse,  John,  Lee,  William, 
Fannie,  Mrs.  Colonel  Washington  Bowie  and  Florence  Gaither; 
Elizabeth  Gaither  (of  Major  WiUiam) — Lot  Norris.  Issue,  John 
Gaither,  William  Gaither,  Richard,  Henry  and  George  Norris. 

Margaret  Dorsey  Gaither — Thomas  Ephraim  Davis  Poole,  son 
of  Dennis  and  Henrietta  (Gaither)  Poole.  Issue,  Mrs.  Albert  Jones, 
of  Baltimore;  Mrs.  Albert  Maynard,  of  Mt.  Airy;  Mrs.  William 
Jones  (deceased). 

Mrs.  Margaret  Dorsey  Poole  died  recently  at  the  home  of  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Albert  Jones.  Her  heirs  were  her  grandson,  Poole 
Jones,  Henrietta,  Margaret  Gaither,  Nannie  and  Netty  Jones,  all  of 
Baltimore,  son  and  daughters  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Jones.  She  held 
many  mementos  of  Major  Ephraim  and  Major  William  Gaither,  the 
ardent  Federalists  who  accompanied  Alexander  Contee  Hanson  to 
Baltimore  and  defended  his  press  during  the  mob  of  1812.  Major 
William  Gaither  had  his  hand  pierced  by  an  assailant  as  he  lay  a 
prisoner.  He  never  flinched.  His  assailant,  thinking  he  was  dead, 
passed  on,  and  thus  his  life  was  saved.  Major  Ephraim  Gaither  was 
also  severely  wounded. 

Colonel  Henry  Chew  Gaither,  fourth  son  of  Henry  and  Martha, -^ 
was  Captain  of  "The  Flying  Camp"  and  was  later  appointed  by  Gen- 
eral Washington,  Colonel  of  Third  Regiment  of  United  States 
Infantry.  He  was  a  splendid  soldier  and  a  strict  disciplinarian.  His 
portrait,  formerly  in  possession  of  his  brother.  Captain  Frederick,  is 
now  in  possession  of  the  family  of  Colonel  George  R.  Gaither.  Colonel 
Henry  Chew  Gaither  was  a  bachelor;  he  lies  buried  in  the  Congres- 
sional Cemetery,  Washington. 

Daniel  Gaither  (of  Henry  and  Martha) — Henrietta  Riggs, 
daughter  of  Samuel.  Issue,  Henrietta,  Henry  Chew,  Pauline, 
George  Riggs  Gaither,  Samuel  Riggs  Gaither,  Elisha  and  William 
Beale  Gaither. 

Henry  Chew  Gaither  (of  Daniel)  removed  to  Ohio.  His  son 
Alfred  Gaither,  of  Cincinnati,  left  Dr.  Alfred  Gaither,  of  Cincinnati. 

Pauline  Gaither  became  Mrs.  Robert  Ould,  mother  of  Colonel 
Robert  Ould,  Confederate  Commissioner. 

George  R.  Gaither  (of  Daniel)  the  prominent  merchant  of 
Baltimore,  married  Hannah  Bradley.  He  bought  "  Oakland  Manor." 
His  son  Colonel  George  Riggs  Gaither,  of  Howard  County,  organized 
" Gaither 's  Troopers"  a  few  years  previous  to  the  war,  and  later  it 
became  a  part  of  the  Confederate  Army.  Colonel  George  R.  Gaither 
was  later  in  command  of  the  Veteran  Corps  of  Fifth  Regiment.  He 
married  Rebecca  Hanson  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Colonel  Charles  S.  W. 


422      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Dorsey  and  Mary  Pue  Ridgely.  Their  son,  George  R.  Gaither,  was 
Attorney-General  of  Maryland;  Colonel  Charles  Dorsey  Gaither 
commands  the  Veteran  Corps  of  the  Fifth  Regiment;  Dr.  Bradley 
Gaither,  John  Gaither  and  Ridgely  Gaither  are  sons  of  Colonel  George 
R.  Gaither.    His  daughters  are  Mrs.  Norris  and  Mrs.  Ruxton  Ridgely. 

Thomas  H.  Gaither  (of  George  R.,  Sr.) — Sarah  Battaile  Mayo, 
daughter  of  Commodore  Isaac  Mayo  and  Sarah  Battaile  Fitzhugh 
Bland  of  ChancellorTheodorick  Bland.  Their  daughter,  Mrs.  Battaile, 
occupies  the  Peggy  Stewart  house  in  Annapolis.  Thomas  H.  Gaither, 
Jr.,  is  a  capitalist  of  Baltimore. 

The  daughters  of  George  Riggs  Gaither,  Sr.,  were  Mrs.  John 
Stewart  and  Miss  Hannah  Gaither. 

Samuel  Riggs  Gaither  (of  Henry) — ^Maria  Gaither,  of  Frederick, 
his  cousin;  Captain  Frederick  Gaither  commanded  a  company  of 
militia  in  1814,  held  an  estate  upon  the  Patuxent,  near  Unity; 
married  Jane  Gartrell.  Issue,  Perry,  Daniel,  Greenberry,  Frederick. 
Mrs.  John  Griffith,  Mrs.  Elisha  Griffith,  Mrs.  Samuel  R.  Gaither, 
Mrs.  Nicholas  Warfield,  Mrs.  Fletcher  Magruder  and  Mrs.  Thomas  D. 
Gaither. 

Perry  Gaither — Henrietta  Hanson  Poole  (of  Dennis).  Issue, 
Dennis  Poole  Gaither,  the  late  Kate  A.  Warfield,  William  Gaither 
and  Charles  Perry  Gaither,  of  Boston. 

Daniel  Gaither  and  Greenberry,  brothers,  both  married  Patty 
Gaither  (of  Major  Ephraim.)    They  left  no  issue. 

Frederick  Gaither,  Jr.,  held  the  estate  west  of  Unity;  married 
Ann  Gaither  (of  Henry  Chew)  and  had  one  daughter,  Henrietta 
Gaither. 

Elizabeth  Davis  (of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Gaither)  became  Mrs. 
Mark  Brown.  Her  will  of  1774,  gave  to  her  son  Amos  Davis, 
"Gaither's  Chance"  conveyed  to  her  by  Edward  and  Henry  Gaither,  in 
1757;  named  her  daughters,  Mary  Burgess,  Sarah  Norwood  and  Betsy 
Davis,  to  whom  she  left  "Benjamin's  Lot."  Her  grandaughter, 
Elizabeth  Burgess,  son  Amos,  and  son-in-law,  Edward  Burgess, 
executors. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Gaither  sm-vived  her  husband  and  was  honored 
at  her  death  by  the  following  notice  in  the  Annapohs  "Gazette" :  "  On 
Tuesday  last  died  in  Anne  Arundel  County  Mrs.  Sarah  Gaither,  relict 
of  Benjamin,  formerly  of  the  same  county,  in  the  seventy-ninth  year 
of  her  age;  a  gentlewoman  endowed  with  many  good  qualities  and 
who  performed  the  various  stations  of  life  with  an  unblemished 
character,  having  been  a  faithful  wife,  a  kind  neighbor,  benevolent 
friend,  and  to  her  own  sex  an  agreeable  companion." 

John  Gaither  (of  Benjamin), of  "Bite  the  Biter,"  married  Agnes 
Rogers,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Rogers,  of  Prince  George  County ; 
issue,  Evan,  Vachel,  Zachariah,  John  Rogers;  Mary,  wife  of  Seth 
Warfield;  Sarah,  wife  of  Richard  Warfield;  Susan  and  Agnes.  Ben- 
jamin Gaither  (of  Benjamin)  left  his  estate  to  his  nephew  Vachel  (of 
John),  who  was  a  captain  in  the  Revolution. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      423 

Zachariah  (of  John) — Sarah  Warfield  (of  Edward  and  Rachel 
Riggs).  Major  Thomas  Gaither,  late  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Baltimore, 
and  his  sisters,  of  Cincinnati,  are  descendants  of  James  Gaither  (of 
Zachariah).  Greenberry  Gaither's  daughter,  Mrs.  Matilda  Rawlings, 
has  a  son,  James  Brent  Rawlings,  of  Falls  Church,  Virginia.  Evan 
Gaither  (of  Zachariah)  went  to  Cincinnati,  married  Mary  Ann  Hinkle 
and  left  Miss  Carohne  Riggs  Gaither  and  sisters. 

"  Bite  the  Biter"  was  last  held  by  Evan  Gaither  and  Washington 
Gaither,  who  later  removed  to  West  Friendship. 

Evan  Gaither  (of  John^  gave  his  one-third  interest  in  9,000  acres 
of  military  lands  in  Kentucky  to  his  brother  John;  to  his  sisters 
Nancy,  Sarah  and  Mary  Gaither,  "  my  right  in  '  Bite  the  Biter'  and 
in  a  part  of  'Second  Addition  to  Snowden's  Manor'  and  'Gaither's 
Chance,'  purchased  of  my  brother  Vachel;  to  Nathan  Waters  and 
my  sister,  Susannah  Waters,  a  part  of  'Snowden's  Second  Addition;' 
To  Samuel  and  Zachariah  and  my  sisters  above  all  the  remainder  of 
my  estate." 

Edward  Gaither  (of  Benjamin)  married  Eleanor  Whittle.  She 
was  deeded  100  acres  of  "Gaither's  Collections"  by  Edward  Gaither 
(of  Edward).  Their  sons  all  engaged  in  the  Revolution,  were  Lieu- 
tenant Greenberry  Gaither,  quartermaster  in  Captain  Briscoe's  Com-  , 
pany ;  Lieutenant  Basil  Gaither;  Ensign  Burgess  Gaither;  Lieutenant-" 
Benjamin  Gaither,  of  Major  Beall's  Battalion.  These  brothers 
were  all  legatees  of  Benjamin  Gaither,  the  bachelor  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Sarah  Burgess. 

Lieutenant  Greenberry  Gaither  married  Miss  Anderson,  of  Rock- 
ville,  and  removed  to  Kentucky  in  1813.  Their  sons  were  Dr.  Ed- 
ward and  Greenberry  Gaither.  Dr.  Edward  Gaither  was  in  the  War 
of  1812  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe.  His  son  Greenberry 
became  Attorney-General  of  Arkansas.  Horace  was  an  attorney  and 
so  was  his  brother,  James  Anderson  Gaither;  Thomas  was  a  physi- 
cian; Brice  Gaither,  a  merchant;  John  R.  Gaither  was  a  farmer. 
His  son,  James  E.  Gaither,  was  an  attorney  of  Louisville,  Kentucky. 
He  holds  still  a  memento  of  his  ancestors — an  old  dinner  bell,  taken 
from  the  church  bell  of  Rockville,  upon  which  he  had  engraved  its 
history 

Greenberry  Gaither  (of  Greenberry),  the  Kentucky  settler,  was 
Circuit  Judge  of  Kentucky  for  many  years,  and  left  George  Gaither, 
the  bachelor. 

Brice  Gaither  (of  Edward  of  Benjamin)  removed  to  Georgia. 

Basil  and  Burgess  Gaither,  sons  of  Edward  Gaither  and  Elinor 
(Whittle)  Gaither,  went  to  North  Carolina,  in  1781,  from  Maryland. 

Basil  Gaither  represented  Rowan  County  in  the  State  Senate  of 
North  Carolina  in  1788,  and  th9  House  in  1790-91-92-93-94-95,  and 
again  in  the  Senate  in  1796-97-98-99,  and  each  year  following  until 
1802.  He  married  Margaret  Watkins,  of  Maryland.  Their  children 
were  Nicholas,  Walter,  Gassaway,j  Basil,  Betsy,  Nathan  and  NelUe. 

Burgess  Gaither  represented  Iredell  County,  North  CaroHna,  in 
the  House  in  1792-95-96-97,  1800  and  1801.     He  married  Amelia 


424      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

(Milly)  Martin,  of  Virginia,  September  24, 1791.  Their  children  were 
Alfred  Gaither,  born  April  26,  1793,  on  Sunday,  3  o'clock,  P.  M.; 
Martin  Gaither,  born  December  20,  1794,  on  Saturday,  5  o'clock,  P. 
M. ;  Sarah  Gaither,  born  October  19,  1796,  on  Wednesday,  4  o'clock 
A.  M.;  Elvira  Gaither,  born  August  1,  1798,  on  Wednesday,  10 
o'clock  P.  M.;  Forrest  Gaither,  born  May  26,  1800,  on  Monday,  11 
o'clock,  P.  M.;  Lemira  Gaither,  born  November  15,  1802,  on  Monday, 
7  o'clock  P.  M.;  Milly  Maria  Gaither,  born  December  20,  1803,  on 
Thursday,  8  o'clock  P.  M.;  Burgess  Gaither,  born  March  16,  1807; 
Eleanor  Emmeline,  born  April  6,  1810,  Thursday,  10  o'clock;  Charles 
Cotesworth  Pinkney  Gaither,  born  May  31,  1812,  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

This  is  an  exact  copy  from  the  family  Bible  of  Amelia  Martin 
Gaither. 

Of  the  children  of  Burgess  and  Amelia  Martin  Gaither — 

Alfred  married  Catharine  Erwin,  of  Morganton,  North  Carolina, 
and  had  one  child,  Julia,  who  died  unmarried. 

Sarah  Gaither  married  Robert  Foster  and  lived  in  Lexington, 
North  Carolina.  They  had  only  two  children,  Alfred  Gaither  and 
Amelia  Emma  Foster.  Alfred  Gaither  Foster  married  Letitia  Gray 
and  had  five  children — Robert  Alexander,  Alfred  Gaither,  Amelia 
(Mrs.  James  A.  Gwyn);  Elizabeth,  who  is  unmarried;  Sarah  Letitia 
(Mrs.  Robert  Galloway).  Amelia  Emma  Foster  married  Benjamin 
Anderson  Kittrell;  of  this  marriage  there  were  three  daughters: 
Louisa  Melissa  Eattrell  (Mrs.  James  Wesson,  of  Estabucliie,  Missis- 
sippi), Amelia  Eliza  Kittrell  (Mrs.  VanWinder  Shields,  of  Jackson- 
ville, Florida),  Sarah  Letitia  Kittrell  (Mrs.  Robert  W.  Lassiter,  of 
Oxford,  North  Carolina). 

Lemira  Gaither  married  William  Foster  and  left  five  children, 
Laura,  Sarah,  Betty,  Amelia  and  Julius. 

Maria  Gaither  married  Phillip  Pierson  and  left  six  children, 
Gaither,  James,  Samuel,  Susan,  Sarah  and  Emma. 

Elvira    Gaither    married Reid   and    left    four    children, 

Biu-gess,  Oscar  and  two  others. 

Emaline  Gaither  married  Abram  MacRee  and  left  one  child, 
Emma,  who  married  Chappel  Hopkins. 

Burgess  Gaither  married  Elizabeth  Erwin  and  left  one  child, 
Delia  Emma,  who  married  R.  C.  Pearson.  Burgess  Gaither  had  two 
sons,  who  died  before  him.  He  married  a  second  time  and  left  one 
son.  Burgess  Sidney  Gaither,  of  Morganton,  North  Carolina. 

Forrest  Gaither  married  a  Miss  Caldwell  (sister  of  Judge 
Caldwell,  of  Salisbury,  North  Carolina)  and  moved  to  Texas  and  died 
there,  leaving  a  large  family. 

The  brothers,  Basil  and  Burgess  Gaither,  came  to  North 
Carolina  from  Maryland  in  1781. 

Nathan  Gaither  (son  of  Nicholas,  son  of  Basil)  had  a  son  named 
Edgar  Basil  Gaither,  who  was  Captain  of  Third  Dragoons  in  the 
Mexican  War.  He  was  afterward  State's  Attorney  for  Kentucky 
and  died  in  1855  in  Kentucky. 


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Burgess  Gaither,  second,  was  a  very  talented  and  distinguished 
man,  holding  many  prominent  positions  in  the  part  of  North 
Carolina  in  which  he  lived.  There  is  a  sketch  of  his  life  in  a  little 
book,  "  Prominent  living  North  Carolinians." 

GAITHERS  IN  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

A  copy  of  my  paper  on  the  Gaithers  and  Burgesses,  of  South 
River,  Maryland,  having  reached  some  descendants  in  North 
Carolina,  Dr.  P.  F.  Laugenour,  of  Statesville,  North  Carolina,  has 
forwarded  to  me  the  following  additional  information  of  interest. 
Says  he: 

"I  assume  that  our  early  settlers  John  and  Benjamin  Gaither 
were  grandsons  of  John  Gaither  (of  John)  and  Jane  Buck;  sons  of 
John  and  Ann  Gaither  described  by  you  in  your  sketch  which  reads. 
"'John  Gaither  and  Ann,  his  wife,  were  seatedon  'Left  Out' 
(near  Dayton,  Howard  County).  Their  issue  were  Benjamin,  John, 
Ehzabeth,  Ann  and  Seth."' 

Soon  after  the  close  of  the  Revolution  a  number  of  Gaithers 
came  from  Maryland  and  settled  in  what  then  was  Rowan  County, 
but  the  territory  is  now  embraced  in  the  Northeastern  part  of  Iredell 
and  the  part  of  Davis  adjacent  to  it.  Their  lands  lay  on  South 
Yadkin  River,  Hunting,  Rocky,  Dutchman,  Little  Dutchman,  and 
Elisha's  Creeks.  This  territory  lies  between  Turnersburg,  Houston- 
ville  and  Mockville. 

Those  who  were  granted  lands  by  the  State  from  1784  to  1787 
were  Burgess,  Basil,  Benjamin,  Johnsie,  brothers,  Nicholas,  Eli, 
brothers,  Benjamin  2nd,  Azariah,  William  and  John. 

Basil,  in  1785,  was  granted  500  acres  of  land  on  Elisha's  Creek, 
near  Mocksville,  in  Davie  County.  He  was  wealthy  for  his  day  and 
community  and  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  from  Rowan  County 
from  1792  till  1802,  serving  in  both  branches.  (Davie  County  was 
cut  off  from  Rowan  in  1838.) 

His  children,  according  to  his  will  dated  1802,  were  Martha 
(Jones),  Walter,  Gassaway,  Nathan,  Betsy  and  Basil.  He  gave 
from  200  to  250  acres  of  land  to  each  of  his  sons  and  divided  several 
negroes  among  his  children.  He  has  some  descendants  about 
Mockville  through  his  son  Basil. 

Burgess  Gaither  was  an  important  character  in  Iredell  County 
a  hundred  years  ago  and  figures  on  the  records  in  land  transaction, 
etc.,  rather  conspicuously.  He  married  Amelia  Martin,  who  came 
from  near  Richmond,  Virginia.  He  represented  Iredell  in  the 
Legislature,  from  1790  to  1801.  His  old  homestead  on  Rocky  Creek 
above  Turnersburg,  just  opposite  Tabor  Church,  is  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  Columbus  Hayes.  On  an  elevated  plateau  near  his  old 
homestead,  surrounded  by  a  neat  stone  wall,  repose  the  ashes  of  this 
pioneer  of  a  family  whose  descendants  are  numerous,  without  a 
lettered  stone  to  inform  his  posterity  whose  mortal  remains  were 
there  laid  to  rest. 


426      Founders  of  Anne  Akundel  and  Howabd  Counties. 

This  solitary  grave  is  now  in  the  midst  of  a  cultivated  field; 
twenty-five  years  ago  it  was  in  an  old  field  with  a  number  of  very 
old  apple  trees  about  it.  There  is  a  tradition  that  it  was  his  request 
to  be  buried  at  that  spot  under  a  certain  apple  tree.  He  had  a  son 
Charles  Cardsworth  Pinkney  Gaither,  who,  in  1836,  lived  in  Morengo 
County,  Alabama. 

In  1829,  Burgess  S.  sold  to  his  mother  his  right  and  title  in  the 
old  homestead  devised  to  him  by  his  father. 

In  1836  his  widow  sold  to  Lebetius  Gaither,  son  of  Nicholas,  the 
old  homestead,  "from  which  she  recently  moved"  (to  Morganton). 
He  was  the  father  of  the  late  Hon,  Burgess  Sidney  Gaither,  of  Mor- 
ganton, an  able  and  distinguished  lawyer  of  his  day  and  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  the  State,  who  held  many  County,  State  and 
Federal  positions  and  was  a  member  of  the  Confederate  Congress. 
He  was  born  1807,  located  at  Morganton  about  1830  and  died  1893, 
leaving  many  descendants  about  Morganton,  among  whom  are 
Burgess  S.,  Gaither  and  Samuel  Pearson. 

Benjamin,  brother  of  Basil  and  Burgess,  in  1784,  was  granted 
land  on  Bear  Creek.  In  his  will,  dated  1802,  he  names  the  following 
children,  some  of  whom  were  small:  Thomas,  Johnsie,  Beall,  Basil, 
Brice,  Bruce,  Sallie,  Henrietta,  and  alludes  to  his  daughters,  Margaret 
Howard,  Elinor  Varner  and  Ann  Parker. 

Johnsie,  a  brother  of  these,  was  granted  land  on  Elisha's  Creek, 
in  1786. 

Of  Azariah  Gaither  nothing  is  known,  except  that  he  was  granted 
400  acres  of  land  on  Hunting  Creek,  in  1786,  adjoining  John  Gaither. 

Eli  Gaither,  a  brother  of  Nicholas,  owned  land  on  Little  Dutch- 
man Creek  adjoining  Jeremiah  Gaither.  His  will,  dated  1809,  names 
Elizabeth,  Bruce  and  William  as  his  children,  of  whom  I  can  learn 
nothing. 

Nicholas  Gaither,  whose  homestead  was  on  Little  Dutchman 
Creek,  in  1793,  willed  lands  on  south  side  of  South  Yadkin  River, 
to  be  sold  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  the  proceeds  to  be  divided 
among  his  four  sons,  Edward,  Libetius,  Horatio,  and  Walter.  In 
1811  the  land  was  sold  and  bought  by  Libetius  and  Horatio. 

I  know  of  no  descendants  of  these  in  this  country,  except 
Libetius,  born  1783,  died  1860,  who  was  father  of  David  Burgess 
Gaither,  who  died  an  old  man  some  fifteen  years  ago  at  Newton. 
Lawyer  W.  B.  Gaither  and  Captain  Jimius  R.  Gaither,  one  of  the 
leading  business  men  of  Newton,  are  his  sons.  Libetius  had  several 
daughters  one  of  whom  married  Hall  and  one  Donaldson.  A  son 
Junius  died  a  bachelor.    One  daughter  married  J.  A.  Bell. 

Benjamin  Gaither,  second,  (in  North  Carolina,)  whose  will  is 
dated  1788,  died  before  1804,  that  being  the  date  of  a  sale  of  land 
under  power  of  the  will,  left  the  following  children:  John,  executor; 
Jeremiah,  second,  born  1771,  died  1844;  Zachariah,  born  1772,  died 
1843;   Basil,  1771 — 1844;  Edward,  Reason,  Rachel  and  Ann. 

Jeremiah,  second,  was  father  of  Elam,  who  went  to  Tennessee 
and  had  four  sons  in  the  Confederate  Army. 


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Zachariah'has  many  descendants  in  the  old  neighborhood.  His 
children  were  as  follows : 

Isham,  1809— 1894,  father  of  Enoch;  Milton,  1812— 1891,  father 
of  SpurgeonandNewton  J.;  Elijah,  1816— 1863;  Noah,  1819— 1854, 
father  of  Tom,  Zach.,  Yank,,  and  others;  Temperance,  1822,  who 
married  Casper  Kinder;  Asberry,  1824 — 1891,  father  of  Wiley;  Mrs. 
Dr.  Ellis,  1827,  mother  of  Milton;  Wiley,  1829,  killed  in  battle  at 
Spotsylvania,  May  9,  1864;  Alexander  Gray,  1832.  The  mother  of 
all  these,  except  Isham,  was  a  sister  of  John  Taylor,  who  being  well 
off  and  having  no  children,  willed  his  property  to  her  and  her  children, 
embracing  the  old  homestead  occupied  by  the  late  Milton  Gaither. 

Basil,  son  of  Benjamin,  had  five  sons,  Frank,  Ivory,  Bruce, 
Vincent  and  Azariah,  all  of  whom  went  West,  and  three  daughters, 
Nancy  Maiden,  Polly  Forcum  and  Martha  Mason.  In  1805  he  bought 
land  on  Hunting  Creek,  from  Wilson  Turner.  His  will  is  dated  1842. 
He  died  in  1844  and  was  buried  near  the  residence  of  Mile  Campbell. 
Of  the  other  sons  of  Benjamin,  second,  I  know  nothing. 

John  Gaither  was  granted  land  on  Hunting  Creek,  in  1786,  near 
where  Mile  Campbell  now  lives,  adjoining  Azariah  Gaither.  His 
children  were:  Jeremiah,  first,  born  1762,  died  1815;  Greenberry, 
John,  Sr.,  and  three  daughters  of  whom  nothing  is  known.  John,  Sr., 
born  1766,  died  1844. 

Jeremiah  Gaither,  first,  had  two  sons,  Greenberry,  second,  who 
to  distinguish  him  from  his  uncle,  Greenberry,  was  called  "  Dockie," 
and  Enos  (Een  Gaither)  and  some  children  by  his  second  wife,  who 
with  her  children  went  West  after  his  death,  in  1815.  A  daughter 
by  his  first  wife  also  went  West. 

Enos,  1793 — 1877  had  three  sons,  viz.,  Wiley  Summers,  1822, 
who  went  to  Georgia  and  died  young,  leaving  a  son,  Wiley,  and  a 
daughter,  who  married  Camp;  Frank,  1824,  went  to  Atlanta,  left 
one  daughter;  Burgess,  1826,  married  in  Richmond,  Virginia,  where 
he  died.  He  had  three  daughters,  viz.,  Lamira,  who  married,  first) 
Robinson,  whose  children  were  John,  who  went  to  Alabama;  Henry, 
who  went  to  Tennessee;  a  daughter,  who  married  Hay  Powell; 
another  who  married  D.  A.  Ratledge,  both  of  Davie  County.  Her 
second  husband  was  Jack  Campbell,  whose  children  were  Tyson, 
who  went  to  Tennessee;   Amos  and  two  daughters. 

Elvira,  daughter  of  Enos,  married  Marshall  Turner,  is  the  mother 
of  Watt  and  Bill,  of  Cool  Springs,  besides  one  son,  John  Burgess,  who 
died  in  the  Civil  War.    She  is  still  living  at  eighty-five  years  of  age. 

Darcus  married  Cam  Powell,  father  of  Frank  and  Jim,  of 
Statesville. 

Greenberry,  son  of  Jeremiah,  first,  (Dockie)  1790 — 1860,  was 
married  twice;  his  first  wife  was  Mary  Tomlinson,  daughter  of  John, 
who  died  1826,  about  thirty- two  years  old.  Her  children  were  Ivey, 
father  of  William  C,  whose  children  are  Mrs.  Bena  Houp,  Charles, 
Frank,  Oat,  Robert,  Will  and  Nellie  (Carson)  all  of  Statesville; 
Carohne,  who  married  Robert  S.  Colvert,  father  of  John  E.,  Augustus 
A.,  Mrs.  J.  Wes.  Nicholson,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Stimson,  all  of  Statesville,  and 


428      Founders  or  Annb  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Mrs.  Johnsie,  of  Charlotte,  all  of  whom  are  past  middle  age.  Martin 
Gaither,  father  of  Frank,  of  Harmony;  Betsy,  who  married  William 
I.  Colvert,  father  of  John  G.,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Stimson,  and  the  mother  of 
W.  T.  and  Rev.  Walter  L.  Nicholson,  all  of  Statesville;  Ellen,  1823— 
1854,  first  wife  of  Humphrey  Tomlinson;  mother  of  Mrs.  Burt  Owens, 
of  River  Hill;  John  M.  Gaither,  1826—1874,  father  of  Mrs.  John 
Hayes,  Lily  who  married  H.  F.  Laugenour,  1877  and  died  1878; 
Robert  F.,  James  and  John,  of  Harmony. 

The  second  wife  of  Greenberry  Gaither  (Dockie)  was  Joana 
Gray,  who  was  born  in  1801  and  died  July  9,  1857.  Her  children 
were  as  follows:  Amos  F.,  who  died  about  1884,  leaving  no  children. 
He  represented  Iredell  County  several  terms  in  the  Legislature; 
Emily,  married  Oliver  Henry,  died  1903,  children  are  Harvey,  James 
F.,  Mrs.  Newton  J.  Gaither,  Mrs.  Will  Campbell,  William  S.,  and 
Robert;  James  went  to  Florida  and  died  there  leaving  no  children; 
Lavina,  1832 — 1859,  married  D.  A.  Ratledge  and  was  the  mother  of 
Thomas  Ratledge  and  Mrs.  Dwiggins,  of  Davie;  Emiline  Juliana, 
1840,  only  one  now  living,  married  J.  Martin  Turner,  whose  children 
are  William  S.,  who  died  1901,  leaving  James,  Thomas  and  Lonnie; 
Sallie,  who  married  Dr.  P.  F.  Laugenour  in  1886;  Cora,  who  married 
W.  T.  Nicholson;  Lizzie,  who  married  William  Fraley;  Eugene  and 
Latona,  all  of  Statesville;  Sarah  married  Alfred  Turner,  died  1904, 
leaving  Blanche  (Clifford) ,  Daisy  (Foster)  and  Arthur,  all  of  Statesvile. 

Greenberry  Gaither,  first,  son  of  pioneer  John,  has  a  number  of 
descendants  in  Iredell.  Four  sons  were:  (Hostler)  John,  father  of 
J.  Alfred;  Leander,  father  of  Fry  and  William;  William,  Greenberry. 

John  Gaither,  Sr.,  son  of  John,  1766 — 1844,  was  twice  married. 
His  children  were  as  follows:  two  by  his  first  wife,  the  others  by  his 
second,  who  was  Drucilla  Beall,  who  died  September  29,  1872,  in  her 
eighty-ninth  year.  Elvira,  married  Samuel  Albea;  Sina  married 
Elijah  Campbell,  who  came  from  Maryland  about  1790.  Her  children 
were  Milus,  Fry,  Lewis,  William,  who  was  killed  in  the  war;  Elvira, 
wife  of  D.  M.  Campbell;  Belt  and  David,  all  of  whom  are  dead,  or 
very  old;  Asa  Burgess  Friason,  father  of  Dr.  John  B.,  of  China 
Grove;  H.  Clay,  of  Statesville;  Mrs.  J.  E.  Colvert;  William  T., 
(Major  Bill)  1826— 1885,  father  of  Turner,  Dr.  Beall,  Ernest,  Lum  and 
several  daughters.  Mrs.  Mary  S.  C.  Morrison,  of  Jonesville,  now 
eighty-seven  years  old,  mother  of  James,  Clay,  Lum,  Filmore  and 
Mrs.  Poindexter. 

Descendants  of  the  seventh  generation  from  these  pioneer 
settlers  in  North  Carolina  are  now  numerous  in  this  country.  Many 
members  of  the  family  went  West,  or  South,  as  far  back  as  seventy- 
five  years  ago. 

GREENBERRY  RIDGELY. 

Greenberry  Ridgely,  heir-at-law  of  Colonel  Henry,  inherited 
"Hickory  Ridge"  and  "Partnership,"  both  adjoining  each  other  at 
Highlands.     There  stands,  to-day,  just  west  of  Highlands,  his  elegant 


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old  brick  mansion,  with  its  brick  stables,  near  the  brick-walled  grave- 
yard of  his  family.  It  is  now  the  estate  of  the  late  Samuel  Hopkins. 
"  Hickory  Ridge"  extends  east  of  Highlands  and  embraces  the  present 
property  of  Mr.  Ferdinand  Pue.  "Partnership"  continues  on  east 
to  Fulton. 

Greenberry  Ridgely  was  long  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  Queen 
Caroline  Parish.  His  wife  was  Lucy  Stringer,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel 
and  Lydia  (Warfield)  Stringer.  She  inherited  a  portion  of 
"Warfield's  Contrivance"  at  Guilford.  Their  heirs  were  Greenberry 
Ridgely,  Jr.,  and  Nicholas,  who  heired  the  homestead  after  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Ridgely.  Richard  and  Henry  held  "Baker's  Quarter,"  Frederick 
heired  "Ryan's  Quarter."  "To  my  four  daughters,  Ann,  Lydia, 
Elizabeth  and  Sarah,  £300  each."  His  will  was  probated  1738,  with 
Azel  Warfield,  Laimcelot  Dorsey  and  Isaac  Mayo  witnesses. 

Greenberry  Ridgely,  Jr.,  removed  to  Frederick  County.  Henry 
Ridgely,  attorney-at-law  and  captain  in  the  Revolution,  married 
Matilda,  daughter  of  Judge  Samuel  Chase,  and  resided  in  Baltimore; 
he  became  Judge;   his  daughter  Emily  became  Mrs.  Hollingsworth. 

Nicholas  Ridgely  became  the  Baltimore  merchant  and  married 
Eliza  Eichelberger,  whose  daughter,  Eliza  Eichelberger  Ridgely, 
married  John  Carnan  Ridgely,  son  of  Governor  Ridgely,  of  Hamptoii. 
Elizabeth  Ridgely — Dennis  Griffith;  Ann  Ridgely  married  Dr. 
Francis  Brown  Sappington,  and  with  him  removed  to  Liberty. 

Sally  Ridgely  died  a  maiden  at  the  home  of  her  sister  in  Liberty. 

Frederick  Ridgely  became  a  noted  surgeon. 

Richard  Ridgely,  executor  of  the  estate,  became  a  distinguished 
attorney-at-law,  advocate  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  and  a  Judge.  His 
name  appears  in  numerous  transfers  of  real  estate  in  Howard.  He 
refused  to  stand  for  a  seat  in  Congress.  He  married  EHzabeth, 
daughter  of  Ely  and  Deborah  Dorsey.  Her  inheritance  was  "  Dor- 
sey's  Hall"  upon  "Dorsey's  Search,"  which  became  the  residence  of 
Judge  Ridgely.  His  will  of  1824  records:  "I  desire  no  sermon  to  be 
preached  at  my  funeral;  the  services  to  be  held  before  a  few 
invited  friends;  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  my  wife; 
to  son  Edward  D.  Ridgely  I  leave  my  library.  To  my  sons-in-law, 
Robert  Nelson  and  Richard  Battle,  and  son,  Edward  D.  Ridgely, 
I  grant  all  my  real  and  personal  estate,  in  trust,  with  power  to  seU 
my  plate,  household  furniture  and  divide  the  proceeds  equally  among 
my  son  Edward  and  daughters  Betsy,  Debby,  Matilda  and  Sophia; 
their  estates  are  not  to  be  in  the  control  of  their  husbands.  To  my 
granddaughter,  EHzabeth  E.,  daughter  of  my  son,  Daniel  B,  Ridgely, 
$2,000.  To  my  son  Richard's  children,  $1,500  each."  He  removed 
to  Kentucky  as  an  engineer,  and  in  1810  married  Jane  Price,  daughter 
of  Colonel  John  Price,  of  the  Revolution,  who  settled  in  Jessamine 
County,  Kentucky. 

Captain  Ridgely  had  two  sons.  Commodore  Daniel  Boone  Ridgely, 
who  married  Joanna  Clem  and  died  in  Baltimore,  1868,  and  Richard 


430      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Henry  Ridgely,  who  married  in  Bowling  Green,  Kentucky,  Martha 
Nantz,  in  1838;  issue,  Richard  and  Jane,  who  married  Mr.  Peekover, 
of  Cynthiana,  Kentucky. 

Daniel  B.  Ridgely  (of  Judge  Richard)  married  Miss  Hammond 
and  left  one  daughter,  EHzabeth  Dorsey  Ridgely. 

Judge  Ridgely's  daughters  were  Mrs.  James  A.  Sangston,  Mrs. 
Deborah  Neilson,  Mrs.  Matilda  Chase  Baer  and  Mrs.  Sophia  Battle. 
His  granddaughters  were  Mrs.  Dare,  of  Calvert,  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Joseph 
Graham  Ridgely,  of  Cincinnati.  Judge  Ridgely's  large  estate  included 
"Dorsey's  Search."  This  was  bought  by  Caleb  and  Charles  W. 
Dorsey,  who  divided.  The  Stockett  property  was  also  held  by  Judge 
Ridgely's  executors. 

CECIL,  OR  CISSEL. 

Arthur  Cecil,  of  St.  Mary's,  died  in  1690.  He  leftltwo  sons,  James 
and  John.  The  former  went  to  Virginia,  the  latter  had  a  son 
Zephaniah  Cecil,  who  settled  in  Howard  District,  upon  Snowden's 
Second  Addition.  Two  sons,  WiUiam  and  Samuel,  and  two  daughters, 
EHzabeth  Smallwood  and  Nancy  Warfield,  were  his  heirs.  The  Cecils, 
of  Anne  Arundel  Coimty,  near  Millersville,  descend  from  William 
Cecil,  who  married  Miss  Pumphrey. 

Samuel  Cissel  married,  first,  Susie  Gartrell  Belt  and  had  one 
daughter,  Susie,  who  married  James  Turnbull,  and  one  son,  Samuel, 
who  married  Margaret  Belt.  He  spelled  his  name  "  Cissel,"  A  notice 
of  the  death  of  his  son,  George  Washington  Cissel,  states  that  he  was 
born  in  Washington,  in  1834,  and  that  his  mother  was  a  niece  of  John 
H.  Bell,  of  Tennessee.  He  was  one  of  nine  children,  each  inheriting 
a  farm  in  Howard  and  Montgomery  County.  His  farm  was  in  North 
Laurel.  He  removed  to  Washington  and  went  to  miUing.  He  was 
a  Commissioner  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  Vice-President  of  the 
Farmers'  Bank.  His  beautiful  home  was  Oak  Crest,  with  ample 
grounds  in  Georgetown.  One  son,  S.  Sewell  Cissel,  by  his  first  wife, 
is  now  a  member  of  the  milling  firm.  The  surviving  widow  is  Mrs. 
Agnes  Moore.  The  brothers  of  George  Washington  Cissel  were  John 
Bell,  Benjamin  Gartrell,  Chas.  Alexander,  Thomas  Bell,  William  H., 
John,  Samuel,  Nathan  and  Edwin  G.  The  first  Samuel  Cissel 
married,  second,  Isabella  BeU,  by  whom  he  had  Osborn,  Zephaniah, 
Benjamin  G.,  Philip,  James,  Richard,  Sarah  and  Margaret.  Two  of 
these  sons,  Osborn  and  Benjamin,  went  to  Indiana.  Philip 
purchased  the  other  heirs'  interest  in  "  Hammond's  Gist."  Richard 
Cissel  removed  to  Montgomery  County  and  was  County  Commissioner 
for  several  terms. 

Samuel  Cissel,  second,  after  purchasing  a  farm  for  each  son, 
bought  a  home  near  Shgo,  where  he  died  in  1864. 

Benjamin  G.  Cissel,  of  "Paternal  Gift,"  married  Mary  Ann 
Childs  and  had  issue:  Mary  Hortense  Virginia  Cissel,  Samuel  Nathan, 
a  student  at  the  Agricultural  College,  who  died  in  1880,  Wilham  Wash- 
ington Lee  Cissel,  physician  and  Clerk  of  Howard  County  Court,  and 
Byron  Vernon  Cissel,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  St.  John's  College. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      431 

Dr.  Cissel  married  Cordelia  Bell  Cissel  and  Professor  Cissel 
married  Mary  Ada  Cissel. 

In  Howard  County  to-day  are  children  of  Philip  Cissel,  of 
*'  Hammond's  Gist,"  viz. :  Wilbur,  Claude,  C.  E.  Marvin  and  Philip 
Cissel,  all  farmers;  also,  Harry  G.,  Charles  A.  and  Frederick  W.  Cissel, 
sons  of  Charles  Cissel,  of  "Sappington's  Sweep,"  all  farmers. 

ROBERT  RIDGELY, 
•^  THE  ELK  RIDGE  MERCHANT. 

Hon.  Robert  Ridgely,  of  St.  Inigoes,  left  to  his  oldest  son,  Robert, 
"Friend's  Choice,"  800  acres  in  Worcester  County,  "which,  though 
at  present  in  possession  of  the  Duke  of  York,  yet  I  doubt  not,  will 
be  within  the  patent  of  Lord  Baltimore."  To  Robert,  also,  a  "tract 
of  600  acres  in  Somerset."  Robert  Ridgely,  Jr.,  could  not  have 
secured  the  Worcester  lands,  for  he  made  no  reference  to  it  in  his  will, 
but  authorized  a  commission  to  sell  his  Somerset  lands  to  pay  his 
debts.  He  died  in  1702,  making  no  mention  of  his  children.  His 
widow  became  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Goldsmith.  There  were  several  chil- 
dren. Robert  Ridgely,  their  son,  was  a  merchant  of  Elk  Ridge  in 
1728.  His  wife,  Sarah,  inherited  "Freeborn's  Progress,"  adjoining 
"Dorsey's  Search;"  it  was  conveyed  by  them  to  Thomas  Howard  for 
five  shillings;  still  later,  it  was  mortgaged  to  James  Carroll,  and  in 
1744  Robert  Ridgely  granted  Charles  Ridgely  a  bill  of  sale  of  all  his 
growing  crops. 

William  Ridgely  (of  Robert,  second,)  was  a  merchant  at  Elk 
Ridge  in  1763.  His  will  of  1779  named  his  wife,  Margaret,  and  heirs, 
Rachel,  Ameha,  William,  Zephaniah,  Robert,  Charles,  Nancy  Orem 
and  Sarah  Ridgely. 

Charles  Ridgely  (of  Robert,  second,)  held  ''Discovery,"  which  he 
sold  to  Henry  Howard  and  Philip  Warfield.  He  left  aU  to  his  wife, 
Hannah  (Higgins)  Ridgely,  to  descend  to  "nephew,  Basil  Ridgely,  and 
sister,  Sarah  Ridgely. ' '  He  named  his  brothers,  William  and  Nicholas ; 
nieces,  Elizabeth  Mercer,  Susannah  Warfield,  Sarah  Norwood,  Mary 
Norwood,  Hannah  Spurrier;  nephew,  Joseph  Hobbs  (of  Joseph); 
sisters,  Mary  Hobbs  and  Deborah  Purdie.  Wife  and  nephew,  Thomas 
Hobbs,  executors. 

Amelia  Ridgely  (of  William)  remembered  when  the  old  Friend- 
ship Meeting  House  was  built  in  1800.  This  was  located  on  the  hill 
overlooking  Rattle-Snake  Spring, 

Sarah  Ridgely,  widow;  Nicholas  R.  Ridgely  and  Ruth,  his  wife; 
Dennis  Dorsey  and  Rutha,  his  wife,  sold  a  part  of  "Thomas'  Lot," 
adjoining  Vachel  Warfield,  to  Beale  Ridgely. 

GLENELG. 

This  word  spells  the  same  from  either  end.  It  was  given  by 
General  Tyson  to  his  estate  near  by  and  was  later  adopted  as  the 
name  of  the  post-office.  The  site  is  upon  "Dorsey's  Grove."  The 
late  Frank  Shipley's  modern  house  stands  upon  Sarah  (Dorsey) 
Howard's  part  of  "  Dorsey's  Grove."    West  of  the  post-office  is  Day's 


432      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

store,  post-office,  creamery  and  residence,  the  home  of  Mrs.  Day, 
mother  of  Senator  George  Dorsey  Day.  Still  further  west  is  the  home 
of  Joshua  Day.  An  attractive  church  and  modern  school  complete 
this  settlement.  Along  this  extended  line  may  be  seen  the  heights  of 
Poplar  Spring. 

Between  Triadelphia  and  Glenelg  are  located  the  estates  of 
former  Commissioner  Gillis  Owings  and  the  late  Thomas  O.  Warfield, 
both  progressive  farmers.  North  of  Glenelg,  near  Ivory  post-office  is 
the  estate  of  the  late  Enoch  Selby,  near  which  was  built,  in  1750, 
"The  Chapel  of  Ease."  Mr.  Selby 's  homestead  was  formerly  Mr. 
Peter  Barnes',  one  of  the  vestry  of  that  Chapel  of  Ease.  In  sight  of 
this  was  the  home  of  Levin  Lawrence,  who  sold  the  site  of  that  Chapel. 
Peter  Barnes  and  Henry  Howard  surveyed  "Henry  and  Peter,"  upon 
which  tract  Judge  William  Day,  of  the  Orphans'  Court,  now  resides. 

In  a  field  of  that  tract  lies  buried  Rebecca,  wife  of  Dr.  Henry 
Howard  and  mother-in-law  of  Colonel  John  Hammond  Riggs. 

Just  south,  upon  "Round  about  Hills,"  is  the  home  of  Senator 
George  Dorsey  Day.  His  daughter  is  the  wife  of  John  O.  Selby, 
School  Commissioner  of  Howard,  whose  new  dwelling  near  Glenelg 
is  one  of  the  attractions  of  that  section.  A  daughter  of  Mr.  Selby 
was  crowned  Queen  at  the  Glenwood  Farmer's  Club  Tournament  in 
1904. 

Levin  Lawrence  was  seated  upon  a  portion  of  "  Dorsey's  Grove," 
on  Poplar  Spring  branch,  in  1741.  He  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  Law- 
rence, the  Quaker,  of  West  River,  and  Rachel  Mariarti  (of  Edward  and 
Honor  Mariarti) ,  of  Anne  Arundel.  Benjamin  held  "Benjamin's  For- 
tune," which  descended  from  his  father,  Benjamin,  who  married 
Elizabeth  Talbott,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Ewen.  This 
Benjamin  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  Lawrence,  of  "The  Deserts," 
whose  wife  was  Ann  Lawrence.  It  is  now  claimed  that  the  original 
Benjamin  was  a  brother  of  Sir  Thomas. 

Leaving  the  Quaker  settlement  of  West  River,  Levin  and  his 
brother  Benjamin  came  up  to  Upper  Anne  Arundel  and  both  married 
daughters  of  John  and  Honor  Elder  Dorsey,  who,  in  1735,  by  deed 
of  partition,  granted  them  equal  parts  of  "Dorsey's  Grove,"  at  Glenelg. 
Benjamin  died  childless.  In  1741,  Levin  built  a  brick  house  on  Susan 
Dorsey's  estate.  It  has  only  recently  been  torn  down  by  Mr. 
Hammond  Grimes,  now  owner  of  it. 
^  Levin  and  Susan  Lawrence  had  four  sons,  all  engaged  in  the 

War  of  the  Revolution.  Benjamin  removed  to  "Delaware  Hundred;" 
John  removed  to  the  Linganore;  Richard  was  upon  "  White  Hall,"  at 
Guilford;  Levin  Lawrence,  Jr.,  remained  upon  "Dorsey's  Grove." 

As  early  as  1750,  the  new  church  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish  was 
too  remote  for  the  western  members  of  the  Parish,  as  seen  by  the 
following  records: 

"  Christ  Church,  Queen  Caroline  Parish.  At  a  vestry  holden  on 
the  1st  day  of  May,  1750,  were  present  the  Rev.  James  Macgill, 
Mr.  John  Dorsey,  son  of  Edward;  Mr.  Basil  Dorsey,  Mr.  Cornell 
Howard,  Mr.  Henry  Howard,  Mr.  Philemon  Dorsey,  Mr.  Robert 
Davis,  vestrymen.    Mr.  John  Hood,  church  warden. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      433 

"The  vestry  having  been  apply ed  to  by  the  inhabitants  of  the 
upper  part  of  the  Parish,  requesting  that,  as  they  live  at  too  great  a 
distance  from  the  church,  a  Chappel  of  Ease  may  be  built  in  some 
place  convenient  to  them,  the  vestry,  thinking  the  proposal  reason- 
able, agreed  to  go  and  look  out  for  a  place  fit  for  it,  and,  after  viewing 
several  places,  it  was  this  day  put  to  vote  where  it  should  be  built, 
and,  by  a  majority  of  voices,  it  was  determined  to  be  at  a  place 
known  by  the  name  of  Poplar  Springs,  on  a  tract  of  land  belonging  to 
Levin  Lawrence,  upon  which  the  vestry  agreed  to  prefer  a  petition  to 
his  Excellency  and  the  Assembly  for  a  law  to  levy  a  tax  of  twelve 
pence  per  poll  on  each  taxable  inhabitant  in  the  Parish  yearly  for 
the  next  ensuing  three'^years. " 

The  vestry  met  on  August  20th  at  Poplar  Springs  and  agreed  to 
give  Mr.  Levin  Lawrence  fifty  shillings  for  one  acre,  including  the 
spring,  on  a  part  of  which  acre  they  proposed  to  build  a  chapel  forty 
feet  long  and  twenty-four  feet  wide. 

On  June  15th,  1751,  the  vestry,  with  Mr.  Joshua  Dorsey  and 
Henry  Ridgely,  church  wardens,  met  to  let  out  the  building.  Mr. 
William  Fee  offered  to  do  it  the  cheapest.  He  is  to  have  one  hundred 
and  fourteen  pounds,  ten  shillings,  for  building  it  according  to  the 
directions  explicitly  stated  in  the  contract,  "  to  be  weather-boarded 
with  good  sound  feather-edge  plank,  neatly  planed  an.d  beaded,  clear 
of  sap  and  wind  shakes,  to  be  nailed  on  with  twenty  penny  nails — to 
be  completed  by  1752." 

In  February,  1753,  the  vestry,  then  consisting  of  Mr,  John 
Warfield,  Mr.  Philemon  Dorsey,  Mr.  Greenberry  Ridgely,  Mr.  John 
Dorsey,  son  of  Caleb  and  Mr.  Peter  Barnes,  considered  the  proposition 
to  "Under  Pinn  the  chapel  and  saw  plank  for  flooring  the  same."  Mr. 
Levin  Lawrence  imdertook  the  job  for  £10.  He  also  agreed  to  gett 
the  sleapers,  put  in  the  "Lites,"  and  finish  the  chapel  for  £39.10. 

This  delay  was  caused  by  an  apprehension  that  Mr.  Fee  had  not 
built  the  chapel  according  to  contract.  Mr.  Joseph  White  was 
selected  by  the  vestry  to  examine  it  and  Mr.  Robert  Barnes  was 
chosen  by  Mr.  Fee.  They  must  have  decided  against  Mr.  Fee,  as  the 
work  was  finished  by  Mr.  Levin  Lawrence. 

This  chapel  was  built  about  one  century  before  Howard  District 
was  made  into  a  county,  and  yet  when  I  started  out  to  locate  the  site 
on  which  it  had  stood,  after  consulting  six  of  the  oldest  residents  of 
that  section,  I  found  that  three  of  them  had  never  heard  of  it.  One 
thought  I  was  in  search  of  the  old  election-house  which  came  near 
being  the  coimty-seat. 

An  old  lady  (Mrs.  Day)  thought  she  had  heard  of  some  one  haul- 
ing brick  from  the  supposed  locality  and  one,  the  late  Mr.  Enoch 
Selby,  actually  in  sight  of  the  location,  pointed  out  "chapel  road" 
and  "chapel  marsh,"  at  the  head  of  which  was  "chapel  spring."  It 
was  close  by  Levin  Lawrence's  old  brick  house,  which  had  been  built 
in  1741,  the  ragged  walls  of  which  were  still  standing.  Near  by  was 
the  neglected  bm-ial  ground,  marked  only  by  rude  headstones.  In 
sight  were  the  storm-beaten  brick  houses  of  the  former  vestrymen 


434      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

of  the  "Chapel  of  Ease,"  but  not  a  stone  could  be  seen  of  the  chapel 
itself.  I  was  in  the  footsteps  of  F.  Alden  Hill,  who  had  come  from 
Boston  in  1883  to  trace  the  Lawrence,  Dorsey  and  Townley 
families. 

At  that  spring  met,  a  century  and  a-half  ago,  many  kindred 
families  in  Howard.  To-day  none  are  left  to  even  know  that  such  a 
place  of  meeting  ever  existed,  and  yet  my  notes  record  the  pounds  of 
twenty-penny  nails  used  in  its  construction. 

*'JOHN  LAWRENCE,  OF  LINGANORE  HILLS/' 

The  Archives  of  Maryland  show  John  Lawrence  upon  severa 
committees  of  Frederick  County,  previous  to  the  Revolution,  but 
leading  to  it.  He  married  Martha  West,  of  "The  Woodyard."  Her 
family  traces  back  to  the  English  peer.  Lord  De  La  Ware. 

Stephen  West,  the  immigrant,  son  of  Sir  John  of  "Houghton," 
married  Martha  Hall,  1720.  Stephen  West,  Jr., — Hannah  Williams, 
daughter  of  Captain  Williams,  of  Wales,  and  his  wife,  Christiana  Black, 
of  Scotland.  Captain  Williams  bought  from  his  brother,  Mr.  Black, 
of  London,  the  property  called  "The  Woodyard,"  upon  which 
Henry  Darnall,  brother-in-law  of  Lord  Baltimore,  had  built  a  large 
brick  house,  but  from  reverses  was  not  able  to  hold  and  sold  it  to  Mr. 
Black,  his  creditor.  It  was  inherited  by  Hannah  Williams,  wife  of 
Stephen  West,  Jr.  It  was  surrounded  by  a  park  in  which  was  English 
shrubbery  and  was  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  our  colonial  homes. 
It  is  now  a  wreck  by  fire. 

John  Lawrence — Martha  West,  daughter  of  Sir  Stephen.  Issue, 
Colonel  John  Lawrence,  Jr.,  of  the  militia  of  Frederick  County,  who 
married  the  only  daughter  of  Peter  Shriner,  a  wealthy  farmer,  of 
Frederick  County.  Issue,  Josephine — Marcellus  Warfield,  of  Sykes- 
ville.  Their  daughters  are  Mrs.  Robert  Ward  and  Miss  Ella  Lawrence 
Warfield. 

Juliana  Lawrence  (of  John  and  Miss  Shriner) — Evan  Dorsey,  Jr., 
(of  Evan,  Sr.)  and  removed  to  Ohio. 

Susannah  Lawrence  (of  John  and  Martha) — Evan  Dorsey, 
oldest  son  of  Judge  Basil  Dorsey,  of  Frederick. 

Their  son,  Evan,  Jr. — his  first  cousin,  Juliana  Lawrence  (of  John 
Lawrence,  Jr.  and  Susan  Dorsey  (of  Evan  and  Susannah) — William 
Hobbs,  Jr.,  (of  WiUiam  and  Henrietta  [Lawrence]  Dorsey).  Issue, 
Roderick,  Ulysses,  Edward,  Mrs.  Dr.  Maynard  and  Mrs.  Captain 
Ignatius  Dorsey. 

Mrs.  Matilda  J.  Brent  and  Mrs.  Barbara  Compton,  of  Baltimore, 
descend  from  John  Lawrence,  of  Linganore. 

CAPTAIN  LEVIN  LAWRENCE. 

The  Archives  of  Maryland  record  Captain  Lawrence,  of  "  The 
Flying  Camp, "  and  his  services  during  the  Revolution.  He  inherited 
the  homestead  after  the  sudden  death  of  his  father  upon  the  hunting 
field.  Captain  Levin  Lawrence — Sarah,  daughter  of  Caleb  Dorsey 
and  Rebecca  Hammond. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      435 

Caleb  referred  to  "his  daughter,  Sarah  Lawrence,  having  already- 
had  her  portion." 

Captain  Levin  and  Sarah  (Dorsey)  Lawrence  had  issue,  Caleb 
Lawrence  and  Hammond  Dorsey  Lawrence,  the  executor  of  his  father, 
who  sold  the  homestead  and  removed  to  Baltimore.  His  son  was  the 
late  France  La  Fayette  Lawrence,  of  Baltimore,  whose  son  is 
Warrington  G.  Lawrence,  of  the  firm  of  Fornacon,  Lawrence  & 
Donnell,  Architects,  111  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 

Cal'eb  Lawrence  (of  Captain  Levin)  inherited  the  law  library  of 
his  uncle,  William  Dorsey,  attorney  at  Annapolis.  Captain  Levin 
inherited  all  of  William  Dorsey's  lands  in  Illinois. 

Major  Richard  Lawrence,  of  "White  Hall,"  was  born  after  the 
the  sudden  death  of  his  father.  Levin  Lawrence.  His  official  service  in 
War  of  the  Revolution  is  on  record.  Hg  married,  first,  Ann  Warfield 
(of  Rezin  and  Honor  Elder  Howard),  of  "  White  Hall."  Issue,  Otho 
Lawrence,  who  studied  law  under  Joshua  Dorsey,  of  Frederick,  and 
became  an  eminent  attorney  in  Western  Maryland.  He  married  Cath- 
erine Murdock  Nelson,  only  daughter  of  Roger  and  Mary  (Brooke 
Sim)  Nelson,  Issue,  Richard  Henry  Lee  Lawrence,  attorney-at-law, 
Baltimore,  who  married  Rose,  daughter  of  Judge  Madison  Nelson, 
of  Frederick.  Issue,  Zulma  Marcilly  and  the  late  Otho  Lawrence,  of 
Baltimore. 

Ann  Warfield  Lawrence  (of  Otho) — Professor  Samuel  Humes 
Kerfoot,  of  the  College  of  St.  James,  son  of  Richard  Kerfoot  of  "  Castle 
Blaney,"  Moneghan  County,  Ireland.  Issue,  six  children;  Mrs.  Ker- 
foot is  seventh  in  line  from  Richard  Warfield,  of  the  Severn,  and  for  six 
years  has  been  State  Regent  of  Illinois  in  the  Society  of  "The  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,"  and  for  five  years  the  president 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America,  of  Illinois,  being  also  a 
member  of  the  Maryland  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America.  Mrs. 
Kerfoot  has  made  investigations  through  "the  county  visitations" 
of  the  English  office  of  Heraldry,  and  has  proof  of  each  link  of  two 
lines  of  her  mother's  ancestors  (the  Nelsons),  reaching  back  to  two 
Norman  Barons,  of  William,  the  Conqueror.  Mrs.  Kerfoot's  summer 
home  is  "  Dawn  in  the  Dells,"  Kilbourn  City,  Wisconsin.  Her  winter 
house  is  in  Chicago. 

Major  Richard  Lawrence — second,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Warfield,  of  Smallwood's  Battalion.  Issue,  Nicholas 
Otho  Lawrence  and  Richard  Joseph  Lawrence,  both  under  twenty-one 
years  in  1857. 

The  daughters  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Dorsey  Warfield  were 
Eliza  Offutt,  Juliet  WilHams,  Charlotte  Lawrence.  The  only  son  was 
Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield. 

'*  DORSEY'S   GROVE," 
*^        LATER  HOME  OF  DR.  EPHRAIM  HOWARD. 

Dr.  Ephraim  Howard  (of  Henry)  held  "lands  lying  on  Chapel 
road"  and  "Howard's  Resolution."  He  married  a  daughter  of  John 
Dorsey,  of  Old  Brick  Church.    He  was  also  a  large  surveyor  and  a  man 


436      Founders  of  Axne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

of  prominence  in  business  enterprises,  including  a  mill  and  forge  for 
manufacturing  steel.  He  held  several  thousand  acres  in  Kentucky. 
Dr.  Henry  Howard,  Brutus,  Cincinnatus,  Sarah  and  Elizabeth 
Howard  were  his  heirs. 

Dr.  Henry  Howard  resided  near  Glenwood,  on  property  now  held 
by  Judge  William  Day.  He  married  Rebecca  Boone.  She  named  her 
heirs  Henry,  Margaret,  granddaughter  Rebecca  (of  Henry);  grand- 
daughter Rebecca  Boone  Riggs;  granddaughter  Margaret,  of  son 
John  B.  Howard;  grandson  Alexander  Howard;  grandson  Augustus 
Riggs;   daughter  Rebecca  Riggs. 

Dr.  John  Beale  Howard  (of  Henry)  held  "  Pheasant  Ridge," 
"Windsor,"  "Safe  Guard"  and  Levin  Lawrence's  lands.  His  wife 
was  Elizabeth  Gassaway  (of  Captain  Thomas  and  Susannah  Hanslap) . 
They  had  two  sons,  John  Beale  Howard  and  Henry  Howard.  In 
1783,  Dr.  Howard  appointed  Stephen  Boone  and  John  Dorsey 
trustees  to  hold  his  lands  for  his  wife  and  children,  reserving  490  acres 
purchased  of  Colonel  Dorsey  for  paying  debts  and  private  use.  He 
removed  to  Harford  Coimty. 

Joshua  Howard  (of  Henry)  was  a  minor  at  the  death  of  his 
father  and  then  resided  in  Frederick  County.  The  homestead 
descended  to  him.  He  pm-chased  the  interest  of  his  nephew,  Henry 
Nelson,  in  "  Dorsey's  Grove." 

Joshua  Howard  married,  first,  Rebecca  Owings  (of  Samuel  and 
Urith  Owings'.  Issue,  Mrs.  Sarah  Winchester,  Mrs.  Samuel  Thomas, 
of  Sandy  Spring;  Mrs.  Rachel  Robertson,  Samuel  Howard — Hannah 
Dorsey  (of  Colonel  Edward);  Joseph — Lucy  Colston;  Deborah — 
Dr.  John  W.  Dorsey,  of  the  Tripolitan  War;  Dr.  Henry  Howard,  of 
University  of  Virginia — first,  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  Snowden 
Pleasants.  The  wives  of  Professor  Courtney  and  Professor  McGuffey, 
L.L.D.,  were  their  daughters.  Professor  Howard's  second  wife  was 
Eliza  Elgars,  of  Virginia,  and  left  Misses  Eliza  and  Anna  Howard,  of 
Charlottesville. 

Dr.  Marshall  Howard  (of  Professor  Henry) — Anna  Norman 
McCeney,  of  Anne  Arundel  County.  Issue,  Mrs.  Samuel  Riggs,  Mrs. 
Elisha  Riggs,  Henry  Howard,  of  Brookeville  and  Marshall  P.  Howard, 
of  Baltimore.  The  second  wife  of  Joshua  Howard  was  Elizabeth 
Warfield,  widow  of  Colonel  Charles,  of  Sams  Creek.  Issue,  John 
Howard,  of  Baltimore — Juliet,  daughter  of  Alexander  Warfield,  of 
Sams  Creek,  whose  daughter  Jemima — Archibald  Lamar,  of  Martins- 
burg,  West  Virginia. 

The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Riggs,  of  Laytonsville,  are 
Samuel,  Lawrence,  Douglass,  Bessie  and  Anna.  Mrs.  Elisha  Riggs 
left  a  son,  William,  and  several  daughters. 

Mr.  Henry  Howard,  of  Brookeville,  holds  the  home  of  his  grand- 
father. Dr.  Henry,  of  the  University,  and  is  also  president  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Brookeville  Academy,  as  was  his  grandfather. 
He  married  Florence  Jones,  daughter  of  Josiah  Jones,  of  Montgomery. 

Marshall  Howard,  of  Baltimore,  married  Betty  Riggs  (of  John), 
of  Montgomery. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      437 

DORSEYS  OF  DAYTON. 

Captain  Philemon  Dorsey  (of  Joshua)  settled  upon  "Brothers 
Partnership,"  at  Dayton.  He  married  Catharine,  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel Henry  Ridgely,  and  succeeded  him  as  District  Surveyor.  He  was 
Captain  of  the  Hundred  whose  duty  it  was  to  count  the  output  of 
tobacco  and  to  levy  a  church  tax  for  its  support.  He  was  one  of  the 
builders  of  "The  Chapel  of  Ease"  upon  "Poplar  Spring  Branch"  and 
attended  to  its  building  in  1750.  His  homestead,  as  seen  by  one  of 
his  descendants,  after  it  had  been  deserted,  stood  upon  the  west  of 
the  road  leading  from  Glenelg  to  Dayton,  nearly  opposite  the  later 
homestead  of  Mr.  Lloyd  W.  Linthicum.  It  was  a  large,  square  frame 
building,  well  built,  with  curious  little  closets,  all  the  wood-work 
hand-carved.  He  not  only  surveyed  his  own  estate,  but  located  the 
heirs  of  his  father-in-law.  His  surveys  reached  west  of  his  home- 
stead some  ten  miles.  Philemon  Dorsey  Jr.,  was  located  on  "  Friend- 
ship" and  "Sappington  Range,"  near  Roxbury  Mills.  He  and  his 
wife,  Ann,  corrected  by  deed  some  of  the  titles  in  the  will  of  his 
father.  Their  son.  Colonel  George  Dorsey,  inherited  the  homestead, 
married  Rachel  Ridgely  (of  William  Jr.)  and  left  Philemon — Martha 
Warfield  (of  Azel),  Julia — Henry  Warfield  (of  Azel),  Maria — David 
Clarke  (of  David) ,  Matilda — Samuel  Owings  (of  Samuel) . 

John  Dorsey  (of  Philemon  and  Ann)  held  lands  near  Triadelphia; 
married  Miss  Stringer;  issue,  Samuel  Dorsey,  John,  Mrs.  Martin, 
and  Mrs.  Linthicum. 

Some  of  the  living  heirs  of  Colonel  George  Dorsey  are  John  O. 
Clarke,  of  Montgomery;  James  Clarke;  heirs  of  the  late  George 
Clarke,  Mrs.  Dr.  Thomas  Owings,  Mrs.  Creager,  George  Dorsey  Owings, 
William  Owings,  Gillis  Owings,  Mrs.  George  Ridgely,  Mrs.  Elisha 
Riggs,  Mrs.  Richard  Lansdale,  Mrs.  Sheredine,  Mrs.  Dr.  Owings  and 
heirs  of  Henry  Warfield. 

The  daughters  of  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey  each  received  400 
acres  of  his  estate.  They  were  Ann — Captain  John  Dorsey;  Eliza- 
beth— William  Ridgely,  of  "  White  Wine  and  Claret; "  Sarah — Vachel 
Warfield  (of  Benjamin)  and  Rebeckah  (Ridgely)  Warfield;  Cather- 
ine— Captain  Benjamin  Warfield;  (of  Benjamin  and  Rebeckah); 
Amelia — Samuel  Riggs  (of  John);  by  a  second  marriage  to  Rachel 
Lawrence  (of  Levin),  his  daughter  Henrietta — William  Hobbs  (of 
Samuel) ;  Ariana — Samuel  Owings  (of  Thomas) . 

Joshua  Dorsey,  attorney-at-law,  of  Frederick,  only  son  of  Cap- 
tain Philemon  and  Rachel,  married  Janet  Kennedy,  of  Phil.  He 
held  a  large  and  valuable  estate  in  and  near  Frederick.  His  only 
daughter,  Elizabeth — Dr.  Johnson,  whose  daughter  Elizabeth — John 
Downey,  of  New  Market. 

Joshua  Dorsey  (of  Joshua  and  Ann  Ridgely)  was  a  bachelor, 
holding  "Locust  Thicket"  and  "Anvil,"  near  Waterloo. 

Charles  Dorsey  held  the  homestead  "Major's  Choice."  He  left 
no  descendants. 

The  living  descendants  of  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey  are  in  many 
States  of  the  Union. 


438      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Vachel  Warfield  (of  Benjamin  and  Rebeckah)  sold  his  inheritance 
upon  "Warfield's  Range"  and  took  up  a  large  estate  adjoining  his 
wife's  estate  near  Dayton.  He  bought  of  Nicholas  Meriweather  two 
tracts,  "Good  Range"  and  "Exchange."  He  bought  of  Lancelot 
Dorsey,  sheriff,  and  his  son  Darius  their  part  of  "  Brother's  Partner- 
ship,"  adjoining  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey's  portion  of  the  same 
tract.  He  bought  of  Lancelot  Dorsey  and  Darius  their  part  of 
"Good  Range."  He  also  held  "Mother's  Care,"  "Brother's  Love," 
"Small  Land,"  "Intervene,"  " Moorehouse's  Generosity,"  "Any- 
thing," "  Everything"  and  "  Dorsey's  Addition  to  Thomas'  Lot,"  all 
adjoining  each  other  in  the  neighborhood  of  Dayton,  near  the  home- 
stead of  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey,  his  father-in-law.  His  will  of 
1815  was  witnessed  by  Dennis  Dorsey,  Thomas  Batson,  Joshua  D. 
Owings  and  Charles  G.  Ridgely.  The  sons  of  Vachel  were  Lloyd, 
Philemon  Dorsey,  Greenberry,  Joshua,  Allen.  The  latter  alone 
married  and  left  Greenberry  and  Allen. 

Catharine  Warfield  (of  Vachel)  married  Lancelot  Linthicum  and 
had  issue,  Vachel  W.,  Lloyd  W.,  Sarah  and  Mary  Linthicum. 

Mr.  Lloyd  Linthicum's  homestead  is  a  part  of  Captain  Philemon 
Dorsey's  homestead.  Mr.  Linthicum's  wife  was  a  sister  of  the  late 
Aquila  Jones. 

TRIADELPHIA. 

This  little  Patuxent  village  is  named  for  three  brothers-in-law, 
all  Quakers.  Its  site  is  upon  Colonel  Richard  Dorsey's  tract  "  What's 
Left,"  which  was  sold  by  him  to  Caleb  Bentley,  Richard  Thomas  and 
Thomas  Moore.  They  gave  it  its  name,  "Three  Brothers,"  about  half 
a  century  ago.  This  was  a  thrifty  little  manufacturing  centre;  its 
mill,  stores,  church  upon  the  hill;  its  comfortable  houses,  in  one 
of  which  were  several  handsome  daughters,  gave  Triadelphia  a 
far-reaching  reputation,  but  a  flood  came  and  it  was  swept  off. 
Under  Mr.  Miller  it  was  a  success,  under  Mr.  Thomas  Lansdale  it  was 
destroyed. 

Just  below  Triadelphia  was  the  homestead  of  Captam  Joseph 
Burgess  and  his  son.  Captain  Vachel  Burgess,  of  the  Revolution. 

The  survey  was  "Upland"  or  "Burgess'  Look  Out."  It  was 
bought  from  Mr.  Dick,  of  Bladensburg.  It  is  now  the  Underwood 
property. 

At  Triadelphia  Benjamin  Gaither  took  up  "Benjamin's  Lot." 
It  was  left  to  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Davis,  widow  of  Thomas  (of 
Greenwood) ,  and  later  widow  of  Mark  Brown. 

Captain  Joseph  Burgess,  commanded  a  company  of  Elk  Ridge 
militia.     He  had  six  sons  in  the  Continental  army. 

"  On  Tuesday,  March  4th,  1777,  it  was  ordered.  That  the  West- 
ern Shore  Treasurer  pay  to  Captain  Joseph  Burgess  one  thousand 
dollars  for  recruiting  service."  On  September  19,  1777,  commission 
was  issued  to  Thomas  Worthington,  son  of  Nicholas,  in  Captain 
Joseph  Burgess'  Company  of  Elk  Ridge  Battalion  of  Militia.  Captain 
Burgess  signed  the  protest  against  the  removal  of  Captain  Norwood  for 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      439 

criticising  General  Smallwood.  About  1750  Captain  Joseph  Burgess 
married  Elizabeth  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Ruth  Todd. 
Their  sons  were  John  Burgess,  born  20th  November,  1751;  Joseph, 
born  1753;  Michael,  born  1754;  Vachel,  born  1756;  Richard,  born 
1757;  Joshua,  born  1760;  Philemon,  born  1761;  Wilham,  born  1771; 
Joseph,  Jr.,  1780. 

The  younger,  Joseph,  was  born  and  named  after  the  death  of 
Lieutenant  Joseph  Burgess,  who  died  during  the  war.  He  and  his 
brother  William  were  made  executors  of  Captain  Joseph's  will  in 
1805,  probated  1806. 

After  the  war  lots  at  Fort  Cumberland  were  assigned  to  his  sons 
who  survived. 

Michael  Burgess,  ensign,  will  be  noticed  at  Marriottsville. 

Vachel  Burgess  (of  Captain  Joseph)  entered  the  army  as  ensign, 
in  his  nineteenth  year,  coming  out  as  captain.  He  died  at  his  resi- 
dence at  Triadelphia  in  1824.  Attached  for  seven  years  to  the  Mary- 
land Line,  he  won  the  eulogies  of  his  commanding  officers  at  Guilford 
Court  House,  Eutaw  Springs  and  the  Battle  of  Camden,  under  Baron 
DeKalb.  He  was  an  upright,  hospitable,  cheerful,  kind-hearted  man 
of  intelligence,  and  a  religious  citizen  who  was  deeply  lamented  by  a 
large  family  and  a  still  larger  circle  of  friends.  Captain  Vachel  Bur- 
gess married  Rebecca  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dorsey  (of  Henry) 
by  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Ridgely)  Warfield. 
His  sons  were  Perry,  Thomas  and  Vachel,  who  removed  to  Kent 
County ;  the  daughters  were  Anne,  wife  of  Basil  Burgess  and  mother 
of  Arthur  Burgess;  Elizabeth  became  Mrs.  Wilham  Hines,  father  of 
Vachel  Burgess  Hines,  long  of  the  Health  Department,  Baltimore; 
Harriet  became,  first,  Mrs.  Wilham  Pitt  Watkins,  and,  second,  Mrs. 
Jeremiah  Howard;  Mary  became  Mrs.  Nicholas  Owings,  and  Rebecca 
married  Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield  (of  Beni) .  The  living  descendants 
of  these  sons  and  daughters  are  Vachel  B.  Hines  and  his  wife, 
Henrietta,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burgess;  Mrs.  Minnie  Gartrell,  Oliver 
Watkins,  Brice  Worthington  Howard,  Mrs.  Harriet  Mathews,  Mrs. 
Henrietta  Henderson,  Vachel  Warfield,  of  Arkansas,  Thomas  and 
Alfred  Burgess,  (of  Thomas)  of  Kent  County,  who  bore  many  of  the 
pleasing  characteristics  of  their  distinguished  father. 

Lieutenant  Joseph  Burgess  (of  Captain  Joseph)  died  during  the 
war  in  1780.  A  deed  of  conveyance  of  a  tract  of  land,  "Dispute 
Ended,"  from  his  grandfather,  Michael  Dorsey,  was  executed  by 
Lancelot  Dorsey,  executor  of  Michael,  in  the  name  of  Michael  Burgess, 
older  brother  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  in  1783. 

Lieutenant  Joshua  Burgess  was  under  Colonel  Otho  Williams, 
of  the  First  Maryland  Regiment. 

Philemon  Burgess  (of  Captain  Joseph)  married  Mary  Ridgely 
Dorsey,  sister  of  his  brother  Vachel's  wife.  He  resided  upon  a 
portion  of  "Worthington  Range,"  near  Clarksville. 

Ruth  Burgess  (of  Captain  Joseph)  married  Elisha  Warfield  (of 
Benjamin  and  Rebeckah  Ridgely). 

In  1790  they  removed  to  Kentucky  and  left  a  long  line  of 
distinguished  sons  and  daughters. 


440      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

ROXBURY. 

An  aged,  dilapidated  store-house,  wherein  Mr,  James  B.  Mat- 
hews, three-quarters  of  a  century  ago,  began  business;  a  new  store 
and  post-office,  a  mill  and  a  blacksmith  shop,  with  its  residence,  all 
upon  the  Cat-tail  River,  with  a  modern  building  upon  the  site  of 
"Roxbury  Hall,"  make  up  this  rocky  and  romantic  settlement. 

This  survey  of  the  Cat-tail  was  made  by  Colonel  Richard  Dotsey, 
of  "Happy  Retreat,"  or  inherited  by  him  from  his  father,  John  Dor- 
sey,  of  the  Old  Brick  Church,  Mr,  John  Wolfe,  present  owner  of 
"Roxbury  Hall,"  in  tearing  down  the  chimney,  after  its  destruction 
by  fire,  found  a  stone  marked  "R,  D,  1776."  This  house  was  the 
home  of  Samuel  Thomas,  a  minister  of  Friends,  husband  of  Ann, 
daughter  of  Major  Charles  Alexander  Warfield.  It  was  sold  by 
Colonel  R.  Snowden  Andrews,  of  Baltimore,  to  Allen  Bowie  Davis, 
and  by  his  heirs  to  Mr.  Samuel  Banks,  from  whom  Mr.  Wolfe  holds. 

South  of  Roxbury,  upon  the  "  rolling  road,"  is  the  fine  estate  of 
Mr,  George  Washington  Linthicum,  descendant  of  Westley  Linthicum 
and  Mary  Meriweather  (of  Reuben  and  Sarah  Dorsey,  of  "  Round 
About  Hills"). 

Messrs.  Linthicum  and  Sellman  were  the  Anne  Arundel  electors 
of  "the  Glorious  Nineteen"  for  Martin  VanBuren,  a  full  record  of 
which  will  be  found  in  the  life  of  Governor  Veazy. 

Mrs.  Washington  Linthicum  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Thaddeus 
Clark  and  his  wife,  Miss  Crawford,  descendant  of  Colonel  Truman 
Cross.  The  portrait  of  Mrs.  Thaddeus  Clark,  now  in  possession  of 
Mr.  James  T.  Clark,  of  "Elioak,"  reveals  a  distinguished  and  stately 
figure. 

"  Mr.  Linthicum  owns  the  homestead  of  the  late  Dr.  John  Hood 
Owings,  where  Rev.  Dr.  Jennings,  for  whom  Jennings'  Chapel  is 
named,  lies  buried.     His  daughter,  Mrs.  Samuel  Banks,  adjoins  him. 

North  of  Roxbury,  upon  the  Westminster  Road,  is  Mt.  Calvary 
Church,  upon  a  site  deeded  to  the  vestry  by  Allen  Bowie  Davis  and 
built  by  the  efforts  of  Rev.  Orlando  Hutton,  who  Hes  buried  there. 

Just  across  the  Westminster  Road  from  the  church  was  the 
homestead  of  John  Dorsey.  It  later  came  into  possession  of  Mr. 
Samuel  Banks,  son  of  Charles  Banks  by  a  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Warfield.  He  succeeded  in  embracing  a  large  part  of  the  Dorsey 
surveys  into  a  splendidly-developed  estate,  placing  his  son  upon  a 
portion  of  it.  His  daughters  became  Mrs.  Bartholow,  Mrs.  John  A. 
Dorsey  and  Mrs.  Dennis  Gaither,  who  now  resides  upon  the 
homestead. 

The  neighborhood  has  long  been  known  as  Bank's  School  House. 
This  stands  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  and  has  been  a  meeting-place  for 
church  organizations,  Uterary  societies  and  school  purposes  for  many 
years.  Near  it,  on  the  same  road,  is  the  Grange  Hall,  of  a  once  well- 
organized  order,  now  passed  into  history. 

Just  opposite,  "Grange  Hall,"  is  the  home  of  a  progressive  young 
farmer,  political  leader  and  twice  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  Hon. 
Humphrey  D.  Wolfe.     From  his  homestead  a  magnificent  view  to  the 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      441 

east  still  looks  out  upon  a  Dorsey  survey.  He  now  owns  the  property 
upon  which  Sarah  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  and 
Aiin  Worthington  and  widow  of  Reuben  Meriweather,  built  her  home. 
Hon.  Humphrey  D.  Wolfe  is  the  son  of  Dr.  John  Wolfe  and 
Lavinia  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Humphrey  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Mar- 
garet Boone,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  John  Boone,  of  Broad 
Neck,  Anne  Arundel).  Her  granddaughter.  Miss  Margaret  Boone 
Dorsey,  of  the  same  old  homestead,  possesses  many  interesting  links 
of  history,  and  takes  pride  in  helping  to  perpetuate  them.  Mr. 
Wolfe  married  Miss  Margaret  Griffith,  of  Montgomery. 

THE  DORSEYS  OF  ROXBURY. 

V'  John  Dorsey  and  Colonel  Richard,  locating  in  sight  of  each  other, 
took  up  a  large  body  of  land  along  the  Westminster  Road,  from 
Glenwood  to  Roxbury. 
^  John  Dorsey  built  his  house  at  Mt.  Calvary  Church,  now  the 
property  of  Dennis  P.  Gaither  and  his  son  Daniel  Gaither.  His  estate 
extended  east  to  Glenelg,  and  embraced  a  part  of  "  Dorsey 's  Grove" 
and  "  Barnes'  Purchase."  He  married  Margaret  Boone,  daughter  of 
Captain  John,  of  St.  Margaret's  Parish;  issue,  Caleb,  Charles,  Stephen, 
Dr.  Richard,  Humphrey,  Margaret  Boone — ^Major  William  Gaither, 
of  Unionville,  Frederick  County. 

J^      Caleb  located  in  Glenwood — Ruth  Griffith  (of  Colonel  Philemon) ; 
issue,  John  A.  Dorsey. 

Charles  held  the  present  estate  of  "  Longwood "  and  married 
Ariana  Owings. 

Dr.  Richard  held  William  Ridgely's  homestead  and  married 
Matilda,  daughter  of  Dr.  Francis  Brown  Sappington. 

Stephen  went  west. 

Humphrey — Rachel  Owings  (of  Samuel  ^and  Ariana  [Dorsey] 
Owings)  and  held  the  present  homestead. 

His  daughters  are  Miss  Margaret  Boone  Dorsey  and  Mrs. 
Dr.  Wolfe,  whose  sons  are  Hon.  Humphrey  D,  Wolfe,  of  the  House  of 
Delegates,  and  John  Wolfe,  of  Glenwood. 

Stephen  Boone  Dorsey  (of  Humphrey) — Sarah  Owings  (of 
Joshua) ;  issue,  Humphrey,  Mrs.  Judge  Charles  Griffith,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Owings  Warfield,  Joshua  and  Stephen  Boone  Dorsey,  Jr.,  who  still 
holds  the  homestead  near  Mt.  Calvary  Church.  He  married  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  G.  W.  Linthicum. 

"HAPPY  RETREAT." 

Standing  upon  the  ridge  upon  which  Mt.  Calvary  Church  stands, 
and  looking  out  to  the  northwest,  over  a  landscape  of  surpassing 
beauty,  there  looms  up  the  old  homestead  of  Colonel  Richard  Dorsey, 
who,  after  the  Revolutionary  War  was  ended,  built  his  "  Happy 
Retreat"  and  retired  there. 

Receiving  a  personal  request  from  General  Washington  to  organize 
a  troop  of  horse,  Colonel  Dorsey  joined  Colonel  Moses  Rawlings'  Regi- 
ment of  Riflemen,  as  shown  by  this  old  paper  found  among  his  records : 


442      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

State  of  Maryland,  To  Richard  Dorsey,  Lieutenant  in 
Colonel  Moses  Rawlings'  Regiment  of  Rifle  Men, 
1774,  January  24th,  To  pay  due £57     10s  9d 

Credit  amount  paid  at  Phil 10       2    6 

To  7  years,  8  months  interest £47      8    3 

His  silver  spurs  are  now  held  by  his  grandson,  Richard  H.  Dorsey, 
of  "Rockland."  His  sword  was  given  to  his  son  Caleb.  Colonel 
Dorsey  was  in  the  defense  of  Fort  Washington,  and,  with  many  others, 
was  taken  prisoner  and  paroled.  Captain  Dorsey's  troop  of  horse  is 
on  record  in  Washington's  letters.  His  promotion  came  after  the 
war.  Late  in  life  he  married  Anne  Wayman;  issue,  Mortimer,  Caleb, 
John,  Hanson,  Dr.  Richard,  Dr.  Henry,  and  Dr.  Septimus,  who 
resided  upon  the  present  Belvidere  Avenue  (Baltimore,  Maryland), 
between  Roland  Park  and  Mt.  Washington. 

Colonel  Dorsey's  daughters  were  Mrs.  Henry  Ridgely,  Mrs.  Major 
Charles  Wayman  Hood,  Mrs.  John  Hood,  Mrs.  Dr.  Warner  Hobbs, 
Mrs.  Mary  Guest,  afterwards  Mrs.  Norris,  of  St.  Louis.  Their  present 
representatives  are  Richard  H.,  William  T.,  Mortimer,  Mrs.  Horatio 
Griffith,  Mortimer  D.  Crapster,  the  late  Richard  Dorsey  (of  Caleb), 
Daniel  and  Richard  Dorsey  (of  Thomas),  Mrs.  Robert  Graham,  Mrs. 
Fisher  (of  Dr.  Septimus),  John  T.  Ridgely,  Washington  Ridgely, 
Oliver  Ridgely  and  Mrs.  Luther  Bradford. 

^  NICHOLAS  GREENBERRY  RIDGELY, 

ALSO  OF  ROXBURY. 

Nicholas  Greenberry  Ridgely  (of  Colonel  Henry  and  Elizabeth) 
inherited  "Round  about  Hills,"  just  south  of  Glenwood.  Upon  it 
stands  a  house  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  old.  Its  high  chimneys, 
low  dormer  windows,  hip-roof,  irregular  form  and  primitive  masonry, 
furnish  abundant  evidence  of  its  age.  Within  the  eye  catches  a 
glimpse  of  Roman  frieze  along  the  bordered  ceiling — a  picture  of  the 
prevailing  pastime,  a  complete  gilt  representation  of  a  fox  chase.  The 
old  entrance  to  this  manor  house  was  through  a  charming  little 
meadow,  "  Deer  Park, "  backed  by  a  sloping  woodland.  Upon  a  hill 
in  the  rear  is  a  graveyard,  marked  by  a  cluster  of  trees  and  headstones 
that  bear  no  tracings,  yet  within  lie  a  family  which  goes  back  to  the 
days  of  heraldry. 

The  will  of  a  more  recent  owner  gives  this  history.  "  I,  Reuben 
Meriweather  give  and  bequeath  to  my  youngest  son,  Thomas  Beale 
Dorsey  Meriweather,  my  home  plantation  whereon  I  now  dwell, 
known  by  the  name  of  'Round  about  Hills,'  laying  upon  Nelson's 
branch,  which  I  purchased  of  Nicholas  Ridgely's  executor,  agree- 
able to  his  will  and  Greenberry  Ridgely,  as  heir-at-law,  by  executing 
a  deed  to  me,  confirmed  the  purchase.  All  the  land  joining  *  Round 
about  Hills'  I  purchased  of  Henry  Ridgely." 

This  estate  covered  about  one  thousand  acres. 

The  will  of  Nicholas  Greenberry  Ridgely,  in  1771,  appointed  his 
wife  Jane  and  her  brother,  Thomas  Johns,  his  executors. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       443 

Mrs.  Jane  (Johns)  Ridgely  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Margaret  (Crabb)  Johns.  As  executrix,  she  was  required  to  sell  the 
estate  and  reserve  two-thirds  for  their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Ridgely, 
who  became  the  wife  of  John  Threlkheld,  of  Georgetown. 

The  University  of  Georgetown  stands  upon  a  portion  of  the 
Threlkeld  estate. 

A  great-grandson  of  this  family  is  Captain  John  Cox  Underwood, 
of  Covington,  Kentucky,  Secretary  of  the  Confederate  Memorial 
Association  and  author  of  an  interesting  memorial  of  Confederate 
Generals. 

The  homestead  of  Nicholas  Greenberry  Ridgely  was  bought  by 
Reuben  Meriweather,  of  Virginia.  His  son,  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey 
Meriweather,  exchanged  it  for  Mr.  Thomas  Cook's  estate  at  Cooksville. 
A  portion  of  it  is  still  held  by  the  heirs  of  Mr.  Thomas  Cook. 

GLENWOOD. 

This  long-distance  village  is  located  upon  the  Westminster  road. 
It  is  the  outgrowth  of  a  country  store  and  post-ofRce  long  kept  by  Mr. 
James  B.  Mathews.  Two  churches,  one  north  and  the  other  south 
of  it,  with  a  modern  educational  institution  near  its  centre  and  a  club 
house  adjoining,  warn  the  traveler  that  he  is  approaching  a 
progressive  people. 

Union  Chapel,  on  the  north,  is  beginning  to  be  classed  aged.  The 
first  marriage  celebrated  therein  was  that  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Hood, 
father  of  our  popular  ex-president  of  the  Western  Maryland  Railroad. 
The  bride  of  that  occasion  was  Miss  Hannah  Miflin  Coulter,  and  the 
poetic  reporter  of  the  wedding  recorded  these  words : 

"Hannah's  example  cannot  fail 
If  followed  to  prove  good; 
Whilst  siUy  maidens  take  the  veil, 
She,  wiser,  took  a  Hood." 

In  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  adjoining  Union  Chapel,  are  tablets, 
memorial  stones  and  monuments,  in  many  cases  dating  back  to  the 
original  settlers. 

The  founder  of  Glenwood,  his  Griffith  wife  and  distinguished  son, 
Professor  Lycurgus  Mathews,  organizer  of  Glenwood  Institute,  rest 
within. 

Two  popular  physicians.  Dr.  Augustus  Riggs,  Sr.,  and  Dr.  Augus- 
tus Riggs,  Jr.,  rest  under  a  monument  upon  its  hill. 

"Longwood  Chapel"  stands  upon  the  southern  approach.  This 
is  a  recent  joint  offering  of  the  late  Reverend  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Shepherd, 
his  wife,  Mrs.  Emma  (Warfield)  Shepherd,  and  Miss  Louisa  V. 
Warfield,  all  of  "  Longwood,"  dedicated  during  their  lives  to  Christian 
education.  It  stands  upon  the  site  of  the  first  district  school,  erected 
seventy-six  years  ago. 


444      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"BUSHY  PARK/' 
V  HOME  OF  MAJOR  CHARLES    ALEXANDER    WARFIELD. 

Northwest  of  Glenwood,  in  sight  of  Union  Chapel,  stands  a  stately 
house  now  nearly  a  century  and  a-half  in  age.  Its  surroundings  still 
bear  evidences  of  culture  and  comfort.  Its  eastern  lawn  with  playing 
fountains  have  disappeared,  yet  the  building  itself  bids  promise  of 
another  century  of  usefulness. 

Surrounding  it  were  thirteen  hundred  acres  of  Ridgely's  Great 
Park,  one-half  of  which  was  purchased  by  Charles  Alexander  Warfield; 
the  other  half  was  the  marriage  dower  of  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Henry  and  Ann  (Dorsey)  Ridgely,  as  the  yoimg  bride  of  Dr.  Charles 
Alexander  Warfield,  son  of  Azel  and  Sarah  Griffith,  both  of  whom 
were  descendants  on  the  distaff  side  of  John  Baldwin,  of  South  River. 

Dr.  Charles  Alexander  Warfield  had  just  graduated  in  medicine 
from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania;  and  was  one  of  the  organizers, 
still  later,  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Society  of  Maryland.  He 
took  his  young  wife  from  her  stately  manor  house  of  "  Montpelier," 
upon  the  upper  Patuxent,  to  the  little  cabin  then  standing  upon 
"Bushy  Park,"  and  then  commenced  the  erection  of  the  present 
building  in  1771.    He  was  twenty  and  she  was  nineteen  years  of  age. 

Three  years  after  their  marriage  the  war  cry  of  a  revolution 
echoed  throughout  Maryland.  The  celebrated  "Whig  Club"  had 
already  made  itself  a  power.  Dr.  Warfield  was  a  member  and  a 
Major  of  Battalion.  Parading  his  battalion  in  the  vicinity  of  Car- 
roll's Manor,  he  placed  upon  the  hats  of  his  men  a  label  bearing  the 
motto:  "  Liberty  and  Independence,  or  Death  in  pursuit  of  it."  The 
venerable  Mr.  Carroll,  father  of  the  patriot,  rode  up  to  Mr.  Azel 
Warfield,  father  of  the  Major,  exclaiming,  "My  God !  Mr.  Warfield,  what 
does  your  son  Charles  mean?  Does  he  know  that  he  has  committed 
treason  against  his  King  and  may  be  prosecuted  for  a  rebel?"  The 
father  repUed: 

li.  "We  acknowledge  no  King;  the  King  is  a  traitor  to  us,  and  a 
period  has  arrived  when  we  must  either  tamely  submit  to  be  slaves 
or  struggle  for  Liberty  and  Independence.  My  son  Charles  knows 
what  he  is  about.  His  motto  is  mine  and  soon  must  be  the  sentiment 
of  every  man  in  this  country." 

The  cry  of  "Treason  against  the  King"  ran  along  the  line  of  the 
battalion,  and  in  a  few  minutes  not  a  label  was  to  be  seen  in  the  hats 
of  any  of  the  men,  except  Dr.  Warfield  and  Mr.  James  Conner,  of 
Baltimore,  who  wore  their  labels  home. 

Shortly  after  this,  hearing  that  the  brig  Peggy  Stewart,  loaded 
with  tea,  had  arrived  at  Annapolis,  Major  Warfield  placed  himself 
at  the  head  of  the  "Whig  Club"  and  marched  to  Annapolis.  Under 
the  big  oaks  of  Warfield's  spring,  upon  "Warfield's  Range,"  resting  on 
the  journey,  these  old  pioneers  determined  to  burn  the  vessel,  not  as 
disguised  Indians,  but  in  open  daylight.  When  the  club  had  arrived 
at  the  State  House,  Judge  Chase,  himself  a  connection  by  marriage 
of  Major  Warfield  and  who  had  been  employed  by  Mr.  Anthony 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       445 

Stewart,  owner  of  the  vessel,  to  defend  him,  commenced  to  address 
the  club  in  opposition  to  the  destruction  of  the  vessel.  Major 
Warfield,  finding  that  he  was  likely  to  make  an  impression  upon  his 
company,  interrupted  his  speech,  reminding  Mr.  Chase  of  his  former 
patriotic  speeches  before  the  club  which  had  inflamed  the  country, 
and  now  pronouncing  it  cowardice  or  submission,  to  stop  short  of 
their  object,  he  called  upon  his  men  to  follow  him,  that  he  himself 
would  set  fire  to  the  vessel.    In  his  hand  he  carried  a  chunk  of  fire. 

Stewart  at  first  was  bold  and  defiant.  By  way  of  intimidation  a 
gallows  was  erected  in  front  of  his  house.    Major  Warfield  then  said: 

"Mr.  Stewart,  we  have  come  to  offer  you  the  choice  of  two  propo- 
sitions: You  must  either  go  with  us  and  fire  your  own  vessel  or  hang 
by  the  halter  before  your  door."  These  words  were  spoken  in  a  cour- 
teous, but  determined,  manner,  and  Mr.  Stewart  accepted  the  former, 
and  in  a  few  moments  the  whole  cargo,  with  the  ship's  tackle  and 
apparel,  was  in  flames. 

The  writer  of  the  above  was  in  company  with  Judge  Chase  and 
Dr.  Warfield  a  few  years  before  their  death,  and  heard  Mr.  Chase 
remark  in  a  jocular  manner,  "If  we  had  not  succeeded.  Doctor,  in 
the  contest  both  of  us  would  have  been  hung,  you  for  burning  the 
ship  of  tea  and  I  for  declaring  I  owed  no  allegiance  to  the  King  and 
signing  the  Declaration  of  Independence." 

The  above  facts  were  recorded  in  the  "Baltimore  Patriot,"  in  1813, 
shortly  after  th^  death  of  Dr.  Warfield.  They  were  also  confirmed  by 
descendants  of  Captain  Thomas  Hobbs,  one  of  the  club. 

Mr.  Mayer,  in  his  recent  painting  of  "  The  Burning  of  the  Peggy 
Stewart,"  has  followed  the  above  record,  placing  Major  Warfield,  with 
torch  in  hand,  standing  beside  Mr.  Stewart  as  he  fired  his  vessel.  He 
is  dressed  in  the  Continental  imiform,  in  early  manhood,  with  kindred 
features  of  the  handsome  portrait  by  Peel,  now  in  possession  of  Mr. 
Gustavus  Warfield,  of  Glenwood. 

Dr.  Warfield's  daughter,  Eliza — Richard  Snowden,  of  "Oak- 
land" (see  Snowden's);  Ann — Samuel  Thomas  and  resided  at 
"Roxbury  Hall;"  Henry  Ridgely  Warfield  was  an  attorn ey-at-law 
resided  in  Frederick  and  was  a  member  of  Congress,  in  1820.  He 
was  also  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  CarroUton.  He 
died  a  bachelor.  Dr.  Peregrine  Warfield  was  one  of  Hanson's  Party 
of  Defence,  when  the  War  Party  of  Baltimore  forbade  the  publica- 
tion of  the  "Federal  Republican."  He  was  severely  wounded  by  the 
mob  and  was  attended  by  his  father  at  "  Bushy  Park,"which  was  the 
assembly  hall  for  all  sympathizing  Federalists.  Dr.  Peregrine 
Warfield  married  Harriet  Sappington,  "the  most  beautiful  woman 
in  Maryland,"  and  resided  in  Georgetown. 

An  eye-witness  of  the  burning  of  the  Peggy  Stewart  has  been 
found.  John  Galloway's  letter  to  his  father,  Samuel  Galloway,  of 
"TuUp  Hill,"  West  River,  says: 

"The  committee  then  ordered  the  tea  from  on  board  the  brig, 
but  some  of  the  mob  called  out  that  it  should  also  share  the  same  fate. 


446       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"  The  committee,  then  with  the  consent  of  Mr.  Dick,  declared  the 
vessel  and  tea  should  be  burnt.  Then  Dr.  Warfield  (a  youth  that 
practised  imder  Dr.  Thompson  at  the  Ridge  for  sometime)  made  a 
motion  that  the  gentlemen  should  make  their  concessions  on  their 
knees;  there  was  a  vote  on  it  in  favor  of  the  gentlemen;  they  then 
came  and  read  their  concessions  to  the  public,  and  then  Mr.  Stewart 
went  on  board  of  his  vessel  and  set  fire  with  his  own  hands  and  she 
was  burning  when  I  left." 

Old  Mr.  Dick  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Anthony  Stewart. 

Dr.  Gustavus  Warfield  followed  his  father's  profession  and 
located  near  the  homestead,  and  will  be  noted  in  "Longwood." 

HAMMOND  OF  "BUSHY  PARK/' 

This  old  estate  passed  some  thirty  years  ago  to  Mr.  Chad  wick,  of 
New  York.  He  resold  it  to  Mr.  Nicholas  W.  Hammond,  of  New  Mar- 
ket, a  direct  descendant  of  Major  Charles  Hammond  and  Hannah,  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Phihp  Howard.  Mr.  Hammond  married  Miss 
Wood,  of  New  Market,  who  upon  her  mother's  side  goes  back  to 
Orlando  Griffith,  and  through  his  marriage  to  Katherine  Howard  is 
doubly  a  Howard  connection.  Mr.  Charles  Hammond  and  Mrs.  Effie 
Harban  are  the  only  heirs. 

Mr.  Charles  Hammond  married  Hattie,  daughter  of  Judge  William 
Mathews.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Glenwood  Farmers'  Club,  and  is^ 
not  only  a  leading  young  farmer,  but  a  genial  and  popular  gentleman. 

^  "'GLENWOOD    FARMERS'  CLUB." 

When  Professor  J.  D.  Warfield,  the  Principal  of  Glenwood 
Institute,  had  met  the  young,  progressive  farmers  of  that  section  he 
said  to  them: 

"I  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  "Vansville  Farmers'  Club," 
which  proved  to  be  a  success.  Now,  I  want  you  young  men  to  come 
to  the  Institute  and  organize." 

His  proposition  was  accepted,  and  there,  around  the  supper  table, 
was  instituted  a  club  that  has  never  had  a  break  in  its  yearly  work. 

Out  of  it  has  grown  a  yearly  picnic,  sometimes  agricultural  and 
often  running  into  a  tournament  and  dance. 

The  Glenwood  Farmers'  Picnic  is  the  meeting  place  for  almost 
all  of  Western  Maryland,  The  members  of  the  Club  are  Mr. 
Gustavus  Warfield,  President;  Mr.  William  Stinson,  Governor  Edwin 
Warfield,  Marshall  T.  Warfield,  Charles  Hammond,  Thomas  C. 
Stewart,  Samuel  Musgrove,  T.  Musgrove,  Harry  Peddicord,  Rowland 
Peddicord,  Thomas  Clarke,  Hon.  Humphrey,  D.  Wolfe,  Shepherd 
Dorsey,  Daniel  Gaither,  all  large,  progressive,  intelligent  farmers, 
who  in  one  of  the  most  cultivated  sections  of  Maryland,  in  a  garden 
spot  of  natural  beauty,  are  continuing  on  in  the  good  work  organized 
at  Glenwood  Institute  some  ten  years  ago. 

From  Glenwood,  also,  was  written  "Historic  Spots  near  Glen- 
wood," which  doubled  the  circulation  of  the  "Ellicott  City  Times." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       447 

"LONGWOOD/' 

Back  of  the  chapel  is  "  Longwood,"  named  in  honor  of  Napoleon's 
exile  home.  It  was  built  by  Dr.  Gustavus  Warfield,  son  of  Major 
Charles  Alexander,  of  "  Bushy  Park/'  in  1820.  When  nearly  ready 
for  occupancy  it  was  consumed  by  fire.  Mrs.  Dr.  Warfield  at  that 
time  was  visiting  her  father,  Mr.  William  Evan  Thomas,  near  Phila- 
delphia. Upon  the  very  night  of  the  fire,  in  her  dreams  she  saw  the 
house  on  fire  and  her  husband  consumed  in  it.  Without  waiting  for 
confirmation,  she  started  next  morning  for  home.  Dr.  Warfield  also 
started  that  same  morning  to  convey  the  news  to  her  in  person. 
Reaching  his  destination  and  finding  her  gone  he  returned  imme- 
diately. She  had  reached  the  tollgate  opposite  General  Thomas 
Hood's  home  without  learning  anything  to  allay  her  fears.  There 
General  Hood  met  her  carriage  and  assured  her  of  her  husband's 
safety  and  his  departure  for  Philadelphia  to  meet  her. 

Taking  her  to  his  home  and  directing  the  gatekeeper  to  send  the 
doctor  to  her  upon  his  return,  they  there  met  in  reunion  after  many 
hours  of  suspense. 

Miss  Louisa  Victoria  Warfield,  who  lately  presided  over  the 
rebuilt  "  Longwood,"  was  the  first  child  born  therein.  Seven  sisters 
went  from  there  as  brides.  Martha  Ann,  born  at  "  Bushy  Park,"  in 
1814,  went  as  the  bride  of  her  cousin,  Dr.  William  Gray  Knowles. 
Born  during  the  exciting  war,  when  her  uncle.  Dr.  Peregrine,  had  been 
brought  to  that  same  house  wounded  in  defense  of  a  free  press,  she 
kept  diuring  life  a  daily  record  of  current  history,  embracing  the  still 
more  thrilling  events  of  the  Civil  War.  Her  death  was  the  first 
broken  link  of  her  family.  She  died  only  a  few  days  before  the  declara- 
tion of  the  Spanish  War. 

Elizabeth  Ridgely  Warfield,  her  sister,  married  Richard  Nicholas 
Snowden,  of  "Oakland,"  at  Laurel.  Her  daughter  is  Mrs.  William 
Dorsey. 

Emma  Warfield  became  the  bride  of  Reverend  Dr.  Thomas  J. 
Shepherd,  of  Virginia,  for  years  in  charge  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Lisbon  and  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Philadelphia. 
He  was  the  author  of  several  standard  church  works. 

Mary  Warfield  married  Edward  Snowden,  of  "Avondale." 

Eugenia  Gray  Warfield  married  Dr.  William  H.  Stinson,  of  Balti- 
more. Her  son,  Wilham  H.  Stinson,  now  of  Glenwood,  is  a  member 
of  "The  Glenwood  Farmers'  Club"  and  owns  the  homestead  of  Mr. 
James  Mathews,  the  first  merchant.  Mary,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Stinson, 
is  the  widow  of  Dr.  Augustus  Riggs,  Jr.  Her  estate  at  Cooksville 
was  the  home  of  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  Meriweather.  Isabella  Stin- 
son is  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  Macintosh. 

Isabella  Warfield  went  to  "Bushy  Park"  as  the  bride  of  Charles 
D.  Warfield.  She  died  in  Cumberland.  Her  family  is  elsewhere  noted. 

Adelaide  Warfield  married  William  Snowden,  of  "Birmingham 
Manor."  He  represented  his  county  in  the  Maryland  Legislature. 
He  and  his  wife  both  died  at  Glenwood.     His  son-in-law,  George 


448       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Addison  Hodges,  descendant  of  Governor  Benjamin  Ogle,  is  a  resident 
of  Glenwood.     Her  family  is  in  the  Snowden  sketch. 

Dr.  Evan  William  Warfield,  lately  deceased,  only  son  of  Dr. 
Gustavus  and  only  grandson  of  Major  Charles  Alexander  Warfield, 
resided  upon  the  northern  border  of  Glenwood.  His  first  wife  was 
SaUie  Warfield,  of  "  Bushy  Park,"  daughter  of  Charles  D.  Warfield 
'.-and  Mrs.  Ruth  (Griffith)  Dorsey,  his  wife.  Gustavus  Warfield, 
former  president  of  the  Baltimore  Cab  Company,  is  the  oldest  son. 
His  country  residence  is  at  "  Inwood,"  opposite  his  father.  His  wife, 
Ella  (Hoffman)  Warfield,  is  a  descendant  of  Patrick  Henry.  Mr. 
Warfield  is  now  a  purveyor  of  Springfield  Asylum.  Evan  Warfield, 
Jr.,  and  Charles  D.  Warfield,  of  "Clifton,"  are  the  remaining  sons. 

Mrs.  Charles  D.  Warfield  is  the  daughter  of  Nicholas  Snowden, 
born  at  "Montpelier,"  who  lost  his  life  in  the  Confederate  service. 

Louisa,  late  daughter  of  Dr.  Evan  W.  Warfield,  was  the  wife  of 
Charles  Hook,  civil  engineer  of  Baltimore.  Mary  is  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Cockey,  of  Pikesville. 

Dr.  Warfield  married,  second,  Julia  Anthony,  of  Richmond,  Vir- 
ginia, and  has  one  son,  Gilmer  Anthony  Warfield.  To  Dr.  Warfield  is  due 
the  credit  of  giving  to  the  world  the  true  story  of  the  "  Peggy  Stewart " 
episode,  elsewhere  related.  His  father  heard  many  of  the  facts  from 
the  participators  in  that  stirring  contest.  He  was  a  writer  of 
considerable  note,  and  from  his  communications  to  the  press  were 
gathered  the  interesting  story  herein  told.  Dr.  Warfield  possessed  a 
portrait  of  Major  Warfield. 

"KINGSDENE/* 

This  imposing  homestead  of  Judge  William  Mathews,  merchant 
and  postmaster  of  "Glenwood,"  stands  upon  a  part  of  Captain 
Thomas  Hobbs'  surveys,  which  embraces  the  whole  area  east  of  the 
Westminster  road  to  Cooksville.  Judge  Mathews  succeeded  his 
father,  James  B.  Mathews,  in  his  successful  country  store,  the  original 
site  of  which  was  just  opposite  the  gateway  of  "  Kingsdene."  His 
present  location  is  upon  the  original  site  of  Glenwood  Institute. 

About  the  time  of  the  organization  of  Howard  County  Judge 
Mathews  married  Harriet  Howard,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Howard 
and' Harriet  (Burgess)  Watkins,  both  descendants  of  two  Revolu- 
tionary captains. 

"Kingsdene"  has  sent  seven  brides  out  of  its  threshold.  Two 
of;them  went  to  Kentucky,  viz.,  Mrs.  Collins  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Norwood; 
two  to  Baltimore,  Mrs.  Dr.  Thaddeus  Clark  and  Mrs.  Mary  Griffith; 
one  to  New  York,  Mrs.  R.  McKean  Barry,  and  two  in  Howard 
County,  Mrs.  Charles  Harban  and  Mrs.  Wheeler,  leaving  two  still 
at  "Kingsdene." 

B.  Howard  Mathews,  oldest  son,  is  an  attorney  in  Norfolk;  Wil- 
liam, Jr.,  is  in  business  in  Glenwood;  Cleany  Mathews  has  entered 
upon  an  actor's  career,  and  Lycurgus,  alone,  remains  as  a  Howard 
County  farmer.  He  married  Miss  Pindell,  of  Howard,  and  located 
at  Dayton. 


TOUNDERS  OF  AnNE  ArUNDEL  AND  IIOWARD  COUNTIES.         449 

Judge  Mathews  was  for  several  years  Judge  of  the  Orphans'  Court 
of  Howard.  Of  the  large  family  of  sons  and  daughters  of  Mr.  James 
B.  Mathews,  he  and  his  brother  Alfred  are  the  only  remaining  ones 
in  Howard.  His  mother  was  Catharine  Griffith,  daughter  of  Captain 
Samuel  Griffith  of  the  Revolution. 

CRAPSTER. 

Just  opposite  Union  Chapel  at  Glenwood  is  a  stone  house  of 
commodious  proportions,  which  was  built  upon  Captain  Thomas 
Hobbs,  survey  by  Basil  Crapster  nearly  a  century  ago.  He  was  the 
son  of  John  Crapster  and  Susan  Little.  Basil  married  Harriet 
Dorsey,  daughter  of  Vachel,  son  of  Captain  John  Dorsey,  of  Walnut 
Grove. 

Vachel  Dorsey's  mother  was  Ann,  daughter  of  Colonel  Philemon 
Dorsey.  He  inherited  her  dower  upon  the  Patuxent,  south  of 
Florence.     His  wife  was  Ann  Poole. 

The  issue  of  Basil  and  Harriet  were,  first,  Abraham  Crapster,  who 
removed  to  Westminster,  Carroll  County,  and  married  Alice  Patterson, 
daughter  of  William,  grandson  of  Nathaniel,  of  Ireland,  who  came 
in  1742.  Issue,  Ann  M.,  Harriet,  Basil  Dorsey,  Sarah  J.,  William 
Woods,  James,  John  J. 

Ann — Captain  John  Gilleland,  of  Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania, 
but  now  of  Sabine  Pass,  Texas.  Issue,  William,  of  Texas;  Ellen,  of 
Gettysburg;  Harriet  E. — William  Gillson,  of  Frederick,  Maryland. 
Issue,  Basil,  of  Emmittsburg;  William,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri; 
Frances — Neil  Zimmerman,  near  Frederick;  Basil  Dorsey,  single 
(dead).  Sarah  J. — Mortimer  Dorsey,  of  Howard  County,  grandson 
of  Colonel  Richard  Dorsey,  of  the  Revolution,  who  built  "  Happy 
Retreat."  Issue,  Harriet,  William,  Thaddeus,  Alice  Patterson, 
Clarence,  late  of  Boston;  EHzabeth,  Anna,  Richard,  Harry,  Adele. 
Thaddeus — Miss  Donner,  of  Boston;  Alice — R.  Gait,  of  York  Road; 
Annie — Mr.  Barr,  of  Chicago. 

William  Woods  Crapster — first,  Elizabeth  Morrison  (of  William) , 
of  Frederick  County.  Issue,  William  Bruce,  of  Washington;  Ahce 
Patterson — P.  Jones,  of  Taney  town;  Lieutenant  Thaddeus  Greaves, 
of  the  Revenue  Service,  now  at  Wilmington,  North  Carolina;  James 
W.  (deceased). 

John  J.  Crapster— Mary  O'Neal,  daughter  of  Dr.  I.  W.  C.  O'Neal, 
of  Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania,  whose  mother  was  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Susan  (Little)  Crapster.  Issue,  Ellen  Patterson,  Anna  P.,  John 
O'Neal,  Basil  Walter,  EHzabeth  C,  all  of  Taneytown,  Maryland. 

John  G.  Crapster  (of  Basil)  was  seated  upon  the  estate  of  Vachel 
Dorsey.  He  married  Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of  Philemon  D. 
Warfield;  no  surviving  issue.  Gustavus  Crapster  (of  Basil)  removed 
to  Westminster.    He  is  the  only  surviving  executor. 

Rhodolphus  Crapster  (of  Basil)  adjoined  his  brother  John  upon 
Captain  Philemon  Dorsey's  survey.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Mortimer  Dorsey  and  granddaughter  of  Colonel  Richard,  of 
"Happy  Retreat."     Issue,  an  only  son,  Mortimer  Dorsey  Crapster, 


450      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

who  resides  upon  his  father's  homestead.  He  married  Georgietta, 
daughter  of  Wilham  Ridgely  Warfield,  granddaughter  of  Colonel 
Gassaway  Watkins.  Issue,  Rodolphus,  Ernest,  Eleanor,  Mary 
Blanche,  Thaddeus,  Mortimer,  Jr.,  Alice,  Emma,  Bowie,  Robert 
Gordon. 

Thaddeus  Crapster  (of  Basil)  inherited  the  homestead  and 
married  Eleanor  Greaves,  his  cousin,  daughter  of  Dr.  Greaves,  of 
Scotland.  Her  mother,  Camsadel  Watkins,  was  named  for  the  Camden 
battle,  in  which  her  father.  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins,  was  engaged. 
There  is  no  issue. 

Rev.  William  Crapster,  teacher  and  minister,  succeeded  his 
brother  John  and  married  Eleanor  Amelia  Warfield,  daughter  of 
William  Ridgely.  Issue,  William  Channing  Crapster,  Mrs.  Emma 
Taylor  and  Mrs.  Florence  Shields,  of  California. 

FLORENCE, 

'^his  village  was  named  by  Gassaway  Watkins  Warfield,  now 
dead.  Though  present  when  it  was  named,  I  cannot  remember  the 
favorite  lady  thus  honored. 

Florence  was  started  as  a  cross-roads  store,  later  becoming  a  post- 
office;  it  is  now  a  business  centre  for  a  large  section  of  upper  Howard. 
Hon.  Walter  M.  Black,  former  delegate  to  the  Legislature,  adjoins  it 
on  the  north  and  Joshua  N.  Warfield,  of  the  Democratic  Executive 
Committee  and  School  Commissioner  of  the  County,  owns  the  whole 
village  and  adjoins  it  on  the  south.  Both  have  converted  old  fields 
into  productive  farms,  upon  which  are  commodious  houses  upon  the 
sites  of  their  progenitors'  primitive  abodes.  This  whole  section  was 
a  Welsh  settlement. 

Four  brothers,  John,  Philip,  Samuel  and  Henry  Welsh,  sons  of 
John  and  Hannah  (Hammond)  Welsh,  located  north,  south,  east  and 
west  of  Florence.  Hon.  Walter  Black  is  upon  a  portion  of  Philip's; 
Joshua  N.  Warfield  is  upon  Johns,  and  owns  a  portion  of  Samuel's 
and  of  Henry's.  Three  of  the  brothers  married  Griffith  descendants. 
John  married  Lucretia  Dorsey,  a  niece  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith;  Philip 
married  Elizabeth  Davis,  a  niece  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith,  and  Samuel 
married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith.  Lucretia  Welsh 
(of  Philip)  became  the  wife  of  Philemon  Dorsey  Warfield,  of  "  Locust 
Grove;"  Rachel  (of  Samuel)  became  the  first  wife  of  Joshua  Warfield, 
of  "Cherry  Grove, "  and  great-grandmother  of  Mrs.  Walter  Black; 
Lydia  (of  John)  became  the  second  wife  of  Joshua,  of  "Cherry  Grove," 
and  grandmother  of  Joshua  N.  Warfield.  The  latter  is  upon  her 
estai  e.  He  also  holds  the  most  western  survey  of  Captain  Philemon 
Dorsey,  some  ten  miles  west  of  Captain  Dorsey's  residence.  It  was 
the  estate  of  his  daughter  Ann,  descending  to  her  son  Vachel,  then 
to  Mrs.  Basil  Crapster  and  her  sons,  John,  Rodolphus  and  William, 
and  thence,  by  purchase,  to  its  present  owner. 

Mortimer  Dorsey  Crapster  (of  Rodolphus)  holds  his  portion  and 
from  his  hillside  home  overlooks  the  Patuxent. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      451 

Joshua  N.  Warfield  also  holds  another  survey  of  Captain  Phile- 
mon Dorsey,  a  portion  of  his  great-grandmother's  dower,  and  beyond 
that  he  now  owns  a  survey  of  Hon.  Henry  Griffith,  in  all  some  2,000 
acres.  He  found  much  of  it  barren  fields.  By  magnificent  manage- 
ment, aided  by  generous  liming,  it  now  yields  abundant  crops  of  grass 
and  grain. 

'"* CHERRY  GROVE/'  HOMESTEAD  OF  CAPTAIN  BENJAMIN 
WARFIELD,  OF  THE  ELK  RIDGE  MILITL^, 

Upon  the  old  rolling  road,  twenty  miles  west  of  "Warfi eld's 
Range,"  Benjamin,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Rebeckah  (Ridgely) 
Warfield,  seated  himself  and  built,  in  1768,  the  present  hipped-roof 
house,  "Cherry  Grove."  Over  that  road  two  generations,  at  least, 
rolled  their  tobacco  to  Elk  Ridge. 

Ten  years  after  Benjamin  had  settled  war  was  at  hand.  The 
city  of  Annapolis  and  all  of  its  water  inlets  needed  military  protection. 
On  Monday,  March  2,  1778,  a  commission  was  issued,  by  order  of  the 
Council,  to  "  Benjamin  Warfield,  Captain  in  the  Elk  Ridge  Battalion 
of  Militia."  His  assistants  were  Henry  Griffith,  first  lieutenant, 
Robert  Warfield,  second  lieutenant;  Charles  Warfield,  ensign.  These 
were  all  neighbors  in  upper  Anne  Arundel,  now  Howard. 

Captain  Warfield's  wife  was  of  a  kindred  branch  of  the  same 
families  as  himself.  She  was  Catharine,  daughter  of  Captain  Phile- 
mon Dorsey,  and  was  a  namesake  of  her  mother,  Catharine  Ridgely. 
She  brought  him  an  estate  about  as  large  as  his  own,  some  400  acres; 
it  was  immediately  across  the  old  rolling  road. 

Two  sons,  Beale  and  Philemon  Dorsey  Warfield,  entered  the  next 
war— of  1812.  They  were  called  to  defend  Annapolis,  but,  when  it 
was  learned  that  Washington  was  in  still  greater  danger,  the  Annapo- 
lis force  was  pushed  on  to  Bladensburg.  Before  reaching  it  the 
bridge  had  been  crossed  by  the  British  and  the  battle  had  been  lost. 
In  the  midst  of  that  war  Captain  Benjamin  died,  in  1814.  His  will 
placed  Beale  upon  his  mother's  dower  and  his  youngest  son,  Joshua, 
upon  the  homestead,  whilst  his  son,  Philemon  Dorsey  Warfield,  was 
seated  upon  "Ridgely's  Great  Range,"  to  the  north  of  the  homestead. 

Beale  built  "Springdale"  down  by  the  spring.  His  wife  was  his 
cousin,  Amelia  Ridgely. 

Philemon  Dorsey  built  his  brick  house  near  the  pioneer  cottage 
of  Charles  Ridgely,  from  whom  it  was  bought.  His  wife  was  Lucretia 
Welsh,  daughter  of  Philip. 

Joshua  Warfield  brought  to  the  homestead,  first,  Rachel  Welsh 
(of  Samuel),  and  second,  Lydia  Welsh  (of  John). 

These  were  daughters  of  three  brothers.  In  the  three  grave- 
yards just  named  a  very  interesting  record  might  be  made.  Upon 
the  marble  slab,  only  recently  erected  to  the  memory  of  Captain  Ben- 
jamin Warfield  by  the  Governor  and  his  brothers,  might  have  been 
written  the  following :  "  Here  lie  descendant  sons  and  daughters  of 
twelve  colonial  leaders  and  friends,"  the  history  of  whom  fills  a  large 
portion  of  this  volume.     They  were  Colonel  Edward  Dorsey,  Hon. 


452      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

John  Dorsey,  Major  John  Welsh,  Major-General  John  Hammond, 
Captain  Phihp  Howard,  Matthew  Howard,  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely, 
Hon.  Robert  Ridgely,  Captain  John  Worthington,  Colonel  Nicholas 
Gassaway  and  Governor  Nicholas  Greenberry.  In  two  of  these 
graveyards  are  the  remains  of  two  daughters  of  a  soldier  of  two  wars, 
Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins. 

CHERRY  GROVE. 

This  hipped-roofed  house  was  built  in  1768  by  Captain  Benjamin 
Warfield,  whose  estate  was  "Fredericksburg."  His  wife  Catharine 
Dorsey,  daughter  of  Colonel  Philemon  and  Catharine  Ridgely,  held 
her  dower  just  across  the  old  rolling  road,  which  passed  through  the 
two  estates. 

Benjamin  Warfield,  their  oldest  son  died  in  early  manhood. 
The  next  two  sons,  Beale  and  Philemon  Dorsey  Warfield,  were  in  the 
War  of  1812  and  were  hurrying  from  Annapolis  to  Bladensburg  to 
assist  in  its  defense  on  that  eventful  day  of  retreat. 

Beale  was  an  intelligent  man,  a  writer  of  deeds  and  wills,  and  he 
held  the  dower  of  his  mother.  Down  by  a  spring  he  built  his  cottage 
and  named  it  "Springdale."  His  wife  was  Emily  Ridgely,  daughter 
of  William  Ridgely,  of  "White  Wine  and  Claret,"  at  Clarksville,  a 
descendant  of  Hon.  Robert  Ridgely,  Lord  Baltimore's  Chief  Officer. 

Emily  (Ridgely)  Warfield's  mother  was  Elizabeth  Dorsey, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Philemon,  by  Catherine  Ridgely,  granddaughter 
of  Colonel  Henry  Ridgely,  of  Lord  Baltimore's  Council. 

Beale  Warfield's  wife  was  a  representative  of  both  branches  of 
Ridgelys,  the  "Black  Heads"  and  the  "Light  Heads."  The  issue  of 
Beale  and  Emily  were  George,  the  intelligent  bachelor;  'William 
Ridgely  and  Catharine,  wife  of  Warner  Warfield,  of  "  Bagdad,"  near 
Sykesville,  Maryland. 

SPRINGDALE. 

William  Ridgely  Warfield  held  the  homestead  and  married 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins.  Issue,  Rosalba, 
widow  of  Rev.  Mr.  Mosely,  of  Mississippi,  who  had  one  daughter. 
Bertha,  now  deceased.  Beale  A.  Warfield,  surveyor,  married  Cordelia 
England,  of  Abram;  no  issue.  Bowie  Clagett  Warfield,  horticulturist, 
of  Sandoval,  Illinois — Julia  Gregory  (now  deceased) .  Issue,  Alverta — 
Rodolphus  Crapster  and  Alice  Warfield,  of  Sandoval;  Eleanor 
Amelia — first,  Rev.  William  Crapster;  second,  Captain  Richard 
Watkins,  of  California;  children  elsewhere  named;  Gassaway  Wat- 
kins Warfield,  the  merchant,  died  in  early  manhood,  unmarried. 

Emma  Warfield  (of  William  and  Eleanor) ,  now  desceased — John 
R.  Kenley,  former  General  Manager  of  the  Atlantic  Coast  Line  Rail- 
road, now  of  New  York.  Issue,  Edna  and  Nelly  Kenly,  the  former  a 
recent  bride  of  Wilmington,  North  Carolina. 

Camsadel — George  England  (of  Abram).  Issue,  Elizabeth  and 
Cordelia,  the  former  a  recent  bride  of  Mr.  Sollers,  of  Calvert  County. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       453 

Alberta  Clay — Samuel  Sharretts  and  died  a  bride. 

William  Ridgely  Warfield,  Jr.,  is  a  hydraulic  engineer  and  was 
in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  Harlem  River  Tunnel. 

Georgietta,  youngest  daughter — Mortimer  Dorsey  Crapster,  of 
Rodolplius  and  Elizabeth  (Dorsey)  Crapster.  Issue,  Rodolphus, 
Ernest,  Eleanor,  Mary  Blanche,  Thaddeus,  Jr.,  Alice,  Emma,  Bowie 
and  Robert  Gordon.     They  can  claim  three  Revolutionary  ancestors. 

Warner  and  Catharine  Warfield,  of  "Bagdad,"  had  issue — 
Marcellus  Warfield,  merchant,  of  Sykesville — Josephine,  daughter 
of  Colonel  John  Lawrence,  Jr.,  of  Linganore,  whose  mother  was 
Martha  West,  of  "The  Woodyard;"  issue,  Mary,  Joseph  and  Ella 
Lawrence  Warfield;  Mary  Joseph — Robert  H.  Ward;  issue,  William 
and  Warfield  Ward;  Manelia — Henry  Jenkins  (of  Robert)  brother 
of  the  late  Colonel  Strieker  Jenkins.  She  holds  the  old  homestead, 
"  Bagdad,"  and  has  considerable  data  of  value  to  the  family. 

LOCUST  GROVE. 

Philemon  Dorsey  Warfield,  third  son  of  Captain  Benjamin,  of 
"Cherry  Grove,"  was  born  at  the  beginning  af  the  Revolution. 

Returning  from  the  War  of  1812,  he  bought  of  Charles  Green- 
berry  Ridgely,  Jr.,  the  western  part  of  " Ridgely 's  Great  Range." 
Building  his  brick  house  near  the  log  cabin  of  this  pioneer  outpost, 
he  married  Lucretia  Griffith  Welsh,  daughter  of  his  neighbor,  Philip 
Welsh. 

Leading  his  negroes  he  went  into  the  forest  and  cut  it  down, 
raised  tobacco,  rolled  it  over  the  "rolling  road"  to  Elk  Ridge 
Landing  and  at  his  death  held  some  1,500  acres  of  fertile  land. 

Standing,  to-day,  in  the  centre  of  that  tract  the  eye  rests  upon 
open  fields  of  grain  and  grass;  upon  large  modern  barns;  upon 
comfortable  commodious  houses;  upon  land  all  limed;  upon  a 
landscape  of  surpassing  beauty,  which  to  a  returning  exile  is  a 
revelation  of  agricultural  development,  for  it  must  be  acknowledged 
that  the  back  country  of  Anne  Arundel  has  come  to  the  front. 

Six  daughters  and  five  sons  were  born  at  "  Locust  Grove." 
To-day,  only  one  son  and  three  daughters  remain.  Elizabeth  Ann 
(now  deceased)  became  Mrs.  John  G.  Crapster  (of  Basil).  Their 
children  died  in  infancy.  Lemuel  Warfield,  the  oldest  son  (now 
deceased),  inherited  "Columbia,"  a  large  tract  on  the  east  of  the 
estate.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hood  (now  deceased),  daughter  of 
Dr.  John  Hood  Owings.  Issue,  Philemon  Dorsey  (deceased) — Carrie 
Dorsey.  Issue,  Mary;  John  Hood  0.  Warfield — Annie  Reed.  Issue, 
Stirling  Custis,  John  H.  Owings,  Guy  Trevelyn,  William  Howard, 
Bertha,  Irene  and  Annie  'Elizabeth;  Lemuel,  Jr. — Vallie  Burgess, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Carter,  of  Virginia.  Issue  LeRoy  Carter,  Edwin, 
Margaret  Gertrude  and  Augustus  Warfield;  Guy  Trevelyn  Warfield, 
youngest  son,  is  connected  with  the^Etna  Life  Insurance  Company, 
of  Baltimore.  He  married  Clara  Pettes.  They  have  a  son.  Amanda 
Lucretia,   oldest   daughter,  became  Mrs.    John   Willis   Kincaid,   of 


454       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Baltimore.  No  issue.  Mary  Boyle  (now  deceased)  became  Mrs.  Dr. 
William  S.  Magruder,  of  Shepherdstown.  Issue,  Roy,  Elizabeth 
Vandoran,  wife  of  Professor  Allen,  of  Missouri;  Helen  Augusta, 
bride  of  Samuel  Emory,  of  Queen  Anne  County;  Hannah  Owings, 
next  daughter,  became  Mrs.  Andrew  Denison  Stanton,  son  of  General 
David  L.  Stanton,  of  Baltimore.  Issue,  Beatrice  Owings  and  Nellie 
Denison;  Katherine  Davis  is  the  bride  of  Mr.  Griffin,  of  Mississippi; 
Margaret  Gertrude  and  Mattie  Augusta  are  single. 

Elizabeth  Ann,  wife  of  Thomas  Emory,  of  Queen  Anne  Comity. 

Clementine,  wife  of  John  Myron  Adams,  of  Baltimore. 

Amanda,  second  daughter  of  Philemon  Dorsey  Warfield, 
became  the  wife  of  Dr.  Artemas  Riggs,  son  of  Colonel  John  Ham- 
mond and  Rebecca  (Howard)  Riggs.  Issue,  Kate  Riggs,  wife  of 
Frank  Griffith,  whose  daughter  Francis  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  G. 
Spurrier.  Issue,  Catharine;  Artemas  Riggs  Griffith — Hattie  Calli- 
flower.    Issue,  Frank  Riggs. 

Catharine  Dorsey  became  Mrs.  Samuel  Greenberry  Davis. 
Their  daughter  Emma  died  in  early  womanhood. 

Dr.  Milton  Welsh  Warfield  (now  deceased),  graduate  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  settled  at  "Welwyn."  His  wife  was 
Mary  Elizabeth  Dawley,  daughter  of  John  and  Adeline  (Cummings) 
Dawley,  of  Yorkshire,  England,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Lady  Jane 
Grey.v  Issue,  Benjamin  Dorsey  Warfield,  graduate  of  University  of 
Louisville  Law  School,  adjusting  attorney  for  the  Louisville  and 
Nashville  Railroad,  practices  before  the  Court  of  Appeals  of 
Kentucky.     (See  sketch  elsewhere.) 

Dr.  Ridgely  Brown  Warfield,  graduate  of  University  of  Mary- 
land, was  Surgeon-General  upon  the  Staff  of  Governor  Lloyd  Lowndes, 
He  practices  in  both  Howard  and  Baltimore. 

Milton  Warfield  was  a  member  of  the  Fifth  Regiment,  Company 
D,  in  the  Spanish  War. 

Anna,  only  daughter,  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Archibald  Harrison,  of 
Baltimore.     Issue,  Mary  Randolph,  Julia  Leigh  and  Alice  Harrison. 

Augustus  Warfield  (now  deceased),  who  held  the  homestead — 
Kate  A.  Gaither  (now  deceased),  daughter  of  Perry  and  Henrietta 
Poole.     There  was  no  issue. 

Lucretia  Griffith  Warfield  (deceased)  married  Dr.  James  S. 
Martin,  "Cahfornia  Pioneer,"  son  of  "The  Old  Defender,"  Dr. 
Samuel  B.  Martin,  by  his  wife,  Ruth  Dorsey  Hawkins.  Issue,  Lizzie 
Blair,  wife  of  Dr.  William  Mills,  of  Baltimore;  Augustus  Warfield 
Martin,  of  Baltimore — Annie,  daughter  of  Captain  Lay,  U.  S.  N. 
Issue,  Lay,  Ann  and  Ruth  Martin. 

Dr.  Frank  Martin,  of  Baltimore,  surgeon,  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland — Ann  Coates,  daughter  of  Dr.  Coates,  of 
Baltimore. 

Avolina  Warfield  (of  Philemon  Dorsey)  is  the  widow  of  Major 
Charles  Wayman  Hood,  of  Carroll  County.  Professor  Joshua  Dorsey 
Warfield,  only  surviving  son,  graduate  of  Dickinson  College  and  for 
ten  years  Professor  of  English  in  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College, 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       455 

married,  first,  Tonnie  Dawley  (of  John  and  Adaline).  Issue,  Eldred 
Dudley  Warfield,  of  the  U.  S.  Army  (elsewhere  noted) ,  and  M.  Serenah, 
wife  of  George  Biglow  Schley,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  His  present  wife  is 
Margaret,  only  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  S.  J.  Cooke,  by  Mary, 
daughter  of  Hon.  James  Duke  Dalrymple  and  Christiana  Clare,  of 
Calvert.  Issue,  Mary  Olivia,  John  Breckinridge,  Bernard  Dalrymple 
and  Margaret  Clare  Warfield. 

Joshua  Warfield,  youngest  son  of  Captain  Benjamin,  of  "Cherry 
Grove,"  heired  the  homestead.  He  married  two  Welsh  wives.  By 
his  first,  Rachel  (of  Samuel),  he  had  Avolina  Riggs,  wife  of  Elisha, 
whose  only  living  daughter  is  Mrs.  Kate  Dorsey,  of  Roxbury,  already 
recorded  in  the  Riggs  family ;  and  Nicholas  Ridgely  Warfield  (of 
Joshua)  married  Eleanor  W^arfield  and  died  without  issue.  She  has 
only  recently  passed  away.  Joshua  Warfield's  second  wife  was 
Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Welsh,  a  brother  of  Samuel.  From  that 
marriage  were  Albert  Gallatin  Warfield,  who  built  "Oakdale,"  and 
Catharine,  late  widow  of  Mr.  James  Baxley.  She  inherited  the 
homestead  which  has  now  passed  to  her  nephew,  John  Warfield,  of 
Albert. 

OAKDALE 

In  1838  Albert  G.  Warfield  built  "Oakdale,"  then  a  forest 
home.  Many  of  its  present  attractions  were  his  conception.  He 
was  a  model  man  in  every  phase  of  life.  As  retiring  as  a  child,  he 
lived  the  calm,  placid  life  of  a  typical  farmer  of  the  old  school, 
refusing  all  attempts  to  draw  him  from  his  home  life.  In  the  interest 
of  his  children,  whom  he  loved  with  manly  fervor,  he  was  induced 
to  accept  the  position  of  School  Commissioner.  That  office  he  filled 
with  intelligent  interest,  but  refused  all  others.  He  married  early 
in  life  Margaret  Gassaway  Watkins,  daughter  of  Colonel  Gassaway 
Watkins.     His  life  has  thus  been  depicted,  from  which  I  quote:    S^^ 

Mr.  Albert  G.  Warfield,  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  respected 
citizens  of  Howard  County,  died  at  his  residence  "Oakdale,"  on 
Wednesday,  after  a  brief  illness.  He  was  born  February  26,  1817, 
on  the  plantation  where  he  lived,  in  the  old  Colonial  house  built  in 
1768  by  his  grandfather,  Captain  Benjamin  Warfield.  He  inherited 
from  his  father  a  large  number  of  slaves  and  a  portion  of  the  home 
plantation,  and  spent  there  his  long  and  honored  life.  His  wife, 
who  survives  him,  was  Miss  Margaret  Gassaway  Watkins,  a  daughter 
of  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  a  sister 
of  Dr.  W.  W.  Watkins,  of  Howard  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warfield 
would  have  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  on  the  24th  of 
August  next.  Mr.  Warfield  was  a  cultivated,  refined  and  cour- 
teous gentleman  of  the  old  school,  who  dispensed  at  his  beautiful 
home  a  generous  hospitality.  He  was  an  indulgent  master  and,  though 
one  of  the  largest  slave-owners  of  his  section  of  the  State,  he  believed 
that  slavery  was  inconsistent  with  the  character  of  our  republican 
institutions,  and  acting  upon  that  belief  he  manumitted  his  as  they 
arrived  at  the  age  of  fort}'^  years.    Henry  Winter  Davis,  who  enter- 


456      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

tained  in  his  early  life  similar  views,  was  one  of  his  boyhood  com- 
panions and  schoolmates.  Mr.  Warfield,  though  often  solicited, 
never  accepted  public  office  but  once,  in  1869,  when  he  served  as 
president  of  the  county  school  board.  Since  the  war  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  Democratic  party,  and  was  one  of  Senator  Gor- 
man's first  and  staunchest  political  friends  and  supporters,  and 
always  noted  with  great  interest  and  pleasure  his  success  as  a  public 
man  and  citizen. 

Two  of  his  sons  served  in  the  Confederate  Army — Gassaway 
Watkins  Warfield,  who  died  at  Camp  Chase,  in  1864,  and  Albert  G. 
Warfield,  Jr.,  who  after  the  war  became  a  well-known  civil  engineer, 
went  to  Japan  in  1873  as  a  member  of  the  American  Scientific 
Commission,  of  which  Colonel  Capron  was  chief,  and  died  in  1883. 

Four  sons  and  two  daughters  survive  him — Messrs.  Joshua  N. 
Warfield  and  Marshall  T.  Warfield,  leading  farmers  of  the  county; 
Hon.  Edwin  Warfield,  President  of  the  Maryland  Senate  in  1886  and 
late  Surveyor  of  the  Port  of  Baltimore;  Mr.  John  Warfield,  member 
of  the  Baltimore  Bar  and  editor  of  the  "Daily  Record;"  Mrs.  M. 
Gillet  Gill,  of  Baltimore,  and  Mrs.  Herman  Hoopes,  of  Philadelphia. 

By  the  death  of  Mr.  Albert  G.  Warfield,  Howard  County  has 
lost  one  of  its  most  honored  citizens.  He  has  passed  man's  allotted 
threescore  and  ten  years,  and  it  was  beyond  human  expectation 
that  his  days  could  be  very  many  more.  But  still  his  demise  falls 
as  a  heavy  and  sorrow-bringing  blow  upon  all  who  were  acquainted 
with  the  beautiful  life  which  has  been  yielded  up.  The  general 
respect  and  esteem  accorded  Mr.  Warfield  gives  some  idea  of  his 
character.  He  was  the  soul  of  honor,  a  man  of  quiet  refinement, 
with  a  quick  appreciation  of  the  good  and  beautiful.  He  was  essen- 
tially a  man  of  domestic  habits,  loving  his  home  and  fireside.  His 
declining  years  were  happy  in  the  contemplation  of  a  life  well  spent 
and  in  the  lustre  added  to  an  already  honored  name  by  the  careers 
of  his  children. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Gassaway  Warfield,  whose  death  occurred  at 
the  home  of  her  daughter,  in  Pennsylvania,  August,  1897,  was  the 
widow  of  Albert  G.  Warfield,  of  Howard  County,  and  a  daughter  of 
Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  who  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  in  1840,  was  president  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati 
of  Maryland,  and  the  last  surviving  officer  of  the  old  Maryland  Line. 
She  was  born  at  Walnut  Grove,  in  Howard  County,  and  since  her 
marriage,  in  1842,  resided  at  "Oakdale,"  the  old  Warfield  home,  in 
that  county.  She  was  a  woman  of  lovely  Christian  character,  and 
made  her  home  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  in  the 
county,  where  her  children,  grandchildren  and  friends  loved  to  meet 
and  enjoy  her  sweet  presence.  She  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  her, 
because  her  life  was  one  of  devotion  to  her  family,  friends  and  those 
in  sorrow  and  need  of  sympathy. 

Four  sons  and  two  daughters  survive  her — Messrs.  Joshua  N. 
Warfield  and  Marshall  T.  Warfield,  prominent  farmers  in  Howard 
County;  Mr.  Edwin  Warfield,  president  of  the  Fidelity  and  Deposit 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       457 

Company  of  this  city,  and  Mr.  John  Warfield,  editor  of  the  "  Daily 
Record;"  Mrs.  M.  Gillett  Gill,  of  this  city,  and  Mrs.  Herman  Hoopes, 
of  Philadelphia.  Her  oldest  son  was  Major  A,  G.  Warfield,  Jr.,  a 
prominent  civil  engineer,  who  died  several  years  ago.  He,  with 
Gassaway  W.  Warfield,  served  in  the  Confederate  Army,  the  latter 
dying  in  prison  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  during  the  war. 

Mrs.  Warfield  was  a  member  of  the  National  Society  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  was  one  of  three  daugh- 
ters of  a  soldier  who  had  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

A  daughter  of  the  Revolution,  she  leaves  her  credentials  and 
her  souvenirs  as  legacies,  that  she  tried: 

"  To  so  live  that  when  the  sun  of  her  existence  sank  in  night. 
Memorials  sweet  of  mercies  done  might  shield  her  name  in  Memory's 

light. 
And  the  best  seeds  she  had  scattered  bloom, 
A  hundredfold  in  days  to  come." 

Alice  Warfield,  oldest  daughter  of  Albert  G.  married  M.  Gillet 
Gill,  senior  member  of  Martin,  Gillett  &  Co.,  the  oldest  importers  of 
tea  in  Baltimore.  Upon  her  wedding  trip  she  visited  Japan  and  was 
the  first  American  lady  in  that  now  famous  island.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  Maryland.  They  have  three  sons,  M. 
Gillet,  Jr.,' Howard  and  Royal  and  one  daughter,  Mildred. 

The  youngest  daughter  of  Albert  G.,  is  Margaret  G.,  wife  of 
Herman  Hoopes,  of  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania.  Issue,  Marian, 
Edward  and  Albert  W. 

John  Warfield,  fifth  son  of  Albert  G.,  and  Margaret  (Watkins) 
Warfield,  of  "Oakdale"  is  Editor  of  the  "Daily  Law  Record,"  of 
Baltimore.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Society  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution.  He  and  his  brother,  Marshall  T.  Warfield 
are  engaged  in  farming  upon  the  home  estate  of  "Cherry  Grove." 
Both  are  bachelors,  but  progressive  farmers.  The  latter  is  a  member 
of  Glenwood  Farmers'  Club. 

Elisha,  fourth  son  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Ridgely)  War- 
field,  was  upon  the  Committee  of  Observation  for  Anne  Arundel 
County,  in  1775.  He  inherited  his  mother's  dower  in  Dover.  His 
first  wife  was  Eliza  Dorsey,  daughter  of  Henry,  grandson  of  Major 
Edward  and  Sarah  (Wyatt)  Dorsey.  By  that  marriage  he  had 
three  children,  Polly,  Sally  and  Nicholas,  the  last  two  dying  in 
infancy.  Polly,  born  December  13,  1772,  married  July  31,  1795, 
William  Ford,  of  Fayette  Count}^,  Kentucky,  by  whom  she  had  three 
children,  Charles,  James  C,  and  Eliza  P.,  from  whom  are  descended 
a  numerous  family.  James  C.  Ford  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
business  men  of  Louisville,  a  man  of  large  wealth  and  strong  per- 
sonality. He  married  Mary  J.  Trimble,  a  daughter  of  Justice  Robert 
Trimble,  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court.  The  second  wife  of  Elisha 
Warfield,  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Ridgely)  Warfield,  was  Ruth 
Burgess,  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph,  of  the  Elkridge  Militia,  of  1776. 
He  was  the  son  of  John,  of  Captain  Edward,  of  Colonel  William 


458      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Burgess,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Provincial  Forces  and  a  member 
of  the  Quorum.  Ruth  Burgess'  mother  was  EHzabeth  Dorsey(of 
Michael  and  P^uth  (Todd)  Dorsey,  of  John  and  Honor  (Elder) 
Dorsey,  of  Major  Edward  Dorsey,  "Field  Officer,"  in  1694;  Judge 
of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery  in  1695.  In  1790  Elisha  and  Ruth 
(Burgess)  Warfield  removed  to  Kentuck5^  Their  sons  were  Elisha, 
Nicholas,  Benjamin,  Lloyd  and  Henry.  Their  daughters  were  Eliza, 
Sarah,  Rebecca  Ridgely,  Harriett  Burgess,  Ann,  Ruth  and  Nancy 
Dorsey.  Their  descendants,  as  far  as  have  been  given  me,  will  be 
noticed  in  the  order  named. 

Dr.  Elisha  Warfield  held  the  chair  of  Surgery  and  Obstetrics  in 
Transylvania  University,  Lexington.  In  1809,  he  married  Mary 
Barr,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Rebecca  Tilton  Barr.  Her  mother 
was  a  Bourdenot.  They  lived  at  "The  Meadows."  Their  children 
were  Rebecca  Tilton,  Thomas  Barr,  William  Pollock,  Elisha,  Anne 
Eliza,  Mary  Jane,  Caroline  Barr,  Julia  Genevive  and  Laura  Ruth. 
Rebecca  Tilton — Charlton  Hunt,  first  Mayor  of  Lexington.  Issue, 
Elisha,  Mary,  Catherine,  Rebecca  Charlton.  Catherine — John  Reid, 
of  Maysville,  Kentucky,  and  Rebecca  Charlton  was  the  wife  of  Ben 
Johnson,  of  Lexington.  Thomas  Barr  Warfield — Alice  Carneal,  of 
Cincinnati.  Issue,  Sallie  Carneal,  Mary,  Carneal,  Thomas,  Kate, 
Alice.  Sallie  Carneal — Sidney  Clay,  of  Bourbon  County.  Issue. 
Alice,  Isabel,  Annie,  Sidney  and  Katherine ;  Mary  died  early.  Carneal 
was  twice  married — first  wife,  Alice  Speed,  of  Memphis;  second,  Miss 
Nelson,  of  New  Orleans.  Thomas  did  not  marry.  Kate — J.  Esten 
Spears,  of  Paris,  Kentucky.  Issue,  Thomas  Carneal,  Henr}^  Esten, 
Warfield  and  Howell.  Alice — Shelby  Kinkead,  of  Lexington.  Issue, 
William,  Warfield,  Carneal,  Shelby  and  Sidney. 

William  Pollock  Warfield  married  Maria  Elizabeth  Griffith, 
daughter  of  John  T.  Griffith,  of  New  Jersey,  who,  when  that  State 
was  made  free,  with  his  brother,  William  Thomas  Griffith,  moved 
their  slaves  to  Natchez.  They  were  direct  descendants  of  Griffith 
ap  Griffith,  the  last  native  Prince  of  Wales.  John  T.  Griffith  was  a 
prominent  lawyer  of  Mississippi  and  married  Harriet  Abercrombie, 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Abercrombie,  who  was  sent  to  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  by  King  George  III.,  to  establish  the  English  Church. 
He  was  the  younger  son  of  Lord  Abercrombie. 

Mrs.  William  Pollock  Warfield  had  a  sister,  Rosa  Vertner  John- 
son, the  poetess,  also  of  Kentucky.  The  children  of  William  Pollock 
Warfield  are  Harriet  Griffith,  who  married  Noah  Davis  Bell,  of 
Lexington,  Kentucky.  Issue,  Maria  Griffith,  wife  of  John  Allen,  of 
Boonville,  Missouri,  whose  son  is  Henry  Bell  Allen.  By  a  second 
marriage,  to  Mr.  Joseph  Binford,  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  has  one 
child.  Clara  Davis  Bell — Henry  Thompson,  of  Boonville.  Issue, 
Henry,  Noah  and  William. 

Elisha,  of  William  Pollock  Warfield,  married  Mary  Carson,  of 
of  Natchez.  Issue,  Lilly,  Florence,  Maria,  Henry,  Mary,  Guey,  Allen, 
Fairfax,  Rosa  and  Vertner. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       459 

John  Griffith,  of  Wilham  Pollock  Warfield,  married  Henrietta 
Blackburn,  niece  of  Senator  Blackburn.    Issue,  John,  Joe  and  Church. 

Thomas  Barr,  of  William  Pollock,  married  Mrs.  Moore,  of  Miss- 
issippi. William  Pollock,  Jr.,  married  Hattie  Blackburn,  niece  of 
Senator  Blackburn's  second  wife.  Issue,  Florence,  Rosa  and 
William. 

Mary  Barr,  of  William  Pollock  Warfield — first,  Andrew  Jackson 
Martin,  of  Grenada,  Mississippi,  nephew  of  President  Jackson's  wife. 
Issue,  Maria  Griffith;  George  W.  Martin,  First  Lieutenant  in  Eigh- 
teenth Infantry,  U.  S.  A.;  Wilham  P.  W.,  who — Montie  Roberts,  of 
Los  Angeles,  California;  Hattie  Warfield,  who — Charles  J.  Meadow- 
croft,  of  Chicago.  By  a  second  marriage,  to  Colonel  William  C. 
Bayley,  great-grandson  of  Lord  Bayley,  born  in  Melbourn — issue, 
Warfield  Beal  and  Charles  Abercrombie  Dunbar.  By  a  third  mar- 
riage to  Alvaro  F.  Gibbens,  of  Charleston,  West  Virginia,  there  is  no 
issue. 

Charles  Abercrombie  Warfield,  of  William  Pollock  and  Marie  E. 
(Griffith)  Warfield — Miss  Sellers,  of  Arkansas.  They  have  three 
children,  Dunbar,  Warfield  and  Robert  Barr  Warfield. 

Elisha  Warfield,  Jr.  married  Catherine  Percy  Ware,  the  authoress. 
Issue,  Nathaniel  Ware,  Ellinor  Ware,  Percy,  Mary  Ross,  Kittie  and 
Lloyd.  Nathaniel  Ware — Miss  Estel.  Issue,  Estel^J.  Quitman 
Mimce.  Issue,  Quitman  and  Warfield.  Elinor  Ware — first,  Daniel 
Davis  Bell;  second,  Erastus  Wells,  of  St.  Louis.  Issue,  Clara  Davis 
and  Henry.  Mary  Ross — Mr.  Clemens,  of  St.  Louis.  Issue,  Lilly 
and  Bryon.  Anne  Eliza  of  Dr.  Elisha — Major  Edward  Ryland;  no 
issue,  Mary  Jane  of  Dr.  Elisha — General  Cassius  M.  Clay,  U.  S. 
Minister  to  Russia.  Issue,  Warfield,  Green,  Mary  Barr,  Sallie, 
Cassius,  Brutus,  Laura  and  Anne  Warfield;  Warfield  and  Cassius 
died  unmarried.  Green  married  Cornelia  Walker,  of  Richmond, 
Kentucky;  no  issue.  Mary — Major  Herrick,  of  Cleveland.  Issue, 
Clay,  Frank  and  Green.  Sallie — James  Bennett,  of  Richmond, 
Kentucky.  Issue,  Mary,  Elise,  Helen,  Laura  and  Warfield.  Anne 
became  Mrs.  Crenshaw.  Caroline  Warfield  (of  Elisha) — Dr.  Llewellyn 
Tarlton.  Issue,  Elisha  and  Llewellyn.  Elisha — Gertrude  Smith  and 
had  one  daughter,  Josephine.  Llewellyn — Mrs.  Hunt  Reynolds,  of 
Frankfort;  no  issue.  Julia  Genevieve  (of  Dr.  Elisha) — Francis  Key 
Hunt,  of  Lexington.  Their  daughter,  Maria  Barr — Dr.  B.  W. 
Dudley.  Issue,  Clara,  Benjamin  and  Wilham.  Laura  Ruth  (of  Dr. 
Elisha) — Christopher  C.  Rogers,  no  issue. 

Dr.  Nicholas  Warfield,  of  Lexington,  Kentucky,  second  son  of 
Elisha  and  Ruth  (Burgess)  Warfield,  married  Susan  Orr,  of  Bourbon 
County,  Kentucky,  by  whom  he  had  Mary  Ellen,  Rebecca,  Ruth  and 
Caroline,  only  one  of  whom  is  now  living,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Thornton, 
of  Lexington,  Kentucky,  who  has  no  children.  Mrs.  Sellers  and  Mrs. 
Gratz  and  their  children  are  the  only  living  representatives  of  this  son. 

Benjamin,  third  son  of  Elisha  and  Ruth  (Burgess)  Warfield, 
married,  first,  Sallie  Caldwell,  of  Paris,  Kentucky.  Issue,  Elisha 
Nicholas,  Wilham,  Ruth,  Sarah  and  Benjamin.     Elisha  Nicholas,  of 


460      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"Forest  Home" — Elizabeth  Brand,  of  Lexington.  Issue,  Harriet 
and  Sallie  Sutherland  Warfield.  Dr.  William  Warfield  was  a  noted 
stock  raiser  of  the  blue-grass  region.  He  married  Mary  Breckinridge, 
sister  of  Mrs.  General  Wade  Hampton.  Issue,  Sophia,  Benjamin 
Burgess,  Ethelbert  Dudley,  Ruth  and  Sarah.  Sophia  and  Ruth  died 
unmarried. 

Professor  Benjamin  Burgess  Warfield,  of  Princeton,  graduate  of 
Oxford  University,  England — Annie  Kinkaid.  Professor  Ethelbert 
Dudley  Warfield,  graduate  of  Oxford  University  and  now  President 
of  La  Fayette  College,  Easton,  Pennsylvania,  married  Miss  Tilton,  of 
Massachusetts.  They  have  several  children.  Sarah — Dr.  J.  Rockwell 
Smith.  Issue,  Sallie,  Amy,  Ruth,  Benjamin  and  J.  Rockwell.  Ben- 
jamin Warfield,  Jr. — Clara  Cochrane.    Issue,  John,  Sallie  and  Mary. 

The  second  wife  of  Benjamin  Warfield,  Sr.,  was  Nancy  Barr;  no 
issue. 

Dr.  Lloyd  Warfield,  fourth  son  of  Elisha  Warfield  and  Ruth 
(Burgess)  Warfield,  was  a  practicing  physician  in  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, for  fifty  years  and  attained  a  high  reputation  in  his  profession. 
He  married  Mary  Barr,  by  whom  he  had  a  number  of  children,  only 
five  of  whom  arrived  at  maturity.  Rebecca  Pollock,  Mary  Jane, 
Lloyd,  Edward  R.,  and  Henry  N.;  Rebecca  Pollock  married  her 
cousin.  Dr.  Lloyd  Warfield  Brown,  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  a  son  of 
Harriet  Burgess  (Warfield)  Brown  and  Colonel  William  Brown. 
Three  children  survive  her,  William  B.  Brown,  of  Colorado,  Edward 
Warfield  Brown,  of  Morgan  County,  Illinois  and  Rebecca  C,  wife 
of  Dr.  E.  J.  Brown,  of  Decatur,  Illinois.  The  second  daughter,  Mary 
Jane,  married  B.  F.  Bassett,  of  Missouri,  by  whom  she  had  several 
children.  Lloyd,  Edward  R.,  and  Henry  were  never  married  and 
are  no  longer  living.  Each  of  them  served  in  the  Confederate  Army 
with  credit  to  themselves.  Lloyd  and  Edward  were  vmder  General 
Forrest,  and  Henry  N.,  under  General  John  H.  Morgan,  with  whom 
he  was  captured  on  his  Ohio  raid  and  imprisoned  in  Camp  Douglass, 
at  Chicago.  He  escaped  by  digging  out  and  was  returned  to  prison 
by  his  brother-in-law  and  cousin,  Dr.  L.  W.  Brown,  who  then  prociu-ed 
his  parole  by  personal  effort  from  President  Lincoln,  without,  how- 
ever, taking  the  oath,  which  he  declined  to  do. 

The  second  wife  of  Dr.  Lloyd  Warfield  was  Elmira  Burbank, 
who  descended  from  the  good  old  English  and  Welsh  families  of 
Burbank  and  Church,  from  Old  Town,  Maine.  Their  children  were 
Robert,  Elisha,  Charles  Chase,  Elizabeth  Church  and  Burgess  Barr 
Warfield.  Robert  Elisha  Warfield,  who  is  engaged  in  cotton  planting 
near  Tchula,  Mississippi,  married  Laura  C.  Mosby,  of  Mississippi,  by 
whom  he  has  two  children,  Ptobert  Mosby  and  Lloyd  Burgess. 

Charles  Chase  Warfield,  who  is  engaged  in  the  banking  business 
in  Fergus  Falls,  Minnesota,  married  Ellie  C.  Runyen,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  a  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Church  Blackburn,  a  relative  of 
the  Kentucky  Blackburns,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Sallie  R., 
and  Lloyd  Burgess.     The  second  wife  of  Charles  Chase  Warfield  is 


Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties.       461 

Amy  Rarey,  of  Ohio,  by  whom  he  has  one  son,  Hunter  Rarey.  EHza- 
beth  Church  Warfield  married  Dr.  W.  C.  Bedford,  of  Minnesota,  but 
died  without  children. 

Burgess  Barr  Warfield,  who  is  engaged  in  the  banking  business 
in  Battle  Lake,  Minnesota,  married  Grace  Lane,  of  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  by  whom  he  has  two  children,  a  daughter,  Leela  Howerton, 
and  a  son,  Lane. 

Henry  Warfield,  fifth  son  of  Elisha  Warfield  and  Ruth  (Burgess) 
Warfield,  was  a  promising  lawyer,  but  died  young.  He  married  Eliza 
Millar,  of  Cynthiana,  Kentucky,  by  whom  he  had  two  children, 
Henry  Warfield,  Jr.,  and  Eliza  (Warfield)  Magee. 

Harriett  Burgess  (of  Elisha  and  Ruth  [Burgess]  Warfield) 
married  Colonel  WilHam  Brown,  of  Cynthiana,  Kentucky,  whose 
Cavalier  ancestry  traces  back  to  James  Brown,  of  Virginia,  1746,  a 
successful  lawyer,  officer  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  colleague  of  Henry 
Clay  in  the  National  House  of  Representatives.  They  with  all  their 
children  emigrated  in  1833  to  Central  Illinois.  Their  children,  all 
born  in  Kentucky,  were  James  Nicholas,  Ruth,  Mary,  William, 
EHsha  Warfield,  Rebecca  P.,  EHza  Coleman,  Lloyd  Warfield  and 
Harriett  S.  James  Nicholas  Brown,  a  noted  breeder  of  short-horn 
cattle,  was  for  several  terms  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  Illinois, 
and  was  the  chief  founder  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society,  of  which 
he  was  the  first  president, — Mary  A.  Smith.  Their  children  are 
William,  Charles  S.,  Mary  and  Benjamin  Warfield.  Ruth  Brown — 
James  D.  Smith,  who  was  a  member  of  the  last  Constitutional  Con- 
vention of  lUinois.  Their  children  are  William  B.,  John  P.,  Harriett 
B.,  James  D.,  Patty,  Ruth  W.,  and  Lloyd  B.  Mary  Brown — Barton 
Stone  AVilson,  merchant  of  Boonville,  Missouri.  Their  children  are 
Rebecca,  Joseph  and  John.  William  Brown,  lawyer,  judge,  legislator 
and  banker,  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  Finley,  of  New 
Jersey,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  American  African  Colonization 
Society.    Their  children  are  Mary,  Annie,  Wilham,  Jr.,  and  Susan. 

Efisha  Warfield  Brown,  merchant  and  banker,  married  Mary 
Brent.  Their  children  are  William,  lawyer  and  Solicitor-General  of 
the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad;  Ehzabeth,  James  N.,  Harriett, 
Wyatt,  Mary  and  Washington. 

Rebecca  P.  Brown  married  Charles  W.  Price,  merchant  and 
farmer.  Their  only  child  is  Dr.  WiUiam  B.  Price,  of  New  Berlin, 
Ilhnois.  Eliza  Coleman  Brown,  now  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  married 
Washington  Adams,  late  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Missouri.  Their  children  are  John,  Elisha  Brown,  Harriett  and 
James  N.  Lloyd  Warfield  Brown,  physician — Rebecca  Coleman, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Lloyd  (of  Elisha  and  Ruth  [Burgess]  Warfield)  and 
his  first  wife,  Mary  Barr.  Their  children  are  Harriett  Burgess, 
William  Barr,  Edward  Warfield,  Rebecca  Coleman  and  Lloyd. 
William  Barr  Brown,  now  of  Manzanola,  Colorado,  married  Frances 
E.  McCoy.  Their  children  are  Wilham  Barr,  Jr.,  May,  Lloyd  War- 
field  and  Emiline.  Edward  Warfield  Brown— Ruth  Smith.  Their 
children  are  Anna  and  Edward  Warfield,   Jr.,   Rebecca  Coleman 


462       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Brown — Dr.  Everett  J.  Brown,  of  Decatur,  Illinois.  Their  children 
are  Rebecca,  Alice  and  Lloyd  Warfield.  Harriett  S.  Brown  — James 
T.  Johnson,  merchant  of  Boonville,  Missouri.  Their  children  are 
Harriett  B.,  Caroline,  Eliza  and  Ruth.  Ann  Warfield  (of  Elisha) 
died  single.  Ruth — Dr.  Joel  Frazier.  Nancy  Dorsey — Dr.  Samuel 
Theobald,  from  whom  comes  Dr.  Theobald,  of  Baltimore. 

Eliza  Warfield  (of  Elisha  and  Ruth  [Burgess]  Warfield)  married 
General  James  Coleman.  Their  son,  Lloyd  R.  Coleman,  of  New 
Orleans,  is  now  represented  by  Miss  Eliza  Warfield  Coleman,  of  New 
Orleans.  Sarah  Warfield  (of  Elisha)  became  the  second  wife  of 
Colonel  William  Ford.    Rebecca  Ridgely  Warfield — William  Pollock. 

WELSH, 

One  of  the  descendants  of  Samuel  and  Rachel  (Griffith)  Welsh 
was  Warner  Welsh,  who  married  Marab  Scott  and  had  issue,  Luther 
Warner,  Elizabeth  and  Rachel. 

Luther  located  in  Upper  Howard  and  married  Juliette  Moxley. 
Their  oldest  son  was  Captain  Warner  G.  Welsh,  who  was  a  dashing 
soldier  of  the  Confederate  Army.  He  and  his  brother  Luther  are  both 
dead.  Milton  Welsh,  their  youngest  brother,  is  a  resident  of  and  was 
a  candidate  for  Mayor  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  His  sisters,  Rachel, 
Ruth,  and  Elizabeth,  are  all  dead. 

Warner  Welsh,  brother  of  Luther,  was  a  successful  merchant 
of  Hyattstown,  Montgomery  County.  His  wife  was  Mary  Ann  Hyatt. 
Their  sons  are  William  Wallace,  Warner  Wellington,  Asa  Hyatt, 
Luther  Warfield,  Turner  Wootten  and  Frank  Welsh.  One  daughter, 
Mary  Ann  Welsh  (now  deceased),  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  C.  C. 
Rhodes,  attorney  of  Baltimore. 

Mr.  William  Wallace  Welsh  is  a  successful  merchant  of  Rock- 
ville  and  Warner  Wellington  Welsh  a  popular  merchant  of  Olney, 
Maryland.  Professor  Luther  W.  Welsh  is  the  genealogist  of  the 
family. 

POPLAR  SPRING, 

Here  the  old  Frederick  Road  crossed  the  National  Pike  and  con- 
tinued on  a  parallel  upon  the  south  of  it.  A  large  spring,  surrounded 
by  poplars,  here  offered  a  halting-place  for  travelers,  and  when  the 
highway  was  completed,  a  road-side  tavern,  with  extensive  stables, 
was  opened.  Two  successive  Allen  Dorseys  came  into  possession  of 
it.  From  it  an  extensive  view,  reaching  down  to  Glenelg,  may  be 
obtained.  Poplar  Spring  Hotel  afterward  acquired  a  reputation  as 
a  summer  resort;  picnic  parties  assembled  in  its  groves  and  dances 
were  held  in  its  large  dining-room.     It  has  passed  to  other  owners. 

Upon  a  long  stretch  of  level  land,  a  mile  in  length,  upon 
the  Old  Frederick  Road,  west  of  Poplar  Spring,  John  Wayman 
(of  Leonard  and  Ann  Rutland),  coming  up  from  Virginia  at  the 
close  of  the  Revolution,  seated  himself  and  built  an  extensive  brick 
house  in  the  centre  of  his  expansive  survey.     It  became  the  resort 


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of  eligible  young  patriots  many  miles  distant,  and  on  Sunday  after- 
noons the  fence  along  the  Old  Frederick  Road  in  front  had  a  horse 
standing  at  each  corner. 

John  Wayman's  daughters  by  Ann  Warfield,  of  "Warfield's 
Range,"  were  Mary,  Rachel,  Sarah,  Amelia  and  Milcah  Wayman. 

Mary  was  selected  by  Joshua  Crow,  of  Montgomery,  and  carried 
out  West.  Her  descendants  are  now  applying,  from  Pennsylvania 
and  the  West,  for  information  of  her  progenitors;  General  Thomas 
Hood,  Commander  of  the  Militia  of  Howard  District,  captured  Rachel 
and  took  her  to  his  quaint  brick  homestead,  still  standing  on  "  Hood's 
Manor;"  Rev.  Benjamin  Hood,  of  Bowling  Green,  took  Sarah  to  be  a 
neighbor  to  her  sister;  Colonel  Lyde  Griffith  bore  Amelia  to  Mont- 
gomery, to  hand  down  a  line  still  there;  Milcah  could  not  choose  a 
husband  from  her  many  admirers,  and  remained  at  home  with  her 
bachelor  brothers,  Henry  Wayman  and  Charles.  Her  brother  John 
married  in  the  West  and  sent  one  of  his  descendants  to  the  United 
States  Senate. 

The  old  estate,  under  Henry  Wayman,  was  gradually  reduced,  by 
successive  sales  to  Allen  Dorsey  and  other  neighbors,  and  after  his 
death  it  was  bought  for  a  nominal  price. 

Messrs.  Kuhn  and  Bunn  came  up  from  Baltimore,  bought  lime 
by  the  carload,  and  made  it  a  valuable  estate. 

TRACEY  AND  WHALEN. 

Opposite  the  Wayman  homestead,  upon  the  Frederick  Pike,  are 
seated  two  bachelors  upon  an  estate  worthy  of  record.  They  are 
Tracey  and  Whalen,  cousins,  descendants  of  Mr.  John  Stackhouse,  of 
the  Delawders,  Welshs  and  Warfields,  all  pioneers  in  that  immediate 
section. 

Mr.  John  Stackhouse's  heirs  were  John,  Hammond,  Mrs.  Tracey, 
Mrs.  Whalen  and  Miss  Margaret  Stackhouse,  who  presides  over  the 
bachelor  home.  His  grandsons,  by  dint  of  persevering  industry,  have 
reached  out  and  finally  embraced  in  their  estate  all  the  Wayman 
property  north  of  the  Old  Frederick  Road.  Lime,  clover,  grain,  corn 
and  cattle,  aided  by  well-directed  management,  have  made  a 
beautiful  estate  that  is  an  object  lesson  in  farming. 

John  S.  Tracey  has  for  many  years  been  a  man  of  political 
influence  in  his  district.  He  has  made  it  a  rule  to  stand  by  his  promises 
and,  therefore,  he  is  a  trusted  leader.  He  never  has  cared  for  poHtical 
honors,  but  prefers  home  life,  and  though  he  has  several  times  yielded 
and  become  a  delegate  to  the  Legislature  he  has  as  often  declined 
the  honor.  Mr.  Tracey's  last  speech  was  made  in  nominating 
Governor  Warfield.  Open-hearted,  charitable,  always  trying  to  do 
good,  his  home  is  a  happy  one. 


464      FouNDEKS  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

DORSEYS  OF  UPPER  HOWARD. 

Nicholas  Dorsey  (of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Worthington)  took  up 
lands  in  the  neighborhood  of  Shafersville  and  Poplar  Spring.  He 
married  Lucy  Belt  Sprigg;  issue,  Dr.  Frederick  Dorsey,  of  Hagerstown; 
Roderick,    Dennis,  and  Samuel  Dorsey. 

Dr.  Frederick — Sallie  Clagett. 

Roderick — Rachel  Hobbs  (of  William).  Issue,  Mrs.  Winder  and 
William  Roderick  Dorsey,  who  married  Miss  Brashears  and  died  from 
the  result  of  a  railroad  accident,  leaving  Frank,  Lucy,  Henrietta 
Sprigg,  Kate  and  William  Roderick  Dorsey,  of  New  York.  Henrietta 
Sprigg  Dorsey — Benedict  T.  Keen. 

Dennis  Dorsey  (of  Nicholas) — Maria  Owings  (of  Samuel).  Issue, 
Samuel  Owings  Dorsey,  Gustavus,  Roderick  and  Nicholas  Dorsey,  the 
bachelor.  Samuel  Owings  Dorsey — Mary  Riggs  Griffith;  issue,  Colo- 
nel Gustavus  Dorsey,  C.  S.  A. — Margaret  Owens;  Maria — L.  J.  G. 
Owings;  Carrie — Richard  Dorsey;  Samuel  and  Mary  G.  Dorsey. 
Their  homestead  is  upon  "Griffith's  Range,"  in  Montgomery. 

Gustavus  Dorsey  (of  Nicholas)  married  Miss  Buzzard,  of  Mt. 
Airy,  and  resided  near  there.  The  late  Captain  William  H.  Dorsey, 
of  the  C.  S.  A. ;  Byron  Dorsey,  Mayor  of  Mt.  Airy,  and  his  brother, 
Frank  Dorsey,  are  his  heirs.  The  daughters  are  the  wife  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Glover  and  Mrs.  William  Griffith. 

Roderick  Dorsey  (of  Dennis)  resided  in  Carroll  County.  Nicho- 
las Dorsey  (of  Dennis)  died  a  bachelor. 

Samuel  Dorsey  (of  Nicholas)  owned  a  large  estate  between  Lisbon 
and  Poplar  Spring.  He  daily  rode  over  his  estate  and  seldom  failed 
to  visit  Poplar  Spring  or  Lisbon  at  least  once  a  day.  He  rode 
splendid  horses  and  was  commanding  in  person,  dignified  and  much 
esteemed.  He  died  a  bachelor.  His  estate  has  been  greatly  improved 
by  James  Warthen,  Mr.  Barnes,  and  others. 

ALLEN  DORSEY  OF  POPLAR  SPRING. 

After  passing  three-score  and  ten  years,  Allen  Dorsey,  command- 
ing in  person  and  popular  with  all,  has  made  his  last  trip  over  the 
old  National  Pike.  He  died  in  Baltimore  and  left  his  estate  to  his 
stepson,  Mr.  Henry  Holt,  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Dorsey  was  the  son  of  Allen  Dorsey,  born  1779,  son  of  Ely 
Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd).  Ely  married  his  cousin,  Ruth 
Dorsey,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Ruth  Todd.  They  removed  to 
Frederick  County.  Her  will  of  1815  named  her  children,  Polly, 
Edward,  Michael  (of  Baltimore),  Allen  and  Edward.  Allen  settled  at 
Poplar  Spring  and  built  the  hotel,  which  still  stands.  His  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Smith.  His  son  John  was  a  merchant  of  Lisbon,  married 
Nancy  Warfield  (of  Azel)  and  left  Allen,  of  Washington;  John  W. 
Dorsey,  of  Baltimore;   Hamner,  of  the  West. 

Presley  W.  Dorsey  (of  Allen)  settled  in  Washington  and  married 
Mary  H.  Worthington;  issue,  Worthington  Dorsey,  Thomas  Dorsey, 
Frank  Dorsey,  Virginia  and  Mary  Eliza.     William  N.  Dorsey   (of 


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Allen) — Sarah  Worthington  and  left  one  daughter,  Henrietta.  Allen 
Dorsey  (of  Allen),  late  owner  of  the  Poplar  Spring  estate,  married 
Mrs.  Holt,  of  Baltimore.  He  was  long  connected  with  Baltimore  and 
Cumberland  Turnpike  Company.  Her  sons  are  at  the  head  of  a 
publishing  house  in  New  York.  The  recent  death  of  both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dorsey  leaves  them  executors  in  Howard  County. 

Edward  Dorsey  (of  Ely  and  Ruth)  removed  to  Waterford, 
Loudoun  County,  Virginia ;  married  Mary  Klein.  Their  son.  Captain 
Allen  Dorsey,  married  Matilda  Polton  and  in  1840  removed  to 
Maryland.  Their  son  is  Charles  W.  Dorsey,  President  of  the  Manu- 
facturers' National  Bank,  of  Baltimore.  He  married  two  daughters 
of  the  late  William  J,  Dickey,  of  Wetherdsville.  President  Dorsey's 
daughter  is  the  wife  of  Rev.  F.  F.  Kennedy;  his  son  is  Edgar  A. 
Dorsey,  of  Wetherdsville;  they  were  litigants  in  a  recent  will  case  of 
Mrs.  Dickey. 

LISBON. 

The  earlier  sm^veys  in  this  neighborhood  were  upon  the  Old 
Frederick  Road,  a-half  mile  north  of  the  village.  Here  was  located 
"Warfield's  Forest." 

Caleb  Pancoast  built  the  first  house  in  the  village.  It  still  forms 
the  rear  of  the  old  hotel  property  in  the  centre  of  the  place. 

Judging  by  the  street-like  regularity  of  the  houses  on  both  sides 
of  the  National  Pike,  which  passes  through  it,  the  village  must  have 
been  laid  out  after  the  surveys  of  the  pike  were  made. 

In  1820  a  deed  was  made  by  Caleb  Pancoast,  witnessed  by 
Samuel  Hopkins  and  Edward  Warfield,  to  Lloyd  Selby,  Beni 
Warfield,  Dr.  Gustavus  Warfield,  Hammond  Welsh  and  Nicholas  D. 
Warfield,  to  hold  perpetually  for  public  worship  or  education,  as  a 
Union  Church  of  all  denominations. 

It  especially  provided  that  any  surviving  member  may  call  a 
meeting  of  interested  neighbors  and  appoint  a  board  of  succession. 

Dr.  Gustavus  Warfield,  as  the  last  survivor,  called  such  a  meet- 
ing and  perpetuated  the  board,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  such  now  exists. 

A  few  years  ago  Mr.  Cornelius  Mercer  was  the  only  survivor,  and 
he  was  not  then  a  resident. 

Upon  this  grant  was  built  a  solid  stone  church,  which  fully 
carried  out  its  purpose,  the  only  one,  perhaps,  of  such  so-called  Union 
Churches.  Here  the  Elder  Plummer  Waters  long  held  his  Baptist 
Congregation,  riding  on  horseback  each  month  from  Sandy  Bottom. 

Herein  Reverend  Wilham  Crapster  organized  his  short-life  Uni- 
tarian Chvirch;  here  the  "old-side  Methodists"  held  their  meetings, 
but  all  have  now  deserted  it.  Even  its  lofty  pulpit  has  tumbled  and 
its  walls,  which  endured  as  a  monument  to  the  solid  men  who  built 
its  solid  foundation,  have  been  removed.  Nearby  a  new  Methodist 
Church  takes  its  place,  close  to  the  High  School  of  the  village.  Upon 
the  northern  entrance  still  stands  in  good  preservation  a  Presbyterian 
Church,  fully  half  a  century  old. 


466       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

An  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  more  recent,  stands  in  the  village  proper, 
close  by  the  old  Welsh  homestead,  wherein  I  early  learned  that  it  is 
not  safe  to  tease  a  monkey.  It  was  from  this  house,  too,  Mr.  Ringgold 
brought  out  three  chairs  in  answer  to  the  call,  "Three  Cheers  for 
General  Lafayette,"  with  the  assurance  he  could  have  a-half  dozen 
cheers. 

Two  stores  and  quite  an  avenue  of  substantial  dwellings  make  up 
the  present  village,  which  now  boasts  of  seven  retired  men  of  means. 
It,  also,  has  an  enterprising  newspaper  correspondent,  several  doctors 
and  one  or  more  ministers. 

Bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Montgomery  and  Woodbine  high- 
way, now  a  macadamized  road  throughout,  stretches  out  from  Lisbon 
to  Woodbine  a  well-developed  and  fertile  body  of  land,  once  known 
as  "Warfield's  Forest."  The  National  Pike  and  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railway  both  pass  through  it.  Its  eastern  limit  is  "Shipley's 
Adventure." 

Five  brothers,  Seth,  Beni,  Bela,  Elie  and  Azel  Warfield,  born  on 
"Warfield's  Range,"  came  up  the  Old  Frederick  Road  and  seated 
themselves  here  to  grow  tobacco. 

Not  an  original  house  stands,  but  upon  their  sites  are  modern 
homes  of  comfort  and  modern  grain-growers  of  means. 

They  took  for  their  wives  a  Welsh,  three  Dorseys  and  a  Welling, 
and  from  their  old  pioneer  cottages  sent  out  descendants  now  in 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Washington,  Cumberland,  Pittsburg  and 
the  West,  with  a  few  still  remaining  on  their  old  camping-grounds. 
Many  of  them  have  become  distinguished. 

Seth  has  a  grandson  and  a  great-grandson  of  his  name  still 
residing  in  Howard  and  others  in  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore,  one  of 
whom  is  William  Martin  Warfield,  of  Hollins  Street. 

Beni,  through  his  sons,  Charles  D.,  Daniel  and  Nicholas  Dorsey 
Warfield,  has  numerous  descendants  in  Howard  County,  Baltimore, 
Cumberland  and  Pittsburg. 

Charles  Alexander  Warfield,  of  Pittsburg;  Gustavus,  Arthur, 
Peregrine,  Miss  Emma  Warfield,  of  Cumberland,  and  Henry  Ridgely 
Warfield,  of  Elkins,  West  Virginia,  are  the  representatives  of  Charles 
D.  Warfield,  Jr.,  of  "Bushy  Park." 

Daniel  Warfield  (of  Beni)  resided  at  White  Cottage,  afterwards 
the  homestead  of  the  late  Thomas  Rowles,  long  a  political  leader  in 
Howard. 

Daniel  was  residing  there  in  1825,  and  breakfasted  with  General 
La  Fayette  at  Roberts'  Tavern,  Cooksville,  that  year.  Removing 
later  to  Baltimore,  he  entered  into  the  milling  firm  of  Francis  Mactier, 
the  Scotch  immigrant,  and  married  his  daughter. 

Henry  Mactier  and  Daniel  Warfield,  Jr.,  both  became  prominent 
in  the  history  of  the  city.  The  former  was  the  popular  Reform  leader 
and  candidate  for  Mayor.  His  wife  was  Anna  (Gittings)  Emory,  of 
"Manor  Glen"  on  "My  Lady's  Manor." 

The  three  sons  of  Hon.  Henry  Mactier  Warfield  are  Richard 
Emory  Warfield,  of  the  Royal  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  London 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       467 

now  at  its  head  in  Philadelphia,  but  owning  still  a  homestead  at  Pot 
Spring,  Baltimore  County ;  his  wife  is  Bettie  Davies  and  his  sons  are 
Douglas  and  Henry. 

Solomon  Davies  Warfield  followed  his  father  in  active  politics. 
He  is  a  recognized  leader,  having  just  relinquished  the  office  of 
Postmaster;  he  is  President  of  the  Continental  Trust  Company,  on 
Baltimore  and  Calvert  streets,  and  is  also  a  director  of  the  Atlantic 
Seaboard  Railroad.  He  is  still  a  bachelor.  His  mother  lives  with 
him  on  Preston  street. 

Henry  Mactier  Warfield,  Jr.,  is  the  Baltimore  representative  of 
the  Royal  Fire  Insurance  Company.  He  is  Colonel  of  the  Maryland 
Fifth  Regiment  of  Militia  and  was  in  the  Spanish  War. 

His  wife  is  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Carroll) 
Denison.  Colonel  Warfield  was  upon  the  building  committee  of  the 
Fifth  Regiment  Armory.  Dr.  Mactier  Warfield  is  the  representative 
of  Daniel,  Jr.    His  sister  is  Miss  Mary  Warfield. 

Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield  (of  Beni)  remained  upon  "Warfield's 
Forest."  His  wife  was  Rebecca  Burgess,  descendant  of  the  Provincial 
Commander-in-Chief  and  daughter  of  the  Revolutionary  Captain 
Vachel  Burgess,  of  Triadelphia. 

The  late  Alfred  Warfield,  Mayor  of  Westport,  Illinois,  now  resting 
in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery;  Vachel  Warfield,  of  Arkansas;  Beni,  Louis, 
both  dead,  and  the  late  Mrs.  Lucretia  Dorsey  and  Mrs.  Nicholas  R. 
Henderson  represent  them. 

Bela  Warfield  and  his  wife,  Achsah  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  Nicholas 
and  Sarah  Griffith),  left  Nicholas  Dorsey  Warfield,  who  married 
Deborah  Gaither,  now  represented  by  Mrs.  Deborah  Crowder,  of 
Baltimore,  whose  son  is  Reverend  Frank  Warfield  Crowder,  of  New 
York.  Two  daughters  of  Bela,  Rachel  and  Achsah,  married  Reuben 
Warfield,  the  Lisbon  surveyor  anc^  conveyancer,  a  man  of  marked 
ability,  whose  notes  have  given  me  n../^:  of  the  early  grants  herein 
recorded.  His  surveys  covered  nearly  the  whole  country.  Dr. 
Reuben  Orlando  Dorsey  Warfield,  of  Lisbon,  is  his  only  son  and  Miss 
Fanny  Warfield  his  only  daughter.  The  recent  wife  of  Dr.  War- 
field  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Francis  Crawford,  of  Carroll  County. 

Elie  Warfield,  brother  of  Bela,  married  Frances  (Dorsey) 
Chapman,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Bela  Warfield. 

From  Elie  Gaither  Warfield  (of  Elie)  and  his  wife,  Ellen  Bowie 
Magruder  (of  Dr.  Jeffrey),  descend  Mrs.  Fannie  Engle,  of  Lisbon,  and 
the  late  Magruder  Warfield,  of  the  Mechanics  Bank'  of  Baltimore. 
His  first  wife  was  Mary  E.  Dorsey  (of  Caleb),  of  "Hockley."  Mrs. 
Kate  (Bridges)  Warfield  and  her  daughter,  Ellen  Bowie,  survive  him. 

Augustus  Warfield,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  Mrs.  William 
Gaither,  of  Howard,  are  descendants  of  Rufus  (of  Elie) ,  brother  of 
Reuben  the  surveyor. 

Louisa  (of  Elie) — James  Henderson.  Their  heirs  are  Mrs.  Dr. 
Gray,  of  Laurel;  Seth  Henderson,  Nicholas  R.  Henderson  and 
Gaither  Henderson,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Burgess,  of 
Lisbon.      Their  daughter  is  Mrs.  Clarence  0 wings. 


468      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Nicholas  R.  Henderson  married  Henrietta  Warfield  (of  Nicholas 
Dorsey  and  Rebecca  [Burgess]  Warfield).  He  holds  the  homestead 
of  Elie  Warfield,  immediately  upon  the  pike  extending  to  Lisbon.  He 
has  long  been  a  political  leader  in  Howard. 

Eleanor  Warfield  (of  Elie),  late  widow  of  Nicholas  R.  Warfield, 
(of  Joshua)  long  held  his  estate,  now  the  home  of  William  Gaither. 

Azel  Warfield,  of  "  Warfield  Forest,"  seated  south  of  the  National 
Pike;  his  estate  reached  to  Lisbon.  He  married  Elizabeth  Welling, 
sister  of  Major  Henry  Welling,  whose  will  of  1843  left  a  portion  of  his 
estate  to  her  sons,  "Richard,  Henry,  William,  Azel,  George,  and 
daughters,  Eliza  Mercer,  Mary  Fisher  and  Nancy  Dorsey." 

Benjamin  Franklin  Warfield,  of  "White  Wine  and  Claret"  and 
his  nephew,  Nicholas  Warfield,  of  Simpson ville,  reside  upon  Major 
Welling's  estate  near  Clarksville. 

Henry  Warfield — Julia  Dorsey  (of  George  and  Rachel  Ridgely). 
His  sister  Martha — Philemon  Dorsey  (of  George  and  Rachel  Ridgely). 

William  Warfield  (of  Azel) — Miss  Lishear. 

John  (of  William),  formerly  of  "Warfield's  Forest,"  is  now  in 
Lisbon.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Talbott  Shipley.  His  brothers 
were  the  late  Henry  W.  Warfield,  of  Baltimore,  and  the  late  William 
W.  Warfield,  of  Washington,  who  left  a  son,  William,  of  Washington, 
and  others  in  New  York. 

Noah  Warfield  resides  in  Pennsylvania. 

George  W.  Warfield  (of  Azel)  held  the  homestead  and  left  the 
late  George  Warfield,  of  Warfield  &  Rohr,  and  the  late  Thomas 
Warfield,  of  Hagerstown — Miss  Mercer.  Charles  died  in  the  West. 
Laura  and  Ehzabeth,  of  Baltimore,  are  the  only  survivors  of  this 
family. 

Charles  A.  Warfield  (of  Azel)  married  Ariana  (Owings)  Dorsey. 
The  late  Joshua  D.  Warfield,  of  Sykesville,  was  his  oldest  son.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Polk.  Issue,  Howard,  Nellie  Dorsey,  Annie 
Owings,  Dorsey,  Charles,  Lee  and  Bessie. 

Charles  A.  Warfield,  Jr. — Carolyne  A.  Devries.  Their  only  son 
is  Wade  H.  D.  Warfield,  merchant  and  President  of  the  Sykesville 
Bank.  He  married  two  sisters,  Blanche  and  Ellen  Waterhause. 
Issue,  Josephine  W.,  Helen  and  Blanche  E.  Warfield. 

Thomas  Owings  Warfield,  late  of  Glenelg,  by  his  first  wife,  Susan 
Gosnell,  had  Mrs.  Belle  Runkles,  of  Mt.  Airy;  by  his  second,  Laura 
Dorsey  (of  Stephen  Boone) ,  had  Alexander,  Owings,  Dorsey,  Alice 
Hebb  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Henry  Clark. 

Arabella  Warfield  (of  Charles  A.)  became  Mrs.  Henry  Banks. 
Issue,  Samuel — Amanda,  daughter  of  George  W.  Linthicum;  Charles — 
Nettie  Gaither  (of  Dennis)  and  left  Charles  and  Louise;  Thomas — 
a  daughter  of  Dr.  Crawford.  Upon  his  death,  she  married  his  brother 
William  Banks. 

Mattie  Banks,  only  daughter  (of  Henry) ,  is  the  widow  of  Elisha 
Riggs  Jones  (of  Evan  A.  Jones  and  Rachel  Riggs),  of  Howard.  She 
resides  near  Florence. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties,       469 

SELBY. 

Two  distinct  families  of  Selby  are  in  Howard.  Upon  the  northern 
outskirts  of  Lisbon  and  extending  to  the  village  itself  is  the  elegant 
estate  of  E.  Greenberry  Selby,  descendant  of  Reverend  Lloyd  Selby, 
the  organizer  of  our  early  church  at  Lisbon.  Hon.  E.  G.  Selby  has 
frequently  been  called  to  represent  his  county  in  the  Legislature. 
He  is  now  the  successor  of  the  late  Allen  Dorsey  as  director  of  the 
National  Pike.  Thoroughly  practical  in  every  act,  including  political 
movements  as  well,  Mr.  Selby  is  a  trusted  and  popular  neighbor. 
He  has  converted  worn  fields  into  a  model  farm  and  upon  his  estate 
has  erected  commodious  buildings,  attractive  and  handsome. 

The  late  Mr.  Enoch  Selby,  who  built  upon  the  historic  estate  of 
"  Dorsey's  Grove, "  is  now  represented  by  Mr.  John  Selby,  of  the 
School  Board.  He  has  also  made  handsome  improvements  in 
Howard.    His  estate  is  near  Glenelg. 

COOKSVILLE. 

Upon  the  completion  of  the  National  Pike  leading  from  Balti- 
more to  Frederick,  then  continuing  on  to  the  West,  villages  sprung 
up  at  almost  every  cross  road.  During  the  advance  movements  of 
our  early  pioneers  of  the  West,  long  processions  of  primitive  trains 
of  covered  wagons  were  to  be  seen  almost  daily  on  that  road.  The 
wayside  tavern  was  then  a  necessity. 

When  the  nation  was  honored  by  the  return  of  General  La  Fay- 
ette in  1825,  it  was  over  this  road  he  was  conveyed  to  the  West.  At 
Mr.  Joshua  Robert's  tavern,  at  Cooksville,  General  La  Fayette  sat 
down  to  breakfast  with  some  of  his  admirers — General  Thomas  Hood, 
Mr.  Joshua  Hood,  Daniel  Warfield  and  others.  The  chair  in  which 
he  sat  is  still  preserved  by  the  descendants  of  Mr.  Thomas  Cook,  who 
then  lived  just  opposite;  his  old  residence,  later  the  Meriweather 
homestead,  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  the  old  Roberts'  Inn  is  still 
standing. 

Northwest  of  Cooksville  is  "Shipley's  Adventure";  southeast  of 
it  is  "Hobbs'  Neighborhood;"  and  southwest  is  "  Ridgely's  Great 
Park." 

Mr.  C.  C.  Burton,  merchant,  is  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Todd, 
the  surveyor  of  "North  Point." 

The  descendants  of  Mr.  Walter  Dorsey  hold  the  Roberts'  Inn,  and 
Mrs.  Dr.  Augustus  Riggs  owns  the  handsome  new  residence  upon  the 
site  of  the  Meriweather  homestead. 

,y  HOODS  OF  COOKSVILLE. 

The  late  Thomas  Hood,  whose  old  homestead  still  stands  south- 
east of  Cooksville,  was  three  times  elected  a  Commissioner  of 
Howard.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Mr.  James  Hood.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
1'homas  Hood  lie  side  by  side  in  Glenwood  Cemetery  overlooking 
the  present  home  of  their  oldest  daughter,  Mrs.  Alfred  Matthews,  of 
Glenwood.  Their  oldest  son,  Mr.  James  Thomas  Hood,  of  Missouri, 
named  for  both  ancestors,  holds  the  family  records. 


470      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  only  male  descendent  in  Maryland  is  Mr.  Stephen  G. 
Hood,  of  Lisbon,  the  genial  representative  of  the  order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  married  Miss  Emma  Turner,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon. 
William  Turner,  one  of  the  members  of  the  House  of  Delegates 
which  met  at  Frederick  when  Annapolis  was  filled  with  Federal 
soldiers  at  the  beginning  of  the  war.  Several  members  of  that 
Legislature  were  arrested  and  thrown  into  prison  in  order  to  prevent 
the  passage  of  a  Secession  Act. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  G.  Hood  have  two  sons,  William  and 
Stephen,  and  three  living  daughters,  Kate,  Lillian  and  Helen.  Mrs. 
Alfred  Matthews  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Buck  are  his  only  living  sisters, 

V'^  PI       m  HOBBS, 

F^  The  earliest  Hobbs'  will  at  Annapolis  is  that'of  John  Hobbs,  of 
173  L  His  witness  was  Robert  Browne.  His  wife  was  Dorothy  and 
his  four  sons  were  Samuel,  John,  Joseph  and  William;  he  names  one 
daughter,  Margaret,  and  refers  to  his  former  wife  Susannah's  chil- 
dren. From  an  inventory  of  the  above  testator  by  Samuel  Cootrall, 
executor,  I  learn  that  he  was  a  member  of  Queen  Caroline  Parish 
and  took  up,  in  1722,  "  Hobbs'  Park"  in  that  parish  for  his  three  sons, 
Samuel,  John  and  Joseph,  whilst  the  homestead,  after  the  death  of 
his  wife,  Dorothy,  was  to  descend  to  son  William;  he  also  increased 
"  Hobbs'  Park  Addition"  for  William.  In  1743  "  Hobbs'  Park  "  was 
deeded  by  Samuel,  Joseph  and  'John  Hobbs  to  Samuel  Stringer, 
whose  estate  was  not  far  from  the  Old  Brick  Church  of  the  parish  and 
lying  upon  the  road  from  Laurel  to  Ellicott  City;  William  sold  his 
part  also  to  the  same. 

Samuel  Hobbs  bought  of  Thomas  Worthington  a  portion  of 
"Altogether,"  near  Glenelg. 

John  Hobbs  bought  of  Thomas  Worthington  "Martin's  Luck," 
taken  up  by  John  Martin.  There  was  a  marriage  connection  with  the 
celebrated  Luther  Martin,  for  the  Hobbs  of  lower  Howard  claim  that 
descent.  John  Hobbs'  wife  was  EHzabeth.  He  later  sold  his 
purchase,  near  Simpsonville,  to  Dr.  Joshua  Warfield  and  removed  to 
Frederick  County. 

Samuel  Hobbs  sold  his  part  of  "Altogether"  to  Phihp  Warfield, 
who  had  come  up  from  "  Venison  Park,' '  near  Laurel. 

William  Hobbs  married  Mary  Ridgely  and  resided  on  the 
homestead.     His  descendants  intermarried  with  Philip  Warfield. 

Joseph  Hobbs  came  up  to  the  neighborhood  of  Hobbs,  where 
his  descendants  have  handed  down  a  family  settlement  extending 
from  the  Westminster  Road  over  a  considerable  territory  to  the  east. 

John  Hobbs,  Sr.,  of  Frederick  County,  in  his  will  of  1768,  names 
his  sons  Leonard,  Nicholas  and  Greenberry  Hobbs,  The  latter  name 
is  another  evidence  of  the  far-reaching  reputation  and  connection  of 
Colonel  Nicholas  Greenberry,  of  the  Severn. 

Nicholas  Hobbs  was  upon  the  Committee  of  Observation  for 
Linganore  Himdred.  He  married  Elizabeth  Cummings,  daughter 
of  General  William  Cummings,  of  Liberty;  issue,  William  Cummings 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       471 

Hobbs  and  Brice  Hobbs,  of  Maryland,  and  Basil  Nicholas  Hobbs,  of 
Kentucky.  He  later  married  Mary  Ann  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and 
Susannah  Lawrence) ;  issue,  Edward  Hobbs,  father  of  Mrs.  John 
Shirley,  of  Kentucky,  whose  homestead  was  the  "Anchorage." 

Joseph  Hobbs — Jemima  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Honor  Elder). 
Their  son  Joseph — Elizabeth  Higgins,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Dorothy  Higgins.  They  bought  of  them  "  Dorsey 's  Friendship"  and 
"Higgins'  Chance"  in  1742.  Jemima  (Dorsey)  Hobbs,  in  1770,  left 
her  estate  to  Joseph  Hobbs,  Jr.  Through  one  of  her  descendants, 
Vachel  Hobbs,  who  went  to  Kentucky,  came  Elie,  Joshua,  Joseph 
and  John  Hobbs,  of  Kentucky. 

Hon.  James  Hobbs,  delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  Kentucky,  in  1792,  left  two  sons  who  were  members  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  Kentucky,  viz.,  Hon.  Joshua  and  Hon. 
Joseph  Hobbs. 

Joseph  Hobbs,  Jr.,  in  his  will  of  1791,  named  his  sons — Thomas, 
Henry,  Cornelius,'  Joseph,  Noah;  daughters,  Rachel  Bissell,  Hannah 
Spurrier,  Ehzabeth  Hood.  His  lands  were  "Silence,"  "Poverty 
Discovered,"  Ridgely's  Great  Range." 

Captain  Thomas  Hpbbs  was  with  Major  Alexander  Warfield  at 
the  burning  of  the  Peggy  Stewart.  He  was  the  surveyor  who  laid 
out  a  large  tract  now  known  as  the  "  Hobbs'  Neighborhood."  In  his 
will  he  named  his  heirs,  Cordelia  Barnes,  wife  of  Adam,  to  hold  Lot 
No.  L  William  Peddicord,  part  of  Lot  No.  2  and  after  his  death  to 
descend  to  Sophia  Musgrove,  wife  of  Stephen;  Nancy  Warfield,  wife 
of  Richard;  Eleanor  Thompson,  wife  of  Jacob;  Gerard  Peddicord, 
Sarah  and  Elizabeth  Peddicord.  To  son  Caleb  Hobbs,  Lot  No.  3. 
Grandson  Elias  Brown  Baker  and  his  sister  Sarah,  Lot  No.4.  Daugh- 
ter Amelia  Peddicord,  wife  of  Jasper,  Lot  No.  5.  Daughter  Sarah 
Hood,  Lot  No.  6,  one-third  of  which  to  descend  to  grandson  Thomas 
Hobbs  Hood,  the  residue  to  his  sisters  Harriet,  Deborah  and  Mary 
Bissel  Hood.  To  Hannah  Sheets,  Lot  No.  8.  To  grandson  Thomas 
Randall  Hobbs,  two  tracts.  First  and  Second  Addition.  Son  Ger- 
ard Hobbs  the  remainder  of  First  and  Second  Addition,  except  a 
portion  adjoining  Henry  C.  Hobbs.  To  Joseph,  "Poverty  Dis- 
covered."    To  Caleb  and  Gerard  my  theodelite  and  compass. 

Sons  executors. 

Henry  Cornelius  Hobbs  (of  Joseph)  was  the  father  of  Henry  and 
grandfather  of  Rev.  James  Hobbs  and  Charles  Hobbs,  who  held 
"  Hobbs'  Camp  Ground"  and  "  Hobbs'  Mill,"  now  Rover.  Their 
estates  are  still  under  the  direction  of  their  progressive  and  intelligent 
descendants,  Mr.  George  Hobbs  and  his  brother  Harry,  of  Baltimore, 
and  Mr.  Albert  Hobbs,  of  Howard,  who  made  splendid  agricultural 
developments  in  that  section. 

Noah  Hobbs  (of  Joseph)  married  Rachel  Warfield  (of  Edward 
and  Rachel  Riggs)  and  left  Warfield  Hobbs  and  his  sisters  Rachel 
and  Nancy.     His  estate  was  near  Cooksville. 

Joseph  Hobbs  (of  Thomas)  married  Ann  Chew  Randall  and  had 
eleven  children;  two  of  them,  Captain  George  Hobbs  and  Peregrine;, 


472      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

were  in  the  War  of  1812.  Their  sisters  were  Mrs.  Harriet  Barnes, 
Mrs.  Mary  Cassiday,  Mrs.  Matilda  Howard,  wife  of  Thomas,  son  of 
Brice  Howard. 

Peregrine  Hobbs  Inarried  Mary  Howard  (of  Brice)  and  left 
Thomas  Brice  Howard  Worthington  Hoblps,  an  only  son;  his  sisters 
were  Louisa;  Frances  Ridgely  Hobbs  became  Mrs.  Porter;  Kitty 
Hood,  now  Conn  ell. 

Captain  George  Hobbs'  heirs  were  Alexander  Brice  Hobbs  and 
Mrs.  Nelson, 

-*HOOD*S  FOREST/' 

Mention  has  already  been  made  in  Anne  Arundel  of  John  Hood, 
who  settled  near  Herring  Creek;  and  of  his  brother  Benjamin,  who 
settled  at    "  HoUofields,"  upon  the  Patapsco. 

The  youngest  son  of  Benjamin  followed  the  Old  Frederick  Road 
back  beyond  St.  James'  Church  and  surveyed  "Hood's  Forest." 

These  early  settlers  were  the  younger  sons  of  Samuel  Hood, 
descendant  of  Lord  Hood  and  of  Lord  North,  whose  estate  descended 
to  his  oldest  son,  Samuel.     The  others  came  to  America. 

Benjamin  died  at  "  Hood's  Haven."  His  son  John  built  "  Bowl- 
ing Green"  and  married  EHzabeth  Shipley.  Their  combined  estate 
covered  some  5,000  acres.  His  will  of  1786,  written  in  1785,  when 
he  was  seventy-three  years  old,  mentions  five  grandsons,  "sons  of 
my  son,  John  Hood,  Jr."  His  granddaughter,  Sarah  Hood,  daughter 
of  John  Hood,  Jr.,  by  his  first  wife,  Hannah  (Barnes).  To  Elizabeth 
Hood,  daughter  of  my  son,  John  Hood,  Jr.,  I  give  "Snowden's 
Cowpens"  and  "  River  Bottom."  To  his  son  he  willed  the  remainder 
of  his  estate.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hood,  in  1795,  mentioned  her  two  grand- 
daughters, Sarah  Worthington  and  Elizabeth  Hood;  her  grandsons, 
James,  John,  Benjamin  and  Thomas  Hood. 

John  Hood,  Jr.,  heir  of  "Bowling  Green"  on  "Hood's  Forest," 
married,  first,  Hannah  Barnes,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Hannah  Dor- 
sey  (of  John  and  Honor  Elder) ;  he  married,  second,  Rachel  Ridgely 
Howard,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Rachel  Ridgely  Worthington. 
Their  daughter  Elizabeth  became  Mrs.  Nicholas  Meriweather;  her 
brothers  are  named  above.  John  Hood,  Jr.,  married,  third,  Eliza- 
Gaither,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Martha  Ridgely.  His  will  bears  the 
same  date  as  his  mother's,  1795,  and  adds  to  his  other  sons,  Henry 
Gaither  Hood,  to  whom  he  granted  859%  acres.  To  his  daughter, 
Hannah  Hood,  £300  and  silver  spoons.  To  Sarah  Worthington, 
"exclusive  of  what  I  have  given  her"  £50.  To  Elizabeth  Hood 
£200,  in  lieu  of  the  profits  of  her  real  estate  left  her  by  her 
grandfather. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  EHzabeth  (Gaither)  Hood,  in  1807,  mentions  her 
daughter,  Hannah  0 wings,  wife  of  Jesse  Owings;  her  granddaughter, 
EHzabeth  Hood  Owings;  her  brother,  Beale  Gaither;  her  father, 
Henry  Gaither,  and  Jesse  Owings,  her  executor. 

Hannah  Owings  became  Mrs.  Dr.  Samuel  Jennings. 

Henry  Gaither  Hood  died  aged  nine  years. 


Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties.       473 

James  Hood  (of  John,  Jr.,)  located  at  "Hood's  Mill."  His  estate 
extended  into  Carroll.  By  Sarah  Howard  (of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Govane)  he  had  one  daughter,  Mary  Govane  Hood,  who  transferred 
her  large  estate  to  John  Tolley  Worthington;  by  them  it  was  sold  to 
Samuel  Bentz,  who  renamed  it  "Bentz'  Stock  Farm."  It  is  related 
that  Mrs.  Worthington,  one  day,  in  trying  to  cross  Morgan's  Run, 
after  a  heavy  rain,  had  her  carriage  swept  down  the  stream.  Two 
slaves  near  by  saw  her  peril  and  rushed  to  her,  cut  her  horses  from  the 
carriage  and  rescued  her.  She  went  to  their  owner  and  tried  to  buy 
them  in  order  to  set  them  free,  but,  failing,  set  aside  a  fund  for  their 
support. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Hood  inherited  "  Bowling  Green, "  and  through 
his  wife,  Sarah  Wayman,  left  Joshua,  Charles  Wayman,  Benjamin 
and  John.  For  forty-five  years  Rev.  Benjamin  Hood  preached  in 
neighboring  meeting-houses;  he  died  at  seventy,  and  the  text  at  his 
funeral  was,  "  I  have  fought  a  good  fight;  I  have  finished  my  course; 
I  have  kept  the  faith;  henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness."  There  are  still  some  who  remember  his  tall  form, 
dignified  bearing,  commanding  voice  and  fervent  words. 

Joshua  Hood  (of  Benjamin) — Matilda  Haughey;  issue,  James, 
Joshua,  John,  Mrs.  Vansant,  Mrs,  Zadock  Waters  and  Mrs.  Joshua 
Baxley,  of  "Warfield's  Range."  Joshua  Hood  was  one  of  the 
Committee  to  receive  General  La  Fayette  at  Cooksville  in  1825;  he 
went  to  Baltimore  to  receive  him  and  was  also  present  at  the  ball 
given  in  his  honor  at  Annapolis. 

Major  Charles  Wayman  Hood  located  north  of  "Hood's  Mill" 
in  Carroll.  He  was  a  surveyor  whose  lines  covered  much  of  that 
section.  He  always  rode  a  fine  horse,  and  when  mounted,  erect  and 
handsome,  was  not  unlike  General  Lee.  From  his  intelligent  record 
I  have  quoted  much  of  the  early  history  of  the  family.  His  first  wife 
was  Mrs.  Catharine  (Dorsey)  Wheeler,  who  bore  a  son  and  daughter. 
His  second  wife  and  widow  is  Mrs.  Avolina  (Warfield)  Hood. 

"Bowling  Green"  descended  to  Dr.  Benjamin  Hood.  His  wife 
was  Hannah  Mifflin  Coulter.  Their  son  is  General  John  Mifflin  Hood, 
late  President  of  the  Western  Maryland  Railroad.  His  brothers  were 
Wylie  Mangum  Hood,  Civil  Engineer  of  California;  and  Jennings 
Hood,  who  married  Mary  Sudler. 

John  Mifflin  Hood  completed  a  course  of  study  at  Rugby's 
Institute,  Mt.  Washington,  in  1859;  was  engaged  on  the  Delaware 
Railway  and  on  the  Eastern  Shore  Road;  went  to  Brazil,  but 
returned  to  Baltimore  in  1862;  ran  the  blockade  and  reported  for 
service  at  Richmond;  was  at  once  assigned  as  topographical  engineer 
and  draughtsman  of  the  Danville  and  Greensboro  Road;  after 
completing  it  he  engaged  as  a  private  in  Company  C,  Second  Battalion 
of  Maiyland  Infantry  and  was  promoted  lieutenant  in  the  Engineer 
Troops,  continuing  until  the  surrender.  At  Spottsylvania  he 
had  his  left  arm  shattered;  wading  the  Potomac  at  night,  he  came 
to  Baltimore  and  was  treated  by  Dr.  Nathan  R.  Smith,  and  returned 
with  a  large  party  of  recruits.     In  1865  he  was  upon  the  Philadelphia 


474      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

and  Baltimore  Railroad  extension  and  upon  the  Port  Deposit  Branch. 
Becoming  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore  Central, 
he  constructed  its  line  through  Cecil  County  to  the  Susquehannah. 
In  1870  he  was  General  Superintendent  of  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf 
Railroad.  In  1874  he  was  made  Vice-President  and  General  Super- 
intendent of  the  Western  Maryland  Railroad,  and  in  the  following 
March  was  made  President,  including  the  office  of  Chief  Engineer; 
in  this  work  he  has  won  an  enviable  and  enduring  reputation;  not 
only  has  he  well-conducted  the  road,  but  he  has  ably  defended  it 
through  the  press.  Having  recently  been  chosen  President  of  the 
United  Railway  Company  of  Baltimore,  he  resigned  the  presidency 
of  the  Western  Maryland  and  has  been  honored  by  a  testimonial  din- 
ner in  honor  of  his  able  management.  President  Hood  married  a 
daughter  of  Judge  Hayden,  of  Virginia,  and  has  Richard  Hayden, 
Mary  E.,  Florence  M.,  John  M.,  Alice  Watkins  and  Mabel  Douglas 
Hood. 

After  the  death  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Hood,  the  estate,  having  no 
resident  heir,  was  offered  for  sale,  when  it  was  bought  by  Mrs.  Sarah 
M,  (Hood)  Jervis,  wife  of  John  Jervis,  of  Harford,  sister  of  Dr.  Hood. 
It  was  my  privilege,  when  a  boy,  to  visit  her  old  long-drawn  home 
at  "  Bowling  Green,"  wherein  six  generations  of  noble  men  had  lived. 
Their  old  English  clock,  with  scriptural  lessons,  stood  in  the  hall,  and 
she  was  then  the  only  representative  of  them.  The  old  home  has 
been  replaced  by  "  New  Bowling  Green,"  but  a  picture  of  the  old  one 
still  hangs  upon  its  walls;  by  its  side  is  her  handsome,  genial  face 
and  form;  her  daughter,  Mrs.  John  T.  Ridgely,  inherited  it.  Their 
heirs  are  Jervis,  Mrs.  Richard  Dorsey,  Mrs.  Richard  Hayden  Hood, 
Nannie  D.,  Charles  H.,  Lom-ena,  Ethel  Lee,  John  T.,  Grace,  Eloise 
and  Benjamin  H.  Morgan. 

Mary  Hood  Jervis  became  Mrs.  Davis  and,  second,  Mrs.  Oscar 
Shipley,  with  a  son,  Oscar  Carroll. 

General  Thomas  Hood,  brother  of  Benjamin,  lived  in  sight  of 
the  National  Pike.  His  brick  house  of  quaint  and  curious  design,  is 
perhaps  the  oldest  in  that  section.  It  was  a  resort  for  many  distin- 
guished men.  General  Hood  was  in  command  of  the  militia;  a  field 
nearby  is  still  known  as  the  "Muster  Field."  From  1814  to  1834 
General  Hood  represented  the  upper  district  of  Anne  Arundel  in  the 
Legislature  as  a  Whig.  He  was  with  General  La  Fayette  at  Cooks- 
ville  in  1825.  His  wife  was  Rachel  Wayman.  Their  son,  John — 
Louisa  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  Richard)  and  left  John  Thomas  Hood,  of 
Alpha,  who  married  Miss  Perkins.  Wm.  Henry  Forsythe  owns  the 
estate  of  John  Hood. 

Henry  Hood  (of  General  Thomas)  adjoined  his  father  on  the 
north  and  married  Kitty  Brown  (of  Samuel).  Ehzabeth — Rev. 
Zadock  Waters.  Their  daughters  are  Mrs.  Washington  Waters  and 
Miss  Eliza  Waters. 

General  Hood  died  in  1849,  seventy  years  of  age.  The  tribute 
to  him  and  his  brothers  by  a  contemporary  writer  was  the  quotation: 
*'  None  knew  them  but  to  love  them;  none  named  them  but  to  praise." 


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"  Hood's  Forest"  covered  pretty  much  all  the  land  from  the  National 
Pike,  near  West  Friendship,  to  the  Westminster  Road,  and  extending 
beyond  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio,  reached  up  into  Carroll  County.  It 
is  now  an  elegant  body  of  agricultural  lands,  upon  which  are  seated 
such  progressive  men  as  Forsythe,  Dorsey,  Ridgely,  Jones,  Peddicord 
and  Snyder  brothers. 

GRANT, 

William  Grant,  of  the  Highlands  of  Scotland,  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary period  came  over  to  Prince  George's  County,  Maryland. 
Here  he  met  Isabella  Grant,  also  of  the  Highlands,  who  when  fifteen 
years  old,  lost  both  parents  on  their  passage  over.  She  remembered 
they  had  considerable  money,  which  the  Captain  seized,  and  actually 
sold  her  and  her  brother  William  and  sister  Rachel  to  some  settler 
near  Prince  George's  County.  There  she  met  her  countryman,  William 
Grant  and  three  years  later  were  married.  Their  issue  were  John,  of 
whom  nothing  is  known;  Robert  and  Daniel,  both  single,  and  James, 
who  married  Elizabeth  Madden.  Issue,  John,  unmarried;  Margaret — 
John   Harrison.     Issue,   Peter,   Richard,  Margaret  and  Elizabeth. 

James,  Jr. — Margaret  Thompson.  Issue,  Mary  Ellen — A.  H, 
Hobbs;  Charles  T. — Maude  Hood.  Issue,  Walton  and  Maude; 
Charles — Mary  Ann  McKenzie  and  had  three  children;  Mary  Eliza- 
beth— Minor  Franklin  Wells.  Issue,  Julia,  Francis,  Virginia,  Anne, 
Emily,  Charles  and  Benjamin. 

The  Grant  homestead  was  upon  the  old  Frederick  road,  near 
Alpha,  the  home  of  Thomas  John  Hood,  grandson  of  General  Thomas 
Hood,  the  old  Whig  representative  of  Howard  District  for  many- 
years. 

The  issue  of  Thomas  and  Julia  (Perkins)  Hood  were  Thatcher 
Hood — Ruth  Shipley  and  had  Edwin,  May,  Howard  and  Maude; 
Ellis — E.  G.  Jones.  Issue,  Ruth  and  Otis;  Maude — C.  T.  Grant; 
Otis — Florence  Whitey  and  Thomas — Daisy  Maxwell.  Issue,  Alma 
and  Mildred. 

Walton  Grant  is  a  graduate  of  St.  John's  College  and  is  now  an 
officer  of  its  faculty.     His  cousin,  Howard  Hood,  is  a  student  there. 

HOOD'S  HAVEN. 

Benjamin  Hood,  son  of  Samuel  Hood,  of  England,  was  the  first 
known  settler  upon  the  Patapsco  as  far  west  as  Hollofield's.  My  notes 
show  that  he  was  there  before  1700.  He  built  a  mill  at  Hollofield's. 
He  had  two  sons,  James  and  John;  James  inherited  the  property.  A 
flood  came  and  washed  the  mill  away.  He  held  a  tract  of  157  acres 
and  determined  to  rebuild  the  mill,  and  completed  it  one  year  before 
his  death,  in  1768.    It  was  used  in  grinding  corn. 

Neither  the  wife  of  Benjamin,  the  father,  nor  James,  the  son,  has 
come  down  to  us,  but  James  left  sons,  Benjamin,  James,  the  Revolu- 
tionary soldier;  Lucian,  Thomas,  and  daughters,  Nancy,  wife  of  John 
Wooden;  Sally,  wife  of  Mr.  Stevens. 


476       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Benjamin  Hood,  heir-at-law,  in  1774,  sold  the  mill  and  farm  to 
Joseph  Ellicott,  reserving  the  burial-ground  of  his  father  upon  the 
lowlands,  north  of  the  homestead.  This  was  honored  until  the  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  Railroad  was  built  over  the  grave  and  nothing  now 
marks  the  spot.  Benjamin  Hood  later  took  up  Hood's  Hall,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Elk  Ridge.  This  became  one  of  the  estates  of 
William  Gumming.  Thomas  Hood,  youngest  son,  married  Margaret 
Crook,  of  the  family  of  General  George  Crook,  U.  S.  A.  They  re- 
moved in  1812  to  West  Virginia.  From  this  family  comes  a  long  line, 
including  Mr.  James  Hood,  of  Washington,  who  sends  me  the  following : 

"My  great-grandfather,  James  Hood  (brother  of  John),  died 
about  the  year  1769  and  lies  buried  near  EUicott's  Mills,  as  I  have 
been  informed.  I  know  nothing  of  his  life  or  ancestry  beyond  the 
fact  that  he  was  a  millwright  and  I  have  supposed  that  he  was  the 
same  James  Hood  mentioned  in  the  following  extract  from 
'Biographical  and  Historical  Accounts  of  Ellicott  Family,  Collected 
and  Compiled  by  Charles  W.  Evans,  Buffalo,  New  York  (page  21): 

'"Ellicotts  upper  mill  was  built  by  James  Hood,  in  1768,  but  was 
then  only  used  to  grind  corn.  It  was  conveyed  to  the  Ellicott  brothers, 
in  1774,  by  Benjamin  Hood,  eldest  son  and  heir-at-law  of  James 
Hood  for  £1,700  Maryland  currency.  This  property  contained  157 
acres  and  afterward  176  acres.  The  deed  provides  that  the  ground 
where  James  Hood,  the  father,  was  buried,  should  be  retained  as  a 
family  burying-ground.  It  was  on  the  low  ground  north  of  the  man- 
sion. In  after  years  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  was  constructed 
over  it  and  obliterated  all  traces  of  it.' 

"This  James  Hood  had  seven  children  as  follows:    Benjamin, 

James,  Lucien,  Nancy — John  Wooden;  Sally Stevens;  Thomas 

and  another. 

"Thomas  Hood,  my  great-grand  father,  perhaps  the  youngest  son 
of  said  James,  was  born  May  16,  1763.  He  married  Margaret  Crook, 
who  was  born  June  6,  1768.  My  grandfather's  description  of  him  is 
that  he  was  tall  and  slender,  dignified  and  stern.  His  wife  Margaret 
was  a  woman  of  great  force  of  character.  General  George  Crook,  of 
the  United  States  Army,  is  descended  from  her  family.  It  is  related 
of  her  that  when  the  spring  floods  of  the  Patapsco  had  in  two  suc- 
cessive seasons  destroyed  the  milldam  and  otherwise  caused  great 
loss,  in  consequence  of  which  her  husband  expressed  his  determina- 
tion not  to  rebuild  the  dam  again,  but  to  devote  his  attention  to  the 
farm  instead,  she  purchased  the  material  and  employed  the  labor 
necessary  to  build  a  stronger  and  better  dam  than  ever,  and  herself 
superintended  its  construction  almost  to  the  finishing  point  before 
my  great-grandfather  yielded  and  consented  to  complete  the  new 
dam  and  continue  milling.  About  the  year  1812  they  removed  to 
West  Liberty,  Ohio  County,  Virginia  (now  West  Virginia),  where  he 
died  of  a  cancer  in  the  face,  on  November  6,  1846.  She  followed  him 
a  year  later,  November  2,  1847  and  both  lie  buried  at  Short  Creek 
Meeting-House,  Short  Creek,  Ohio  County,  West  Virginia.  On  the 
stone  above  him  is  (or  was)  inscribed  the  following: 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       477 

"Thomas  Hood,  died  November  6, 1846.  Aged  eighty-three  years, 
five  months  and  twenty  days. 

'The  voyage  of  life's  at  an  end, 

The  mortal  affliction  is  past, 
The  age  that  in  heaven  to  spend 

Forever  and  ever  will  last.' 

"On  the  stone  above  his  widow  is  (or  was)  inscribed  the  following : 
"Margaret  Hood  died  November  2,  1847.    Aged  eighty  years,  four 
months  and  eleven  days. 

'Called  by  her  Lord  to  seek  his  face. 

She  joyfully  obeyed 
And  eager  flew  to  Christ's  embrace 
On  whom  her  hopes  were  stayed.' 

"The  only  relics  of  my  great-grandfather  which  I  possess  are  his 
family  Bible,  his  cane,  inscribed  "T.  Hood,  1763,"  some  few  pieces 
of  silverware,  probably  presented  at  the  time  of  his  wedding,  because 
inscribed  "T.  M.  H."  (Thomas  and  Margaret  Hood),  and  a  letter 
written  by  him  on  May  3,  1839,  from  West  Liberty  to  his  son  James, 
my  grandfather. 

"The  children  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Crook)  Hood  were  seven, 
as  follows: 

"Charles  Crook  Hood,  born  July  2,  1788 — Frances  Hammond; 
Priscilla,  born  November  28,  1792 — Eli  Green;  EHzabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1799 — Reverend  James  Taylor;  Dr.  James  Hood,  born 
April  10,  1802 — first,  Cordelia  Pumphrey;  second,  Mary  C.  Jefferson; 
Rachel,  born  February  24,  180-4 — Joseph  Brown;  Sarah,  born 
January  30,  1806 — Jacob  Bowman;  Mary  Ann,  born  July  17,  1808 — 
Elzy  Matthews. 

"Dr.  James  Hood,  my  grandfather,  was  born  in  Maryland,  but  was 
taken  in  his  childhood  to  West  Liberty  by  his  parents  when  they 
removed  westward,  as  noted  above.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he 
married  Cordelia  Pumphrey,  May  25, 1820,  and  removed  to  Burgetts- 
town,  Washington  County,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  began  the  practice 
of  medicine.  Here  his  children,  Nancy  and  Elizabeth,  were  born.  In 
a  few  years,  he  returned  to  West  Liberty,  continuing  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  His  wife  Cordelia  was  daughter  of  Beal  Pumphrey, 
whose  farm  nearly  adjoined  the  farm  of  his  father,  Thomas  Hood,  at 
West  Liberty.  Here  his  children,  Thomas  Beal  and  Benjamin  Rush 
Hood,  were  born.  He  then  removed  to  Flushing,  Belmont  County, 
Ohio,  and  afterward  to  Fairview,  Guernsey  County,  Ohio.  Here 
Charles  and  Adeline  his  two  youngest  children  were  born  and  here 
his  wife  Cordelia  (who  was  born  July  6,  1800,  and  was  nearly  two 
years  older  than  himself)  died,  November  24,  1838,  and  there  she  lies 
buried.  On  September  3,  1839,  he  married  Mary  C.  Jefferson  at 
Fairview.  Two  years  later  he  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  preached  at  Thornville,  Gratiot,  Johnstown, 
Somerset  and  other  places  on  the  '  Granville  Circuit '  for  about  five 


478       Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

years,  when  continued  ill-health,  compelled  him  to  discontinue  his  min- 
istrations. I  have  the  synopsis  of  many  of  his  sermons  in  his  own  hand. 
He  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Gratiot  about  1846  or  1847 
and  here  remained  until  1851,  when  he  removed  to  Newark,  Licking 
County,  Ohio.  In  1864  he  became  a  contract  surgeon  in  the  Federal 
Army  and  continued  such  until  the  close  of  the  war ;  then  returned 
to  Newark,  where  he  died  March  1,  1874,  and  there  he  lies  bm-ied. 
He  was  much  of  an  invalid  all  his  life,  although  a  large,  fleshy  man. 
His  second  wife,  Mary  C.  (Jefferson)  Hood,  is  still  living  and  is  now 
(February,  1896)  in  the  eighty-fifth  year  of  her  age  and  in  full  posses- 
sion of  her  faculties.  No  children  were  born  of  his  second  marriage. 
The  children  of  James  and  Cordelia  (Pumphrey)  Hood  were  six,  as 
follows : 

"Nancy  B.,born  August  21, 1821— Dr.  L.  J.  Dallas;  Ehzabeth  M., 
born  February  24,  1823 — Orlo  Sperry;  Benjamin  Rush,  bom  July  26, 
1827— Edith  Manley;  Dr.  Thomas  Beal,  born  March  19,  1829— first, 
Margaret  Hannah  Winegarner;  second,  Mary  E.  Hyde;  Charles  F., 
born  July  6,  1831 — Anna  E.  Pickering;  Adeline  Cordelia,  born  Sep- 
tember 14,  1837 — first,  Benjamin  D.  Evans;  second,  Gilmore. 

"Dr.  Thomas  Beal  Hood,  son  of  Dr.  James  Hood,  is  my  father. 

"James  A.  Hood." 

HOOD'S  MILL. 

James  Hood,  of  "Bowling  Green,"  inherited  a  large  estate  sur- 
rounding this  mill.  This  descended  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  John 
Tolley  Worthington,  who  sold  it  to  Samuel  Bentz.  The  mill  was 
destroj^ed  by  fire,  but  has  now  been  replaced  by  a  modern  rolling 
mill.  This  was  run  by  the  Dorsey  Brothers.  Hood's  mill  is  the  railroad 
terminus  of  the  Westminster  road.  It  is  a  busy  shipping  and  receiv- 
ing depot  for  a  large  territor5^  Messrs.  Hammond  Brothers  conduct 
the  store  and  depot. 

Surveys  were  early  made  in  this  section.  John  Dorsey  (of 
Edward)  held  large  surveys  here  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1765. 

Edward  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd)  was  upon  the 
northern  border  of  Hood's  Mill  long  before  that.  He  sold  "  Dorsey's 
Thicket"  and  "Vachel's  Purchase"  to  Vachel  Dorsey  in  1761,  and 
Deborah  Maccubin,  his  wife,  joined  him. 

In  1764  Edward  and  Deborah  sold  to  his  father  "Ely's  Lot" 
and  another  part  of  "  Dorsey's  Thicket"  in  exchange  for  "  Whita- 
ker's  Purchase."    This  he  sold  to  Benjamin  Scott. 

In  1766  Edward  and  Deborah  sold  "  Dexterity,"  on  which 
"Hood's  Mill"  stands,  to  his  brother.  Colonel  John  Dorsey.  This 
was  sold  by  Colonel  John  to  his  brother-in-law,  Vachel  Dorsey. 
Edward  and  Deborah  lived  at  the  junction  of  the  Westminster  and 
Old  Liberty  roads.  They  sold  a  part  of  the  homestead  tract  to  Ely 
Dorsey,  Sr. 

Edward's  will  of  1782  names  the  following  heirs:  "To  Ely  100 
acres  of  'Dorsey's  Thicket,'  upon  which  he  now  resides;  also  a  part 
of  'Long  Trusted,'  on  Piney  Falls,  near  Gillis'  Spring.    To  son  Levin, 


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all  the  remainder  of  '  Long  Trusted/  excepting  twenty  acres  and  mill, 
which  are  to  go  to  wife  Deborah.  To  Edward  '  Hawk's  Nest  Rebuilt.' 
To  loving  son,  John  Lawrence  Dorsey,  my  tract  'Long  Reach.'  To 
my  youngest  sons,  Benjamin  and  Rhesaw,  all  my  lands  where  I  now 
live,  viz.,  a  part  of  ' Dorsey 's  Thicket,'  part  of  'John's  Chance,'  'Addi- 
tion' to  'Kendall  Delight'  and  part  of  ' Dorsey 's  Thicket  Enlarged.' 

"  In  case  of  my  wife's  marriage,  then  I  give  to  my  three  youngest 
daughters,  Deborah,  Sophia  and  Rachel,  her  portion.  To  son  Levin, 
my  tracts  ' Folly '  and  ' Sumac  Hill.' " 

Mrs.  Deborah  Dorsey  claimed  her  third. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Ann  Maccubin,  in  1798,  tells  us  who  Mrs. 
Deborah  Dorsey  was.  She  named  "her  stepson,  Zachariah  Maccubin, 
her  stepdaughter,  Deborah  Dorsey  and  stepdaughter,  Mary  Dorsey; 
her  husband  Zachariah  Maccubin."  He  was  the  son  of  John  Maccu- 
bin, the  immigrant,  who.  claimed  to  descend  from  Kenneth  II.,  the 
first  King  of  Scotland. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hood,  sister  of  Deborah  Dorsey, 
throws  more  light  on  this  family  of  distinction.  It  was  probated 
1784  and  named  "her  son,  Zachariah  Hood;  her  eldest  daughter, 
Susannah  Worthington;  her  daughters,  Anne,  Eleanor,  Hester,  Eliza- 
beth and  Mary."  She  refers  to  the  confiscation  of  her  son's  estate. 
This  was  Zachariah  Hood,  the  stamp  distributor.  Though  his  estate 
was  confiscated,  the  English  Government  made  him  Governor  of 
Turk's  Island.  He  acquired  an  immense  estate,  died  a  bachelor,  and 
no  claim  has  ever  been  made  to  secure  it. 

Benjamin  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Deborah)  bought,  in  addition 
to  his  inheritance,  all  the  rights  of  his  brother  Rhesaw  in  three 
tracts,  " Dorsey 's  Thicket,"  "Dorsey's  Thicket  Enlarged"  and 
"Brother's  Discovery,"  in  1818. 

He  married  Amelia,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Sellman,  and  had  one 
son,  Jonathan  Sellman  Dorsey.  By  a  second  marriage,  to  Catharine 
Perrin,  of  Hagerstown,  he  had  a  son,  Benjamin  Dorsey.  His  will  of 
1829  named  his  heirs:  "Granddaughters  Amelia  Wade,  Eliza- 
beth Warthen,  sons  Jonathan  and  Benjamin."  The  latter's  portion 
was  land  purchased  of  Campbell,  intersecting  the  lands  of  Columbus 
O'Donnell.  On  the  left  of  the  road  was  Jonathan's,  on  the  right  was 
"  Brother's  Discovery,"  to  be  equally  divided  between  them. 
Benjamin  died  a  bachelor. 

SELLMAN. 

William  Sellman,  son  of  John  Sellman  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife, 
was  born  January  22,  1689.  He  married  the  widow  Sparrow,  who 
was  Ann,  daughter  of  John  and  Matilda  West,  who  was  the  mother 
of  Matilda  Sparrow,  the  bride  of  John  Burgess,  of  Captain  Edward 
and  the  mother  of  six  Revolutionary  soldiers. 

William  and  Ann  Sparrow  Sellman  had  issue — John,  born  1720; 
Charles,  1722;  Jonathan,  1723;  Ann,  1725.  Jonathan  Sellman  was 
married  by  license  September  16,  1746,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Ferdinando  Battee  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife.     Their  son,  Jonathan, 


480      Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

born  1753,  became  the  Revolutionary  officer  of  the  Third  BattaHon 
of  the  Maryland  Line  and  was  promoted  to  Major  and  General.  In 
1783  he  married  Rachel  Lucas,  but  without  issue.  He  married  next 
Anne  Elizabeth  Harwood,  daughter  of  Colonel  Richard  Harwood. 
From  his  administrative  account,  rendered  by  his  executrix,  Mrs. 
Ann  Elizabeth  Sellman,  with  Richard  Harwood  and  Joseph  Harwood 
sureties,  the  distribution  of  his  estate  was  made  to  herself  and  to 
Alfred  Sellman,  Richard  Sellman,  John  H.  Sellman,  Thomas  Welsh, 
Joseph  N.  Stockett  and  David  M.  Brogden. 

A  handsome  portrait  of  General  Jonathan  Sellman  now  hangs  in 
the  home  of  his  Stockett  descendants  in  Annapohs.  Major  Sellman 
was  at  Valley  Forge  during  that  winter  of  discontent. 

Other  branches  of  the  Sellman  family  moved  to  Elk  Ridge.  A 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Sellman  (of  William) ,  Amelia,  became  the  wife 
of  Benjamin  Dorsey.  Their  son,  Jonathan  Sellman  Dorsey,  left 
several  sons,  already  noted  among  the  Dorseys  of  Howard. 

Jonathan  Sellman  Dorsey's  homestead  was  at  the  junction  of 
the  roads  just  north  of  "  Hood's  Mill."  His  daughter  Ruth  was  the 
wife  of  Julius  Berrett,  son  of  Joseph  Berrett,  of  France,  who  took  up 
"Never  Die,"  near  Freedom. 

Jonathan  Sellman  Dorsey's  oldest  son,  Walter  Dorsey,  late 
Sheriff  of  Howard,  held  the  historic  house  wherein  General  La  Fayette 
was  entertained,  in  1825.  His  wife  was  Julia  Forsythe,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Mary  (Dorsey)  Forsythe.  The  late  Luther,  Nimrod  B., 
and  Jonathan  M.  Dorsey,  who  held  the  homestead,  were  brothers. 
The  last  surviving  son  of  Jonathan  S.  Dorsey  was  Judge  John  R. 
Dorsey,  of  "  Oakland,"  who  died  recently.  His  commanding  home- 
stead is  near  West  Friendship,  To  him  I  am  indebted  for  several 
historic  records  herein  contained.  His  wife.  Miss  Whalen,  was  heir 
to  the  old  house  wherein  the  first  polls  of  the  third  district  were  held. 
Their  daughter  Rose  is  now  Mrs.  Nicholson,  of  Baltimore,  she  has 
several  handsome  daughters. 

Reverend  Wm.  W.  Dorsey  and  Harry  C.  Dorsey  are  the  sons  of 
Judge   Dorsey; 

Anne  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Deborah)  though  not  named  in 
his  will,  was  the  wife  of  Philemon  Dorsey  Hobbs,  who  lived  near 
Poplar  Spring. 

Sophia  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Deborah)  married  William 
Dorsey  (of  Sheriff  John),  whose  daughters  were  Maria  and  Lucy,  heirs 
to  "Gray's  Bower." 

The  descendants  of  Ely  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Deborah 
Dorsey)  were  Edward,  Archibald  and  Sarah. 

Edward  married  Miss  Lunt,  of  Alexandria,  Virginia.  Their 
heirs  were  the  late  Daniel  Dorsey,  of  "Barnum's  Hotel,"  Edward, 
Augustus,  Ezra,  Sarah  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Robert  Hewitt. 

Archibald  married  Lucy  Dorsey  (of  William)  and  joined  her 
in  selling  "Gray's  Bower"  to  John  Dorsey  (of  "Sheriff  John"). 

Daniel  Dorsey,  of  "  Barnum's  Hotel,"  was  the  most  popular  man 
in  Baltimore.     All  agreed  that  he  knew  what  Marylanders  wanted, 


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and  succeeded  in  rendering  "Old  Barnum's"  the  hotel  of  the  day. 
His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Barnum.  His  son  Joseph  was 
associated  with  him  and  was  also  very  popular. 

Dorsey  Guy,  grandson  of  Daniel  Dorsey,  former  correspondent 
for  the  Baltimore  "Sun,"  was  with  the  Fifth  Maryland  Regiment  dur- 
ing the  Spanish  war, 

A  daughter  of  Daniel  Dorsey  recently  died  in  Washington. 

Levin  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Deborah)  held  for  a  time,  his  tracts 
near  Freedom.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  left  the  homestead  to 
his  heirs  and  removed  to  the  West.  One  son  was  Owen  Dorsey, 
inventor  of  the  Dorsey  Reaper,  whose  son,  Edmund  Dorsey,  has  for 
several  years  been  one  of  the  County  Commissioners  of  Howard. 
His  residence  is  Gary  Post-office.  He  has  several  sons,  all  progres- 
sive men  of  business.  Mrs.  Thomas  Stewart,  of  "Round  About  Hills/' 
is  one  of  his  daughters. 

Rhesaw  (of  Edward  and  Deborah)  sold  three  tracts  north  of 
"Hood's  Mill"  to  Benjamin  Dorsey,  his  brother,  in  1818. 

Edward  Dorsey  (of  Edward  and  Deborah)  inherited  "Hawk's 
Nest  Rebuilt."  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  General  William  and 
Sarah  (Coppage)  Gumming,  of  Liberty.  He  and  his  brother-in-law, 
Basil  Nicholas  Hobbs,  sold  their  wives'  inheritance,  which  was  located 
near  William  Hobbs,  at  Ridgeville.  Edward  and  Sarah  Dorsey  left 
no  heirs, 

DORSEYS  OF  ST.  JAMES'  CHURCH. 

Vachel  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Honor  Elder)  inherited  "Belt's  Hills," 
another  tract  of  John  Elder,  which  descended  to  Honor  Elder  and 
by  her  husband  was  deeded  to  Vachel. 

Vachel  Dorsey  united  the  descendants  of  Colonel  Edward  and 
his  brother,  Hon.  John,  through  his  marriage  to  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Sarah  (Todd)  Dorsey,  In  addition  to  his  inheritance 
of  "  Belt's  Hills,"  790  acres,  he  bought  of  his  brothers-in-law,  Edward 
and  Colonel  John  Dorsey,  "Vachel's  Purchase,"  "Ely's  Lot"  and 
"Dexterity,"  all  at  and  near  "Hood's  Mill."  He  also  bought 
Nathan's  property  near  Woodstock,  which  he  later  sold  to  Edward  (of 
John).  His  will  of  1798  reads:  "To  my  son  Levin  I  grant '  Dorsey 's 
Interest,' '  Salophia'  and  '  Lost  Sheep,'  partly  in  Baltimore  and  partly 
in  Anne  Arundel.  To  son  Edward  I  give  'Belt's  Hills,'  790  acres, 
and  a  tract  called  '  Invasion, '  in  Anne  Arundel  County.  To  my 
daughter  Ruth  Owings  I  give  'Dexterity,'  580  acres;  'Vachel's  Pur- 
chase,' '  Addition  to  Vachel's  Purchase'  and  '  Ely's  Lot.'  If  no  issue, 
to  descend  to  my  two  granddaughters,  Ruth  and  Maria,  daughters 
of  my  sons  Elias  and  Vachel.  I  give  to  my  granddaughter,  Elizabeth 
Frost,  a  negro  boy  now  in  possession  of  my  son,  Johnsa  Dorsey.  The 
remainder  of  my  estate  to  be  divided  equally  among  Johnsa,  Ehas, 
Vachel,  Edward  and  Ruth  Owings.  My  sons  Johnsa  and  Elias  joint 
executors."  Johnsa  had  already  been  seated  upon  500  acres  in 
Baltimore  County  (now  Carroll)  and  Elias  had  also  received  a  similar 
estate  in  Carroll,  both  previous  to  his  will. 


482      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Ruth  Dorsey,  in  1814,  granted  her  son  Johnsa 
"  silver  spoons."  "  To  Ruth  Owings,  my  wearing  apparel.  To  grand- 
daughter, Eliza  Owings,  a  negro  boy,  in  case  her  father  will  assist  in 
the  maintenance  of  my  son  Levin.  To  granddaughter,  Ruth  Maria 
Dorsey,  a  negro,  in  case  her  father,  Johnsa  Dorsey,  will  assist  in  the 
maintenance  of  my  son  Levin.  To  my  granddaughters,  Maria,  Caro- 
line, Mary  and  Rachel  Dorsey,  similar  gifts,  in  case  their  father,  Vachel, 
will  assist  in  the  maintenance  of  my  son  Levin.  My  granddaughter, 
Elizabeth  Frost,  residuary  legatee.  All  money  due  me  from  Samuel 
Owings  and  all  my  property  to  be  used  by  my  executor  in  the 
maintenance  of  my  son  Levin.  My  son,  Edward  Dorsey,  my  sole 
executor." 

Johnsa  Dorsey  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rezin  Hammond, 
and  had  Rezin  Hammond  Dorsey,  who  died  a  bachelor  in  the  West, 
and  Nimrod  Dorsey,  who  married  Matilda  Dorsey,  daughter  of  his 
uncle  Edward  and  Susannah  (Lawrence)  Dorsey. 

Elias  Dorsey  married,  first,  Susannah 'Snowden,  and,  second, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Lawrence.     (See  Lawrence  records.) 

Edward  Dorsey  married  Susannah  Lawrence  (of  Benjamin). 
(See  Lawrence  records.) 

Vachel  Dorsey,  Jr.,  married,  first,  Sarah  Nelson,  daughter  of 
Burgess  and  Sarah  (Howard)  Nelson,  and  had  the  daughters  named 
in  his  mother's  will.  He  married,  second,  Elizabeth  Dorsey  (of 
Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Hall),  and  had  Essex  Ridley  Dorsey,  late  of 
"Hockley,"  and  Elizabeth  Hall  Dorsey,  wife  of  Caleb  Dorsey,  of 
"Hockley." 

Vachel  Dorsey,  Jr.,  resided  in  Baltimore.  He  was  engaged  with 
Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  in  surveying  and  selling  vacant  lands. 
Among  the  many  interesting  papers  at  "  Hockley"  is  one  containing 
a  long  list  of  vacant  tracts  in  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard,  surveyed 
by  Vachel  Dorsey.     (See  Hockley  record.) 

Levin  (of  Vachel)  passed  his  estate,  through  Edward,  the 
executor,  to  Nimrod  Dorsey,  of  Jefferson  County,  Kentucky,  in  1814. 

Edward  (of  Vachel),  after  selling  most  of  his  estate  to  Edward 
Dorsey  (of  Edward),  removed  to  Kentucky  with  his  daughter,  Mary 
Ann  Hobbs,  wife  of  Basil  Nicholas  Hobbs.  In  1809  Johnsa  Dorsey, 
administrator  of  Edward's  estate,  sold  "Belt's  Hills"  to  Thomas 
Leach  and  named  the  heirs  of  Edward  (of  Vachel),  as  Sally,  Matilda, 
Elias,  Levin  Lawrence  and  Urith  Dorsey.  These  two  sons  became 
progressive  stock-raisers  in  the  West  and  left  large  families.  Edward 
(of  Vachel)  was  known  as  "Fuzzy  Head  Ned."  He  died  and  was 
buried  at  the  "Anchorage,"  the  home  of  his  descendant,  Mrs.  John 
Shirley,  of  Kentucky.  His  will  of  1808  named  also  Patience  Lucket 
and  Benjamin  Lawrence  Dorsey. 

Elias  Dorsey  married  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Lawrence.  He 
was  in  partnership  with  Thomas  Dorsey  and  Benjamin  Lawrence  in 
milling.  In  his  will  of  1794  he  ordered  the  mill  to  be  sold;  named 
his  daughters,  Mary  and  Ruth;   if  they  die  without  issue,  their  por- 


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tions  to  go  to  brothers,  Johnsa  and  Edward,  and  nephew  Charles  (of 
Vachel).  (This  nephew  was  Captain  Charles  Dorsey,  who  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  North  Point.) 

Elias  Dorsey,  of  Jefferson  County,  Kentucky,  and  Sarah  H. 
Dorsey,  his  wife,  sold  "Selby's  Lot"  on  the  Severn  to  Mr. 
Tayman. 

Edward  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Honor)  inheirited  "Taylor's  Park," 
situated  on  the  Old  Frederick  Road  and  binding  on  the  road  leading 
from  St.  James'  Church  to  Sykesville.  It  was  taken  up  by  John 
Taillor,  descended  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Higginson,  who  sold  it  to 
John  Elder,  and  through  Honor  Elder,  wife  of  John  Dorsey  (of  Major 
Edward),  descended  to  her  son  Edward,  who  was  a  large  merchant 
of  Baltimore,  and  acquired  an  estate  equal  to  his  father.  He  was 
upon  the  Committee  of  Observation  for  Anne  Arundel  in  1775,  and 
built  the  brick  house  which  still  stands  upon  the  Sykesville  Road. 
Many  of  his  descendants  have  erroneously  classed  him  as  Edward 
Dorsey,  son  of  Edward  and  Sarah  Todd.  He  married  "  Betty  Gilliss," 
daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Mary  Hill,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Henry 
Hill  and  Mary  Denwood. 

Edward  Dorsey  (of  John)  bought  two  tracts  in  Baltimore  County 
near  "Soldiers'  Delight"  and  1,000  acres,  known  as  "Small  Begin- 
ning" from  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton.  In  1788  he  and  his  son, 
Dr.  Ezekiel  John  Dorsey,  sold  "Chaney's  Neglect,"  in  Baltimore 
County,  to  William  Patterson.  This  later  formed  a  portion  of  the 
Springfield  farm  of  George  Patterson,  near  Sykesville.  He  and  his 
son.  Dr.  Ezekiel  John  Dorsey,  also  granted  to  Edward  Dorsey,  Jr.,  of 
Anne  Arundel,  three  tracts  "Progress,"  "Additional  Progress"  and 
"Dorsey's  Dilemma."  The  signature  of  this  son  was  "Edward  of 
Edward."  He  held  the  homestead  "Taylor's  Park"  and  "  Hay  Mead- 
ows," patented  to  his  father  in  1785.  He  bought  of  Ely  Elder  the 
remaining  part  of  "  Taylor's  Park."  He  bought  of  Edward  Dorsey  (of 
Vachel)  522 >^  acres  adjoining  "Taylor's  Park"  in  1801.  He  bought 
of  Robert  Shipley  "The  Last  Shift"  which,  with  other  tracts  on  the 
road  leading  from  Benjamin  Lawrence's  mill  to  Baltimore,  he  deeded 
to  his  son,  Robert  Dorsey.  In  1825  he  granted  "Taylor's  Park"  to 
his  son,  Samuel  Dorsey.  In  1836  he  sold  to  Joshua  Barlow  a  part 
of  "Taylor's  Park"  and  a  part  of  "Invasion."  He  joined  his  son 
Samuel  in  mortgaging  a  part  of  "Taylor's  Park"  to  the  Bank  of 
Baltimore  to  secure  a  S4,000  loan  to  Samuel.  It  was  redeemed  by 
Mary  Glenn,  wife  of  Samuel.  As  guardian  for  Samuel,  Edward  (of 
Edward)  loaned  to  Dr.  Richard  Hopkins,  Samuel's  inheritance,  which 
was  secured  by  a  mortgage  upon  "JLockwood's  Adventure." 

In  1820  Edward  Hill  Dorsey,  brother  of  Samuel,  bought  of  James 
Hood,  of  "Hood's  Mill,"  " Littleworth "  and  "Pleasant  Meadows," 
beginning  at  "  Ely's  Lot "  and  "  Vachel's  Purchase."  In  1830  Edward 
Hill  Dorsey  and  Julia  Ann,  his  wife,  formerly  Julia  Ann  Thomas, 
of  Baltimore  County,  sold  a  lot  in  Easton,  Talbott  County,  conveyed 
by  Rev.  Lott  Warfield,  of  Easton,  to  Mary  Thomas,  mother  of  Julia 
Aim  Dorsey.     Other  lots  in  Easton,  belonging  to  the  estate  of  James 


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Thomas,  father  of  Mrs.  Dorsey,  were  also  sold  by  them.  In  1841, 
Samuel  Dorsey  made  the  following  deed  to  Edward  H.  Dorsey  and 
Julia  Ann,  his  wife:  "Whereas,  Edward  Dorsey,  father  of  Samuel 
and  Edward  H.  Dorsey,  did,  by  his  last  will,  bequeath  unto  Samuel  a 
certain  tract  under  the  condition  that  Samuel  should  convey  unto 
Edward  H.  Dorsey  the  same  quantity  of  land  which  he  had  bought 
of  Robert  Dorsey  (of  Edward),  he  (Samuel)  hereby  conveyed  to 
Edward  H.  Dorsey  the  three  tracts,  "Lucy's  Lot,"  "Rachel's  Lot" 
and  'Invasion,'  adjoining  'Taylor's  Park.'"  These  same  tracts 
were,  that  year,  conveyed  by  Edward  H.  Dorsey  and  Julia  Ann,  his 
wife,  to  Henry  Whalen. 

The  will  of  Ezekiel  and  Mary  (Hill)  Gilliss  both  name  their 
daughter  "Betty."  She  inherited  "Withers  Durand,"  which  was 
sold  by  her  and  Edward  Dorsey  (of  John)  to  Joseph  Hill,  her  uncle. 
Their  son.  Dr.  Ezekiel  John  Dorsey,  of  Baltimore  County — Rebeckah 
Maccubin.  He  left  a  tract  "Nancy's  Fancy"  in  1822  to  Rebecca 
Dorsey,  of  Edward. 

Colonel  Henry  Dorsey  (of  Edward  of  John),  clerk  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  Harford  County,  married  Miss  Smithson,  whose  daughter, 
Mrs.  Farnandis,  left  the  late  Hon.  Henry  Dorsey  Farnandis  and  his 
brother,  of  Harford. 

Joseph  Dorsey  (of  Edward  of  John)  joined  his  father  in  bonding 
his  brother.  Dr.  Ezekiel  John  Dorsey,  in  1781.  He  married  his  cousin, 
Amelia  Gilliss  (of  Henry  and  Agnes  Belt),  of  Curtis  Creek,  and  removed 
to  Washington  Count}^  Pennsylvania.  His  wife's  inheritance  was 
"Rich  Neck,"  on  Curtis  Creek,  which  they  sold,  while  residing  in 
Pennsylvania,  to  Mr.  Pitcher.  Joseph  Dorsey  built  a  large  stone 
house  at  Brownsville,  Pennsylvania,  upon  1,280  acres  of  land. 
Early  in  1800  be  bought  Government  lands  in  Ohio,  now  the 
finest  in  the  State.  They  are  near  Steubensville,  Ohio,  and  are 
still  known  as  "  Dorsey's  Flats."  The  issue  of  Joseph  and  Amelia 
(Gilliss)  Dorsey  were  Edward  Gilliss,  Ezekiel,  Mary  Hill,  John, 
Rebecca,  Ann,  James,  Elizabeth,  Matilda,  Harriet,  Clarissajand  Henry. 
Their  daughter  Ann  married  John  P.  M.  Dubois,  son  of  John  Joseph 
Dubois,  of  Strasburg,  France,  brother-in-law  of  Isaiah  Fox,  con- 
structor of  the  ship  Constitution  ("Old  Ironsides").  The  wife  of 
John  Joseph  Dubois  was  Juliana  Penn  Miller,  daughter  of  Peter 
Miller,  the  distinguished  linguist  cmploj^ed  by  Thomas  Jefferson  to 
translate  the  Declaration  of  Independence  into  seven  different 
languages.  Peter  Miller's  wife  v/as  Elizabeth  Richardson,  a 
descendant  of  Lord  Aubrey,  of  Wales. 

Joseph  Dorsey  Dubois,  son  of  John  P.  M.  Dubois  and  Ann 
Dorsey  (of  Joseph),  is  the  Secretary  of  the  Wheehng  Steel  and  Iron 
Company.     His  daughter  is  Mrs.  J.  J.  Holloway,  of  Wheeling. 

The  daughters  of  Edward  and  Betty  (Gilliss)  Dorsey  were  Mrs. 
Betty  Van  Bibber,  wife  of  James,  to  whom  John  Gilliss,  of  Baltimore 
County,  granted  his  tract  "Empty  Bottle"  in  1786,  and  Mary  Hill 
Dorsey,  to  whom  John  Gilhss  granted  "Bachelor's  Refuge"  in  1789; 
she  bought  lands  in  western  Baltimore  in  1787;  she  became  the  wife 


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of  John  Wilkins,  whose  daughter,  Rebecca  Wilkins,  married  Howell 
Williams.  The  brothers  of  Mrs.  Betty  Gilliss  Dorsey  were  John 
Gilliss,  of  Baltimore  County,  and  Henry  Gilliss,  of  Curtis  Creek.  Her 
sisters  were  Mrs.  Milcah  Richardson;  Sarah,  first  wife  of  John  Davidge 
(of  Robert),  and  Mrs.  Pinkney. 

SYKESVILLE. 

This  growing  town  was  started  in  Howard  County,  but  succeeding 
floods  drove  it  into  Carroll  County.  It  takes  its  present  name  from 
Mr.  James  Sykes,  the  Englishman,  who  converted  a  flour  mill,  which 
had  been  carried  on  by  Charles  Alexander  Warfield  and  others  long 
before  1800,  into  a  cotton  mill  and  lived  to  regret  it. 

Mr.  Sykes  was  the  first  to  petition  the  erection  of  Howard 
District  into  Howard  County  in  1850.  His  old  homestead  on  the 
Howard  County  side  still  stands,  but  his  large  cotton  mill  has  stood 
idle  since  the  last  flood.  It  may  yet  rise  from  its  ashes  and  be  made 
to  shed  its  electric  light  through  the  progressive  town  that  now 
boasts  of  a  bank,  several  progressive  stores,  several  churches,  a 
college  and  one  of  the  handsomest  station-houses  along  the  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  Railroad. 

As  a  shipping  point  for  two  progressive  counties,  this  enterprising 
town  will  continue  to  grow. 

In  the  triangle  formed  by  two  roads  leading  from  Sykesville  to 
the  Old  Frederick  Road  on  the  south  were  seated  the  following  early 
settlers:  Thomas  Forsythe,  Robert  Shipley,  John  Hood,  Vachel 
Dorsey,  Edward  Dorsey  and  Benjamin  Lawrence,  of  "  Delaware 
Hundred." 

Old  St.  James'  Church,  upon  the  Frederick  Road,  celebrated  for 
its  camp  grounds,  stood  near  the  present  St.  James. 

Into  this  section  progressive  surveyors  were  early  seated. 
Robert  Shipley  was  nearest  Sykesville. 

^'SHIPLEY'S  CHOICE/*   200  ACRES. 

This  tract  upon  the  river  side  of  the  Severn  is  the  earhest  in  the 
Shipley  name.    It  was  surveyed  March  30,  1681,  for  Adam  Shipley. 

It  was  held  later  by  Peter  Porter  and  by  James  Barnes  equally. 
Richard  Shipley  granted  to  his  younger  brothers,  Adam,  Robert  and 
Peter,  "Howard's  and  Porter's  Range"  and  to  his  brother  Robert 
lands  on  Elk  Ridge.  Adam  was  to  hold  the  homestead  of  his  mother, 
Lois  Shipley,  on  "Howard's  and  Porter's  Range."  Peter  Shipley, 
by  will,  left  all  of  his  property  to  his  brother  Richard,  as  heir-at-law. 

Richard  Shipley  and  Peter  Porter  sold  100  acres,  in  1716,  to 
Robert  Freshwater.  In  1720  Richard  Shipley  and  James  Barnes 
sold  100  acres  to  the  same  purchaser.  Richard  Shipley  sold  also  to 
his  sisters,  Keturah  Barnes  and  Lois  Shipley,  "Shipley's  Choice." 
Richard  and  Adam  Shipley  sold  "Howard's  and  Porter's  Range"  to 
Henry  Sewell.  This  tract  was  the  original  survey  of  Captain 
Cornelius  Howard  and  the  first  Peter  Porter. 


486       Founders  or  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Robert  Shipley  (of  Adam)  was  the  inheritor  of  "Shipley's  Dis- 
,  covery/;  upon  the  Patapsco,  south  of  the  Great  Falls.  This  was  laid 
out  in  1724.  It  covered  250  acres.  In  1742  Robert  Shipley  sold  140 
acres  of  this  to  Nathan  Barnes,  and  in  1744  he  sold  110  acres  more  to 
Peter  Porter,  who  named  it  "Porter."  These  same  two  families  of 
the  Severn  followed  him.  Robert  Shipley  is  next  fomid  upon  his 
large  survey  at  Sykesville.  His  inventory  was  returned  in  1767,  by 
his  two  sons,  William  and  George  Shipley,  his  executors.  His 
daughters  married  John  Hood,  Upton  Welsh,  Howes  Goldsborough, 
Dorsey  and  Gassaway. 

Welsh  and  Goldsborough  located  upon  his  surveys.  A  large 
reserved  graveyard  upon  his  home  marks  many  a  resting-place.  Dr. 
Howes  Goldsborough  and  Captain  Upton  Welsh,  with  their  Shipley 
wives,  were  neighbors. 

From  the  large  survey  east  of  Lisbon,  upon  which  Ex-Sheriff 
Nathan  Shipley's  descendants  still  live,  a  large  family  went  out  to 
many  sections.  Having  failed  to  get  some  family  data  from  represen- 
tatives of  the  family  in  Howard,  I  can  only  name  some  of  the  descend- 
ants of  these  early  surveyors  in  Howard  and  Carroll,  as  Judge  Shipley, 
father  of  Mrs.  H.  O.  Devries;  Dr.  Shipley,  Mr.  Oscar  Shipley,  Talbot 
Shipley,  Samuel  Shipley,  Talbot  Shipley,  Jr.,  Bradley  Shipley  and 
Oliver  Shipley,  still  upon  the  homestead.  This  tract  was  "  Shipley's 
Adventure."  Dr.  Shipley,  late  Examiner  of  the  Schools  of  Howard, 
and  his  brother,  Rev.  Ethelbert  Shipley,  are  close  upon  the  old  surveys 
of  Howard  and  Shipley. 

.  FORSYTHE. 

Thomas  and  James  Forsythe  came  over  from  Scotland,  in  1779. 
James  went  west.  Thomas  settled  near  Sykesville,  now  Howard 
County.  He  married,  first.  Miss  Elizabeth  Hasgood,  of  Devonshire, 
England,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  Henry  Forsythe,  who  was  born 
in  1804.  Thomas  Forsythe  married,  second,  Miss  Mary  Warfield, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Chaney,  and,  third,  Miss  Amelia  Gaither, 
having  no  issue  by  either. 

His  homestead,  near  Sykesville,  was  a  part  of  Robert  Shipley's 
estate.  It  descended  to  his  son,  Henry  Forsythe,  who  married  Mary 
Dorsey,  daughter  of  John  Dorsey  and  Ellen  Cochran.  Their  heirs  are 
Julia  A.  Dorsey,  John  T.  Forsythe,  Manelia,  Arthur  P.,  Wilham 
Henry  and  Emily  V.  Forsythe. 

John  T.  Forsythe  heired  the  old  homestead  at  Sykesville,  now 
held  by  his  son,  John  W.  Forsythe.  Mrs.  Mary  Forsythe  heired  from 
her  father  a  tract  upon  the  old  Frederick  road,  known  as  "Lost  by 
Neglect."  This  became  the  later  residence  of  Mr.  Henry  Forsythe 
and  is  now  held  by  his  son,  William  Henry  Forsythe.  To  this  valu- 
able property  was  added  a  handsome  estate  upon  the  "  Hood's  Mill" 
road,  now  the  homestead  of  Arthur  P.  Forsythe. 

Adjoining  both  is  the  late  property  of  Mr.  Nimrod  Dorsey,  who 
married  two  daughters  of  Henry  Forsythe.  This  estate  is  now  held 
by  William  Henry  Forsythe,  who  holds  an  extensive  property  in  a 
splendid  state  of  cultivation. 


Founders  of  Anne  Akundel  and  Howard  CouitTiEs.      487 

These  two  brothers  are  among  the  first  of  our  progressive  farmers 
of  Howard.  Mrs.  Walter  Dorsey's  estate,  at  Cooksville,  and  Mrs. 
Nimrod  Dorsey's,  east  of  her  brother,  are  also  well-developed. 

Arthur  P.  Forsythe  married  a  sister  of  Mr.  James  T.  Clark, 
President  of  the  Drovers'  Bank  of  Baltimore.  One  daughter  is  Mrs. 
Hammond,  of  "  Hood's  Mill." 

William  Henry  Forsythe  married  Miss  Welling,  of  Clarksville. 
Their  son,  William  Henry  Forsythe,  attorney-at-law,  was  a  member 
of  the  Legislature  from  Howard,  upon  the  Judiciary  Committee  of 
the  House.  Mr.  William  Henry  Forsythe,  St.,  has  been  a  Director  of 
Springfield  Asylum  since  its  removal  to  Sykesville. 

DELAWARE  HUNDRED, 
HOME  OF  BENJAMIN  LAWRENCE. 

This  oldest  son  of  Levin  and  Susan  Dorsey  followed  his  brothers 
to  the  neighborhood  of  St.  James'  Church.  He  was  upon  the 
"Committee  of  Observation  "  for  his  section  known  as  "Delaware 
Hundred."  He  built  a  mill,  known  later  as  Polton's,  on  Delaware 
Bottom. 

In  1762  he  married  Urith,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Urith 
(Randall)  Owings,  of  Owings'  Mill.  Mrs.  Owings  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Beale)  Randall.  Benjamin  Lawrence's  heirs 
were  Samuel,  Levin,  Mary  and  Susannah  Lawrence. 

Samuel  Lawrence,  in  1790,  married  Sarah  Hobbs,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Elizabeth  Cumming  (of  General  William  and  Sarah 
Coppage).  Their  daughter,  Urith  Owings  Lawrence — James  Brown, 
of  Delaware,  and  left  Caroline,  wife  of  James  Anderson,  of  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  whose  daughter  Louisa  became  Mrs.  Dr.  Kemper,  of 
Cincinnati,  to  whom  I  am  indebted  for  valuable  aid. 

Benjamin  Lawrence  (of  Samuel) — Susannah  Howard  (of  Thomas 
and  Ruth  [Dorsey]  Howard),  whose  grandmother  was  Susannah 
Lawrence  (of  Benjamin). 

At  the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War  this  section,  known  as 
"  Delaware  Hundred,"  became  the  centre  of  a  busy  settlement,  after 
all  available  lands  had  been  taken  upon  Elk  Ridge,  Benjamin  Law- 
rence was  a  central  figure  of  that  settlement.  His  wife  Urith  Owings, 
was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Owings,  whose  estate  covered  a  big 
section  of  Baltimore  County.  Their  daughter  Susannah  married 
Edward  Dorsey  (of  Vachel);  their  daughter  Mary  married  Elias 
Dorsey  (of  Vachel) ,  whose  daughter  Mary  married-Levin  Lawrence  (of 
Benjamin). 

Nimrod  Dorsey  (of  Johnsa  of  Vachel)  married  Matilda  Dorsey 
(of  Edward  and  Susannah  Lawrence). 

Mary  Dorsey  (of  Johnsa)  had  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Frost,  whose 
daughter,  Emily  Childs,  married  Levin  Lawrence  Dorsey  (of  Elias), 
son  of  Edward  and  Susannah  Lawrence. 

In  1798  Benjamin  and  Samuel  Lawrence  removed  to  Jefferson 
Comity,  Kentucky.    The  first  stone  house  in  the  county,  known  as 


488      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

"Eden,"  was  built  by  them.  Samuel  Lawrence's  wife  rode  in  her 
carriage  over  the  mountains  of  Maryland^to  join  her  husband,  Edward, 
and  his  son-in-law,  Nimrod  Dorsey,  soon  followed. 

The  above  marriages  between  the  families  of  Vachel  Dorsey  and 
Benjamin  Lawrence  show  some  of  the  tangles  we  are  called  upon  to 
solve. 

"Two  of  Benjamin  Lawrence's  first  cousins  became  his  sons-in- 
law;  his  cousin's  daughter  became  his  daughter-in-law  and  aunt  to 
her  own  first  cousin;  his  cousin's  granddaughter  married  his  grand- 
son." 

Two  of  Benjamin  Lawrence's  descendants,  Mrs.  Dr.  Kemper,  of 
Cincinnati,  and  Mrs.  John  Shirley,  of  "The  Anchorage,"  Kentucky, 
have  spent  thirty  years  of  their  intelligent  lives  in  seeking  to 
unravel  the  tangled  threads  of  their  Dorsey,  Lawrence,  Hobbs  and 
Cummings  relations. 

My  own  researches  of  wills  and  deeds  are  herein  added  to  their 
life-work. 

MARRIOTTSVILLE. 

The  estate  of  General  Richard  Marriott,  a  descendant  of  John 
Marriott,  of  the  Severn,  gave  the  name  to  this  little  village  of  Howard. 
A  magnesium  limestone  quarry  is  immediately  at  the  railroad  station. 

The  late  Henry  O.  Devries  was  for  many  years  the  leading 
farmer  of  this  section. 

It  was  in  this  village  he  organized  a  Farmers'  Grange.  Upon 
"Prospect  Hill,"  near  by,  lived  Michael  Burgess,  oldest  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph.  Coming  out  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  in  which  he 
fought  as  Ensign,  he  married  Sarah  Warfield,  of  Davidge,  and  handed 
down  his  estate  to  Thomas  Burgess,  Sheriff  of  Howard.  The  latter 
married  Honor  Dorsey.  Their  sons  were  Dr.  Thomas  Burgess,  of 
Nashville,  Illinois;  Dr.  Lloyd  Burgess,  of  Sparta,  Illinois;  Joseph 
Burgess,  of  Nashville,  Illinois,  and  William  Burgess,  attorney-at-law, 
of  Orange  Court,  Virginia.  The  daughters  of  Sheriff  Thomas  Bur- 
gess were  Mrs.  Charles  Hipsley  and  Mrs.  Lucinda  Day,  mother  of 
State  Senator  George  Dorsey  Day,  of  Commissioner  William  Day 
and  of  Joshua  Day,  of  Glenelg.  A  portion  of  this  estate  is  now  held 
by  the  McEvoys. 

William  Burgess  (of  Michael),  of  "Prospect  Hill,"  located  in 
Baltimore.  He  began  the  business  of  Merchant  Tailor.  It  has  been 
followed  by  his  son  William  and  his  grandson,  William  C.  Burgess. 

Joshua  Burgess  (of  Michael)  resided  in  Lisbon.  His  wife  was 
Rebecca  Mercer.  They  left  three  daughters,  Sallie,  Rebecca  and  Mrs. 
Gaither  Henderson,  and  one  son,  William. 

HENRY  0.  DEVRIES. 

Henry  O.  Devries,  the  late  President  of  the  School  Board  of 
Howard  County  and  long  State  Grange  Agent,  was  born  near  Skyes- 
ville  in  1826.  His  father,  Saib  Devries,  came  from  Holland  in  1803, 
where  his  family  was  prominent  in  the  wars  of  Holland. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      489 

Mrs.  Sarah  Devries  was  of  the  Elder  family,  who  took  up  a  large 
estate  upon  the  border  lines  of  Howard  and  Carroll  Counties. 

In  1850  Mr.  H.  O.  Devries  married  Ann  E.  Shipley,  daughter 
of  Judge  J.  H.  Shipley,  of  Carroll  County,  and  grandniece  of  Colonel 
Beale  Randall,  descendant  of  Thomas  Randall  and  Hannah  Beale, 
of  Annapolis. 

The  Devries  estate  is  a  part  of  the  property  once  held  by  Colonel 
John  Eager  Howard,  near  Marriottsville.  Mr.  Devries  was  Judge  of 
the  Orphans'  Court  of  Howard;  was  a  delegate  to  the  Constitutional 
Convention  of  1867.  When  the  Grange  movement  was  inaugurated 
he  became  an  active  supporter;  was  Master  of  the  County  Grange, 
and,  still  later,  became  the  Master  of  the  State  Grange  and  General 
Manager  of  the  State  Agency,  which  he  made  a  success.  Mr.  Devries 
also  made  a  success  of  farming.  He  but  lately  retired  from  the 
Presidency  of  the  School  Board.  Judge  Devries'  daughters  are  Mrs. 
Dr.  Luke  M.  Shipley,  Mrs.  R.  S.  Maxwell,  Cora  and  Martha  Devries; 
Newton  W.,  Alpheus  C.  and  Rev.  Benjamin  F.  Devries  are  his  sons. 
After  a  long  illness  Mr.  Devries  died  in  the  fall  of  1902.  The  funeral 
took  place  from  St.  James'  Church  and  was  largely  attended.  Mrs. 
Devries  survives. 

WOODSTOCK. 

A  narrow  valley,  bisected  by  the  rushing  Patapsco,  along  which 
winds  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railway;  a  station-house,  store  and 
quite  a  hillside  village  on  the  south ;  a  church  and  the  magnificent 
CathoHc  College  looming  upon  the  north  ridge  of  the  valley,  paralleled 
by  a  number  of  handsome  summer  homes  on  the  south,  constitute 
this  charming  resort. 

Here  were  born  two  United  State  Senators;  Senator  Henry 
Gassaway  Davis,  of  West  Virginia,  and  Senator  Arthur  Pue  Gorman, 
of  Maryland. 

Near  by  lived  and  died  two  of  Howard's  most  intelligent  and 
popular  residents — Samuel  Brown  and  his  brother,  John  Riggs  Brown; 
and  here  was  born  the  brilHant  editor  of  the  "Ellicott  City  Times," 
John  R.  Brown,  Jr.,  a  relative  of  whom  is  still  connected  with  it. 
Here,  also,  lived  Dr.  Herbert  and  his  son,  Brigadier-General  James 
R,  Herbert,  whose  estate  was  close  to  Governor  George  Hf)ward's 
"Waverly." 

Woodstock  is  also  the  home  of  Ex-Treasurer  Frank  Parlett,  now 
Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners.  Woodstock's  granite  quarries 
are  represented  in  the  handsomest  public  buildings  of  Baltimore. 

DORSEYS  OF  WOODSTOCK. 

Nathan  Dorsey  (of  John  and  Honor  Elder)  was  located  on  the 
Old  Frederick  Road,  near  Woodstock.  His  tracts  were  "  The  Mis- 
take," "Dispute  Ended"  and  "Ranter's  Ridge,"  the  latter  taken  up 
by  Thomas  Browne.  He  bought  of  Benjamin  Yates,  two  tracts, 
"Yates' Inheritance"  and  "Yates'  Contrivance,"  on  the  Patapsco. 


490      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Nathan  and  Sophia,  his  wife,  in  1764,  sold  part  of  "  The  Mistake" 
and  mortgaged  "Yates'  Contrivance"  and  "Yates'  Inheritance"  to 
Hon.  Henry  Griffith. 

In  1768  Edward  and  Vachel  Dorsey,  his  brother,  bought  three 
tracts,  "Mistake,"    "Dispute  Ended"  and  "Yates'  Contrivance." 

In  1785  Vachel  and  Ruth  Dorsey  sold  all  their  interest  to 
Edward  Dorsey,  merchant  of  Baltimore. 

In  1786  Edward  Dorsey  sold  all  of  these  tracts  to  General  John 
Eager  Howard  for  his  son,  George  Howard,  later  Governor  of 
Maryland. 

Nathan  Dorsey 's  homestead  upon  "  Ranter's  Ridge  "  was  known 
as  "  Waverly . ' '  He  left  no  will.  His  descendants  are  now  in  Louisiana, 
Georgia,  Mississippi,  Delaware  and  Maryland.  His  son,  John  Dorsey, 
was  remembered  by  his  grandfather,  in  1764.  Vachel  (of  Nathan), 
who  lost  a  leg  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  left  a  descendant,  Dr. 
Nathaniel  G.  Ridgely  Dorsey. 

Edward  Dorsey  was  known  as  "Curly  Head  Ned." 

Nathaniel  Dorsey  was  Secretary  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincin- 
nati after  the  Revolution.  In  1832  Nathaniel  Dorsey,  of  Harford 
County,  bought  "Spring  Garden"  off  James  Kirk  and  others. 

Dr.  Samuel  Dorsey,  who  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Mrs.  Priscilla  Reid,  have  also  been  classed  as  heirs  of 
Nathan  Dorsey,  of  Waverly. 

The  record  reads:  "Nathaniel  and  Ann  Owings  Dorsey  had 
seven  sons  and  one  daughter.  Vachel  lost  a  leg  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  and  Edward  was  called  'Curly  head  Ned.' — Maria  B." 

"  My  grandfather  was  Vachel,  who  lost  a  leg  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  and  your  father  was  Samuel,  who  studied  medicine  in  Philadel- 
phia. Both  were  sons  of  Nathaniel  Dorsey,  of  "Waverly,"  which 
passed  to  the  Howards  and  then  to  I.  D.  Judick. — N.  G.  Dorsey." 

THE  BROWNS  OF  WOODSTOCK. 

I  have  studied  three  years  to  locate  the  Woodstock  family.  As 
there  were  eighty  men  and  women  bearing  the  Brown  name,  and  sev- 
enty more  spelling  their  names  Browne,  it  is  difficult  to  record  with 
certainty  the  true  family.  I  am  aware  of  the  tradition  already 
published,  that  our  Woodstock  Brownes  came  from  Captain  Samuel 
Browne,  who  petitioned  in  1692  to  be  restored  to  his  position  as  naval 
officer.  I  am  also  aware  that  this  Captain  Samuel  Browne  is  claimed 
as  the  nephew  of  Abell  Browne,  the  ex-sheriff  and  ex-justice,  whose 
will  names  his  "nephews,  Samuel  and  James,  sons  of  my  brother 
James,  of  Bermuda."  The  above  testator  was  twice  married,  and 
yet  he  names  in  his  will  but  one  son,  Robert,  the  namesake  of  Robert 
Harwood,  who  took  up  "  Harwood,"  which  Robert  Browne  inherited; 
but  Abell  Browne  was  also  a  brother-in-law  of  Michael  Taney,  and 
both  were  sons-in-law  of  Commander  Samuel  Philips.  Abell  Browne 
had  a  son  Samuel,  namesake  of  the  Commander.  He  may  be  foimd 
as  a  witness  in  a  contest  over  the  title  of  "  Harwood,"  and  said  Samuel 
was  evidently  the  legatee  of  his  grandfather  Philips,  and,  as  his 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      491 

legatee,  became,  without  doubt,  his  successor  and  commander.  This 
is  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  his  father,  Abell,  left  him  no  lands 
because  he  was  a  naval  officer.  This  Samuel  Browne  (of  Abell)  took 
up  no  lands.  He  did  not  hold  "Brown's  Folly;"  that  was  taken  up 
by  Thomas  Brown,  the  ranger.  He  left  no  will  or  testamentary 
records  and  no  lands. 

I  find  a  Samuel  Brown  upon  the  Bush  River  in  Baltimore  County; 
this  was  Abell  Browne's  estate.  His  will  of  1713  left  his  lands  to  his 
three  sons,  Samuel,  James  and  Absalom.  The  latter  alone  trans- 
ferred these  same  lands  still  later.  This  shows  that  Samuel  and 
James  went  elsewhere.     The  above  testator  naming  his  son  James, 

,      appears  to  be  the  Samuel  Brownej  .nephew  of  Abell;„  from  his  son 

//o     Samuel  could  have  come  JBenjamin,--,  of  ,"Good^  Fellowship,"  who  /      ^ 
handed  down  General  Samuel  Browne. W--^'''^'-'^'^-'  ^^^^^'<^^'''c'A.  //  v>"/ 

Benjamin  Brown,  of  "  Good  Fellowship, "  was  the  brother-in-law 
of  Patuxent  John  Dorsey,  whose  son  Ely  wrote  to  their  London 
merchant  to  honor  the  drafts  of  Benjamin  Brown  and  himself.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Dorsey,  widow  of  Patuxent  John,  not  only  named  her  two 
sons,  Samuel  and  Benjamin,  in  honor  of  father  and  brother,  but  her 
will  of  1771  was  witnessed  by  Samuel  Brown,  Jr.,  and  by  Rachel 
Todd,  both  representatives  of  Benjamin  Brown,  of  "Good  Fellow- 
ship." His  will  of  1768  names  his  wife,  Susannah  (Randall?)  and  his 
son  Samuel,  heir-at-law  of  "Good  Fellowship."  His  remaining  heirs 
were  Rachel  Todd,  Ruth  Todd,  Joshua,  Vachel,  Susannah,  Richard, 
Charles,  Ephraim,  Rebecca  and  Benjamin  Brown,  Jr. 

Vachel  Browne  (of  Benjamin)  married  Miss  Hyatt  and  held  her 
estate  near  New  Market,  Frederick  Coimty.  His  son,  Joshua  Browne, 
was  President  of  the  Elk  Ridge  Railroad  and  Mayor  of  Annapolis. 

Samuel  Browne,  several  times  Delegate  to  the  Legislature  from 
Frederick  County,  and  the  wife  of  Mr.  Brashears,  of  Annapolis,  are 
heirs  of  Joshua  Browne.  Samuel  Browne,  heir-at-law  of  Benjamin, 
held  "Good  Fellowship^  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution.  He 
married  Achsah,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Riggs.  The  archives 
show  his  commission  as  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Charles  Hammond's 
Elk  Ridge  Militia  in  1778.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  promoted 
to  general.  John  Riggs  Browne,  Samuel  Browne,  Jr.,  Elisha,  Vachel, 
Susannah  and  Achsah  Riggs  Browne  were  his  heirs.  General  Browne 
left  his  homestead,  "Good  Fellowship,"  to  his  son,  John  Riggs  Browne,  " 
and  bought  "Walnut  Hill,"  near  the  Old  Brick  Church;  here  he 
spent  his  remaining  days.  His  daughter,  Susannah,  became  Mrs. 
Polton,  of  Guilford.  Achsah  Riggs,  his  youngest  daughter,  became 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Jr.,  of  "Gray  Rock;"  she  was  the 
mother  of  Achsah  Riggs  Dorsey,  second  wife  of  Reuben  M.  Dorsey, 
of  "Arcadia,"  and  of  Sally,  wife  of  Dr.  Arthur  Pue. 

"Walnut  Hill"  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  attractive  homesteads 
in  Howard.  It  passed  from  Samuel  Brown,  Sr.,  to  Samuel  Brown, 
Jr.,  who  was  long  Register  of  Wills  for  Anne  Arundel  County.  It 
passed  from  him,  a  bachelor,  to  his  brother  Vachel.  Upon  the  latter's 
removal  to  the  city  it  was  bought  by  Captain  Pendleton,  of  Virginia, 


492      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

who  restored  it  after  the  type  of  the  Colonial  houses  of  Virginia.  It 
is  now  the  property  of  Mr.  Louis  T.  Clarke,  attorney-at-law,  Ellicott 
City. 

Samuel  Brown,  Jr.,  also  came  into  possession  of  the  homestead 
of  "  Brown's  Purchase,"  near  Guilford.  He  deeded  this  to  his  brother, 
Elisha  Brown,  the  surveyor  of  Anne  Arundel.  His  wife  was  Ann 
Ra3^  It  descended  to  their  daughter  Lucretia,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Hammond  Dorsey.  By  them  the  old  homestead  was  sold  to 
Ephraim  Collins.  Its  handsome  brick  mansion  is  now  the  home  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earp  In  a  graveyard,  immediately  in  front  of  the 
dwelling,  are  well-preserved  memorial  stones  bearing  the  names  of 
Samuel  Browne  (of  Elisha),  who  died  1826;  Elisha  Browne,  1832; 
James  Browne,  1836;  Anne  Browne,  1836;  she  was  the  wife  of  Elisha 
Browne. 

The  deed  from  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammond  Dorsey  to  Ephraim 
Collins  includes  the  adjoining  tracts  of  "  Warfield's  Contrivance"  and 
"  Harry's  Lot,"  and  it  joins  the  original  homestead  of  Colonel  Henry 
Ridgely. 

Mr.  Vachel  Browne,  of  Baltimore,  is  a  son  of  Vachel  Browne  (of 
Samuel)  by  his  wife,  a  daughter  of  William  Berry. 

John  Riggs  Browne,  of  "Good  Fellowship,"  married  Sarah 
Gassaway,  daughter  of  Brice  John,  of  Fulton,  whose  wife,  Dinah 
Warfield,  was  a  sister  of  Major  Charles  Alexander  Warfield;  issue, 
Henry  Gassaway  Browne,  Samuel,  John  Riggs  Browne,  Jr.,  Louisa, 
Mary  Ann,  Elizabeth  and  Kitty  Ann  Browne.  John  Riggs  Browne 
was  in  the  War  of  1812  and  died  at  thirty-two  years. 

Louisa  Browne  became  the  wife  of  Caleb  D.  Davis,  of  Wood- 
stock, heir  of  Mrs.  Ruth  Randall  and  son  of  Robert  Davis  (and  Ruth 
Gaither).  Their  son  is  Hon.  Henry  Gassaway  Davis,  Ex-Ur.ited 
States  Senator,  late  candidate  for  Vice-President,  and  President 
of  several  railroads  in  West  Virginia,  now  a  resident  of  Washington. 
Senator  Davis  and  his  cousin,  Senator  A.  P.  Gorman,  of  Maryland, 
both  born  at  Woodstock,  were  in  the  Senate  at  the  same  time. 

The  late  wife  of  Senator  Davis  was  Catharine  Bantz,  of  Frederick, 
granddaughter  of  Alexander  and  Mary  (Harwood)  Warfield,  of  the 
"Seneca."  Their  only  son  is  John  T.  Davis,  of  Elkins.  Upon  the 
recent  birth  of  his  son,  Henry  Gassaway  Davis,  a  telegram  was 
received  from  Ex-Senator  Davis,  then  a  Delegate  and  Chairman  of  the 
United  States  Commission  at  the  Pan-American  Congress  in  Mexico, 
announcing  a  gift  of  $100,000  to  his  infant  grandson  and  namesake. 

The  daughters  of  Senator  Davis  are  the  wife  of  United  vStates 
Senator  Stephen  B.  Elkins,  of  West  Virginia;  Mrs.  R.  M.  G.  Brown 
and  Mrs.  Arthur  Lee.  Senator  Davis  is  President  of  the  West  Vir- 
ginia Central  Railroad.  He  and  his  brother.  Major  Thomas  Davis, 
former  Democratic  candidate  for  Congress  in  1900,  are  engaged  in 
developing  valuable  coal  mines  in  West  Virginia.  Senator  Davis, 
with  headquarters  in  Washington,  has  recejitly  organized  another 
railroad  in  West  Virginia  and  has  bee  n  made  its  president.     In  hi 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties,      493 

speech  accepting  the  nomination  for  Vice-President  he  showed  a 
conservative  wisdom  which  has  made  him  "  The  Grand  Old  Man"  of 
the  age. 

Mary  Ann  Browne  (of  John  Riggs  Browne)  became  Mrs.  Smith. 
Ehzabeth  married  Mr.  Peter  Gorman,  of  Woodstock.  Their  oldest 
son,  Senator  Arthur  Pue  Gorman,  was  born  at  Woodstock  in  1839. 
(See  sketch  of  Senator  Gorman.)  Kitty  Ann  Brown  (of  John  Riggs) 
became  the  wife  of  Henry  Hood,  son  of  General  Thomas  Hood. 

Samuel  Browne,  of  "Good  Fellowship,"  married  Elizabeth 
Jenkins,  of  Richmond.  Issue,  Henry,  Thomas,  Charles,  Frank, 
Josephine  and  Ida  Brown. 

Thomas  Browne  (of  Samuel)  has  been  for  several  years  one  of 
the  managers  of  Springfield  Asylum.  Frank  Browne  bought  the 
homestead  and  married  Miss  Davis.  He  is  a  progressive  farmer. 
John  Riggs  Browne,  by  his  first  wife  had  an  only  son,  John  Riggs 
Browne,  Jr.,  for  many  years  the  briUiant  editor  of  the  "Ellicott  City 
Times."  He  died  in  early  manhood,  a  bachelor.  The  old  homestead 
of  "Good  Fellowship"  is  still  held  by  Mr.  Browne's  heirs. 

THE  DORSEYS  OF  ELLICOTT  CITY. 

The  immediate  settlers  around. the  site  of  Elhcott's  Mills,  but 
long  before  this  settlement,  were  the  sons  of  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey 
(of  Caleb  of  Hochley),  who  resided  upon  "Wyatt's  Ridge,"  where 
"Belvoir"  stands  to-day.  This  extensive  tract  was  the  inheritance 
of  Ann  Worthington  (of  John,  the  merchant,  whose  wife  was  Helen, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  [Heath]  Hammond). 

Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  inherited  from  his  father  "two  farms, 
bought  of  Thomas  Higgins"  twenty  head  of  cattle,  twenty  head  of 
sheep,  the  family  silver  and  his  mother's  crest  representing  a  stork; 
with  this  he  sealed  his  will,  now  to  be  seen  at  Annapolis. 
-^  The  only  daughter  was  Sarah,  wife  of  Reuben  Meriweather,  of  a 
distinguished  Virginia  family  recorded  in  Burke's  Heraldry.  They 
settled  at  "Round  About  Hills,"  on  a  survey  of  Colonel  Henry 
Ridgely.  Ann  Meriweather  became  Mrs.  John  Worthington. 
Nicholas  Meriweather,  through  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Hood  (of  John 
and  Rachel  Howard),  came  into  possession  of  parts  of  "Worthington 
Range"  at  Clarksville;  to  this  he  added  other  tracts.  Their  daughter, 
Sallie  Meriweather,  married  Reuben  Meriweather  Dorsey. 

Sarah  Dorsey  Meriweather  (of  Reuben)  became  Mrs.  Thomas 
Beale  Dorsey  (of  Caleb).  Mary  Meriweather  became  the  wife  of 
Westley  Linthicum.  He  was  the  Anne  Arundel  representative  of  the 
"  Glorious  Nineteen  Van  Buren  Electors, "  and  left  descendants  in 
Charles  W.  Linthicum,  of  Clarksville,  and  George  Washington 
Linthicum,  of  Roxbury. 

Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  Meriweather  (of  Reuben)"inherited  "Round 
About  Hills."  Through  his  wife.  Miss  Handy,  he  left  Mrs.  Dr.  Augustus 
Riggs,  of  Cooksville;  Mrs.  Daniel  Warfield,  of  "White  Cottage,"  and 
Mrs.  Dr.  Lloyd  T.  Hammond,  of  the  "  Pine  Orchard."  Their  son, 
Edward  Hammond,  represented   Howard    in   the   Legislature  and 


494      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

succeeded  Judge  Smith,  the  war  judge  of  Howard,  as  Associate  Judge 
of  Howard  County.  Mrs.  Dr.  Wm.  Magruder,  of  Brookeville,  mother 
of  Dr.  William  Magruder,  of  Sandy  Spring,  was  a  sister  of  Judge 
Hammond. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Meriweather,  after  the  marriage  of  her  son,  built  upon 
property  bought  of  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey.  This  estate  was  sold 
by  her  executors.  Dr.  Lloyd  T.  Hammond  and  Daniel  Warfield,  to 
Samuel  Owings  (of  Thomas).  It  is  now  the  property  of  Hon: 
Humphrey  Dorsey  Wolfe. 

Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  Meriweather  exchanged  his  inheritance 
with  Mr.  Thomas  Cook,  of  Cooksville,  and  resided  there.  It  was  later 
bought  by  Dr.  Augustus  Riggs,  and  is  still  held  by  his  heirs. 

CALEB   DORSEY  OF  *^ARCADLA/* 

Caleb  Dorsey  was  a  progressive  surveyor;  his  signature,  "Caleb 
Dorsey,  of  Thomas,"  appears  upon  numerous  transfers  in  real  estate, 
but  he  left  four  sons  who  surpassed  him. 

Caleb,  of  "Arcadia,"  married  Elizabeth  Worthington.  Her 
mother  was  Susannah  Worthington,  nee  Susannah  Hood,  sister  of 
Zachariah  Hood,  the  stamp  agent  of  the  revolution.  Susannah 
Hood's  mother  was  Elizabeth  Maccubin  (of  Zachariah  and  Susannah 
Nicholson,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Nicholson  and  Hester  Larkin  and 
granddaughter  of  Sir  John  Nicholson,  of  Scotland).  Zachariah 
Maccubin,  son  of  John  and  Elinor  Maccubin,  claimed  to  descend 
from  the  McAlpines,  who  were  descendants  of  Kenneth,  first  King  of 
Scotland.  Caleb  and  Elizabeth,  of  "Arcadia,"  had  Mrs.  Susan  Brooks, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Waring  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Baer. 

Caleb  Dorsey,  Jr.,  bought  the  homestead  of  "Patuxent  John 
Dorsey"  at  Columbia,  and  married  Ann  Howard  (of  Captain  Brice). 
Charles  W.  Dorsey  bought  the  western  part  of  the  same  tract.  He 
built  the  old  brick  house  upon  the  pike  west  of  "  Arcadia"  and  there 
resided.  His  wife  was  Mary  Tolley  Worthington  (of  Walter  and 
Sarah  Hood  [of  John  and  Hannah  Barnes],  of  "Bowling  Green"). 
Their  daughters,  Sally  Ann  and  Mary  Tolley,  became  wives  of 
Governor  Ligon;  Comfort  Augusta  became  Mrs.  James  Mackubin; 
Ehzabeth  became  Mrs.  William  H.  G.  Dorsey. 

John  Worthington  Dorsey  (of  Caleb)  bought  an  elegant  body  of 
land  near  the  Old  Brick  Church.  He  brought  his  wife  from  Major 
Philip  Hammond's  Manor,  near  Gambrill's  Station.  She  was  Mary 
Ann  Hammond,  who  inherited  the  present  property  of  Mr.  Bond,  near 
Millers ville,.  The  late  Judge  Reuben  M.  Dorsey ;  Caleb,  of  California, 
Charles  W.  Dorsey,  of  the  Confederate  Home; Mrs.  Levin  Gale,  Mrs. 
Dr.  Mackey  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Cook,  of  Virginia,  were  heirs. 

Reuben  Meriweather  Dorsey,  the  richest  of  all,  lived  upon  the  old 
home  tract,  "Arcadia."  He  married  Sally  Meriweather,  whose  mother 
was  Rachel  Howard,  whose  mother  was  Rachel  Worthington,  whose 
mother  was  Elizabeth  Ridgely.  Reuben  Dorsey's  daughter,  Ann 
Elizabeth — William  Bose  Dobbin,  progenitor  of  Judge  Dobbin'  and 
his  son,  Hon.  Robert  Dobbin,  of  Howard,  late  School  Commissioner; 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       495 

Josephine — Anthony  Johnson,  now  represented  by  Thomas  M.  John 
son,  of  the  present  School  Board;  Sally  Meriweather  (of  Reuben) — Dr. 
Samuel  Owings  Rogers.     Their  sons  are  Hon.  John  Gough  Rogers  and 
Reuben  Dorsey  Rogers.     The  second  wife  of  Reuben  M.  Dorsey  was 
Achsah  Riggs  Dorsey  (of  Thomas  Beale  and  Achsah  Riggs  Brown). 

COLONEL   JOHN  WORTHINGTON  DORSEY 
OF  THE  REVOLUTION. 

This  second  son  of  Thomas  Beale  and  Ann  commanded  an  Elk 
Ridge  company  in  the  Maryland  Line,  frequently  mentioned  in  our 
archives.  His  estate  was  near  the  Old  Frederick  Road,  north  of 
Caleb  Dorsey's.  Colonel  Dorsey  married  Comfort  Worthington  (of 
Samuel).  Chief  Justice  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Caleb  and  Edward, 
of  Kentucky ;  Colonel  Charles  Samuel  Worthington  and  bachelor  John 
Worthington  Dorsey,  Jr.,  were  his  sons. 

The  land  records  of  Howard  are  strong  evidences  of  the  large 
practice  held  by  Judge  Dorsey.  His  signature  in  bold  hand  was 
"Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  of  John."  An  able  jurist,  his  opinions  were 
sought  in  leading  contests.  When  called  to  preside  as  Chief  Justice 
at  Annapolis,  he  made  the  journey  daily  on  horseback.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1851.  Through  his 
efforts  Howard  District  was  erected  into  Howard  County.  Judge 
Dorsey's  wife  was  Milcah  Goodwin,  a  granddaughter  of  Caleb  Dorsey, 
of  Belmont.  Their  daughter,  Rebecca  Comfort,  became  Mrs.  Allen 
Bowie  Davis,  of  "Greenwood;"  Samuel  Worthington  Dorsey  removed 
to  Louisiana  and  married  Sarah  Ann  Ellis,  of  Mississippi.  They  lost 
heavily  during  the  Civil  War.  Mrs.  Dorsey  presented  "Beauvoir"  to 
Ex-President  Jefferson  Davis ;  after  his  death  Mrs.  Davis  returned  the 
estate  to  Misses  Comfort  and  Mary  Dorsey,  of  Ellicott  City,  including 
rare  household  articles.  They  are  the  daughters  of  Attorney  William 
Henry  Goodwin  Dorsey,  who  built  the  Macguire  homestead,  now 
owned  by  Mr.  Richard  H.  Cromwell.  Attorney  William  H.  G. 
Dorsey  married,  first,  Elizabeth  Worthington  Dorsey  (of  Charles 
Worthington  Dorsey),  and,  second.  Comfort  Worthington  Dorsey 
(of  Colonel  Charles  Samuel  Worthington  Dorsey). 

John  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  third  son  of  Chief  Justice  Dorsey, 
was  a  candidate  for  Judge  of  Howard  Circuit.  He  held  the  home- 
stead and  during  his  absence  in  the  Southern  Confederacy  it  was 
sacrificed.  He  was  three  times  married — first,  to  Sarah  Ann 
Harrison;  second,  to  Mary  Campbell  Harris;  third,  to  Kate  Mason, 
daughter  of  Judge  James  Mason,  Confederate  Commissioner  to  the 
English  Court.  Two  daughters  survive  and  reside  in  Washington. 
Mr.  Dorsey  was  tall,  distinguished  looking,  an  accomplished  talker 
with  ready  wit. 

Caleb  Dorsey,  brother  of  Judge  Dorsey,  married  Miss  Taylor,  of 
Kentucky,  and  died  there. 

Edward  Dorsey,  his  brother,  married  Ellen  Brown  (of  Moses)  and 
in  1830  removed  to  St.  Louis.  His  daughters  were  Mrs.  Gilchrist 
Porter  and  the  wife  of  Senator  Broadhead,  of  Missouri. 


496       FouNDEES  OF  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Bachelor  John  W.  Dorsey,  Jr.,  conveyed  "Rebecca's  Lot"  to 
Patrick  Crowley.  It  began  at  the  given  line  of  a  conveyance  from  his 
brother  Edward  W.  Dorsey,  at  a  corner  between  the  lands  of  John  G. 
Rogers  and  Mrs.  Commodore  Mayo,  to  a  corner  of  John  T.  B.  Dorseys. 
He  sold  another  part  of  "Rebecca's  Lot"  at  the  tollgate  to  John 
Burgess. 

Charles  S.  W.  Dorsey  (of  Colonel  John)  married  Mary  Pue 
Ridgely  (of  General  Ridgely)  and  left  Comfort  Dorsey  and  Rebecca 
Hanson,  wife  of  Colonel  George  R.  Gaither,  Charles  Ridgely  Dorsey, 
attorney;  John  W.  Dorsey,  attorney  and  ex-member  of  the  School 
Board,  and  Samuel  W.  Dorsey,  of  Baltimore,  are  sons. 

Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Jr.,  of  "Gray  Rock,"  located  upon  the 
south  side  of  the  Frederick  Pike.  His  estate  is  Herbert's.  He  was 
twice  married — first,  to  Achsah  Dorsey  (of  Samuel) ,  by  whom  he  had 
Samuel;  second,  to  Achsah  Brown  (of  Samuel),  by  whom  he  had 
Achsah  Riggs  Dorsey,  second  wife  of  Reuben  M.  Dorsey,  and  Mrs. 
Sally  Pue,  wife  of  Dr.  Arthur  Pue.  They  had  William,  Ventress, 
Samuel,  Ferdinand  and  Robert  Pue.  Three  of  these  brothers 
removed  to  Texas.  Ferdinand  and  Robert  Pue  remain  in  Howard, 
The  former  is  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  Christ  Church  at  Highland; 
the  latter  of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Poplar  Spring.  Thomas  Beale 
and  Achsah  Brown  Dorsey  had  one  son,  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  Jr. 
"Gray  Rock"  was  sold  by  Mr.  Reuben  Dorsey. 

SETTLEMENT  OF  ELLICOTT^S  MILLS. 

Three  years  before  the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War 
Joseph,  John  and  Andrew  Ellicott  purchased  lands  on  both  sides  of 
the  Patapsco  four  miles  in  extent,  including  all  water  power  two 
miles  above  and  two  below  the  mills.  The  exact  amount  of  land 
covered  cannot  now  be  ascertained.  These  brothers  were  descendants 
of  an  old  Devonshire  family  in  England,  who  were  in  possession  of 
their  estate  when  the  Conqueror  came.  They  were  sons  of  Andrew 
Ellicott,  who  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  1730.  Having  journeyed 
over  the  middle  counties  of  the  province  of  Maryland  to  ascertain 
their  adaptability  for  growing  wheat,  they  were  favorably  impressed 
and  concluded  to  locate  upon  the  Patapsco.  All  of  their  stock  and 
implements  were  put  on  board  of  a  vessel  at  Philadelphia  and  were 
taken  down  the  Delaware  to  New  Castle  and  there  landed.  Wagons 
and  carts  forming  a  part  of  their  outfit  were  then  loaded  and  driven 
across  the  Peninsula  to  the  head  of  Elk  River,  where  they  were  again 
embarked  on  a  vessel,  which,  by  way  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Patapsco, 
brought  them  to  Elk  Pudge  Landing,  then  called  Patapsco.  There 
they  werq  finally  discharged;  the  wagons  and  carts  were  again 
landed,  and  moved  over  the  rough  and  narrow  country  road  to 
within  one  mile  of  their  destination.  Here  they  were  obliged  to  stop 
on  account  of  the  rocks  and  precipices.  Unloading  their  contents, 
parties  of  men  with  hand-barrows  carried  them  to  their  journey's 
end,  then  known  as  "The  Hollow." 


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By  the  harvest  time  of  1774  a  house  100  feet  long,  with  spacious 
chambers  for  storage,  was  finished,  and  with  it  a  small  village  of  com- 
fortable houses  had  also  been  raised  up.  This  first  building  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1809.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  workmen's 
cabin,  a  saw-mill  was  the  next  object  for  securing  the  necessary 
lumber  for  the  buildings.  Quarries  of  granite  immediately  on  the 
ground  were  next  opened.  All  the  implements,  except  some  crow- 
bars gotten  from  Dorsey's  Forge,  at  Avalon,  were  brought  from  Penn- 
sylvania. The  whole  valley  was  then  a  wilderness  covered  with 
great  trees,  centuries  in  age.  The  undergrowth  was  so  thick  a  path 
had  to  be  cut  through  to  explore  the  ground.  Small  game  of  every 
kind  dwelt  therein,  whilst  upon  the  more  open  ground  great  herds  of 
deer  and  flocks  of  wild  turkeys  frequently  were  seen.  Shad  and  her- 
ring were  caught  in  the  Patapsco  as  far  west  as  Elysville.  Paths  of 
the  Indians  were  clearly  traceable  until  1828.  Stone  tomahawks, 
stone  axes  and  arrow-points  were  so  abundant  where  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad  office  now  stands,  the  presumption  is  that  a  great 
Indian  battle  had  there  been  fought  near  the  spring  with  its  over- 
shadowing trees. 

In  1774  the  Ellicott  brothers  were  ready  to  grind  wheat.  Their 
books  show  that  William  Lux  Bowly  bought  on  December  4th,  1774, 
100  barrels  of  flour,  at  seventeen  shillings  and  charges;  December  13th, 
100  barrels,  and  on  the  20th,  100  barrels  more. 

Bowly's  warehouse  was  at  Elk  Ridge  Landing,  where  beautiful 
residences,  with  handsome  grounds,  flower  gardens  and  gravel  walks 
were  built  immediately  after  the  war. 

The  cost  of  living  at  that  time  may  also  be  seen  by  Ellicotts' 
books.  Bacon  sold,  per  pound,  at  two  shillings  six  pence;  turkeys,  four 
pence  per  pound;  chickens,  four  pence;  butter  nine  pence;  beef  and 
pork,  three  pence;  wages,  twenty  pence  per  day.  To  grow  wheat  for 
their  mill  these  pioneers  had  to  cut  down  the  forests  upon  the  hills, 
clear  out  the  stumps,  plow  and  sow  in  order  to  set  object  lessons  for 
their  neighbors. 

The  "Elk  Ridge"  and  "Upton"  Hundreds  were  unwilling  to 
give  up  their  tobacco  crops  for  wheat.  They  had  their  hand-mills  for 
grinding  corn  for  their  negroes,  and  they  looked  with  suspicion  upon 
the  Quakers  and  their  new  mills  on  the  Patapsco,  but  the  Ellicotts, 
believing  that  "a.  demand  will  create  a  supply,"  kept  on  offering  a  fair 
price  for  wheat. 

Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  was  then  at  Doughoregan  Manor, 
and  though  the  richest  capitalist  in  the  province,  he  saw  that  his 
revenues  could  be  increased  by  cultivating  wheat,  and  at  once  changed 
his  methods  upon  both  manors.  He  was  ready,  too,  to  encourage  the 
new  millers  by  loaning  them  money  for  the  development  of  their 
enterprise.  He  was  then  about  the  only  banker  of  that  day.  To  his 
manor  the  Ellicotts  built  a  road  at  their  own  expense.  Beyond  that, 
to  reach  the  upper  Manor  of  Carrollton,  near  Frederick,  the  planters 
along  the  route  willingly  helped  them.    A  house  on  wheels  was  built 


498      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

for  the  workmen.  It  was  drawn  by  horses  from  place  to  place.  It 
had  a  kitchen  for  cooking  everything  but  bread;  this  was  supplied 
and  forwarded  from  their  mills. 

The  men  who  worked  on  this  road  were  all  from  Pennsylvania. 
When  the  firm  had  completed  their  buildings  and  stabling  which 
accomodated  eighty  horses,  they  next  turned  their  attention  to 
building  a  school  for  the  neighborhood.  The  last  building  in  the 
village  before  1790  was  their  warehouse  and  store.  This  was  located 
directly  opposite  the  mill  and  immediately  on  the  road  from  Balti- 
more to  Frederick.  This  work  was  done  by  Maryland  masons — the 
Spicers,  of  Harford  County.  Externally  it  remains  as  it  was  built, 
but  it  is  now  a  dwelling  for  private  families. 

The  Ellicotts  sent  agents  to  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  who 
bought  goods  and  shipped  them  via  Elk  Ridge  Landing.  They  dealt 
in  linens,  diapers,  silks,  satins,  brocades,  India  china,  dinner  and  tea 
sets,  mirrors,  glassware,  mathematical  instruments,  ironware,  gro- 
ceries, liquors  and  wines.  After  our  Independence  they  sent  Samuel 
Godfrey,  an  English  partner,  to  London  for  importation  of  their 
goods.  Influential  men  for  miles  congregated  at  their  store  and  post- 
office.  They  brought  their  wheat  in  exchange  for  purchases.  There 
political  and  even  scientific  questions  were  discussed,  and  there  these 
intelligent  Quaker  brothers  were  always  courteous  with  becoming 
gravity.  They  kept  their  roads  in  repair  by  means  of  "  wheel-barrow 
men,"  men  who  had  been  convicted  of  minor  crimes.  These  labored 
in  small  companies  under  an  overseer,  who  wore  his  side  arms  and 
carried  his  musket.  Depots,  built  of  logs,  were  set  up  several  miles 
apart,  where  their  meals  were  prepared.  At  night  they  were  locked 
up  in  their  quarters.  One  of  these  depots,  five  miles  from  Baltimore, 
was  standing  in  1831.  It  was  pointed  out  as  the  spot  where  an  over- 
seer, on  two  occasions,  had  been  murdered  by  the  men  under  charge. 

Before  1783  the  supply  of  wheat  from  Anne  Arimdel  and  Fred- 
erick Counties  had  so  much  increased  the  Ellicotts  determined  to 
export  their  flour.  They  purchased  a  lot  and  built  their  first  wharf 
at  Pratt  and  Light  streets  from  logs  cut  at  Curtis  Creek.  Daily 
communications  between  Ellicott's  Mills  and  Baltimore  were  had  by 
wagons  loaded  with  flour. 

The  road  made  by  the  Ellicotts  was  the  beginning  of  a  still 
greater  enterprise — the  great  highway  to  the  West.  This  road  is  the 
only  highway  of  its  kind  wholly  constructed  by  the  Government  and 
was,  says  an  interesting  treatise  upon  it,  what  the  "  Appian  Way" 
was  to  Rome.  The  conception  of  that  gigantic  work  was  by  Albert 
Gallatin,  the  Swiss,  when  Secretary  of  the  Treasmry  under  Jefferson. 
Its  cost  was  nearly  seven  millions  of  dollars,  and  when  finished 
traversed  seven  States  and  extended  eight  hundred  miles.  One 
example  of  its  value  in  building  up  the  West,  and  thereby  increasing 
the  growth  of  the  East,  is  shown  in  the  fact  that  one  single  house  in 
Wheehng,  in  1812,  unloaded  1,081  wagons,  averaging  3,500  pounds 
each,  and  paid  for  the  transportation  of  the  goods  the  sum  of  $90,000. 
Another  example  of  what  could  be  done  by  a  six-horse  team  was 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.       499 

related  by  the  late  Johns  Hopkins.  In  1838  he  engaged  Daniel  Bareus 
to  haul  a  load  of  merchandise  weighing  8,300  pounds  from  his  store, 
corner  of  Pratt  and  Light  streets,  to  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio.  He  dehv- 
ered  the  goods  in  good  condition  at  the  end  of  thirty  days  from  the 
date  of  his  departure  from  Baltimore,  the  distance  being  397  miles. 
Mr.  Hopkins  paid  him  $4.25  per  hundred.  On  the  return  trip  he 
loaded  7,200  pounds  of  Ohio  tobacco,  at  $2.75  per  hundred,  in 
hogsheads. 

Following  the  War  of  1812  there  was  a  great  westward  move- 
ment in  Maryland.  The  war  had  brought  disaster  to  many  planters. 
Selling  their  lands  for  whatever  they  could  get,  they  moved  by  wagons 
over  the  new  road  to  richer  lands  of  the  West.  Every  cross-road  had 
its  wayside  inn  for  the  accommodation  of  the  almost  unbroken  travel 
of  the  two  decades  from  1820  to  1840. 

General  La  Fayette  made  his  triumphal  procession  over  it  in  1825. 

The  Ellicotts  also  encouraged  fruit  growing  by  starting  nurseries, 
which  supphed  trees  to  their  neighbors  free  of  cost.  Practical 
irrigation  was  also  taught  by  them.  To  keep  their  wheat  fields  moist 
in  dry  seasons  they  dug  reservoirs,  which  by  ditches  carried  the  water 
to  their  fields. 

When  the  war  had  ended  in  giving  us  a  State  Government  these 
peaceful  Quakers  were  ready  to  give  advice  to  lawmakers. 

Leaving  the  mills  at  night,  they  would  ride  on  horseback  to 
Annapohs,  a  distance  of  thirty-two  miles,  to  breakfast.  After  spend- 
ing the  day  they  would  return  at  night.  When  they  came  to  Maryland 
the  only  passable  public  roads  for  wheeled  vehicles  were  from  Fred- 
erick to  Baltimore  and  from  Frederick  to  Annapolis. 

The  Old  Frederick  Road  passed  over  the  Patapsco,  three  miles 
above  EUicott's  Mills,  at  Hollofields.  It  was  used  for  an  outlet  for 
flaxseed  and  domestic  produce  of  Frederick  County  as  early  as  1760. 

A  road  from  Sandy  Spring  touched  the  Old  Frederick  Road  at 
Porter's  Tavern,  eighteen  miles  west  of  Baltimore.  The  Ellicotts 
by  their  enterprise  changed  the  travel,  after  1805,  to  the  present  bed 
of  the  pike.  There  were  other  "bridle-paths"  and  "rolling  roads," 
very  winding,  to  avoid  the  hills  in  getting  their  tobacco  to  market. 

When  they  came  to  EUicott's  Mills  the  Quakers  had  a  meeting- 
house near  Elk  Ridge  Landing,  about  a  mile  from  Ilchester.  The 
Pierpoints,  Haywards,  Reads  and  Ellicotts  were  members. 

To  accommodate  the  people  of  their  immediate  neighborhood,  as 
well  as  themselves,  they  built  a  meeting-house  of  stone  on  Quaker  Hill, 
now  in  the  centre  of  the  town.  This  they  presented  to  the  Quakers 
of  Baltimore.  The  deed  covered  four  acres  for  a  burial-ground 
and  was  dated  1800.  Soon  after  that  the  old  Elk  Ridge  house  was 
abandoned.  William  Hayward  an  esteemed  minister  of  the  society 
lived  for  many  years  in  walking  distance  of  the  old  meeting-house 
at  Elk  Ridge.  He  was  their  only  minister.  There  his  daughter 
Elizabeth  and  her  chosen  partner,  James  Gillingham,  rode  on  horse- 
back to  be  married,  and  there  assembled  in  silence,  after  his  departure, 
the  remaining  members  of  the  faith. 


500      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

To  the  Ellicotts  the  County  of  Howard  owes  another  debt.  The 
cultivation  of  tobacco  had  discouraged  many  of  their  neighbors. 
The  Dorseys,  Worthingtons,  Ridgelys  and  Meriweathers  were 
seriously  contemplating  a  removal  to  the  more  fertile  soils  in  Ken- 
tucky and  Tennessee,  but  when  they  saw  the  marked  benefits  shown 
in  the  experiments  made  upon  the  Ellicott's  estate,  by  using  plaster, 
they  decided  to  give  it  a  trial.  The  Ellicotts  built  a  mill  for  grinding 
the  Nova  Scotia  stone  which  they  imported  and  prepared  for  their 
neighbors.  This  led  to  increased  crops  of  clover  and  restoration  of 
worn-out  lands.  In  1808  they  sold  nearly  nine  hundred  acres,  two 
miles  in  extent,  to  the  Union  Manufacturing  Company  of  Maryland. 
A  large  manufacturing  village  grew  up. 

A  tanyard  was  erected  by  Samuel  Smith  upon  another  site 
purchased  of  them.  They  leased  lands  to  Joseph  Atkinson  in  1804 
for  an  oil  mill.  They  established  in  1806  iron  works  for  rolling  and 
slitting  bars,  making  rails  on  a  large  scale.  To  this  was  added  later 
other  mills  for  sheathing  copper.  The  skilled  laborers  were  mostly 
people  from  Wales. 

In  1825  the  population  of  the  different  manufacturing  plants 
reached  three  thousand.  In  1774  Joseph  Ellicott  withdrew  from 
the  firm  and  purchased  the  old  Hood  Mill  at  Hollofields.  This  he 
tore  down  and  put  up  another  with  the  latest  inventions  of  his  own. 
He  built  a  storehouse  for  merchandise,  stables  for  horses,  houses  for 
his  laborers  and  a  dwelling  for  himself.  This  was  a  model  of  comfort. 
He  filled  his  garden  with  rare  and  beautiful  plants,  in  the  midst  of 
which  he  placed  a  fountain,  which  sent  a  stream  ten  feet  high,  falling 
into  a  pond  filled  with  fish.  His  four-faced  clock,  his  own  invention, 
represented  on  one  face  the  sun,  moon  and  planets  moving  in  different 
orbits.  On  another  were  hands  designating  minutes,  hours,  days, 
weeks,  months  and  years.  On  a  third  face  twenty-four  tunes  of  ante- 
Revolutionary  music  were  played.  It  was  constructed  in  1769  by 
Joseph  Ellicott  and  his  son  Andrew,  afterward  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics at  West  Point.  Another  clock  was  placed  in  the  gable  of  his 
house,  to  serve  as  a  guide  to  travelers  on  their  way  from  Frederick 
to  Baltimore. 

Over  this  road  that  passed  Hollofields  goods  were  first  carried 
on  pack-horses.  It  was  followed  later  by  immense  wagons  drawn  by 
eight  horses.  A  glance  at  Hollofields  to-day  shows  no  signs  of  its 
past  advancement. 

The  site  of  Patapsco  Institute  was  a  free  gift  from  the  Ellicott's 
for  an  educational  institution,  which  for  a  number  of  years  shed  its 
commanding  light  into  many  Southern  homes.  Upon  Quaker  Hill 
rest  these  sturdy  settlers  who  gave  life  and  form  to  the  wilderness. 
For  years  the  old  Quaker  Meeting-House  had  been  deserted,  but 
recently  a  descendant  has  rescued  it  and  preserved  its  honored 
remains.  All  of  these  enterprises  were  organized  whilst  this  section 
was  still  a  part  of  Anne  Arundel  County. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      501 

^  CHARLES  CARROLL,  OF  DOUHHOREGAN. 

Charles  Carroll,  the  emigrant,  came  to  Maryland  October  1,  1688. 
The  Protestant  Revolution  was  at  hand,  which  resluted,  next  year, 
in  the  overthrow  of  the  lord  proprietor  who  had  appointed  him  his 
Attorney-General.  When  Sir  Lionel  Copley  was  Governor,  represent- 
ing the  King,  who  had  taken  possession  of  the  province,  he  charged 
Mr.  Carroll  with  disloyalty  and  still  held  him  in  prison.  After  the 
restoration  of  the  Protestant  Charles  Calvert,  in  1715,  Mr.  Carroll  was 
appointed  Judge  and  Register  of  the  Land  Office,  succeeding  Colonel 
Henry  Darnall,  his  father-in-law.  The  position  was  higher  than  that 
of  Governor  Hart,  who,  also,  represented  the  youthful  proprietor. 

Mr.  Carroll  was  granted  an  extensive  estate,  consisting  of  "  Car- 
roll's Forest,"  500  acres  in  Prince  George's  County,  in  1689;  "Ely 
O'Carroll,"  1,000  acres  in  Baltimore  County,  in  1695;  ''  Litterlouna," 
400  acres  in  Baltimore  County;  "New  Year's  Gift,"  1,.300  acres,  at  Elk 
Ridge  (afterward  held  by  Caleb  Dorsey  [of  Hochley]  upon  which  tract 
the  Old  Brick  Church  stands  to-day). 

In  1701  he  resurveyed  his  tracts  of  land  in  Baltimore  County, 
which  then  embraced  1,969  acres.  In  1707  he  added  "Clynmalyra," 
of  5,000  acres,  and  that  same  year  was  granted  his  princely  domain 
of  10,000  acres  of  "  Doughoregan  Manor."  He  also  owned  "Enfield 
Chase, "  in  Prince  George's,  and  still  later  increased  his  estate  to  60,000 
acres.  In  one  of  Lord  Baltimore's  grants  he  wished  Mr.  Carroll  to 
locate"  as  near  as  possible  to  my  manors  for  the  benefit  of  his  society," 
and  to  enable  Mr.  Carroll  to  be  of  service  in  the  province.  A  small 
brick  house  and  two  lots  in  the  port  of  Annapolis  were  granted  him; 
this  was  the  property  of  a  widow,  whom  Mr.  Carroll  paid  for  her 
claim. 

Charles  Carroll  was  temporarily  Surveyor-General.  His  com- 
mission, in  1716,  included  also  Naval  Officer.  He  married,  first,  in 
America,  Martha  Underwood,  daughter  of  Anthony,  of  St.  Mary's 
County;  she  died  in  1690.  In  1693  he  married  Mary  Darnall,  the 
fifteen-year-old  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  Darnall,  of  "Portland 
Manor,"  by  his  wife,  EHnor  Hatton,  widow  of  Major  Thomas  Brooke, 
of  "  Brookefield."  Five  of  their  ten  children  survived,  three  sons  and 
two  daughters.  Their  oldest  son,  Henry,  died  at  sea  on  returning 
from  school  at  St.  Omers.  Charles  Carroll,  Jr.,  born  1702,  became 
the  heir-at-law.  His  younger  brother,  Daniel,  born  1707,  married 
Ann  Rozier,  of  "  Notley  Hall "  and  became  the  progenitor  of  the 
Carrolls,  of  Duddington,  Prince  George's  County,  now  in  Washington 
City.     The  old  mansion  was  torn  down  some  years  ago. 

Charles  Carroll,  the  immigrant,  was  in  England  at  the  time  of 
the  death  of  Lord  Baltimore,  the  second,  and  became  the  attorney 
of  Lady  Baltimore.  On  returning,  in  1718,  he  made  his  will,  which 
was  probated  in  1720.  His  three  sons,  Henry  (then  Hving),  Charles 
and  Daniel,  were  made  executors.  During  the  absence  of  the  two 
remaining  sons  in  Europe  the  estate  was  managed  by  James  Carroll 
and  Madam  Mary  Carroll.  In  1729  Charles  and  Daniel  Carroll  sold 
sixty  acres  for  the  site  of  Baltimore  City. 


502      FouNDEKS  OF  Anne  Akundel  and  Howaed  Counties. 

■'",'  "^ 

To  distinguish  him,  Charles  Carroll  was  known  as  Charles  Carroll, 
of  Annapolis.  His  only  son  was  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  born 
in  1737,  whose  mother  was  Elizabeth  Brooke,  daughter  of  Clement 
Brooke  and  Jane  Sewall,  daughter  of  Colonel  Nicholas  and  Susannah 
Sewall.  He  was  the  stepson  of  the  second  Lord  Baltimore  and  she 
was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  William  Burgess  by  Mrs.  Ewen.  Mrs. 
Carroll  was,  therefore,  a  relative  of  her  husband  on  both  sides. 

At  ten  years  of  age  young  Carroll  was  sent  to  school  at  Jesuit 
College,  of  Bohemia,  on  "  Herman's  Manor,"  in  Maryland.  His 
cousin,  John  Carroll,  later  Archbishop  of  Baltimore,  was  a  student 
there  with  Robert  Brent,  who  married  a  sister  of  John  Carroll.  The 
two  Carrolls,  in  1748,  went  to  St.  Omers,  in  French  Flanders,  thence 
to  the  College  of  Louis  le  Grand,  at  Paris.  In  1757  Charles  entered 
the  temple  to  study  law,  remaining  three  or  four  years. 
I,  r  There  was,  also,  in  Annapolis,  in  1731,  Dr.  Charles  Carroll,  of  an 
\  ''older  branch  of  the  Irish  house.  He  and  his  cousin,  Charles  Carroll, 
of  Annapolis  and  of  Doughoregan,  became  partners  in  the  Patapsco 
Iron  Works,  founded  in  1731.  This  was  a  very  valuable  enterprise. 
Daniel  Carroll,  of  Duddington,  died  in  1752,  and  Charles  Carroll, 
his  brother,  made  an  arrangement  with  Charles  Carroll  (of  Daniel)  to 
divide  the  estate  of  the  immigrant.  Charles  Carroll  (of  Charles)  was 
to  hold  "  Doughoregan"  of  10,000  acres,  and  "Chance"  of  969  acres, 
whilst  Charles,  Jr.  (of  Daniel),  was  to  hold  "Clymalyra,"  "Vale  of 
Jehosophat,"  "Ely  O'Carroll"  and  " Litterlouna "  and  parts  of  two 
tracts  in  Frederick  County,  in  order  to  give  "  more  than  an  equivalent 
for  the  exchange."  "  Carrollton,"  in  Frederick  County,  was  patented 
in  1733  by  Charles,  Daniel,  Mary  and  Eleanor  Carroll,  being  the  half 
of  20,000  acres  granted  them  in  1723  by  their  father.  It  was  then 
in  Prince  George's  County.  Daniel,  in  1734,  after  the  death  of 
Eleanor  Carroll,  left  his  claim  to  his  sister  Mary.  In  1764  Charles 
Carroll,  of  Annapolis,  wrote  to  his  son  at  school,  and  gave  him  the 
following  estimate  of  his  estate: 

"  40,000  acres  of  land,  two  seats  alone  containing  each 
upwards  of  12,000  acres,  would  now  sell  at  20  shil- 
lings sterling  per  acre £40,000 

"One-fifth  of  an  Iron  Work,  with  two  forges  built,  a 
third  erecting,  with  all  convenient  buildings;  150 
slaves;  teams  and  carts,  and  30,000  acres  belonging 
to  the  works;  a  very  growing  estate,  which  pro- 
duces to  my  fifth  annually  at  least  £400  sterling, 

at  twenty-five  years'  purchase 10,000 

"  20  lots  and  houses  in  Annapolis 4,000 

"  285  slaves  on  the  different  plantations,  at  £30  each . .  8,550 

"Cattle,  horses,  stock  of  all  sorts  on  my  plantations, 

with  working  tools 1,000 

"  Silver  household  plate 600 

"  Debts  outstanding  at  interest  in  1762,  when  I  balanced 

my  books 24,230  97 

£88,380  97 


Founders  op  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      503 

"  You  must  not  suppose  my  annual  income  to  equal  the  interest 
of  the  value  of  my  estate.  Many  of  my  lands  are  unimproved,  but 
I  compute  I  have  a  clear  revenue  of  at  least  £1,800  per  annum,  and 
the  value  of  my  estate  is  annually  increasing. 

"  I  propose,  upon  your  coming  into  Maryland  to  convey  to  you 
my  manor  of  "  Carrollton,"  10,000  acres,  and  the  addition  thereto 
of  2,700  acres,  now  producing  annually  £250  sterling,  not  one-half 
of  which  is  let.  Also  my  share  of  the  iron  works,  producing  at  least 
£400. 

"  On  my  death  I  am  willing  to  add  my  manor  of  "  Doughoregan," 
10,000  acres,  and  also  1,425  acres  called  "Chance,"  adjacent  thereto, 
on  which  the  bulk  of  my  negroes  are  settled.  As  you  are  my  only 
child,  you  will,  of  course,  have  all  the  residue  of  my  estate  at  my 
death.     Your  return  to  me,  I  hope,  will  be  in  the  next  fall." 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Brooke)  Carroll  was  then  dead. 

In  1765  "Charles  Carroll,  Jr.,"  arrived  at  his  father's  house  in 
Annapolis,  after  about  sixteen  years  from  his  natal  country  at  his 
studies  and  on  his  travels.  He  came  home  at  twenty-seven  years, 
an  amiable,  upright,  accomplished  young  man,  with  the  polish  of 
European  society  and  the  social  acquirements  of  studious  culture. 
Debarred  by  his  religion  from  political  honors,  he  came  to  occupy, 
in  ease  and  comfort,  his  manorial  estates,  but  he  was  not  long  to  rest 
in  retirement.  In  1768  he  was  married  to  his  cousin,  of  the  same 
name  and  family  into  which  his  grandfather,  the  immigrant,  had 
married.  She  was,  also,  Mary  Darnall,"  daughter  of  Henry  and  Ra- 
chel (Brooke)  Darnall. 

His  first  appearance  in  the  political  arena  of  that  eventful  era 
was  his  answer,  under  the  name  of  "The  First  Citizen,"  to  "  Antilon," 
who  proved  to  be  the  distinguished  Daniel  Dulany,  Jr.  Reference, 
elsewhere  in  this  history  has  been  made  to  that  memorable  debate 
through  the  "Maryland  Gazette."  Young  Carroll  was  unknown,  but 
his  courage  in  meeting  so  able  an  antagonist,  and  the  ability  with 
which  he  met  and  vanquished  him,  amazed  the  people  and  carried 
their  sympathies  with  him.  The  thanks  of  the  Assembly,  through 
two  of  its  members,  were  tendered  the  imknown  writer  through  the 
press,  and  when  it  finally  became  known  that  the  able  defender  of 
the  people  was  the  young  student  many  sought  him  to  express  their 
hearty  appreciation.  Thenceforth  Charles  Carroll,  of  "Carrollton," 
was  foremost  in  popular  favor. 

The  Revolution  was  at  hand.  In  1775  he  was  one  of  ten  mem- 
bers of  the  Council  of  Safety  which  met  that  year  at  Chestertown. 

His  associates  from  Anne  Arundel  were  Charles  Carroll,  barrister; 
Thomas  Johnson  and  Samuel  Chase. 

He  was  next  one  ofcthe  agents  to  secure  the  assistance  of  Canada. 
His  religion  and  influence  peculiarly  fitted  him  for  that  mission,  and 
his  notes  upon  that  adventure  are  very  interesting  bits  of  our  Revo- 
lutionary history,  but  the  mission  proved  a  failure.  During  his  ab- 
sence the  Maryland  Convention  had  sent  delegates  to  Congress  with 
instructions  not  to  urge  independence. 


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504      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Upon  his  return,  finding  the  delegates  thus  hampered,  whilst 
the  whole  Congress  was  ready  for  the  declaration,  Mr.  Carroll  and 
Samuel  Chase  went  to  Annapolis,  ably  represented  the  necessity  for 
a  withdrawal  of  those  instructions,  succeeded  in  convincing  the 
representatives  that  the  hour  for  action  had  arrived,  and  returning 
as  a  delegate,  carried  back  the  glad  news  that  Maryland,  too,  was  in 
line  for  independence.  And  when  that  vote  had  been  taken  and 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  was  to  be  signed  he  wrote  his  name 
Charles  Carroll,  of  "CarroUton." 

From  Rev.  M.  Hayden,  son  of  the  first  clerk  of  Howard  County, 
I  quote: 

"So  much  of  the  mythical  has  grown  up  around  that  remarkable 
scene,  the  "Signing  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,"  that  it 
becomes  a  duty  to  separate  the  history  of  the  event  from  the  fiction. 
It  must  have  been  a  moment  of  solemn  stillness  when  John  Hancock 
stepped  forward  to  the  table  on  which  the  Declaration  lay  to  affix 
to  it  his  bold  signature.  And  as  each  signer,  whenever  it  was  done, 
followed  his  example  there  was  doubtless  now  and  then  a  word  of 
cheer  or  of  wit  to  relieve  the  tension  of  the  hour." 

But  the  story  of  Charles  Carroll's  signature  has  varied  until 
truth  has  been  lost  in  imagination.  Lossing  says  that  at  the  signing 
"Charles  Carroll"  to  enable  the  British  minister  to  identify  him  as  an 
arch-rebel,  and  not  mistake  his  cousin  of  the  same  name,  added  'of 
Carrollton'  to  his  signature  on  that  great  instrument." 

General  Bradley  T.  Johnson,  in  Appleton's  Cyclopaedia  of 
American  Biography,  writes,  "on  the  2d  August,  1776,  ...  he 
signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  It  is  said  that  he  affixed  the 
addition  '  of  Carrollton '  to  his  signature  in  order  to  distinguish  him 
from  his  kinsman,  Charles  Carroll,  barrister,  and  to  assume  the  cer- 
tain responsibility  himself  of  his  act."  Both  these  writers  give  the 
impression  that  the  suffix  was  used  August  2,  1776  for  the  first  time. 

Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop  in  his  Centennial  Oration  at  Boston, 
July  4,  1876,  gives  another  version  thus: 

"'Will  you  sign?'  said  Hancock  to  Charles  Carroll.  'Most  will- 
ingly,' was  the  reply.  'There  goes  two  millions  with  the  dash  of  a 
pen,'  says  one  of  those  standing  by;  while  another  remarks,  'Oh, 
Carroll,  you  will  get  off,  there  are  so  many  Charles  Carrolls!'  And 
then  we  may  see  him  stepping  back  to  the  desk  and  putting  that 
addition,  'of  Carrollton,'  to  his  name,  which  will  designate  him  for- 
ever, and  be  a  prouder  title  of  nobility  than  those  in  the  peerage  of 
Great  Britain,  which  were  afterward  adorned  by  his  accomplished 
and  fascinating  granddaughters." 

None  of  these  stories  have  more  than  a  shadow  of  truth  for  a 
basis.  It  is  barely  possible  that  when  Carroll  stepped  forward  and 
affixed  to  the  Declaration  the  name  that  he  had  invariably  signed 
since  he  had  first  learned  to  write,  that  of  "Charles  Carroll,  of  Car- 
rollton," some  such  conversation  as  Mr.  Winthrop  records  may  have 
occurred.  But  it  is  not  possible  that  Carroll  signed  his  name  at  this 
time  by  instalment. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      505 

His  biographer,  J.  H.  B.  Latrobe,  Esq.,  now  dead,  wrote  me  in 
1877:  "I  have  a  bond  signed  by  him  as  'Charles  Carroll,  of  Carroll- 
ton,'  dated  and  filed  many  years  before  the  Declaration.  In  Mary- 
land the  '  pretty  story '  of  the  signing  was  long,  long  ago  dropped, 
and  I  am  a  little  surprised  that  the  correction  escaped  Mr.  Winthrop's 
notice."  Again  he  wrote  me  in  1889:  "I  have  no  recollection  of 
having  heard  the  reason  given  in  Appleton  for  attaching  the  '  of  Car- 
rollton'  to  the  signature  of  Charles  Carroll,  to  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  No  such  reason  was  given  to  me  by  Mr.  Carroll  in 
my  conversation  with  him  during  the  preparation  of  his  biography." 

It  can  be  readily  seen  that  if  Mr.  Carroll  had  invariably  signed 
his  name  with  the  suffix  until  he  appended  his  name  to  the  Declara- 
tion and  then  omitted  it,  adding  it  only  as  a  second  thought  after  the 
suggestion  that  the  king  could  not  identify  him  by  so  common  a  name 
as  Charles  Carroll,  this  act  would  at  once  have  stamped  him  as  a  man 
void  of  independence  and  lacking  in  that  high  sense  of  honor  which 
his  history  proves  him  to  have  possessed  to  a  marked  degree. 

In  the  numerous  mention  of  Mr.  Carroll  in  Force's  Archives, 
1774-1776,  which  record  his  various  public  actions  in  the  Maryland 
Convention  and  the  United  States  Congress,  he  is  invariably  named 
as  "Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton." 

"  Doughoregan  Manor,"  now  in  Howard  County,  Maryland,  the 
home  of  Mr.  Carroll,  is  a  very  extensive  estate  which  Mr.  Carroll 
devised  to  his  grandson,  Colonel  Charles  Carroll,  and  to  his  male  heirs 
forever.  It  is  now  owned  by  Hon,  John  Lee  Carroll,  great-grandson 
of  the  "  Signer,"Ex-Governor  of  Maryland  and  President  of  the  Gen- 
eral Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  The  Manor  house  is  a 
large  and  very  handsome  residence  of  the  old  style,  with  chapel 
annexed,  built  about  the  year  1717.  "Carrollton  Manor"  was  di- 
vided among  Mr.  Carroll's  daughters.  He  owned,  in  various  parts  of 
Pennsylvania,  27,691  acres  of  land,  part  of  which  lay  in  Bradford 
County.  His  autograph  in  my  collection  is  a  power  of  attorney, 
July  5,  1815,  to  George  Dennison,  Esq.,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  relating  to 
the  Bradford  County  land,  of  which  he  owned  1,038  acres,  bought  of 
Josiah  Lockhart.  It  is  entirely  in  Mr.  Carroll's  handwriting  and  is 
signed,  as  is  his  will,  "Ch.  Carroll,  of  Carrollton." 

I  have  a  distinct  and  delightful  recollection  of  a  visit  to  Dougho- 
regan Manor  in  my  boyhood,  with  my  father,  who  was  an  invited 
guest  of  Colonel  Charles  Carroll.  The  occasion  was  a  tournament 
which,  as  far  as  my  knowledge  of  tilting  extends,  was  unique.  The 
gentry  of  the  neighboring  counties,  with  their  families,  were  present, 
and  the  display  of  beauty  and  fashion  was  such  as  made  a  lasting 
impression  on  a  youth  of  ten  years.  The  joust  was  out  of  the  ordi- 
nary way  of  such  entertainments.  Instead  of  the  conventional 
ring  suspended  in  the  air,  through  which  the  knights  at  full 
gallop  were  to  thrust  the  spear,  the  object  of  their  skill  was  a 
lay  figure  of  wood,  representing  a  man,  life  size,  caparisoned 
as  a  knight  and  so  nicely  balanced  on  a  pedestal  that  a  blow  in 


506      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

the  face  from  a  well-poised  spear  would  "unhorse"  the  figure,  while 
a  stroke  against  the  body  was  calculated  to  shiver  the  spear,  or  un- 
horse the  knight. 

Against  this  figure  each  knight,  handsomely  attired  and  mounted, 
with  heavy  spears,  about  twelve  feet  long  and  one  to  three  inches 
thick,  with  strong,  brass  point,  was  to  dash  himself  at  full  speed. 
One  knight  was  dismounted  and  another  had  his  spear  shivered,  but 
no  injury  occurred  to  man  or  horse.  The  victor  who  overthrew  the 
lay  figure  three  times  and  so  won  the  right  to  crown  the  queen  of 
honor  was  an  officer  of  the  United  States  Cavalry;  but  his  name, 
with  that  of  the  queen,  I  have  forgotten.  After  the  joust  followed 
the  crowning  of  the  queen  and  then  the  "  menu,"  and  the  departure 
of  the  many  guests. 

"The  Life  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,"  was  written  and 
published  in  1824,  eight  years  before  the  death  of  the  "Signer,"  by 
the  late  J.  H.  B.  Latrobe,  Esq.,  of  Baltimore.  It  was  submitted  to 
Mr.  Carroll  for  examination  before  it  was  printed.  But  a  more  ex- 
tended memoir  of  this  eminent  statesman  has  been  prepared  by  Miss 
Kate  M.  Rowland,  author  of  the  "  Life  of  George  Mason,  of  Vir- 
ginia." 

Throughout  the  contest  succeeding  he  was  always  a  leader. 
In  1783,  when  peace  was  declared  in  the  very  city  of  his  birth  and 
Congress  was  sitting  in  the  city  of  Annapolis,  it  was  on  "Carroll's 
Green"  the  festivities  were  held  and  a  "grand  dinner  on  Esquire 
Carroll's  grounds  offered  a  whole  ox,  sheep  and  calves,  besides  a 
world  of  good  things,  including  liquor  in  proportion,  concluded  with 
illuminations  and  squibs,  ushered  in  the  new  Statehood  of  Mary- 
land." 

Charles  Carroll,  barrister,  died  soon  after,  but  Charles  Carroll, 
of  Carrollton,  was  destined  to  be  a  guide  through  the  perils  of  that 
critical  era.  He  was  elected  President  of  the  Senate,  in  the  place  of 
Matthew  Tilghman,  then  sick.  Congress  was  put  into  possession  of 
the  State  House,  public  circle.  Governor's  house  and  thirteen  dwell- 
ing-houses for  the  use  of  its  Thirteen  States'  Representatives.  In 
the  historic  Senate  Chamber  of  the  State  House  the  final  act  of 
Peace  was  solemnized,  when  General  Washington  came  to  resign  his 
commission.  Two  of  his  generals.  Gates  and  Smallwood,  went  out  to 
meet  him  and  attended  by  all  the  principal  inhabitants,  the  con- 
quering hero  was  conducted  to  Mann's  Hotel,  where  room  No.  9  was 
set  apart  for  his  accommodation.  Formal  addresses,  a  public  dinner, 
illumination  of  the  State  House,  a  ball  by  the  General  Assembly,  all 
preceded  the  final  act  that  has  rendered  the  name  of  Washington 
immortal.  When  that  was  accomplished  "he  arose,  bowed  to  Con- 
gress, withdrew  from  the  chamber,  leaving  beauty's  eye  dimmed 
with  affection's  tear." 

Smallwood,  who  led  from  Annapolis  the  Maryland  Line  which 
followed  him  to  victory,  was  spared  to  accompany  the  retired  general 
to  South  River  and  witness  his  departure  to  Mt.  Vernon. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      507 

Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  as  a  State  Senator,  helped  to  draft 
the  Constitution  of  Maryland,  and  under  that  Constitution  was  the 
first  United  States  Senator  serving  two  terms.  Nor  did  his  honors 
cease  there.  Called  to  adjust  the  boundary  hne  of  the  State,  he  was 
ever  prominent  in  its  industrial  development.  At  ninety  years  of 
age,  in  1822,  before  an  immense  concourse  of  his  admiring  people,  he 
laid  the  corner-stone  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad.  Though 
he  had  retired  from  public  service  in  1800,  as  a  leader  of  Federalists, 
when  in  the  Senate,  his  political  influence  attended  him  in  his  retire- 
ment. He  and  Samuel  Chase  were  copartners  in  the  work  of  Inde- 
pendence, but  when  it  came  to  making  a  Constitution  for  the  State, 
Carroll  was  the  Federalist  and  Samuel  and  Jeremiah  Chase,  William 
Paca,  WilHam  Pinkney,  John  Francis  Mercer  and  Luther  Martin 
were  Anti-Federalists.  To  this  list  may,  also,  be  added  General 
Smallwood.    These  were  then  known  as  Federal  Republicans. 

Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  was  always  an  able  opponent  of 
all  measures  that  were  not  democratic.  He  opposed  high  salaries, 
titles  and  kingly  fawnings.  He  favored  bringing  the  Capital  to  the 
Potomac.  Mr.  Carroll's  own  record  of  his  correspondence  is  of  in- 
terest. "  Though  well  acquainted  with  General  Washington,  and  I 
flatter  myself  in  his  confidence,  few  letters  passed  between  us.  One, 
having  reference  to  the  opposition  made  to  the  Treaty  concluded  by 
Mr.  Jay,  has  been  repeatedly  published.  That  letter  is  no  longer  in 
my  possession." 

In  1825  John  Quincy  Adams  wrote  to  him: 

"Mr.  Warfield  came  to  see  me.  He  said  he  had  not  expressed 
his  determination  for  whom  he  should  vote  in  the  House  on  Wed- 
nesday. His  friends,  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  and  Roger  Brooke 
Taney,  of  Baltimore,  had  urged  him  to  vote  for  General  Jackson, 
under  the  impression  that  if  I  should  be  elected  the  administration 
would  be  conducted  on  principles  proscribing  the  Federal  Party.  I 
said  I  regretted  much  that  Mr.  Carroll,  for  whose  character  I  enter- 
tained a  profound  veneration,  and  Mr.  Taney,  of  whose  talents  I  had 
heard  high  encomiums,  should  harbor  such  opinions  of  me." 

In  1820  the  estate  of  "The  Signer"  included  27,691  acres  in 
Bradford  County,  Pennsylvania,  which  he  devised  to  his  two  daugh- 
ters and  four  granddaughters  of  his  only  son,  Charles  Carroll,  of 
of  "Homewood."  A  resurvey  of  Doughoregan,  in  1820,  with  the 
additions  to  the  original  tract,  shows  13,361^  acres.  The  beginning 
was  at  a  stone,  heretofore  planted  near  the  east  side  of  a  public  road, 
leading  from  Baltimore  to  Rockville,  marked  with  the  following  in- 
scription, to  wit :  "  There  stand  the  Beginning  Trees  of  Doughoregan, 
Push  Pin  and  the  Girls'  Portion." 

It  is  said  that  the  Mansion  upon  Doughoregan  Manor  was  built 
in  1717  by  Charles  Carroll,  to  whom  it  was  granted.  It  was  300  feet 
in  length,  with  a  wide  paneled  hall  leading  to  the  library,  where 
Charles  Carroll,  the  signer,  held  his  headquarters,  among  the  portraits 
of  the  family,  beginning  with  the  handsome  face  and  form  of  Charles 
Carroll,  of  Annapolis. 


508      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  Chapel  on  the  right  was  built  by  "  The  Signer."  Within  it  he 
lies  buried.    It  is  kept  in  excellent  repair  by  Governor  John  Lee  Carroll. 

Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  lived  long  enough  to  build  mag- 
nificent homes  for  his  children  and  even  for  his  grandchildren. 

His  daughter  Mary,  at  seventeen  years  of  age,  was  married,  in 
1787,  to  Richard  Caton,  an  English  gentleman,  who  settled  in  Balti- 
more in  1785.  He  was  a  cotton  merchant  and  geologist.  Her  mar- 
riage gift  was  the  magnificent  old  homestead  around  which  is  the 
suburban  town  of  Catonsville.  Her  portrait  reveals  a  handsome 
attractive  woman,  distinguished  for  her  elegance  of  manners.  She 
was  the  mother  of  three  beautiful  women,  still  remembered  as  "The 
American  Graces,"  all  married  into  the  distinguished  families  of 
England.  A  fourth  married  in  her  own  country  and  was  the  only 
one  who  left  descendants. 

In  1800  the  only  son  of  "  The  Signer,"  Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Home- 
wood, "  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Hon.  Benjamin  Chew,  Chief 
Justice  of  Pennsylvania.  Upon  this  estate,  north  of  Baltimore,  was 
built  the  stately  brick  mansion  of  "  Homewood,"  now  the  country 
school  for  boys  upon  Charles-Street  Avenue  and  the  future  site  of 
Johns  Hopkins  University.  One  mile  south  of  it  was  "  Homestead," 
wherein  Jerome  Bonaparte  and  his  brilliant  American  bride.  Miss 
Patterson,  lived  for  one  short  year. 

In  1801  Catharine  Carroll,  second  daughter  of  "The  Signer" 
was  married  in  Annapolis  to  Robert  Goodloe  Harper,  of  South  Caro- 
lina. This  gentleman,  eminent  in  law  and  statesmanship,  was  in 
Congress  in  1794,  and  was  a  leader  of  the  Federalists.  Removing  to 
Maryland,  he  became  United  States  Senator,  in  1815.  His  country 
home  was  "Oakland." 

The  granddaughters  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  the  Caton 
beauties,  were  the  attraction  at  a  grand  ball  given  at  Hampton  in  1807. 

Mary  Caton  became  the  wife  of  Robert  Patterson,  who  was  a 
brother  of  Madame  Jerome  Bonaparte. 

Louisa  Caton  married  Colonel  Sir  Tilton  Bathurst  Hervey,  who 
had  fought  under  Wellington  in  Spain  and  was  his  aide  at  Waterloo. 

Mrs.  Robert  Patterson  became  a  widow  in  1822.  She  and  her 
two  sisters,  Mrs.  Hervey,  afterwards  Duchess  of  Leeds,  and  Eliza- 
beth Caton,  who  became  later  Lady  Stafford,  were  together  in  Eng- 
land at  the  country-seat  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington,  where  they  were 
visiting.  The  fair  widow  met  the  Duke's  elder  brother.  Marquis  of 
Wellesly,  a  widower  of  sixty-three.  They  were  married  in  Dublin, 
where  the  Marquis  was  then  living  in  vice-regal  state  as  Lord  Lieu- 
tenant of  Ireland.  Here  the  Marchioness  of  Wellesley  presided  at  a 
grand  ball  in  1826,  seated  on  a  throne  under  a  canopy  of  scarlet  and 
gold. 

At  a  banquet  given  the  next  year  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina, 
Bishop  England,  in  alluding  to  these  granddaughters  of  "  The  Signer," 
gave  this  toast:  "Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton — in  the  land  from 
which  his  grandfather  fled  in  terror,  his  granddaughter  now  reigns 
a  queen." 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      509 

To  Emily  McTavish,  wife  of  John  McTavish,  British  Consul,  was 
given  1,000  acres  of  the  western  portion  of  Doiighoregan  Manor,  and 
in  his  declining  years  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  commenced  and, 
perhaps,  finished  another  magnificent  home,  popularly  known  as 
"Folly  Quarter."  On  the  map  of  Howard  County  it  is  known  as 
Carrollton  Hall. 

"FOLLY  QUARTER." 

Deserted,  yet  magnificent  in  its  isolation;  its  splendid  apart- 
ments, where  once  gathered  the  aristocracy  and  the  beauty  of  Mary- 
land in  revel;  dismantled  and  scourged  by  the  tempests  that  have 
swept  through  the  paneless  windows;  a  shelter  for  tramps  and  way- 
farers, and  its  far-stretching  grounds  the  roaming-place  for  hogs,  there 
stands,  within  two  hours'  drive  of  Baltimore  city,  the  mansion  of 
"FoUy  Farm." 

The  old  manor  house — by  no  means  a  ruin,  for  its  granite  blocks 
would  to-day  withstand  an  army  of  besiegers — is  the  most  prominent 
of  the  group  of  buildings  that  rose  seventy  years  ago  in  the  midst  of 
as  beautiful  a  tract  of  land  as  any  of  the  many  held  by  Charles  Carroll, 
of  "Carrollton."  It  crowns  the  proudest,  loftiest  hill  of  all  its  thou- 
sand acres,  regal  in  beauty  and  sturdy  as  the  mountains  of  adamant. 
It  stands  there  silently  guarding  the  history  of  its  past  splendor, 
calmly  resisting  the  lashings  of  the  wind  and  the  beatings  of  the  snows 
and  rains.  Its  grim  desolation  is  pathetic  and  absolute,  but  it  seems 
to  say,   "They  will  come  back;  here  I  will  be  found." 

When  and  how  this  splendid  home  was  deserted  is  not  absolutely 
clear,  but  after  a  week's  research  "The  Sun"  presents  as  complete  a 
tale  as  appears  possible. 

"  Folly  Farm, "  or  "  Folly  Quarter,"  as  it  is  more  generally  called, 
lies  in  Howard  County,  about  seven  miles  west  of  Ellicott  City,  off  the 
Old  Frederick  Road.  It  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  Charles  Carroll,  son 
of  Ex-Governor  John  Lee  Carroll,  of  Doughoregan  Manor. 

"Folly  Quarter"  has  not  only  a  historic  interest  of  its  own  be- 
cause of  its  connection  with  the  long  history  of  the  Carroll  family 
and  the  special  attention  given  it  by  Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton," 
the  last  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  to  survive,  but 
about  it  cluster  local  traditions  and  pleasant  memories  that  have  made 
the  name  familiar  to  all  in  that  section  of  the  country. 

"Folly  Quarter"  farm  is  as  fair  and  beautiful  to  look  upon  as 
that  "Garden  of  the  Lord"  whose  vistas  enraptured  the  Confederate 
hosts  as  they  gazed  first  upon  the  lovely  valley  encircling  Frederick 
town.  Billows  of  round-topped  hills  guard  fertile  valleys,  and  these 
in  turn  clasp  leaping,  sparkling  streams  in  their  embrace.  One 
thousand  fertile  acres  of  rich  agricultural  promise  spread  around  the 
visitor  to  "Folly  Quarter."  Spacious  farms  indicate  the  ample  har- 
vests, and  sleek,  fat  cattle  contentedly  munch  fodder  in  large  stable- 
yards. 


510      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

"Folly  Quarter"  is  part  of  the  original  tract  granted  to  the  an- 
cestors of  Charles  Carroll  by  Charles  Lord  Baltimore.  They  were 
given  a  grant  of  10,000  acres  in  Frederick  County,  with  liberty  to  se- 
lect the  best  land  they  could  find.  They  first  fixed  on  a  spot  beyond 
Frederick  town,  according  to  Charles  Browning's  "Chief  Explanation," 
but  finding  the  land  better  on  this  side  of  Frederick,  changed  to  the 
country  surrounding  the  present  "  Doughoregan  Manor,"  in  Howard 
County.  This  land  was  not  seized,  as  was  so  frequently  done,  but  was 
purchased  from  the  Indians,  who  were  paid  in  merchandise  selected 
by  them.  Mr.  Browning,  in  his  book  published  in  1821,  has  this  to 
say  further: 

"The  grant  of  this  land  first  appears  to  have  been  made  April 
10,  1723,  to  the  Carroll  family,  some  of  whom  dying,  there  were  dif- 
ferent assignments  from  time  to  time,  up  to  1734,  but  I  understand 
the  land  was  not  taken  up  till  just  before  the  Revolution  by  the 
present  Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton,"  for  his  father,  and  the  only 
money  that  appears  to  have  been  given  for  the  land  was  a  rent  of  $20 
per  annum,  which  the  present  Mr.  Carroll  got  rid  of  by  the  act  for 
the  abolition  of  quit-rent,  1780." 

Charles  Carroll,  of  "Carrollton,"  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  man- 
agement of  his  splendid  estates,  and  gave  to  this  labor  of  love  as  much 
time  as  he  could  spare  from  the  important  services  he  was  called  upon 
to  render  to  his  State  and  nation.  A  large  part  of  his  closing  years 
were  spent  at  "Doughoregan  Manor."  A  loving  attendant  was  his 
granddaughter,  Emily  Caton,  who  married  Mr.  John  McTavish, 
British  Consul  at  the  port  of  Baltimore.  Desiring  to  bestow  a  fitting 
testimonial  of  his  appreciation  and  affection,  the  venerable  Carroll 
gave  her  1,000  acres  of  the  finest  farm  land  in  Howard  County — the 
tract  known  as  "Folly."  In  order  that  she  might  live  there  in  a  style 
conforming  her  position  and  wealth,  he  began,  a  few  years  before  his 
death,  the  erection  of  a  palatial  mansion. 

The  site  selected  was  a  lofty  hill,  from  three  sides  of  which  the  eye 
beheld  the  waving  grain  fields  and  fine  old  forests  of  the  farm.  Great 
blocks  of  granite  were  quarried  from  the  rocky  hillsides  of  "Wood- 
stock," and  slowly  the  stately  mansion  grew  under  the  busy  and 
skillful  hands  of  the  artisans.  The  massive  walls  took  shape  as  the 
months  went  by,  and  woodworkers  and  carvers  busied  themselves  on 
the  interior,  plasterers  plied  their  trowels  and  painters  their  brushes. 
Plumbers  were  proud  of  a  chance  to  install  the  mostmodern  sanitary 
features  of  the  day  and  decorators  eagerly  applied  their  art  to  the 
finishing  touches.  Other  buildings  were  erected  about  the  new  man- 
sion and  for  months  the  favored  hilltop  seemed  a  beehive  of  industry. 

The  builders'  art  in  those  days  was  not  the  same  as  now.  There 
were  no  immense  steel  girders,  weighing  tons,  to  be  hoisted  high  in 
air;  no  complicated  calculations  to  insure  the  correct  holding  of  joints 
and  frames;  and  yet  as  great,  or  greater,  skill,  perhaps,  was  required 
of  builders  then.  The  problem  of  transporting  and  shifting  heavy 
building  material  had  not  the  ready  aid  of  steam  in  its  solution,  nor 
had  mechanical  ingenuity  come  very  far  toward  lessening  the  wear 


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of  physical  labor.  One  cannot  look  upon  the  massive  pile  at  "  Folly 
Quarter"  without  feeling  admiration  for  the  men  who  builded  so 
strongly  and  well  in  their  time. 

It  is  difficult  to  learn  Just  when  the  buildings  were  begun,  but 
they  were  finished  in  1832.  Charles  Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton, "  died 
in  Baltimore,  November  14,  1832,  and  it  is  probable  that,  owing  to 
the  feebleness  of  great  age,  he  was  not  permitted  to  look  upon  the 
finished  structure  at  the  "Folly." 

How  and  why  "Folly  Quarter"  received  its  name  is  a  question 
that  seems  to  be  considerably  clouded  by  the  mists  of  time.  In  the 
surrounding  country  is  a  tradition  currently  believed  to  the  effect 
that  Charles  Carroll,  son  of  the  signer,  had  accumulated  a  consider- 
able sum  of  money  from  his  allowances.  In  looking  about  for  a  good 
investment  his  attention  was  called  to  a  fine  tract  of  land  several 
miles  west  of  "Doughoregan  Manor."  He  was  pleased  with  it  and 
purchased  it.  When  he  informed  his  venerable  and  distinguished 
father  of  the  fact  the  latter,  according  to  the  story,  exclaimed: 

"That  is  folly;  we  have  enough  land  now." 

And  so,  the  tradition  has  it,  the  farm  was  known  ever  after- 
ward as  "Folly  Quarter,"  or  "The  Folly." 

This  would  be  a  very  interesting  explanation  of  the  subject  biit 
for  the  anachorism  that  this  is  at  once  in  evidence.  In  his  will  the 
signer  refers  to  the  farm  as  though  it  had  been  for  some  time  a  part 
of  his  property.  He  does  not  devise  the  estate  in  his  will,  indicating 
that  he  had  transferred  it  to  Mrs.  McTavish,  his  granddaughter,  be- 
fore his  heath.  He  does,  however,  bequeath  to  his  son  Charles, 
slaves  "on  the  farm  known  as  'Folly.'" 

The  word  "Quarter"  seems  to  have  been  applied  generally  to 
sections — perhaps  quarter  sections — of  large  tracts  of  land. 

Not  far  from  "Folly  Quarter"  was  a  large  estate  known  as 
"Mike's  Quarter." 

The  present  visitor  to  "Folly  Quarter"  who  goes  out  from  Elli- 
cott  City  drives  west  along  the  Frederick  Turnpike  through  a  pic- 
turesque, rolling  country.  On  either  side  are  comfortable  farm- 
houses, surrounded  by  fertile  fields,  with  great,  large-doored  barns, 
telling  their  story  of  the  generous  soil.  Here  and  there  are  hand- 
some mansions — some  of  attractive  modern  architecture  and  others 
recalling  memories  of  a  time  long  dead.  Many  of  these  are  summer 
homes  of  wealthy  city  families,  who  fly  to  the  cool,  pure  air  of  the  re- 
splendent hills  when  the  heated  term  draws  near.  Streams  ripple 
and  sparkle  in  the  sun,  dash  merrily  over  rocks  and  whirl  in  cool, 
deep  eddies  on  the  lower  side,  where  anglers  steal  to  kill  the  speckled 
trout.  Out  past  St.  Charles'  College  and  the  lodge-house  at  the 
gates  of  "Doughoregan  Manor,"  standing  opposite  each  other,  the 
visitor  drives.  Then  over  through  stretches  of  woodland,  over  hills 
and  through  open  valleys,  until  the  "Vineyard"  road  is  reached.  Turn 
ing  to  the  left  a  drive  of  about  three  miles  brings  one  through  a  long 
piece  of  forest  to  the  top  of  a  hill,  and  "  Folly  Farm,"  in  all  its  beauty, 
lies  before  the  eye. 


512      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

The  original  entrance  to  the  mansion  has  not  been  used  since 
the  old  house  was  deserted,  fifteen  years  or  more  ago;  now  one  must 
drive  half  a  mile  or  more  farther  on  to  the  farm-house,  occupied  by 
Mr.  Christian  Broseener,  tenant  of  the  place.  From  the  roadway 
only  parts  of  the  old  mansion  can  be  seen,  because  of  the  tangled 
growth  and  the  unkempt  surrounding  trees,  some  of  which,  being 
evergreen,  obstruct  the  view  at  all  seasons. 

To  reach  the  place  one  has  to  drive  through  the  yard  of  Mr. 
Broseener  and  cross  a  field  and  part  of  another,  encountering  several 
somewhat  obstinate  gates  on  the  way.  This  is  the  most  direct  route. 
Another  entrance  is  from  the  south,  through  a  piece  of  woods — that 
is  the  "longest  way  'round,"  and  is  not  often  used. 

After  climbing  a  steep  hill,  the  lower  edge  of  which  is  rimmed 
by  a  granite  wall,  the  visitor  reaches  the  open  space  surrounding  the 
old  mansion  and  pauses  in  admiration,  almost  in  awe.  It  is  like 
coming  upon  the  decaying  mausoleum  of  a  dead  and  gone  race. 

It  is  the  rear  of  the  building  that  is  first  seen,  and  because  of  a 
larger  open  space  there  a  better  view  can  be  had  of  it  than  from  the 
front.  Desolation  is  everywhere.  The  very  air  seems  somnolent 
and  the  bare  tree  branches  are  quiet.  Gleams  of  sunshine  breaking 
through  the  overhanging  tanglewood  play  fitfully  over  the  granite 
walls  and  peep  in  the  open  windows.  Traces  of  a  winding  roadway 
may  be  seen  in  the  yard,  and  there  are  long  rude  tables  showing  that 
picnickers  make  merry  under  the  trees  during  the  summer. 

The  house  fronts  nearly  east.  It  is  plainly  but  very  substan- 
tially built  of  large  granite  blocks  that  average  in  size  thirty-five 
inches  long  and  nineteen  inches  deep;  many  are  considerably 
larger.  Surmounting  the  two  stories  is  a  commodious  attic.  The 
front  and  rear  are  almost  identical  in  appearance.  In  the  centre  of 
each  is  a  massive  porch,  with  six  solid  granite  columns.  These  col- 
umns are  seventy-one  inches — nearly  six  feet — in  circumference  at 
the  bottom,  tapering  slightly  as  they  rise.  A  large  window  on  each 
side  of  the  porch  lights  the  lower  rooms,  while  three  windows  light 
the  second  story.  Two  windows  are  in  each  side  of  the  house.  These 
would  seem  inadequate  to  brighten  the  great  extent  of  interior,  but 
because  of  the  arrangement  of  halls  and  rooms  are  sufficient. 

From  the  first  floor  front  windows  balconies  project,  protected 
by  iron  framework.  Dormer  windows,  one  in  front  and  one  in  the 
rear,  are  placed  in  the  center  of  the  roof  to  fight  the  attic.  Two  tall 
chimneys  stand  like  silent  sentinels  on  top  the  venerable  pile. 

That  cost  was  little  object  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  copper  rain- 
spouts  carry  water  off  from  the  metal-sheathed  roof  and  the  massive 
doors  are  of  mahogany,  plainly  but  handsomely  carved. 

It  is  not  difficult  to  enter  the  building.  The  doors  and  windows 
stand  open,  as  though  glad  to  welcome  the  light  and  fresh  air.  En- 
tering at  the  front  one  finds  a  splendid  hallway  the  width  of  the 
porch.  Its  lofty  ceiling  bends  in  a  graceful  arch.  The  floor  is  of 
finest  hardwood,  closely  fitted  and  polished  fike  that  of  a  ballroom. 
Near  the  western,  or  rear,  entrance  the  hall  narrows,  the  projections 


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on  each  side  being  guarded  by  a  graceful  Corinthian  column.  A  stair 
hall,  running  at  right  angles  to  the  main  hall,  divides  the  southern 
half  of  the  floor  and  leads  to  the  Colonial  stairway,  constructed  of 
oak,  with  a  mahogany  handrail  and  newel  post. 

The  north  side  of  the  first  floor  contains  two  stately  apartments, 
with  high  ceilings  and  plain  white  walls.  They  can  be  thrown  into 
one,  making  a  magnificent  ballroom.  Few  modern  ballrooms  have 
better  floors  for  dancing.  Open  fireplaces  indicate  that  festive  oc- 
casions in  the  old  house  were  made  cheerful  by  the  blaze  and  splutter 
or  burning  oak  logs.  One  can  readily  imagine  that  the  genial  glow 
thus  given  fashionable  gatherings  of  that  day  could  not  have  been 
improved  by  the  sultry  steam-heating  fixtures  of  modern  times.  It  is 
said  that  artistically  carved  marble  mantels  adorned  these  open  fire- 
places, but  there  is  no  trace  of  them  there  now.  This  ballroom  is 
even  now  a  noted  place  for  jollity  in  Howard  County,  as  dances  are 
frequently  given  there,  and  the  polished  floor  kept  smooth  by  the 
feet  that  follow  the  music  of  the  two-step  instead  of  the  stately 
minuet  and  the  rollicking  Virginia  reel.  These  modern  visitors  seem 
to  delight  in  having  their  visits  known,  as  the  walls  are  covered  with 
names  and  inscriptions  of  various  kinds. 

In  the  hall  are  long  rough  pine  tables,  where  refreshments  are 
served.  In  fact,  the  picnickers  and  dancers  who  visit  the  place  now 
appear  to  lay  considerable  stress  upon  the  importance  of  fortifying 
themselves  with  food.  Not  only  are  there  tables  in  the  rear  yard  and 
in  the  main  hall,  but  in  the  upper  hall  and  the  basement  as  well. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  first  floor,  beside  the  stair  hall,  are 
two  large  well-lighted  rooms,  evidently  used  as  dining-room  and 
library.  These  two  have  open  fireplaces,  but  no  mantels.  Indeed, 
open  fireplaces  are  in  nearly  every  room  in  the  house,  but  whatever 
adornments  they  may  have  had  have  long  since  disappeared. 

The  second  floor  is  also  traversed  by  a  wide  hall,  ample  enough 
to  accommodate  a  score  of  patrons  at  a  seaside  hotel.  There  are  six 
large  chambers,  enticing  even  in  their  present  bleak  desolation — 
dreams  of  luxurious  comfort  in  their  days  of  use.  There  is  also  a 
smaller  chamber  containing  the  wreck  of  an  old-fashioned  bathtub, 
partly  set  in  the  wall. 

It  is  said  that  among  the  appointments  of  the  mansion  when  it 
was  left  new  and  beautiful  by  the  builders  was  a  magnificent  marble 
bathing  pool,  costing  many  thousands  of  dollars.  It  is  not  known 
where  this  pool  was  located.  A  local  tradition  has  it  that  the  pool 
was  some  distance  from  the  house  and  connected  with  it  by  a  sub- 
terranean passageway.  There  is  no  trace  of  any  such  thing  now, 
and  Mr.  Broseener,  who  has  lived  on  the  farm  a  number  of  years,  says 
he  has  never  heard  of  it. 

A  gentleman  who  knows  a  great  deal  of  the  old  place  says  that 
a  marble  bathing  pool  existed  at  one  time,  but  he  does  not  know  its 
location.  It  is  probable  that  the  pool  was  demolished  at  the  same 
time  the  marble  mantels  were  taken  away. 


514      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Two  cross-halls  and  five  rooms  of  good  size  take  up  the  space 
in  the  attic.  The  hallways  in  the  centre  extend  upward  to  a  square 
elevation  or  cupola  on  the  roof,  where  a  skylight  lets  brightness 
through  to  the  floor  below.  This  cupola  is  not  noticed  from  the  out- 
side of  the  building  because  of  its  stunted  form.  The  rooms  of  the 
attic  have  sloping  ceilings,  conforming  to  the  slanting  roof,  which 
fact  somewhat  diminishes  their  area.  Above  them,  in  a  kind  of  half 
attic  surrounding  the  cupola  and  skylight,  are  three  small  rooms,  or 
large  closets;  they  were  probably  used  as  storage-rooms. 

A  remarkable  thing  about  nearly  all  the  rooms  in  the  second 
story  and  attic  is  the  number  of  large  closets  they  contain.  In  some 
rooms  these  extend  around  three  sides.  They  are  long,  shallow  af- 
fairs, filled  with  shelves,  giving  the  rooms  somewhat  the  appearance 
of  abandoned  country  stores. 

The  builders  were  liberal  in  their  ideas  of  space.  Even  the  base- 
ment has  a  large  hall  running  through  it.  This  portion  of  the  man- 
sion contains  four  large  rooms,  one  evidently  having  been  a  kitchen, 
as  its  old-fashioned  ovens  and  range,  set  well  in  the  chimney  wall, 
show,  and  they  suggest  the  good  cheer  that  such  an  equipment,  in 
conjunction  with  a  well-filled  larder,  could  provide. 

There  are  no  indications  of  the  uses  for  which  the  other  rooms 
were  intended — probably  as  servants'  quarters,  storage-rooms  and 
serving-rooms.  Two  smaller  rooms,  more  or  less  secluded  from  the 
light  of  day,  and  two  vaults  of  good  size,  but  dark  interiors,  suggest 
that  ample  provision  was  made  for  wine  cellars.  One  of  the  smaller 
rooms  may  have  contained  the  bathing  pool,  already  referred  to. 

The  old  house  has  outlived  a  substantial  marker  of  the  passing 
hours  in  the  yard.  On  the  slope  of  the  southern  hill  stands  a  stout 
granite  post,  hewn  in  one  piece,  about  four  feet  high.  This  was  the 
pedestal  for  a  stone  sun-dial,  considered  a  necessary  adjunct  to  almost 
every  old  homestead.  It  can  yet  be  plainly  seen  where  and  how  the 
dial-plate  was  fastened  to  the  pillar,  but  the  plate  is  gone.  Parts  of 
it  may  be  seen  lying  on  the  ground.  On  three  sides  of  the  base  are 
the  following  inscriptions: 

"MDCCCXXXII,"  "NICOLLET,"  "POSUPT." 

The  fourth  side  is  blank.  The  date  marks  the  completion  of  the 
mansion. 

Not  far  from  the  site  of  the  old  sun-dial  are  the  ruins  of  an  ex- 
tensive hothouse,  built  against  the  southern  retaining  wall  in  such  a 
way  that  it  caught  the  warm  rays  of  the  sun  from  early  morning 
until  late  in  the  afternoon. 

It  was  not  intended  that  guests  at  "Folly  Quarter"  should  find 
themselves  without  means  of  amusement.  About  fifty  yards  west 
of  the  mansion  is  a  large  stone  building  that  in  itself  would  be  a  com- 
fortable home  for  entire  families.  It  is  a  two-story  structure,  built 
on  the  slope  of  the  hill.  The  upper  floor,  which  is  practically  the 
first  floor  when  approached  from  the  mansion,  is  entered  from  a 
porch,  the  distinguishing  feature  of  which,  like  the  porches  of  the 
mansion,  is  large,  solid  granite  columns.      This  opens  into  a  spacious 


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billiard-room.  It  is  a  well-lighted  apartment,  and,  with  a  wood  fire 
bm-ning  in  the  open  hearth,  must  have  been  a  delightful  resort  when 
wintry  winds  blew  across  the  hilltops. 

Here  is  the  same  sad  scene  of  desolation  that  the  old  mansion 
presents.  A  dismantled  billiard  table  stands  in  the  room,  covered 
with  broken  plaster  and  autumn  leaves  that  have  blown  in  the  open 
doors.  There  is  no  cue-rack  and  the  only  closet  in  the  room  is  empty 
as  the  cupboard  of  Mother  Hubbard.  The  table  belonged  to  Mr. 
Charles  M.  Dougherty,  who  owned  the  property  a  number  of  years 
ago.  There  were  two,  but  when  Mr.  Dougherty  sold  the  place  he 
sent  the  best  one  to  St.  Charles'  College.  Adjoining  the  billiard- 
room  is  a  large  apartment  and  still  another  considerably  smaller. 
The  floors  of  these  are  now  covered  with  corn. 

Below  are  rooms  that  may  have  quartered  servants.  A  carriage- 
house  occupies  the  centre  of  the  lower  floor  and  the  eastern  end  con- 
tains the  stable,  with  eleven  comfortable  stalls.  These  are  not  now 
occupied  by  spirited  hunters  and  stylish  carriage  horses,  but  seem 
to  be  regarded  by  a  drove  of  fine  Berkshire  hogs  as  their  own  special 
lounging  apartments. 

A  little  farther  away  from  the  mansion,  northwest,  is  the  chapel 
erected  for  the  use  of  the  family  and  servants.  It  is  nearly  as  large 
as  many  country  churches  of  the  present  day  and  is  surmounted  by 
a  belfry  and  small  steeple.  The  interior  is  devoid  of  furnishings. 
At  one  end  is  the  altar  platform,  back  of  which  is  a  small  apartment 
designed  for  the  priest's  robing-room.  The  building  is  simple  in  de- 
sign, but  stands  with  a  quiet  dignity  of  its  own  upon  a  small  elevation. 
Sturdy  oak  trees  partly  surround  it,  and  in  that  peaceful  retreat  one 
can  feel  that  the  worshipers,  during  the  solemn  hours  of  service,  could 
truly  lift  up  their  hearts  "through  nature  up  to  Nature's  God." 

Cool  comfort  during  summer  days  came  from  a  cavernous  ic.e- 
house,  built  of  huge  granite  blocks  and  banked  over  with  dirt  several 
feet  thick.  The  distance  from  the  top  of  the  arched  ceiling  to  the 
bottom  is  not  far  from  thirty  feet,  and  this  great,  walled  hole-in-the- 
ground  will  hold  enough  ice  for  a  medium-sized  hotel.  A  passageway 
like  a  tunnel,  eight  or  ten  feet  long,  leads  to  the  pit. 

Set  in  the  granite  slab  that  covers  the  entrance  to  the  pit  is  the 
iron  pulley  used  to  haul  up  the  blocks  of  ice.  A  diminutive  kind  of 
cupola  rises  from  the  roof  of  the  structure,  probably  having  contained 
a  skylight.  Ivy  and  moss  cover  the  roof  and  through  the  broken 
cupola  hangs  a  slender,  shivering  spray  of  green  that  seems  to  have 
imwittingly  fallen  in  and  has  resigned  itself  to  its  fate  in  that  dark, 
damp  grave. 

Traces  of  the  landscape  gardening  that  beautified  the  old  place 
in  its  palmy  days  may  be  seen  on  every  side.  The  immediate  sur- 
roundings occupied  several  acres  crowning  the  hill  and  extending 
back  to  the  west.  The  stone  retaining  wall  previously  mentioned 
at  the  base  of  the  hill  ran  around  two  sides  of  it,  bringing  the  at- 
tractive lawn  out  in  bold  relief.  A  wooden  fence,  ruins  of  which  are 
yet  here  and  there,  divided  the  front  lawn  from  that  in  the  rear.     In 


516      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

the  front  lawn  were  flower  beds  with  trim  boxwood  borders,  and 
boxwood  Hned  the  walks  and  drives.  Tall  button  trees  alternate 
with  spruce,  hemlock  and  arbor  vitae.  Farther  away  are  pines  and 
cedars.     Tangle  growths  show  where  roses  flourished. 

Standing  on  the  front  porch  and  looking  out  through  the  mass 
of  twisted,  interlaced  boughs,  a  scene  of  rare  beauty  is  presented — 
the  rolling  hills,  the  valleys,  the  winding  stream,  the  far-away  forests 
and  the  fields,  some  green  with  a  rich  growth  of  newly-sown  wheat 
and  others  studded  with  shocks  of  corn.  But  "silence,  prolonged 
and  unbroken"  wraps  the  old  mansion  in  its  embrace,  and  the  only 
living  things  about  are  a  score  or  more  of  grunting  hogs. 

It  is  said  that  the  buildings  on  "Folly  Quarter"  cost  Charles 
Carroll,  of  "  Carrollton, "  $100,000.  To  further  enhance  its  beauty  he 
caused  a  massive  granite  and  marble  bridge  to  be  constructed  across 
the  stream  that  ran  through  the  farm  between  the  dwelling  and  the 
main  road.  This  stream  is  a  branch  of  the  Upper  Patuxent  River, 
and  it  is  said  that  trout  may  be  found  in  it  on  "Folly  Farm."  The 
entrance  gate  was  then  directly  in  front  of  the  house,  the  private  road 
sweeping  in  a  curve  through  a  pretty  valley. 

The  bridge  is  now  used  only  in  crossing  from  one  part  of  the  field 
to  the  other.  Its  foundations,  piers  and  floor  are  of  granite  blocks 
as  substantial  and  enduring  as  those  in  the  mansion.  The  bridge 
springs  from  each  shore  of  the  narrow  stream  to  a  central  pier,  thus 
having  two  spans.  The  thick  side  walls,  nearly  shoulder  high,  are  of 
marble,  with  two  square  marble  columns  at  each  end  extending  a 
short  distance  above  the  walls.  Storms,  rain  and  time  have  given 
the  structure  a  dingy  appearance,  and  marble  and  granite  look  much 
alike.     It  is  said  the  bridge  cost  considerably  over  $10,000. 

Persons  driving  along  the  front  of  "Folly  Farm"  notice  a  large 
barnyard,  in  which  are  new  buildings  and  other  of  great  age.  At  the 
gate  are  two  great  square  pillars,  or  towers,  of  granite,  which  lead 
many  to  suppose  it  to  have  been  the  original  entrance  to  the  mansion's 
grounds.  This  is  also  thought  to  have  been  the  site  of  the  first  build- 
ings on  the  estate.  Some  of  the  queer-looking  old  barns  were  built 
in  1790.  One  of  the  features  is  an  ancient  old  blacksmith  shop  and 
forge. 

The  farmhouse  occupied  by  Mr.  Broseener  is  an  interesting  struc- 
ture in  its  way.  It  has  the  spacious  porch,  with  immense  pillars,  that 
seemed  to  characterize  architecture  of  that  day,  but  the  ravages  of 
time  have  exposed  a  clever  deception.  Instead  of  being  of  solid 
material  they  were  constructed  of  laths  and  plaster,  and  the  plaster- 
ing has  fallen  off  in  places.  In  the  bathroom  of  this  house  a  large 
bathtub  was  constructed.  Water  was  piped  from  a  neighboring 
spring  and  pom-ed  into  the  tub  through  a  finely  carved  marble  lion's 
head.  The  tub  has  long  since  passed  the  stage  of  usefulness,  but  the 
lion's  head  is  still  in  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  McTavish  made  their  home  at  "  Folly  Quar- 
ter" for  many  years.  Their  son,  Mr.  Charles  Carroll  McTavish,  in- 
herited the  property  and  resided  there  with  his  family  a  number  of 


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years.  Mr.  McTavish  finally  decided  to  dispose  of  the  estate,  and  it 
was  sold  through  Messrs.  Alexander  Yearley  &  Son,  of  this  city,  to  Mr. 
Charles  M.  Dougherty,  a  Baltimore  merchant,  who  paid  $100,000  for 
it.  Mr.  Dougherty  made  the  place  a  summer  home  for  some  time, 
until  he  removed  to  New  Orleans,  about  twenty  years  ago.  He  took 
great  pride  in  the  place  and  kept  it  up  handsomely.  Shortly  after 
his  removal  he  sold  it  to  Mr.  Royal  Phelps,  of  New  York,  father-in- 
law  of  Ex-Governor  John  Lee  Carroll,  through  whom  it  passed  into 
the  possession  of  its  present  owner,  Mr.  Charles  Carroll. 

Mr.  Carroll  renamed  the  place  "Carrollton  Hall,"  but  it  contin- 
ues to  be  known  far  and  wide  as  "  Folly  Quarter"  and  " Folly  Farm," 
and  will  probably  never  shake  off  these  names. 

It  is  known  as  "Folly  Quarter"  to  the  persons  who  pass  along 
the  road  and  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  stately  old  pile  through  the  sur- 
rounding trees,  and  "Folly  Quarter"  it  is  to  the  merry  young  folk 
who  picnic  in  its  shady  groves  and  dance  the  evening  hours  away  in 
its  fine  old  rooms. 

Charles  Carroll,  of  Homewood,  and  Harriet  Chew,  his  wife,  had 
issue — Charles  Carroll,  heir  of  Doughoregan  Manor,  born  1801 ;  Eliza- 
beth— Dr.  Aaron  Tucker;  Mary  Sophia — Hon.  Richard  Bayard; 
Benjamin  Chew;  Harriet  Julian — Hon  John  Lee,  of  "Needwood; 
Louisa — Isaac  Rand  Jackson. 

Colonel  Charles  Carroll,  of  Doughoregan,  in  1825 — Mary  Digges 
Lee.  Issue,  Mary — Dr.  Eleazer  Acosta;  Charles  inherited  Doughore- 
gan— Caroline  Thompson,  of  Virginia;  Louisa — George  Cavendish 
Taylor,  of  England,  nephew  of  Lord  Waterpark,  an  Irish  peer. 

John  Lee  Carroll,  born  1830 — first,  Aiiita,  daughter  of  Royal 
Phelps,  of  New  York;  second,  Mary  Carter  Thompson,  sister  of  Mrs. 
Charles  Carroll.  (His  biography  will  be  found  in  the  Governors  of 
Maryland.) 

Albert  Henry — ^Mary  Cornelia,  daughter  of  William  George  Read. 
He  was  in  the  Confederate  States  Army  and  died  at  Martinsburg  in 
1862.    His  widow — Colonel  James  Fenner  Lee. 

Robert  Goodloe  Harper  Carroll — first,  Ella  Thompson;  second, 
Mary  Digges  Lee.     He  was,  also,  in  the  Confederate  States  Army. 

Helen  Sophia  Carroll — Charles  Oliver  O'Donnell. 

In  1826,  when  all  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  had  passed  away, 
except  the  venerable  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  a  committee 
waited  upon  him  to  obtain  from  him  a  copy  of  the  document,  and  when 
again  signed  by  him  this  copy  was  to  be  deposited  in  the  City  Hall. 
After  he  had  signed  the  paper  he  wrote  the  following  supplemental 
declaration : 

"Grateful  to  Almighty  God  for  the  blessings  which,  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  He  has  conferred  on  my  beloved  country  in  her 
emancipation  and  on  myself  in  permitting  me,  under  circumstances 
of  mercy,  to  live  to  the  age  of  eighty-nine  years,  and  to  survive  the 
fiftieth  year  of  American  Independence,  adopted  by  Congress  on  the 
4th  day  of  July,  1776,  which  I  originally  subscribed  on  the  2nd  day 
of  August,  of  the  same  year,  and  of  which  I  am  now  the  last  surviving 


518      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

signer,  I  do  hereby  recommend  to  the  present  and  future  generations 
the  principles  of  that  important  document  as  the  best  earthly  inherit- 
ance their  ancestors  could  bequeath  to  them,  and  pray  that  the  civil 
and  religious  liberties  they  have  secured  to  my  country  may  be  per- 
petuated to  remotest  posterity  and  extended  to  the  whole  family  of 
men.  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton. 

"August  2,  1826." 

Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  was  a  liberal  patron  of  St.  Charles 
College.  He  gave  the  ground  on  which  it  stands  and  laid  the  corner- 
stone. 

A  historian  thus  records  the  death  of  "The  Signer."  "It  was 
toward  sundown  in  November.  The  weather  was  very  cold.  In  a 
large  room,  his  bedroom,  he  sat  in  an  easy  chair  before  an  open  fire- 
place. On  a  table  were  blessed  candles,  an  antique  bowl  of  holy  water 
and  a  crucifix.  By  his  side,  Rev.  John  C.  Chance,  President  of  St. 
Mary's  College,  in  rich  robes,  offering  the  last  rites.  On  each  side  of 
his  chair  knelt  a  daughter  and  grandchildren.  In  the  rear  were  three 
or  four  old  negro  servants  kneeling  in  reverence.  '" 

The  assembly  made  a  picture  never  to  be  forgotten.  The  ven- 
erable patriot  went  through  the  ceremony  with  evident  pleasure,  and 
refusing  nourishment  said:  "This  supplies  all  the  wants  of  Nature;  I 
desire  no  food."  He  was  then  placed  on  the  bed.  It  was  after  mid- 
night when  he  passed  away. 

THE  HOME  LIFE  OF  OUR  EARLY  SETTLERS. 

Having  now  traced  the  families  who  left  the  attractions  of  An- 
napolis, the  only  town  where  pleasure  and  luxury  then  centred,  to 
live  the  almost  secluded  life  of  the  frontier,  it  will  be  well  to  look  in 
upon  them  in  their  forest  homes.  As  has  been  already  shown,  nearly 
all  the  families  thus  located  were  allied  by  marriage  ties.  The  large 
estates  taken  up  in  the  beginning  were  subdivided  among  succeeding 
heirs  who  located  upon  adjoining  tracts.  They  thus  became  little 
communities  of  relatives,  and  as  such  each  had  its  attractions. 

From  the  assurances  of  recent  survivors  whose  experiences  and 
inherited  information  covered  more  than  a  century  there  is  every 
evidence  that  the  social  life  of  our  pioneers  in  Howard  was  most  en- 
joyable. Dress  was  not  then  the  chief  feature  of  country  gatherings. 
Ladies  could  and  did  appear  upon  many  occasions  in  the  same  gown. 
As  riding  horseback  was  the  chief  means  of  reaching  neighboring 
settlements,  dress  was  made  a  subordinate  consideration.  Though 
our  ancestors  were  in  many  cases  well  up  in  Latin,  their  far-famed 
dinners  and  suppers  were  not  announced  in  French.  The  chief  fea- 
ture of  all  gatherings  was  the  dinner  or  supper,  always  fit  for  a  king. 
Maryland  biscuits  were  then  in  order.  They  were  made  in  this  way: 
"A  section  of  a  tree  was  firmly  and  permanently  placed  in  a  corner  of 
the  kitchen  and  the  dough  placed  upon  it  and  usually  hammered  or 
beaten  until  both  the  block  and  dough  were  'blistered.'  Then  the 
latter  was  fashioned  into  round,  chubby  shapes,  like  imto  small, 
flattened  oranges,  pierced  with  a  fork  and  placed  in  a  '  dutch  oven,' 


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with  live  coals  above  and  underneath,  whence  they  came  forth  golden 
in  color.  These  were  not  raised  with  baking  powder  nor  as  hard  as 
stone,  but  light,  beautiful  and  wholesome."  (From  one  of  Mr.  W.  T. 
Riggs'  contributions  upon  the  days  of  good  eating.) 

Country  hfe  consisted  then,  as  now,  in  social  gatherings,  horse- 
back parties,  sledding  parties,  surprise  parties,  sometimes  covering 
long  distances,  but  always  ending  in  a  social  dance,  card  party  and 
supper. 

Every  extensive  plantation  was  in  itself  a  storehouse  of  supplies, 
and  the  chief  pleasure  of  the  planter  was  in  entertaining.  The  wealth 
of  the  province  was  then  chiefly  in  the  country,  and,  up  to  the  Revo- 
lution, the  fashions  of  the  plantation  were  true  types  of  social  life  in 
the  province.  Of  that  life  we  gather  from  portraits,  still  extant,  the 
elegant  dress  of  the  lords  and  ladies  of  the  manor,  and  from  their 
wills  come  good  views  of  the  accumulated  wealth  in  many  of  their 
homes. 

City  life  was  then  but  a  repetition  of  the  styles  of  the  plantation. 
From  Hon.  John  P.  Kennedy  we  have  a  humorous  view  of  the  styles 
in  Baltimore  just  subsequent  to  the  Revolution,  from  which  the  fol- 
lowing quotation  is  taken : 

"  Market  street  (now  Baltimore  street)  had  shot  like  a  snake  out 
of  a  toy  box  up  as  high  as  Congress  Hall,  with  its  variegated  range 
of  low-browed,  hip-roofed  houses,  standing  forward  and  back  of  the 
line  like  an  ill-dressed  regiment. 

"  Some  houses  were  painted  blue,  some  yellow,  some  white,  and 
here  and  there  a  more  pretending  mansion  of  brick,  with  windows 
after  the  pattern  of  a  multiplication  table,  square  and  many-paned, 
and  great  wastes  of  walls  between  the  stories;  some  with  court-yards 
in  front,  and  trees  in  whose  shade  truant  boys  and  ragged  negroes 
'skyed  coppers'  and  played  marbles. 

"This  avenue  was  enlivened  with  matrons  and  damsels,  some 
with  looped  skirts,  some  in  brocade  luxuriantly  displayed  over  hoops, 
with  comely  bodies  supported  by  stays  disclosing  perilous  waists  and 
with  sleeves  that  clung  to  the  arm  as  far  as  the  elbow,  where  they 
were  lost  in  ruffles  that  stood  off  like  feathers  on  a  bantam.  And 
then  such  faces,  so  rosy,  spirited  and  sharp,  with  hair  drawn  over  a 
cushion  tight  enough  to  lift  the  eyebrow  into  a  rounder  curve,  giving 
pungent  supercilious  expression  to  the  countenance,  and  curls  that 
fell  in  cataracts  upon  the  shoulders.  Then  they  stepped  away  with 
such  a  mincing  gait,  in  shoes  of  many  colors,  with  formidable  points 
at  the  toes  and  high  tottering  heels  delicately  cut  in  wood,  and  in 
towering  peaked  hats  garnished  with  feathers  that  swayed  aristo- 
cratically backward  and  forward  at  each  step  as  if  they  took  pride  in 
the  stately  pace  of  the  wearer. 

"  In  the  train  of  these  groups  came  the  gallants,  who  upheld  the 
chivalry  of  the  age,  cavaliers  of  the  old  school,  full  of  starch  and  pow- 
der, most  of  them  the  iron  gentlemen  of  the  Revolution,  with  leather 
faces,  old  campaigners  renowned  for  long  stories — not  long  enough 
rom  the  camp  to  lose  their  military  brusquerie  and  dare-devil  swag- 


520      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

ger;  proper  roystering  blades  who  had  not  long  ago  got  out  of  har- 
ness and  begun  to  affect  the  elegancies  of  civil  life,  all  in  three-cor- 
nered cocked  hats  and  powdered  hair  and  cues,  and  light-colored 
coats  with  narrow  capes,  long  backs  and  pockets  on  each  hip;  small 
clothes  and  striped  stockings,  shoes  with  great  buckles,  and  long  steel 
watchchains,  suspended  on  agate  seals  in  the  likeness  of  the  old 
sounding-boards  above  pulpits. 

"  It  was  a  sight  worth  seeing  when  one  of  these  weather-beaten 
gallants  accosted  a  lady.  There  was  a  bow  which  required  the  width 
of  the  pavement,  a  scrape  of  the  foot  and  the  cane  thrust  with  a 
flourish  under  the  left  arm  and  projecting  behind  in  a  parallel  line 
with  the  cue.  And  nothing  could  be  more  piquant  than  the  lady's  re- 
turn of  the  salutation,  in  a  courtesy  that  brought  her,  with  bridled 
chin  and  a  most  winning  glance,  half  way  to  the  ground." 

Having  now  traversed  the  upper  section  of  Anne  Arundel  and 
noted  the  chief  settlements  that  had  been  made  whilst  still  a  part  of 
the  mother  county,  attention  will  be  directed  to  the  efforts  made  to 
secure  better  accommodations  for  this  settlement. 

Nearly  a  century  and  a-half  had  passed  since  the  surveyors  had 
first  marked  out  the  advance  of  settlement.  Those  old  settlers  had 
all  passed  into  an  unwritten  history.  Several  generations  of  their 
descendants  had  rolled  their  tobacco  to  Elk  Ridge  Landing;  had 
subdued  forests;  built  magnificent  homes,  and  had  passed  with  their 
fathers  to  the  great  beyond — and  still  there  was  no  place,  short  of 
Annapolis,  for  the  transaction  of  legal  business.  At  length,  in  1838, 
a  progressive  man  was  sent  to  the  Legislature.  Dr.  WilUam  W. 
Watkins,  son  of  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins,  presented  and  ably  de- 
fended the  following  bill,  which  now  forms  Chapter  XXII  of  the  Laws 
of  1838: 

"An  Act  for  the  establishment  of  a  municipal  jurisdiction  over 
a  part  of  Anne  Arundel  County  and  to  alter  and  change  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  State,  as  far  as  may  be  necessary,  to  effect  the  same. 

"Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  after  the  confirmation  of  this  Act  there  shall  be  estab- 
lished in  Anne  Arundel  a  district  included  within  the  following  boun- 
daries, to  wit: 

"  Beginning  for  the  same  at  the  intersection  of  the  west  shore  of 
Deep  Rim,  with  the  southern  shore  of  Patapsco  River,  at  or  near 
Ellicott's  Furnace  (Relay) ,  and  running  thence  southerly  with  said 
Deep  Run  until  it  reaches  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  and 
thence  with  said  railroad,  and  including  the  same,  until  it  reaches  the 
southwestern  line  of  Anne  Arundel  on  the  Big  Patuxent  River,  and 
thence  with  said  river  and  the  lines  of  said  coimty  until  it  intersects 
the  northwestern  point  of  said  county,  and  running  thence  with  the 
lines  of  Carroll  and  Baltimore  Counties  to  the  place  of  beginning,  as 
above  mentioned;  and  that  the  said  district  shall  be  called  Howard 
District  of  Anne  Arundel  County, 

"Section  2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  to  aid  in  administering 
justice  and  providing  for  the  peculiar  wants  and  necessities  in  civil 


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and  political  matters  of  the  people  of  said  district,  there  shall,  from 
time  to  time,  as  occasion  may  require,  be  appointed  or  elected  therein, 
as  the  case  may  be,  a  Register  of  Wills,  a  Sheriff  and  a  Clerk  of  the 
Court,  to  be  established  therein,  which  said  officers  shall  have  the 
same  qualifications,  hold  their  offices  by  the  same  tenure  and  be  ap- 
pointed or  elected  therein  in  the  same  manner  with  similar  officers 
in  the  several  counties  of  this  State. 

"Section  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  upon  the  con- 
firmation of  this  Act,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Executive  of  this 
State  to  issue  writs  for  the  election  of  a  Sheriff  by  the  people  of  said 
district  within  thirty  days  thereafter,  who  shall  serve  until  the  time 
of  the  next  general  election  of  this  State,  and  the  citizens  of  Anne 
Arundel  County,  now  inhabitants  of  the  Fourth  Election  District 
thereof  and  residing  in  said  Howard  District,  shall,  until  otherwise 
provided  by  law,  vote  at  all  elections  at  the  Fifth  and  Sixth  Elec- 
tion Districts  of  Anne  Arundel  County  as  now  established  by  law,  in 
all  their  future  elections  and  until  regulated  by  law  according  to  the 
Constitution  of  the  State. 

"  Section  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  upon  the  confirma- 
tion of  this  act  a  court  shall  be  established  and  styled  the  Court 
of  Howard  District  of  Anne  Arundel  County;  that  the  judge  of  the 
Third  Judicial  District  of  the  State  shall  be  judge  thereof,  and  pre- 
sentments, indictments,  suits  and  actions  at  law  may  be  removed  to 
and  from  the  Court  of  Howard  District  of  Anne  Arundel  County  in 
the  same  manner  as  if  it  were  one  of  the  County  Courts  of  the  State. 

"  Section  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  this  Act  shall 
be  confirmed  by  the  General  Assembly  after  the  next  election  of 
Delegates,  at  the  first  regular  session  after  such  new  election  accord- 
ing to  the  Constitution  and  form  of  government,  that  in  such  case 
this  alteration  and  amendment  of  the  Constitution  and  form  of  gov- 
ernment shall  constitute  and  be  valid  as  a  part  thereof,  and  every- 
thing therein  contained  repugnant  to  or  inconsistent  with  this  Act  be 
repealed  and  abolished. 

"Section  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  charges  and 
expenses  growing  out  of  the  subdivision  of  Anne  Arundel  County  shall 
be  assessed  solely  on  the  property  within  Howard  District. " 

Chapter  55,  Acts  of  1839,  provides  that  the  seat  of  justice  in 
Howard  District  be  selected  by  the  voters  of  the  district;  judges  to 
make  returns  and  to  certify  the  selection  of  the  seat  and  to  publish 
the  same. 

Chapter  60,  Acts  of  1839,  authorized  the  judge  to  administer  the 
oath  to  the  clerk,  and  the  ratification  of  said  election  of  clerk,  pro- 
vided such  returns  be  made  and  filed  with  said  clerk  within  three  days 
after  his  quahfication;  that  the  State  Librarian  be  authorized  to  fur- 
nish certain  laws  for  the  use  of  the  Court  and  Orphans'  Court  of  How- 
ard District. 

Chapter  98,  passed  March  4,  1840,  provides  for  the  election  of 
Commissioners  in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same  persons  who 
hold  the  election  for  delegates  to  the  General  Assembly.     The  Com- 


522      Founders  of  Anne  Aeundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

missioners  to  lay  off  the  district  into  three  election  districts;  to  desig- 
nate the  place  in  which  to  hold  elections;  to  deliver  to  the  clerk  of 
Anne  Arundel  County  a  description  in  writing,  under  their  hands  and 
seals,  of  boundaries  and  numbers  of  each,  and  the  place  where  the 
election  is  to  be  held,  to  be  recorded  respectively;  to  cause  copies  of 
said  description  to  be  published  and  set  up.  Voters  qualified  to  vote 
for  delegates  to  vote  at  their  respective  places,  for  one  person 
resident  of  such  district.  Commissioners  to  remain  in  office  one 
year;  to  have  all  the  power  and  subject  to  the  same  liabilities 
as  Commissioners  of  Anne  Arundel  County;  to  appoint  consta- 
bles and  tax  collectors  as  in  Anne  Arundel  to  appoint  nine 
Commissioners  of  Public  Schools,  and  not  exceeding  eighteen 
persons  who,  with  the  Commissioners,  to  be  inspectors,  and 
said  bodies  to  act  as  in  Anne  Arundel;  the  same  laws  to  be  in  force 
as  in  Anne  Arundel.  Two-fifths  of  the  tax  levied  in  Anne  Arundel 
for  the  purpose  of  colonization  to  be  paid  by  Howard  District  and 
three-fifths  by  Anne  Arundel.  The  Commissioners  to  fix  upon  the 
sites  for  public  buildings;  to  purchase  land  not  exceeding  in  cost 
$20,000,  and  not  to  levy  more  than  $4,000  any  one  year;  to  borrow 
money  not  more  than  $4,000  in  any  one  year  to  be  due;  no  compensa- 
tion except  per  diem. 

To  provide  suitable  buildings  for  the  Court  purposes  until  the 
erection  of  proper  buildings.  The  Governor  to  appoint  coroners,  and 
the  district  judge  to  appoint  electors. 

All  deeds  of  land  lying  in,  after  the  appointment  and  quaHfica- 
tion  of  the  Clerk,  to  be  recorded  by  said  Clerk. 

The  laws  of  the  State  in  regard  to  wills,  after  the  appointment  of 
Register,  to  apply  to  said  district.  The  Commissioners  of  Anne 
Arundel  to  levy,  including  Howard  District,  a  sum  sufficient  to  defray 
all  liabilities  up  to  the  time  of  passing  this  Act.  The  sessions  of  the 
Court  to  be  held  on  the  second  Monday  of  March  and  third  Monday 
in  September.     Elhcott's  Mills  was  chosen. 

Howard  District  existed  for  a  decade.  At  the  Constitutional 
Convention  of  1851,  Judge  Thomas  Beale  Dorsey,  of  Howard  District, 
a  delegate  thereof,  on  January  29,  1851,  presented  the  petition  of 
James  Sykes  and  others,  praying  that  Howard  District  of  Aiine  Arun- 
del be  made  a  separate  county  to  be  called  Howard  County.  The 
petition  having  been  read,  Mr.  Dorsey  moved  its  reference  to  the 
Committee  upon  Representation.  Mr.  Bowie  moved  its  reference  to 
a  select  committee,  which  was  adopted.  The  committee  was  Messrs. 
Dorsey,  Bowie,  Smith,  Harbine  and  Ricaud.  Mr.  Dorsey  spoke  in 
favor  of  the  petitioners.  The  report  of  the  committee,  through  its 
chairman,  reads:  "  That  part  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  called  Howard 
District,  is  hereby  erected  into  a  new  county,  to  be  called  Howard 
County;  the  inhabitants  thereof  shall  have,  hold  and  enjoy  all  such 
rights  and  privileges  as  are  held  and  enjoyed  by  the  inhabitants  of 
the  other  counties  in  this  State;  and  its  civil  and  municipal  officers 
shall  continue  in  office  until  their  successors  shall  have  been  elected 
or  appointed,  and  shall  have  qualified  as  such;  and  all  rights,  powers 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      523 

and  obligations  incident  to  Howard  District  of  Anne  Arundel  shall 
attach  to  Howard  Coimty."  This  report  having  been  read,  Mr. 
Dorsey  moved  it  be  printed  and  made  the  order  of  the  day  for 
Wednesday  next.  Mr.  Sellman,  from  Anne  Arundel,  stated  that  no 
objection  had  reached  him  from  any  citizen  of  Anne  Arundel. 

When  the  appointed  day  had  come  Mr.  Dorsey  called  for  his  re- 
port; it  was,  however,  postponed  under  a  motion  of  Mr.Merrick,  of 
Charles  County,  for  the  report  on  legislation.  On  Friday,  March  7, 
1851,  Mr.  Dorsey  again  called  for  his  report,  when  it  was  adopted. 
At  an  election  held  Wednesday,  November  5,  1851,  Thomas  Brice 
Hobbs  was  returned  by  the  judges  of  election  as  Register  of  Wills 
for  Howard  County  and  was  duly  commissioned  as  such,  having  paid 
the  tax  fixed  by  law  upon  said  commission.  A  contest  was  carried 
to  the  Legislature,  when  the  House  of  Delegates  decided  that  a  tie 
existed  between  said  Thomas  B.  Hobbs  and  Thomas  Jenkins  and  is- 
sued a  warrant  for  an  election  to  fill  the  office.  On  the  7th  of  April 
following  said  election  resulted  in  the  return  of  Mr.  Thomas  B.  Hobbs, 
who  was  commissioned  without  a  demand  for  his  commission  tax 
by  order  of  the  Assembly 

By  Act,  Chapter  110,  the  Treasurer  of  the  County  was  ordered 
to  be  chosen  by  the  people. 

Dr.  William  W.  Watkins  was  elected  the  first  State  Senator  of 
Howard. 

By  Act,  Chapter  364,  George  B.  Dobbin  was  appointed  Visitor 
from  Howard  County  to  the  Maryland  Hospital  and  John  K.  Longwell 
for  the  new  county  of  Carroll. 

The  first  voting  place  in  Howard  was  the  "  Old  Election  House," 
on  the  "Old  Rolling  Road,"  which  divides  the  third  and  fifth.  It 
still  stands  imder  a  hill  just  west  of  the  Tyson  Mansion,  which  was 
built  about  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  county.  This  once 
splendid  estate,  upon  which  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  were  ex- 
pended in  its  equipment,  bears  a  name  which  reads  the  same  both 
ways.  It  was  the  invention  of  General  Tyson,  now  adopted  for  the 
neighboring  post-office  of  Glenelg. 

General  Joseph  Tyson  served  under  President  Tyler  as  Assistant 
Postmaster-General  and  as  Commissary-General  of  the  United  States 
Army.  He  was  also  president  of  a  mining  company.  His  son,  Henry 
H.  Tyson,  was  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Legislature  in  1877. 
Tyson's  Manor  house  has  been  the  scene  of  the  most  brilliant  enter- 
tainments in  Howard.    This  estate  is  now  held  by  Mr.  Knox. 

Upon  that  same  rolling  road,  leading  toward  Elk  Ridge,  is  "  Car- 
rollton  Hall"  or  "Folly  Quarter,"  upon  which  another  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  were  spent. 

In  connection  with  Doughoregan  Manor,  an  excellent  review  of 
this  home  has  been  given  from  the  Baltimore  "  Sun,"  of  December  20, 
1900. 

The  first  statistical  correspondent  of  Howard  County  for  the 
Department  of  Washington,  under  Horace  Capron,  Commissioner  of 


524      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Agriculture,  was  Dr.  Horatio  Lawrence.  He  was  assisted  by  Hon. 
James  Morris,  Judge  H,  O.  Devries,  Hon.  John  R.  Clarke  and  Aaron 
Chadwick. 

Dr.  Lawrence  was  a  descendant  of  Sir.  Robert  Lawrence,  of 
Ashton  Hall,  Lancashire,  England;  knighted  during  the  Crusades. 
His  grandson  James  married  Matilda  Washington.  Dr.  Lawrence 
lies  buried  in  the  Friends'  Cemetery  at  Sandy  Spring.  His  son,  Daw- 
son Laurence,  was  the  chief  actor  in  getting  up  an  excellent  map  of 
Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties,  in  1870,  to  which  I  am  indebted 
for  some  data  and  locations  of  estates.  From  him  also,  comes  the 
curious  genealogical  note  concerning  an  old  Howard  County  school- 
mate, "Thomas  Peddicord,  son  of  Jasper,  oldest  son  and  his  grand- 
father's oldest  grandson,  was  born  in  November  and  married  Rebecca; 
Washington  A,  Peddicord,  son  of  Thomas,  oldest  son  and  his  grand- 
father's oldest  grandson,  was  born  in  November  and  married  Re- 
becca; Thomas  J.  Peddicord,  son  of  Washington,  oldest  son  and  his 
grandfather's  oldest  grandson,  was  bom  in  November  and  married 
Rebecca." 

Mr.  Thomas  J.  Peddicord  left  Howard  in  early  manhood  and  is 
now  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Washington  County. 

THOMAS  BRICE  WORTHINGTON  HOBBS. 

Thomas  Brice  Worthington  Hobbs,  the  first  Register  of  Wills  of 
Howard  Coimty,  at  an  advanced  age,  now  resides  in  Baltimore. 

There  was  a  contest  over  his  first  election,  and  it  was  again  placed 
before  the  people,  who  confirmed  his  election  by  an  increased  majority. 
Mr.  Hobbs  is  an  intelligent,  genial  gentleman  of  dignified  bearing  and 
pleasant  address.  His  record  was  most  excellent.  He  was  succeeded 
by  Mr.  Ely  Peddicord,  whose  successor  was  Benjamin  Dorsey,  who 
died  in  office. 

Hon.  Edwin  Warfield,  now  Governor,  followed  Mr.  Dorsey,  and 
his  successors  were  Messrs.  Maclin,  Scaggs  and  Marlow. 

Mr.  Hobbs  is  the  son  of  Peregrine  Hobbs  by  his  wife,  Mary 
(Howard)  Hobbs.  Mr.  Peregrine  Hobbs  was  in  the  War  of  1812. 
His  father,  Thomas  Hobbs,  was  the  surveyor  who  took  up  the  large 
estate  extending  to  the  east  of  the  Westminister  road  from  Cooks- 
ville  to  Glenwood.  A  further  history  of  this  surveyor  will  be  found 
elsewhere  in  the  history  of  Howard  County. 

EDWIN  PARSONS  HAYDEN. 

Edwin  Parsons  Hay  den,  first  Clerk  of  Howard  County  Court, 
1847-1850,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  August  7,  1811.  He 
was  the  son  of  Horace  H.  Hayden,  M.  D.,  an  eminent  geologist  of 
Baltimore  and  a  Founder  and  President  of  the  Baltimore  Dental 
College.  Dr.  Hayden  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  serving  in  the 
battle  of  North  Point,  1814,  and  as  Assistant  Surgeon  in  the  Military 
Hospital.  His  father.  Adjutant  Thomas  Hayden,  Continental  line, 
served  through  the  Revolutionary  War.    The  original  ancestor,  Wil- 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties,      525 

liam  Hayden,  of  Connecticut,  was  a  soldier,  and  the  first  one  to  receive 
honorable  mention  for  gallantry  in  the  Indian  Wars  of  New  England. 
He  received  land  in  1642  for  his  services,  which  land,  as  well  as  his 
sword,  the  family  still  own  after  260  years.  Edwin  Parsons  Hayden 
was  educated  at  Baltimore  College  and  studied  law  at  Yale  College, 
where  he  was  a  classmate  of  Governor  Thomas  Watkins  Ligon,  of 
Howard  County,  during  the  years  1831  and  1832.  In  1832  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Baltimore  and  continued  his  studies  under 
Hugh  Davy  Evans,  L.  L.  D.,  of  that  city.  In  1836,  he  moved  to  his 
farm  at  Catonsville  and  began  the  practice  of  law  at  Ellicott's  Mills, 
where  he  located  in  1840,  building  the  handsome  stone  residence  at 
"  Oak  Lawn,"  near  the  Court  House.  This  home  his  family  occupied 
imtil  it  was  sold  in  the  seventies  to  Henry  A.  Wooten,  Esq.,  whose 
widow  now  lives  there.  Mr.  Hayden  is  described  by  one  of  his  con- 
temporaries as  "  a  lawyer  of  more  than  ordinary  ability,  a  successful 
pleader  at  the  hustings  and  a  decided  Whig.  He  was  a  man  of  hand- 
some features,  pleasing  manners  and  an  easy  and  graceful  speaker." 
He  was  nominated  by  the  Whig  party  for  the  Legislature  of  Mary- 
land in  1846,  and  in  October,  1846,  was  elected  by  a  large  Demo- 
cratic vote.  He  took  his  seat  in  the  House  of  Delegates  and  served 
until  March  10,  1847,  when  he  was  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  the 
office  of  Clerk  of  Howard  County  Court  for  the  usual  term  of  six 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Howard  County  Dragoons,  Charles 
Carroll,  Captain,  and  a  communicant  of  St.  Peter's  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  died  of  congestion  of  the  lungs.  May  10,  1850, 
aged  thirty-nine,  leaving  his  widow  and  six  children.  One  of  his  sons, 
Charles  L.,  served  in  the  United  States  Army  in  1861,  and  another, 
Rev.  Horace  Edwin  Hayden,  served  in  the  Confederate  States  Army, 
1861-1865.  He  is  now  Secretary  and  Librarian  of  the  Wyoming 
Historical  and  Geological  Society  of  Wilkes  Barre,  Pennsylvania; 
member  of  the  Southern  Historical  Society  and  Pennsylvania  His- 
torical Society. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hayden  is  the  author  of  "  Virginia  Genealogist,"  most 
accurate  in  data  and  most  comprehensive  in  scope  and  material.  He 
is  also  the  author  of  a  sketch  of  Charles  Carroll,  of  Carrollton,  and  a 
history  of  "  The  Massacre  of  Wyoming."  He  resides  at  Wilkes  Barre, 
Pennsylvania,  and  has  charge  of  a  church  in  addition  to  his  editorial 
labors. 

Another  son  of  Mr.  Edwin  Parson  Hayden  is  a  prominent  mer- 
chant of  Baltimore. 

WORTHINGTON. 

Dr.  William  Henry  Worthington,  successor  to  Mr.  Hayden,  was 
born  January  30,  1812,  died  January  5,  1886;  was  twice  married — 
first,  to  Mary  Ann  Jones  Dorsey;  second,  Ellen  Dall  Cooke.  He  was 
son  of  Thomas  Worthmgton  and  EHza  (Baldwin)  Worthington,  he 
was  born  at  his  paternal  home,  situated  near  the  locaUty  known  as 
"RisingSun,"in  Anne  Arundel  County.  His  parents  both  died,  leaving 
him  and  one  daughter,  Achsah,  very  young  children. 


526      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Achsah — Rinaldo  Warfield  Dorsey,  and  they  had  one  son,  Joshua 
Worthington  Dorsey,  whose  mother  died  leaving  him  about  two 
years  old.  Rinaldo  Warfield  Dorsey  afterwards  married  Margaret 
Ann  Stockwell,  by  whom  he  had  Christiana  Wilton  Dorsey,  who  mar- 
ried Lieutenant  Edwin  S.  Jacob,  United  States  Navy. 

Dr.  Charles  Griffith  Worthington  became  guardian  for  his  brother 
Thomas's  children,  and  with  him  WilHam  Henry  Worthington 
studied  medicine.  He  graduated  at  the  Maryland  University  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one.  Inherited  from  his  uncle,  Brice  Worthington,  the 
old  homestead,  situated  on  Middle  branch  of  Patuxent  River,  adjoin- 
ing "Montpelier."  The  old  homestead  was  known  at  that  time  as 
"  White  Hall;"  in  later  years  the  name  was  changed  to  "  Glenburnie." 
A  part  of  this  same  property  now  belongs  to  Joshua  Worthington 
Dorsey,  known  as  "Wild  Wood."  In  1858  WilHam  Henry  Worth- 
ington sold  the  old  home,  reserving  the  graveyard,  with  a  right  of 
way  to  it,  for  the  benefit  of  any  of  the  family  who  might  care  to  be 
buried  there.  Up  to  that  time,  1858,  there  were  five  generations 
buried  there,  and  many  of  the  inscriptions  on  the  old  tombstones 
were  scarcely  legible.  After  the  sale  of  the  place  William  Henry 
Worthington  went  to  Elhcott  City  with  the  intention  of  moving 
there,  thence  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  He  spent  the  winter  of  1858 
in  St.  Paul;  made  some  investments  in  town  property;  but  on  his 
return  changed  his  mind  about  taking  his  family  there,  thinking  the 
climate  too  severe  to  be  endured  by  women  tenderly  raised.  From 
early  manhood,  to  and  up  to  the  time  he  left  the  old  home,  he  was  a 
member  of  Christ  Church,  Queen  Caroline  Parish,  holding  the  posi- 
tion of  vestryman,  warden,  register  and  delegate  to  the  convention 
of  the  Diocese.  While  a  resident  of  Ellicott  City  he  was  a  member  of 
St.  Peters'  Church,  holding  like  positions.  He  was  County  Commis- 
sioner at  the  time  Howard  district  became  Howard  County,  and  was 
one  of  the  committee  appointed  to  select  the  site  and  direct  the 
building  of  the  Court  House  in  Ellicott  City,  then  known  as  Ellicott's 
Mills.  He  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  County  Court  by  Governor 
Philip  Frances  Thomas  to  fill  an  unexpired  term,  at  the  expiration 
of  which  term  he  was  elected  by  the  people  for  the  usual  term  of  six 
years.  He  afterwards  held  a  position  in  the  Custom  House,  Balti- 
more, during  the  administration  of  James  Buchanan.  In  1885  he 
was  obliged,  on  account  of  failing  health,  to  give  up  the  practice  of 
medicine,  and  he  then  moved  to  Baltimore,  where  he  died. 

JUDGE  ISAAC  THOMAS  JONES. 

Born  in  1838,  Judge  Jones,  of  Howard,  is  just  in  the  prime  of  his 
judicial  career.  Cares  rest  lightly  upon  his  genial  life.  He  is  a  com- 
bined son  of  both  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard.  His  progenitor  lived 
upon  the  Patuxent,  near  Queen  Anne,  in  Prince  George's.  By  his  wife, 
who  was  Miss  Knighton,  of  Anne  Arundel,  he  had  sons — Isaac,  Edward, 
Henry  and  Samuel. 


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Isaac  Jones — Miss  Hopkins,  of  the  Gerrard  Hopkins  family,  and 
their  issue  were,  Edward,  Ehzabeth,  Henry,  Samuel  and  Sarah,  Re- 
becca, Mary  and  Richard  Jones. 

Edward  Jones  resided  upon  the  road  leading  from  Owingsville 
to  Mt.  Pleasant,  on  the  Patuxent.  He  married  Miss  Croxall,  a  de- 
scendant daughter  of  Richard  Croxall,  by  the  sister  of  James  Carroll, 
of  All  Hallows  Parish.  She  was  a  great-granddaughter  of  Robert 
Morris.  The  issue  of  her  marriage  to  Edward  Jones  is  our  present 
Judge  Isaac  Thomas  Jones,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Augusta,  Ida  E.,  Anna 
M.  and  Arthur  L.  Jones. 

Judge  Jones  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Gambrill  by 
Miss  Iglehart,  daughter  of  Richard  Iglehart,  of  the  neighborhood  of 
Atholton,  Howard.  Mrs.  Jones  is  a  sister  of  Mr.  Stephen  Gambrill,  of 
Laurel.  Judge  Jones  removed  to  Howard  in  1864,  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Legislature  in  1868;  was  chosen  Judge  of  Howard  District, 
in  1882,  and  re-elected  fifteen  years  later,  in  1897,  without  opposition. 
In  1899  he  was  made  Chief  Judge  of  Fifth  District  and  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Appeals.  His  Howard  County  estate  is  near  the  Old  Brick 
Church.  A  granite  quarry  of  excellent  stone  has  recently  been  devel- 
oped upon  it.  Mr.  Samuel  Jones,  the  merchant  of  Annapolis,  who 
bears  a  striking  likeness  to  Judge  Jones,  is  the  son  of  Henry  Jones,  an 
uncle  of  the  Judge. 

"HON.  JOHN  GOUGH  ROGERS,  OF  HOWARD/' 

Chairman  of  the  "Ways  and  Means"  Committee  of  the  House 
of  Delegates,  in  the  Maryland  Legislature,  of  1902,  Hon.  John 
Gough  Rogers,  Ex-School  Examiner,  Ex-State  Senator,  Ex-Candi- 
date for  Congress  and  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  Howard,  not  only 
legally,  but  as  a  man  of  business,  has  an  interesting  fund  of  informa- 
tion for  the  historian  concerning  the  ways  and  means  of  his  ancestors. 

His  progenitor  was  Nicholas  Rogers,  Major  in  the  Continental 
Army  under  General  La  Fayette,  coming  over  with  him  from  France. 
His  history  is  a  part  of  the  history  of  Baltimore.  His  son,  Philip 
Rogers,  was  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Baltimore,  in  partnership 
with  Samuel  Owings.  These  partners  became  brothers-in-law.  The 
wife  of  the  former  was  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Henry  Woodward,  only 
son  of  Amos  Woodward  and  Achsah  Dorsey,  first  daughter  of  Caleb 
Dorsey,  of  Hockley. 

The  wife  of  Samuel  Owings  was  her  sister,  Mary  Woodward, 
widow  of  William  Govan. 

The  mother  of  these  two  sisters  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Richard  Young,  of  Calvert  County,  and  Rebecca  Holsworth,  who 
came  up  to  Anne  Arundel  and  settled  at  "  Primrose  Hill,"  two  miles 
out  of  Annapolis,  near  the  Severn.  She  became  the  wife  of  Henry 
Woodward,  heir  of  Amos  Woodward  and  of  Amos  Garrett,  the 
Annapolis  merchant  of  great  wealth.  Henry  Woodward  died  at 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  leaving  a  young  and  handsome  widow 
with  four  interesting  daughters,  two  of  whom  have  already  been 


528      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

noted.  Harriet,  another  daughter,  became  first  the  wife  of  Edmund 
Brice;  second,  Mrs.  Alexander  Murray;  Eleanor  became  Mrs.  Samuel 
Dorsey,  son  of  Patuxent  John  Dorsey,  of  Howard  County.  They 
came  into  possession  of  "Dorsey's  Search,"  and  their  only  son,  Harry 
Woodward  Dorsey,  by  his  Maccubin  wife,  leaving  one  son,  Henry 
Woodward  Dorsey,  was  the  father  of  Achsah  Dorsey,  first  wife  of 
Thomas  Beale  Dorsey  of  "Gray  Rock." 

Upon  the  early  death  of  Mr.  Henry  Woodward  his  widow  be- 
came the  wife  of  John  Hesselius,  an  artist  of  note,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Hesselius,  of  Sweden.  To  her  husband  we  are  indebted  for  her  exist- 
ing portrait,  now  in  possession  of  the  wife  of  Commodore  Daniel 
Ridgely,  and  of  the  family  of  Dr.  William  Ridout,  of  Annapolis, 
copied  in  "  One  Hundred  Years  Ago,"  by  Elizabeth  Hesselius  Mur- 
ray, of  West  River.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Hesselius,  became 
the  wife  of  Rev.  Walter  Dulaney  Addison. 

Charlotte  Hesselius  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Johnston  (son 
of  the  Governor).  She  had  for  bridesmaids  Miss  Sarah  Leitch, 
daughter  of  Major  Leitch,  aid  to  General  Washington,  afterward 
Mrs.  John  Addison;  Miss  Murray,  afterwards  wife  of  Governor  Edward 
Lloyd;  Miss  Maria  Murray,  afterwards  Mrs.  General  Mason,  and  Miss 
Cromwell,  afterwards  Mrs.  Lee.  These  weddings  took  place  at 
'Trimrose  Hill,"  to  which  Mrs.  Hessehus  had  removed  from  "Belle- 
field,"  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  Though  loyal  to  her  own 
church,  Mrs.  Hesselius,  having  heard  the  thunder  tones  of  Whitfield, 
opened  her  doors  for  the  worship  of  the  young  Methodist  Chm-ch, 
and  her  name  has  come  down  the  corridor  of  time  as  an  intellectual, 
earnest  believer,  brilliant  in  conversation,  idohzed  by  all  who  knew 
her.  Whitfield  said  her  house  was  open  to  the  word  of  God  and 
closed  to  everything  else.  She  has  also  handed  down  a  poetic  descrip- 
tion of  her  coterie  of  daughters  and  their  Colonial  dress,  so  well  de- 
scribed in  "One  Hundred  Years  Ago."  These  daughters  were  fre- 
quent visitors  at  the  home  of  Philip  Rogers,  her  son-in-law. 

John  Gough  Rogers  (of  Philip  and  Rebecca)  married  Sophia 
Gough  Owings  (of  Samuel  and  Mary  Woodward  Govan),  and  his  son, 
Dr.  Samuel  Owings  Rogers,  was  the  father  of  Hon.  John  Gough 
Rogers  and  Reuben  Dorsey  Rogers,  of  Howard. 

Down  upon  West  River,  in  the  neighborhood  of  "  Cedar  Park," 
"TuHp  Hill,"  "Joy  Neck,"  among  the  Chews,  Galloways,  Murrays, 
Mercers,  Richardsons  and  Chestons,  was  the  Rogers  homestead, 
some  seven  miles  south  of  ancient  Londontown.  The  locality  was 
formally  known  as  "Red  Miles"  and  "Butler's  Tavern."  "Green- 
wood" and  "Druid  Hill  Park"  were  also  the  homesteads  of  this 
family  in  Baltimore  County. 

Edmund  Law  Rogers,  owner  of  "  Druid  Hill,"  married  a  great- 
granddaughter  of  Governor  Plater.  Their  daughter  is  the  charming 
wife  of  Professor  Smith,  of  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

The  late  Henry  W.  Rogers,  of  Charles  Street,  whose  wife,  Fanny 
Dennis,  is  one  of  the  leading  officials  of  the  Colonial  Dam^s,  is  also  a 
descendant  of  Philip  Rogers  of  Major  Nicholas. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      529 

Dr.  Frank  Rogers,  brother  of  Samuel  Owings  Rogers,  married 
Eleanor  Johnson,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Eleanor  (Worthington) 
Johnson,  last  daughter  of  Samuel  Worthington  and  Martha  Garret- 
son,  of  Baltimore  County. 

COLONEL  THOMAS  H.  HUNT* 

Colonel  Hunt  has  been  identified  with  Howard  County  since  its 
organization.  He  was  born  in  Frederick  City  in  1832.  His  mother 
was  Miss  Jones,  and  both  father  and  mother  were  of  English  par- 
entage, coming  over  about  1810.  He  is  a  cousin  of  Mr.  German  H. 
Hunt,  of  Baltimore.  His  wife  is  a  Linthicum  and  Warfield  descend- 
ant. Colonel  Hunt  has  kept  closely  to  his  business  as  a  merchant, 
but  he  has  long  been  an  active  Democrat  and  upon  the  Executive 
Committee  of  his  county.  He  served  as  a  director  in  the  board  of 
the  House  of  Correction,  and  was  the  treasurer  of  the  board  until  the 
Republicans  gained  control  in  1896,  when  he  resigned.  Colonel  Hunt 
is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Patapsco  Bank  at  Ellicott  City.  His 
oldest  daughter  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  Harald  Hardinge,  cashier  of  the 
Patapsco  Bank. 

Mr.  Hardinge  was  born  in  Missouri.  His  mother,  Henrietta  Cris- 
tine  Kemp,  was  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Louis  Kemp,  the  famous  Balti- 
more merchant,  who  married  Miss  Buckey,  of  Buckeystown,  Mary- 
land. Mr.  Hardinge  was  a  resident  of  Frederick.  He  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  Ellicott  City  Bank  since  1888. 

Another  daughter  of  Colonel  Hunt  is  the  wife  of  Assistant  Clerk 
W.  Owings. 

JOSHUA  N,  WARFIELD. 

Joshua  N.  Warfield,  member  of  the  Democratic  Executive  Com- 
mittee and  present  School  Commissioner  of  Howard  County,  has 
long  won  a  reputation  as  one  of  the  best  political  organizers  in  the 
county.  With  the  same  energy  with  which  he  manages  one  of  the 
largest  landed  estates  in  the  county,  he  enters  into  the  public  service 
to  succeed.  He  is  now  holding  the  only  office  his  father,  the  late 
Albert  Gallatin  Warfield,  ever  consented  to  hold. 

His  residence  at  Florence  is  upon  the  site  of  his  ancestor,  John 
Welsh,  and  he  holds,  in  addition,  a  portion  of  the  estate  of  Samuel 
Welsh,  from  both  of  which  houses  his  grandfather  selected  his  wives. 
He  holds  the  most  western  surveys  of  Captain  Philemon  Dorsey,  out 
of  whose  house  came  his  great-grandmother,  Catharine  (Dorsey), 
wife  of  Captain  Benjamin  Warfield.  Out  of  barren  fields  left  by  the 
old  tobacco  growers  he  has  demonstrated,  as  did  the  Ellicott  brothers, 
that  lime,  grass  and  grain  restore  not  only  worn-out  lands,  but  in- 
crease the  revenues  of  the  land-holders.  Some  twenty  years  ago  he 
married  Lucy,  daughter  of  the  late  Enoch  Hutton,  of  Montgomery 
County,  and  sister  of  Hon.  J.  J.  Hutton,  of  Brookeville.  Two  sons 
and  one  daughter  bless  their  union.  Both  sons  intend  to  remain  in 
Howard  as  successors  of  their  father. 


530      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties, 

TALBOTT. 

West  River  was  the  abode  of  Richard  Talbott  in  1649;  he  was  a 
Quaker.  His  wife  was  Ehzabeth,  oldest  daughter  of  Major  Richard 
Ewen,  who  that  same  year  brought  his  wife,  Sophia,  five  children  and 
three  servants  at  his  own  charges,  for  which  he  demanded  and  re- 
ceived, in  1650,  a  patent  for  1,000  acres.  The  issue  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  were  Richard,  Edward,  John  and  Ehzabeth,  wife  of  Ben- 
jamin Lawrence.  "Poplar  Knawle"  was  left  by  his  will  of  1663  to 
Richard;  "Talbotts  Ridge"  to  his  sons,  Edward  and  John,  jointly; 
to  Elizabeth  his  personalty.    Richard  Galloway  was  a  witness. 

Edward  Talbott  married  in  1679  the  widow  Coale  (nee  Eliza- 
beth Thomas),  daughter  of  Philip  Thomas.  They  had  issue,  Richard, 
Edward,  Elizabeth  and  John  Talbott,  of  West  River,  who  married — 
first,  Elizabeth  Galloway;  second,  Mary  Waters,  of  West  River,  and 
had  Cassandra,  Lucy,  Elizabeth,  John  and  Edward,  of  West  River; 
born  1723.  This  Edward  married  Temperance  Merryman  in  1745  and 
had  John,  Benjamin,  Vincent,  Mary,  Temperance  and  Edward. 
Edward  the  elder  was  a  witness  to  the  wills  of  Major  Welsh  and  Ben- 
jamin Laurence. 

Benjamin  removed  to  Baltimore  County  and  married  Sarah  Wil- 
mott.  Their  daughter  Harriet  became  the  wife  of  Greenberry 
Ridgely. 

John  Talbott,  above,  surveyed  in  1732  "Talbott's  Last  Shift." 
This  is  on  the  Patapsco,  adjoining  "  Moores  Morning  Choice,"  "  Chews 
Vineyard"  and  Edward  Dorsey's  estate,  near  Columbia.  It  con- 
tained 1,120  acres.  He  sold  it  to  Edward  Talbott,  Richard  Talbott, 
Richard  Galloway  and  George  Ellicott. 

The  Ellicott  part  was  bought  by  Benjamin  Dorsey,  in  1741. 
Edward  Talbot  resurveyed  his  as  "Talbotts  Vineyard  "and  in- 
creased it  to  1,031  acres. 

The  muster  roll  of  Maryland  shows  the  following  Talbotts  in 
the  Revolution:  Benjamin  R.  Talbott  was  with  Thomas  Lansdale 
Company,  in  1776;  Elisha  Talbott  was  in  the  artillery  at  Annapolis, 
in  1776;  John  Talbott  was  enlisted  by  John  Eager  Howard,  in  1776; 
John  Talbott,  enrolled  by  Thomas  Burke,  was  passed,  in  1776. 

Richard  Talbott,  ensign  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  was  passed 
by  John  Dorsey,  in  1776.  He  was  in  Captain  Edward  Norwood's 
Company  in  1776.  He  was  a  son  of  Richard  Talbott,  of  "Talbott's 
Vineyard."  Richard  Talbott  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Patuxent 
John  Dorsey.  (Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dorsey  named  in  her  will  of  1777 
her  daughter,  Ruth  Talbott.)  They  resided  near  Jonestown.  The 
old  graveyard  was  removed  to  St.  John's  Church.  Their  son,  John 
Lawrence  Talbott  (1784 — first,  Henrietta  Phillips;  second,  Mary 
Porter  (1799).  Issue,  Richard,  John,  Providence,  Jefferson  of  Laurel, 
Madison,  George  Washington,  Charles,  Allen  and  Mary. 

Richard — Mary  Fairall.  Issue,  Henrietta  Philhps  Talbott — 
Richard  Harden;  Mary,  Drusilla  Coale,  Sarah,  Stephen,  killed  in  the 
Mexican  War;    Edward  A.,  of  Ellicott  City— Mary  Jane  Wareham. 


Founders  or  Anne  Arundel  xInd  Howard  Counties.      531 

Issue,  Hattersley  Worthington  Talbott,  Elizabeth  A.,  and  Rebecca; 
Edward  A. — Georgiana  Laney;  Mary  C. — John  L.  Clarke,  son  of 
James. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Talbott  is  the  Immigration  Agent  of  Maryland  and 
attorney-at-law  and  Mayor  of  Rockville.  He  married  Laura  Wil- 
liams Holland,  daughter  of  Zachariah,  a  Lieutenant  in  United  States 
Navy,  son  of  Solomon  Holland,  Register  of  Wills.  Her  mother  was 
a  daughter  of  Captain  Ely  Williams,  brother  of  General  Otho  Holland 
Williams. 

THE  GAMBRILL  BROTHERS. 

Two  sons  of  Mr.  Stephen  Gambrill  are  in  the  United  States  Army. 
The  letters  of  William,  when  in  Honolulu,  in  1898,  before  annexation, 
give  an  interesting  insight  into  the  foreign  provinces.  He  writes  from 
the  "Officers  Club  of  Hawaii,"  of  the  very  lavish  entertainments 
given  by  the  people,  in  which  champagne  was  one  of  the  ordinary 
beverages  and  interesting  young  ladies  considered  it  an  honor  to  wait 
upon  them.  He  met  the  Prince,  who  invited  him  to  tea  to  meet  his 
daughter. 

On  August  13,  1898,  he  writes  again:  "  We  are  now  in  possession 
of  Manila,  which  surrendered  at  2.30  this  P.  M.  This  could  be  made 
a  pretty  city.  I  do  not  know  of  but  one  place  hotter  than  this.  It  is 
not  to  be  found  on  a  map.  Major  Gambrill,  of  the  Pay  Master's  Divi- 
sion, was  with  the  fleet  which  sailed  from  San  Francisco  July  3,  1898. 
About  5,000  soldiers  were  with  the  fleet.  Generals  Merritt  and  Mc- 
Arthur  were  among  the  officers.  We  had  as  rough  a  night  on  the 
Pacific  as  has  ever  been  experienced,  and  all  were  sick." 

BENJAMIN  DORSEY  WARFIELD. 

Benjamin  Dorsey  Warfield,  of  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Rail- 
road, was  born  in  Howard  County,  in  1862.  He  is  the  oldest  son  of 
Dr.  Milton  Welsh  Warfield  and  Mary  Ehzabeth  Dawley,  his  wife. 
His  early  education  was  given  him  by  his  mother,  a  very  cultivated 
woman.  He  attended  Glenwood  Institute,  then  in  charge  of  Pro- 
fessor Lycurgus  Mathews.  Entering  the  service  of  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railroad,  he  remained  till  1882,  when  he  removed  to  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  in  a  similar  position  with  Hull  &  Co.  In  1885,  he 
entered  the  service  of  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad  as  Secre- 
tary of  Judge  Houston,  Chief  Attorney.  He  was  chief  clerk  of  this 
law  department  until  1891,  when  he  was  advanced  to  Adjusting  At- 
torney, having  been  admitted  to  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  Kentucky, 
in  1890,  as  a  graduate  of  the  Law  School,  of  Louisville.  In  1901  he 
was  appointed  District  Attorney  for  Kentucky  for  the  same  company, 
in  charge  of  the  entire  litigation  of  the  company. 

Out  of  twenty  cases  he  won  all  but  one.  Upon  this  record  Judge 
Bruce,  the  general  counsel  of  the  company,  declared  it  was  unpar- 
alleled by  any  lawyer  of  any  age  so  far  as  he  knew. 


532      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

In  1898  he  married  Selenah  Cecilia  Barret,  second  daughter  of 
James  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Bullitt  (Middleton)  Barret  and  great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Captain  Chiswell  Barret,  of  Colonel  Baylor's 
Regiment  of  Dragoons.  Francis  Barret  immigrated  to  Kentucky. 
His  son.  Dr.  Lewis  Barret  located  in  Hart  County.  From  his  second 
wife,  Miss  Garvin,  came  James  Samuel,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Warfield. 
Her  mother  was  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Craig  and  Mary 
(O'Bannon)  Middleton,  of  Henry  County,  Kentucky. 

DR.  RIDGELY  BROWN  WARFIELD. 

Dr.  Ridgely  Brown  Warfield,  second  son  of  Dr.  Milton  Warfield, 
of  Howard,  was  named  in  honor  of  Colonel  Ridgely  Brown,  who,  lead- 
ing the  Maryland  Battalion,  lost  his  life  at  Ashland  Gap,  in  the  war 
between  the  States,  and  now  lies  upon  his  native  soil  upon  the  border 
of  Howard  and  Montgomery. 

Dr.  R.  B.  Warfield,  like  his  brother,  was  educated  chiefly  by 
his  talented  mother  and  by  Professor  Mathews,  of  Glenwood  Insti- 
tute. Having  read  medicine  with  his  father,  he  graduated  at  the 
Maryland  University  and  commenced  practice  with  Dr.  Ridgway 
Trimble,  a  descendant  of  the  Lloyds  of  "Wye  House." 

The  latter  when  asked  by  Governor  Lloyd  Lowndes,  a  relative, 
to  recommend  a  young  physician  of  good  standing  for  his  staff.  Dr. 
Trimble  said :  "  I  know  a  gentleman  who  can  fill  the  bill,  but  he  is  a 
Democrat."  The  Governor  replied:  "I  don't  care  anything  about 
his  politics;  ask  him  to  serve  me,"  Dr.  Warfield  accepted  the  staff 
appointment  and  with  the  Governor  was  present  at  the  inauguration 
succeeding. 

Dr.  Warfield,  though  a  bachelor,  bought  a  house  on  Park  Avenue, 
into  which  he  has  brought  a  library  of  choice  reading  and  articles  of 
household  adornments  that  have  won  him  the  title  of  j"  a  gentleman 
of  perfect  taste."  Dr.  Warfield  has  spent  several  vacations  in 
Europe  and  Mexico.  In  consultation  with  his  father,  he  has  fre- 
quently been  called  to  practice  in  his  native  country. 

CAPTAIN  ELDRED  DUDLEY  WARFIELD. 

Captain  Eldred  Dudley  Warfield,  of  United  States  Army,  is  the 
son  of  Professor  J.  D.  Warfield  by  his  first  wife,  Tonnie  Dawley,  sister 
of  Mrs.  Dr.  Milton  Warfield.  He  was  a  student  of  the  Maryland 
Agricultural  College  when  his  father  held  the  chair  of  English  Litera- 
ture there. 

Entering  the  service  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  he  was 
several  times  promoted.  At  the  time  of  the  Spanish  War  in  Cuba  he 
was  then  captain  of  Company  D,  of  the  Fifth  Maryland  Regiment  of 
Militia,  and  with  that  regiment  was  enrolled  in  the  service  of  the 
Government.  While  at  Huntsville,  Alabama,  he  was  made  Provost 
Marshal  of  the  Fourth  Army  Corps,  and  his  entire  company  was  en- 
camped in  the  city  as  permanent  guard.  This  service  was  performed 
with  such  complete   satisfaction  the  citizens   joined  gladly  in  an 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      533 

address  of  thanks  to  Captain  Warfield.  Returning  at  the  close  of  the 
war  all  Baltimore  turned  out  to  welcome  the  boys  of  the  Fifth.  Cap- 
tain Warfield,  with  many  others  of  the  regiment,  was  even  then  suf- 
fering with  typhoid  fever.  Recovering,  he  offered  himself  to  the 
government  and  was  appointed  second  lieutenant  in  the  regular 
army. 

During  his  present  service  he  has  spent  three  years  in  Porto 
Rico,  where  he  also  received  the  thanks  of  the  people  and  a  handsome 
sword  as  a  mark  of  appreciation  for  his  services,  and  one  year  in  the 
Philippines  as  first  lieutenant.  He  is  now  at  Fort  Rheno,  and  last 
September  entered  the  staff  school  at  Fort  Leavenworth  to  pass  the 
examination  for  promotion  to  rank  as  captain. 

Captain  Warfield,  upon  a  recent  trip  East  from  his  army  post 
at  Fort  Leavenworth,  at  the  request  of  Governor  Warfield,  wrote  in 
the  Log  Book  of  "Oakdale"  the  following  outline  of  his  official  life 
in  our  foreign  provinces: 

"Sunday,  August  13,  1905. 

"  On  April  10,  1899,  I  was  commissioned  second  Heutenant  in 
the  regular  army.  Within  one  month  I  was  on  duty  at  Fortress 
Monroe,  Columbus  Barracks,  Jefferson  Barracks  and  Fort  Hamilton. 
On  May  14th  I  was  assigned  to  the  Eleventh  Infantry  and  was  ordered 
to  Porto  Rico. 

"For  nearly  three  years  my  work  was  both  diversified  and 
attractive  in  tempering  force  with  gentleness  among  our  new-found 
wards. 

"Promoted  first  lieutenant  on  February  2,  1901,  I  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Twenty-third  Infantry,  and  for  a  year  was  at  Fort  Ethan 
Allen  and  Plattsburgh  Barracks. 

"  Ordered  then  by  cable  to  Manila  to  fill  a  vacancy,  my  lot  fell 
among  friends  in  the  famous  Island  of  Mindaro,  wild  and  untram- 
melled in  its  natural  beauty.  I  was  among  the  military  prisoners  and 
around  the  garrisons  of  Manila. 

"  Coming  back  by  way  of  Japan  and  Honolulu  at  the  dawn  of  a 
bright  and  happy  year,  only  those  who  have  been  absent  from  home 
can  appreciate  such  a  home-coming.  I  bring  back  to  old  Howard 
the  floral  offerings  of  countless  lakes  and  rivers  of  Florida.  I  bring 
back  the  memories  of  many  pleasant  wanderings  among  the  Danish 
West  Indies  and  St.  Thomas;  among  the  historic  scenes  of  Cuba, 
Porto  Rico  and  the  Phihppines  or  the  Flowery  Kingdom  of  Japan,  or 
the  balmy  islands  of  Hawaii.  Yet,  here  among  the  foot  hills  of 
Howard  I  Rnd  a  home  life,  a  hospitality  and  a  greeting  dearer  than 
all." 

JAMES  CLARK. 

James  Clark,  president  of  the  Drovers  and  Mechanics'  Bank  of 
Baltimore,  is  one  of  Howard  County's  sons,  born  about  the  time  of 
its  separation  as  a  district;  he  is  the  son  of  James  Clark,  a  farmer  of 
Howard,  who  was  the  son  of  John  Clark,  one  of  three  brothers,  John, 
James  and  David,  who  came  over  from  the  North  of  Ireland  just 


534      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

subsequent  to  the  Revolution.  These  brothers  settled  in  Anne  Arun- 
del and  founded  a  carding  wool  business  on  the  manor.  Those  mills 
have  now  been  changed  to  grain  mills. 

James  Clark,  Sr.,  married  Jemima  Ward,  of  London,  then  living 
with  her  father  on  "Carroll's  Manor." 

Mr,  James  Clark,  Jr.,  began  his  business  career  in  Adams'  Ex- 
press Company,  at  Richmond,  Va.  In  1862  he  went  into  Confederate 
service,  resuming  it  after  its  close  with  the  Southern  Express.  Ac- 
cepting employment  in  the  Virginia  and  Tennessee  Railroad  Company 
under  General  Mahone,  he  continued  for  five  years  its  purchasing 
agent.  In  1872  he  came  to  Baltimore  and  embarked  in  the  live  stock 
business  at  Calverton  Stock  Yards.  He  was,  during  fifteen  years,  emi- 
nently ^successful.  Retiring  to  Lynchburg,  Virginia,  he  became  Presi- 
dent of  its  national  bank  for  five  years.  In  1892  he  was  called  to  the 
presidency  of  his  present  bank.  He  is  a  director  in  a  cigarette  com- 
pany's works  at  Salem,  Virginia.  He  married  in  Lynchburg,  in  1865, 
Miss  E.  R.  Booker,  who  died  in  1885,  and  in  1887  he  married  Miss  E.  V. 
Lumpkin,  daughter  of  Robert  Garrett  Lumpkin,  of  Baltimore.  Mr. 
James  Booker  Clark,  a  farmer  of  Howard,  is  a  son  by  his  first  mar- 
riage. Mrs.  Arthur  Forsythe  and  Mrs.  Albert  Thomas,  both  of  How- 
ard, are  sisters  of  Mr.  James  Clark,  the  banker. 

DR.  THADDEUS  WATKINS  CLARK. 

Another  Howard  County  physician,  now  in  Baltimore  is  Dr. 
Thaddeus  Watkins  Clark.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  William  and  Al- 
bina  (Watkins)  Clark,  of  Clarksville.  His  mother  was  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Colonel  Gassaway  Watkins,  of  "Walnut  Grove,"  a  sol- 
dier of  two  wars,  whose  wife  was  of  the  family  of  Bishop  Claggett, 
the  first  Episcopal  Bishop  of  Maryland. 

The  late  William  Clark  was  an  extensive  farmer  of  the  lime- 
stone section  of  Clarksville.  He  was  a  son  of  David  Clark,  one  of 
the  three  brothers  who  came  from  the  North  of  Ireland  after  the 
Revolution,  and  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Chaney) 
Warfield,  of  Anne  Arundel. 

Dr.  Clark  studied  under  his  uncle,  Dr.  W.  W.  Watkins.  He 
was  graduated  from  the  Maryland  University  in  1880,  and  was  later 
Demonstrator  of  Physics,  Chief  of  Clinic  and  Nervous  Diseases  and 
Clinical  Lecturer  at  Bayview  Asylum.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Medi- 
cal and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Maryland  and  of  the  Neurological  So- 
ciety of  Baltimore.  He  is  upon  the  Medical  Staff  of  the  Fifth  Mary- 
land Regiment  and  was  with  them  in  the  Spanish  War,  under  the  title 
of  Captain,  remaining  with  the  regiment  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
In  1885  Dr.  Clark  married  Florence  C,  daughter  of  Judge  William 
Mathews  and  Harriet  Howard,  his  wife,  of  Glenwood,  Howard  County. 
She  is  a  descendant  of  Captain  Brice  Howard,  of  the  Elk  Ridge  Militia 
during  the  Revolution,  whose  wife  was  one  of  the  eleven  Ridgely 
daughters  of  "White  Wine  and  Claret,"  great-granddaughters  of 
Hon.  John  Dorsey,  of  the  Provincial  Council. 


FOUNDKRS  OF  AnNE  ArUNDEL  AND  HoWARD   COUNTIES.         535 

Thomas  Clark,  brother  of  Dr.  Thaddeus,  was  formerly  editor  of 
the  "Ellicott  City  Times."  He  married  the  only  daughter  of  Mr.  John 
Hardy,  and  has  several  interesting  children.  He  resides  in  Howard, 
but  has  for  some  years  been  an  official  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

POSTMASTER-GENERAL  GARY,  OF  PRESIDENT 
McKINLEY'S  CABINET, 

Mr.  Gary  was  born  in  Connecticut  in  1833.  He  was  only  six  years 
old  when,  in  1839,  his  father  established  The  Alberton  Cotton  Mills. 
In  1861  he  became  a  partner.  Nine  years  later  his  father,  James  S. 
Gary,  died,  and  the  management  of  the  mills  and  counting-room  des- 
cended to  him  single  handed  until  1885,  when  his  son,  E.  Stanley 
Gary,  was  given  an  interest. 

Mr.  James  A.  Gary  was,  first,  a  Henry  Clay  Whig.  In  1858  he 
was  nominated  for  State  Senator,  but  was  defeated.  He  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Union  Convention  in  1861;  a  delegate  to  the  Republican 
National  Convention  of  1872;  Chairman  of  the  Maryland  delegation; 
ran  for  Congress  in  1870,  but  was  defeated;  was  in  the  reform  move- 
ment of  1875  and  a  delegate  to  the  National  Convention  of  1876.  In 
1879  was  defeated  for  Governor  by  William  T.  Hamilton;  opposed 
Blaine  in  1880.  In  1884  he  was  for  Arthur  and  in  1888  for  Sherman, 
falling  into  line  on  General  Harrison,  In  1892,  for  the  sixth  time  a 
delegate,  he  helped  to  nominate  General  Harrison.  In  1896  he  was 
a  Maryland  member  of  the  Finance  Committee. 

His  business  interests  embraced  a  general  supervision  of  his  own 
large  plant,  with  its  extensive  offices  on  German  street.  He  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank,  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  the  Enoch  Pratt  Free  Library  and  Vice-President  of  the  Con- 
solidated Gas  Company;  was  for  several  years  President  of  the  Mer- 
chants and  Manufacturers'  Association.  He  is  a  Director  in  the 
Baltimore  Trust  and  Guarantee  Company,  of  the  American  Fire  In- 
surance Company  and  of  the  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore,  and  Chair- 
man of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Brown  Memorial  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  has  made  a  handsome  little  village  surrounding  his 
cotton  factory  at  Alberton. 

"CHANTILLY'*  AT  THE  RELAY. 

Within  sight  of  the  Relay  in  1797  stood  "Chantilly,"  the  home- 
stead of  Horatio  Johnson,  who  was,  for  a  number  of  years,  Inspector 
of  Tobacco  at  Elk  Ridge  Landing. 

Horatio  Johnson  was  the  second  son  of  Thomas  Johnson,  often 
referred  to  in  our  Archives  as  an  authority  on  the  manufacture  of 
guns.  He  was  of  a  kindred  family  to  John  W.  Johnson,  father  of 
Reverdy  Johnson. 

His  homestead  at  Pikesville,  Baltimore  County,  now  replaced 
by  the  modern  one  of  Mr.  McHenry  (lately  consumed  by  fire),  stood 
near  Sudbrook.     A  pen  and  ink  drawing  of  it  upon  the  old  surveyor's 


536      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

maps,  made  by  Cornelius  Howard  for  Mr.  Johnson  in  1799,  is  now  in 
possession  of  a  descendant  daughter,  Mrs.  H.  Johnson  Niedringhaus,  of 
St.  Louis. 

"  Rockland,"  the  homestead  of  William  Fell  Johnson,  in  Green 
Spring  Valley,  was  another  portion  of  the  Johnson  estate,  which  in- 
cluded an  extensive  survey,  also  along  the  Patapsco. 

Thomas  Johnson  married,  in  1752,  Ann  Risteau  and  had  issue — 
Rinaldo  Johnson,  who  married  Ann  Eilbeck  Mason,  daughter  of  Hon. 
George  Mason,  of  Gunston  Hall,  Virginia;  Horatio  Johnson,  of  "  Chan- 
tilly,"married,  first,  Sarah  Norwood;  second,  Elizabeth  Warfield, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Charles  Warfield,  of  Sams  Creek;  Rachel  John- 
son— John  Woodward;  Mary  Johnson — Lieutenant  Adam  Jamison 
and  Mr.  Goldthwaite;  Elizabeth  Johnson  Fox;  Dr.  Thomas  Johnson 
— Joanna  Giles  and  resided  at  "Rockland;"  William  Johnson,  bache- 
lor, of  "Pleasant  Green;"  Captain  Caecilius  Johnson,  bachelor,  of 
"Pleasant  Green;"  Ann  Johnson — Thomas  Beale  Owings,  and  John 
W.  Johnson — Mrs.  Lucy  Gooding,  of  St.  Louis. 

Horatio  Johnson,  of  "Chantilly,"  was  ensign  of  the  Anne  Arun- 
del Militia  under  Captain  Edward  Norwood,  and  later  under  Captain 
Elisha  Riggs.  His  first  wife  was  Sarah  Norwood,  whose  daughter, 
Sallie  Norwood  Johnson,  became  the  second  wife  of  Dr.  Abram 
Barnes  Hood,  of  Virginia.  By  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Warfield, 
there  were  Charles  David  Warfield  Johnson,  Major  of  Militia,  who 
resigned  his  commission  to  go  West  in  1834;  he  married  Eliza  McKon- 
key,  of  Baltimore,  and  had  issue:  James  Thompson  Johnson — first, 
Harriet  Smith  Brown;  second,  Henningham  Brown,  a  descendant  of 
Haden  Edwards  and  James  Brown,  of  Kentucky — issue,  H.  Johnson, 
Niedringhaus,  James  T.  Johnson,  Joseph  B.  Johnson,  George  B. 
Johnson  and  Edwards  Johnson. 

Arthur  Livingston  Johnson  (of  Horatio) — Margaret  Smith, 
daughter  of  Judge  John  Smith,  of  Baltimore,  and  granddaughter  of 
Conrad  Smith,  whose  name  appeared  in  the  first  directory  of  Balti- 
more; she  was  a  sister  of  Rebecca  (Smith)  Norris,  second  wife  of 
George  W.  Riggs,  of  Baltimore.  The  living  issue  of  A.  L.  Johnson 
are  Mrs.  Caroline  O'Donnell,  Mrs.  Laura  Campbell  and  Mrs.  Ella 
James. 

Thomas  Rinaldo  Johnson  (of  Horatio)  was  a  surgeon  in  the 
Seminole  wars. 

Eliza  Ann  Johnson  (of  Horatio) — James  H,  Preston,  of  Balti- 
more, and  had  issue:  Frances  Preston,  Wysong,  Caroline  Preston  and 
James  H.  Preston,  of  Harford,  whose  two  sons  are  James  H.  Preston, 
of  Baltimore,  and  Walter  Preston,  of  Belair. 

Caroline  Johnson  (of  Horatio)  died  single,  at  "Rockland." 

Evalina  Johnson  (of  Horatio) — her  cousin,  Joshua  Warfield,  and 
had  issue:  Horatio  Johnson  Warfield,  EHzabeth  Warfield  Reed, 
Caroline  Warfield,  Thomas,  David  Warfield,  EvaUna  Warfield  and 
Joshua  Warfield. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      537 


OFFICIALS  OF  HOWARD  COUNTY. 

COMMISSIONEES. 


1847. 
Theodore  Tubman, 
Chas.  E.  Simpson, 
Wm.  Hughes, 
John  Hood, 
George  Howard. 

1848. 
Theodore  Tubman, 
Littleton  Maclin, 
Thos.  Hughes, 
Wm.  Hughes. 

1849. 
David  Fielmyer, 
Saml.  Brown, 
Saml.  Nichols, 
David  Clark, 

1850. 
David  Fielmyer, 
David  Clark, 
Geo.  Bond, 
Theodore  Tubman, 
Slingsby  Linthicum, 

1853. 
Stephen  B.  Dorsey, 
Slingsby  Linthicum, 
George  Bond. 

1855. 
Wm.  J.  Timanus, 
Thos.  H.  Hood, 
Chas.  D.  Worthington, 

1857. 

Amos  Earp, 
Thos.  H.  Hood, 
Martin  H.  Batson. 


1859. 
Theodore  Tubman, 
Wm.  Hughes, 
Chas.  G.  Linthicum. 

(Eecords  do  not  show 
list  of  1861  and  1863). 

1865. 
Jas.  Garretson, 
Saml.  Hopkins, 
John  L.  Lane. 

1867. 
Anthony  Johnson, 
Thaddeus  S.  Clark, 
John  S.  Tracy. 

1869. 
John  S.  Tracy, 
John  T.  Harvey, 
C.  M.  Eoberts. 

187L 
Samuel  Gaither, 
Dennis  P.  Gaither, 
Anthony  Johnson, 

1873. 
Jerome  C.  Berry, 
Joseph  Barlow, 
Saml.  Brown. 

1875. 
Saml.  Brown, 
Jerome  C.  Berry, 
Wm.  Eowles. 

1877. 
Saml.  Brown, 
Jerome  C.  Berry, 
Wm.  Eowles. 

1879. 
Thos.  H.  Gaither, 
N.  S.  Childs, 
J.  D.  Warfield. 


1881. 
J.  H.  Toomey. 

1883. 
Ephraim  Collins, 
Benj.  Sunderland, 
John  T.  Eidgely. 

1885. 
Benj.   C.  Sunderland, 
Wm.  J.  Harding, 
Wm.  H.  Forsythe. 

1887. 
Benj.   C.  Sunderland, 
Wm.  J.  Harding, 
Wm.  H.  Forsythe. 

1889. 
Benj.   C.  Sunderland, 
Benj.  F.  Hess, 
Edmund  Dorsey. 

1891. 
Benj.  F.  Hess, 
L.  J.  G.  Owings, 
Henry  Mollman. 

1893. 
Patrick  L.  Smith. 

1895. 
Edmund  Dorsey.     6  yrs. 

1899. 
Thos.  O  'Neill.     6  yrs. 

1901. 
Jacob  J.  Weiner.     6  yrs. 

1903. 
Benj.  F.  Hesa.    6  yrs. 

1905. 
Henry  A.  Penny.     6  yrs. 


Littleton  Maclin, 


CLEEKS  TO  COMMISSIONEES. 

John  A.  Denton,  Wm.  J.  Eobinson, 

Prank  Parlett. 


538      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


1848. 
Chas.  G.  Haslup. 

1853. 
E.  A.  Talbott. 

1855. 
Josliua  McCauley. 

1857. 
John  Quinn. 

1859. 
Thos.   Burgess. 

1861. 
J.  P.  Ijams, 

1864. 
David  E.  Hopkins. 

1865. 
David  E.  Hopkins. 

1867, 
Edward  MeCauley. 

1867. 
Wm.   A.   Webb. 


1897. 
Frank  Parlett. 

(For   2   yrs.) 


1857. 
Thos.  B.  Hobbs. 

1867. 
Eli  T.  Peddicord. 

1867. 
Benj.  H.  Dorsey. 

1873. 
Benj.  H.  Dorsey. 


SHEEIFFS. 

1869. 
Claudius   Stewart. 

1871. 
John  S.  Tracey. 

1873. 
Walter  Dorsey. 

1875. 
G.  Washington  Carr. 

1877. 
Joseph  Hunt. 

1879. 
Joseph  MeCauley. 

1881. 
Edward  A.  Talbott. 

1883. 
N.  T.  Hutchins. 

1885. 
Frank  Shipley. 

1887. 
Geo.  D.  Day. 

TREASURERS. 

1899. 
Jas.  T.  Clark. 

1901. 
Jas.  T.  Clark. 


1889. 
Stephen  R.  Hobbs. 

1891. 
Wm.  G.  Owings. 

1893. 
Gilbert  E.  Flower. 

1895. 
Greenbury   Johnson. 
Succeeded    by    Frank 
Oldfield. 

1897. 
Chas.  D.  Picket. 

1899. 
Lewis  E.  Philps. 

1901. 
Jas.  E.  Hobbs. 

1903. 
John  F.  Kyne, 

1905. 
Joseph  Hunt. 


1903. 
Saml.  C.  Musgrove. 

1905. 
Saml.  C.  Musgrove. 


REGISTERS  OF  WILLS. 

1874.  1887. 
Edwin  Warfield  appoint-  Isaac  Scaggs. 

ed  to  succeed  Benj.  H.  1893. 

Dorsey,    deceased.  Isaac  Scaggs. 

1875.  1899. 
Edwin  Warfield.                   Wm.  H.  Marlow. 

1881.  1905. 

Thos.  L.  Maclin.  Richard  Davis  of  W. 

CLERKS  OF  THE  CIRCUIT  COURT. 


Dr.    Wm.    Henry   Worth-  1885. 

ington.  Lewis  J.  Watkins. 

Dr.  Wm.  W.  Watkins. 


1873. 
Lewis  J.  Watkins. 

1879. 
Lewis  J.  Watkins. 


1888. 
John  H.  Owings. 

1889. 
John  H.  Owings. 


1895. 
A.  C.  Rhodes. 

1896. 
John  H.  Owings. 

1897. 
.John  H.  Owings. 

1903. 
Wm.  W.  L.  Cissel,  M.  D. 


Founders  of  Anne. Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      539 


JUDGES  OF  ORPHANS'  COUET. 


185o. 
John  Qiiinn, 
Henry  H.  Owings, 
H.   Baker  Dorsey. 

18.'57. 
Thos.  Burgess. 

1859. 
Henry  O.  Devries, 
H.  H.  Owings, 
John  A.  Dorsey. 

1864. 
Jas.  B.  Mathews, 
Samuel  Waters, 
J.  T,  Ijaras. 

1867. 
Hy.  H.  OwingSj 
Thos.  J.  White, 
A.  P.  Amoss. 


1855. 
Geo.  W.  Sands. 

1859. 
John  R.  Clark. 

1864. 
Geo.  W.  Sands. 

1867. 
Henry  E.  Wootten. 


1869. 
Jas.     F.     Gordon,     ap- 
pointed 1869  vice  H.  H. 
Owings,  resigned. 

1871. 
Jas.  F.  Gordon, 
Martin  H.  Batson, 
Dye  W.  Worthington. 

1875. 
Dj'e  W.  Worthington, 
Wm.  Mathews, 
Jas.  Harban. 

1877. 
Anthony  M.  Johnson. 

1879. 
Anthony  M.  Johnson, 
Reuben  Dorsey, 
Geo.  M.  Buckingham. 

STATE'S  ATTORNEYS. 

1871. 
Henry  E.  Wootten. 

1876. 
Henry  E.  Wootten. 

1883. 
Joseph  D.  McGuire. 

1887. 
Joseph  D.  McGuire. 


1883. 
John  W.  Hepp, 
Anthony  M.  Johnson, 
Reuben  Dorsey. 

1887. 
Anthony  M.  Johnson, 
Reuben  Dorsey, 
John  R.  Dorsey. 

1891. 
John  McShane, 
Reuben  Dorsey, 
Laurence  W.  Hobbs. 

1895. 
Jas.  A.  Curtis, 
Edmund  Dorsey, 
John  H.  Herker. 

1899. 
Wm.  T.  Day, 
Pulaski  Dorsey, 
Henry  Mollman. 
(Elected  again  in  1903). 


1891. 
Joseph  D.  McGuire. 

1895. 
Joseph  D.  McGuire. 

1899. 
Martin  F.  Burke. 

1903. 


Martin  F.  Burke. 


SCHOOL  COMMISSIONERS. 


1868. 
Saml.  H.  Henry, 
David  Burdette, 
Wm.  H.  Hardey, 
Hy.  O.  Devries, 
Edward  A.  Talbott, 
Joshua  W.  Dorsey. 

1870. 
Albert  G.  Warfield, 
Joseph  Barlow, 
Chas.  G.  Linthicum, 
Zedekiah  M.  Isaacs, 
Amos  Earp, 
Joshua  W.  Dorsey. 
John  H.  Hall  vice  Joshua 

W.   Dorsey,   resigned. 
Wm.     H.     Hardey     vice 

Chas.     G.     Linthicum, 

resigned. 


1872. 
Rev.  J.  Averv  Shepperd, 
Wm.  Clark, 
Dr.  Jas,  T.  Williams. 

1876. 
Wm.  Clark, 
Dr.  Jas.  T.  Williams, 
Jno.   G.  Rogers. 

1879. 
N.  S.  Childs, 
Jno.  J.   Donaldson, 
John  G.  Rogers, 
Dr.  Jas.  T.  WiUiams. 

1880. 
John  W.  Dorsey, 
Saml.  K.  George, 
Dr.  .Jas.  T.  Williams. 


1881. 
John  Lee  Carroll. 

1882—1884. 
Dr.  Jas.  T.  Williams, 
John  W.  Dorsey, 
John  Lee  Carroll. 

1885. 
W.  Mackintosh, 
N.  A.  Childs. 

1888—1890. 
W.  Mackintosh, 
N.  A.  Childs, 
Marion  A.  Brian. 


540      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 


SCHOOL  COMMISSIONEES.— Continued. 


1892. 
W.  Mackintosli, 
L.  Page  Cronmiller, 
Wm.  B.  Gambrill, 

1893. 
Eobt.  A.  Dobbin, 
John  T.  Hardey, 
John  W.  Hebb. 


Saml.  K.  Dashiell, 
Dr.  Wm.  H.  Hardey, 
John  G.  Rogers, 


1854. 
Wni,  A.  Loder. 

1855. 
Nathan  Shipley,  Jr. 

1859. 
J.  B.  Winbigler. 

1867. 
Nathan  Shipley. 

1869. 
A.  C.  Eogers. 


1894. 
Henry  O.  Devries, 
Eev.  Henry  Branch, 
Grovesnor  Hanson. 

1896. 
Jas.  E.  Shrieve. 

SCHOOL  EXAMINEES. 

John  E.  Hill, 

Dr.  Luke  M.  Shipley, 

SURVEYORS. 
1873. 
Henry  Lucy. 

1876. 
Luke  M.  Shipley. 

1877. 
John  A.  Denton. 

1881. 
John  T.  R.  E.  Carroll. 


1898. 
John  Q.  Selby. 

1901. 
Thos.  M.  Johnson, 
Joshua  N.  Warfield, 
John  W.  Selby. 


Philip  T.  Harman, 
Woodland  Philips. 


1883-5-7-9. 
John  T.  R.  R.  Carroll. 

1891. 
John  T.  R.  R.  Carroll. 

1893. 
Beale  A.  Warfield. 

1895. 
John  T,  R.  R.  Carroll. 


FIRST   OFFICERS   OF   HOWARD    COUNTY. 

Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court Hon.  Nicholas  Brewer. 

Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court Dr.  William  H.  Worthington. 

Sheriff Joshua  McCauley 

Crier George  W.  Isaacs. 

States  Attorney George  W.  Sands. 

Auditor Thomas  Donaldson. 

JUDGES  OF  THE  ORPHANS'  COURT. 

Willam  Baker  Dorset,  Henry  H.  Owings,  John  Orem 

REGISTER  OF  WILLS. 

Thomas  Brice  Hobbs. 

COUNTY    COMMISSIONERS. 

William  J.  Timanus,  Charles  G.  Worthington, 

Thomas  H.  Hood. 

TREASURER. 
Littleton  Machin. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      541 

THE   NEW   YORK   DESCENDANTS   OF 
MARYLAND  WARFIELDS. 

Since  my  book  has  been  in  type  I  have  learned  of  many  very 
worthy  descendants  of  Maryland  progenitors,  which  I  will  give  in 
the  words  of  my  correspondent  in  the  following  addenda: 

John  Worthington  Warfield,  of  "Big  Seneca,"  and  Brice  War- 
field,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  were  twin  brothers,  sons  of  Alexander 
Warfield,  of  "Warfield's  Range,"  whose  homestead  is  now  a  part 
of  Senator  Gorman's  estate.  These  twin  brothers  had  another 
brother,  Alexander  Warfield,  the  bachelor,  whose  estate,  at  Clifton 
Springs,  New  York,  was  given  to  his  nephews,  Arnold  Warfield,  son 
of  John  Worthington  Warfield,  by  Susannah  Ridgely,  his  wife,  and 
Zadok  Warfield,  son  of  Brice  Warfield,  by  Elizabeth  Dickerson,  his 
wife, 

Arnold  Warfield,  his  wife  Margaret  Browning,  and  children 
were  the  first  to  remove  to  Clifton  Springs.  One  of  his  eight  sons, 
Thomas  Worthington  Warfield,  built  a  $35,000  block  of  houses  in 
Clifton  Springs.  He  was  a  bachelor.  Lewis  Warfield  (of  Arnold) 
had  three  sons  in  the  Union  army  and  one  in  the  Confederate 
army.     I  have  no  other  data  of  them. 

My  correspondent  is  Zadok  Warfield  3rd,  son  of  Zadok  2nd, 
son  of  Zadok  1st,  the  oldest  son  of  Brice,  the  Revolutionary  Mary- 
land soldier,  whose  tomb,  in  Warfield  Cemetery,  Frederick  County, 
Maryland,  is  marked  by  a  Scotch  granite  monument.  His  son,  Surrat 
Dickerson  Warfield,  once  State  Senator  of  Frederick  County,  lies  be- 
side him.  Zadok  (of  Brice)  removed  to  his  inheritance,  at  Clifton 
Springs.  My  correspondent  records  the  following :  "  Alexander  War- 
field,  brother  of  Brice,  was  a  bachelor.  At  his  death,  in  1812,  aged 
sixty-two  years,  he  left  a  property  worth  $100,000.  He  held  four 
farms  of  200  acres  each,  improved  by  substantial  stone  houses.  He 
held  over  400  acres  in  and  around  Clifton  Springs,  and  $20,000  of  per- 
sonalty, which  he  gave  his  nephews  and  nieces.  I  have  a  speech 
he  made  here  in  1804.  By  his  will  my  grandfather,  Zadok  (of 
Brice),  inherited  a  part  of  "Clifton  Springs."  Caleb  Warfield  Bur- 
gess, John  Burgess  and  sister,  Susan  Burgess,  were  also  heirs  of 
his  New  York  property.  One  descendant  of  this  family  is  Benjamin 
Burgess,  bookkeeper  of  the  Baltimore  daily  "Sun."  Zadok  War- 
field's  wife  was  a  daughter  of  William  and  Dorcas  Chambers,  whose 
family  came  to  the  Genesee  country  in  covered  wagons  in  1828, 
after  a  travel  of  sixteen  days  on  the  road.  They  erected  a  log 
dwelling  with  no  floor.  Snow  sometimes  offered  them  a  covering 
at  night.  Back-logs  were  drawn  into  the  house  by  horses.  Wolves 
and  wild  hogs  often  visited  them. 

Zadok  Warfield's  children  were:  Nathan,  bom  in  1802;  William, 
1804;  Susannah  Dickerson,  1806;  Zadok,  1808;  John,  1810;  Rachel, 
1812;  Mary  Anne,  1814;  Surrat  Dickerson,  1816;  Leweyar,  1818; 
Evan  Jones,  1820;  Elizabeth  Anne,  1822;  Brice,  1824.  Two  of  these— 
Brice  and  Surrat  Dickerson — died  in  Frederick  County,  Maryland. 


542      Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  New  York  the  family  Bible  was  missing,  and 
"Pilgrims  Progress"  had  to  record  the  subsequent  births.  Nathan, 
the  oldest  son,  married  Catherine  Worthington  Burgess,  the  heiress 
of  her  uncle  Alexander.  William  Warfield  married  Lucinda, 
daughter  of  Leonard  and  Mercy  Ann  (Brown)  Knapp,  oldest  sister 
of  my  mother,  Chloe  (Knapp)  Warfield. 

Evan  Jones  Warfield's  widow,  Caroline  Bale  Newton,  lives  in 
Orlando,  Florida.  The  remains  of  her  husband  are  at  Fernandina, 
Florida,  where  he  died  twenty  years  ago,  a  successful  merchant,  of 
$45,000  capital,  of  Clifton  Springs.  His  only  son,  Carl  Warfield,  is 
engaged  in  banking  at  Orlando,  Florida.  He  married  Miss  Hutch- 
ins,  of  Palmyra,  New  York.  Their  daughter  Zelda  took  a  musical 
prize,  and  will  graduate  this  year. 

My  uncle,  John  Warfield,  left  an  estate  of  $35,000.  He  was 
well-beloved,  well-informed  and  accommodating.  Upon  his  estate 
handsome  buildings  may  be  seen.  His  maiden  sisters  have  ample 
means. 

My  father,  Zadok  2nd,  had  a  farm  of  212  acres,  with  splendid 
buildings.     He  was  very  successful. 

My  brother  Eugene  owns  a  part  of  it,  and  he  is  an  up-to-date 
farmer. 

I  have  also  farmed,  but,  my  health  failing,  I  retired  with  a  com- 
petence. 

We  are  all  of  light  complexion,  with  hair  snow-white.  A  Bap- 
tist minister  who  saw  Governor  Edwin  Warfield  thinks  there  is  a 
striking  resemblance. 

My  wife  is  of  the  Ferguson  family,  descending  from  the  Scottish 
line. 

My  brothers  and  sisters  are  all  living,  viz.:  Leonard  Knapp, 
a  resident  of  Ocean  Beach,  California,  whose  late  wife  was  Mary 
Elvira  Antisdate,  and  his  daughter,  Ida  Elvira  Warfield,  is  an 
excellent  business  woman,  successful  in  real  estate  investments. 
My  sisters  are:  Mary  EHzabeth,  born  1835;  Clementine  Lincoln, 
born  1838;    Louisa  Jane,  bom  1840;  Isabel  Chloe,  born  1852. 

I  was  born  in  1843,  and  my  brothers,  Henry  Jerome,  in  1845, 
and  Emerson  Eugene,  in  1848. 

My  own  son  is  Herbert  Douglas,  and  my  only  daughter  is  Mary 
Estelle  Beach,  wife  of  Stephen,  of  Bristol.     They  have  two  daughters. 

My  brother  Henry  is  now  of  Mason,  Michigan.  His  wife  was 
Sarah  Lavinia  Jacques.  They  have  a  farm.  Their  children  are 
Frank  Milton,  who  has  two  sons,  Eugene  and  Arthur.  They  have 
a  farm.  Eugene  is  in  Lansing.  Elmer,  wife  and  daughter  have 
removed  to  Denver,  Colorado.  Walter  went  with  them  for  his 
health. 

Sister  Clementine's  children  are:  Henry  Carlton  Lincoln  and 
Zadok  Carson  Lincoln,  twins;  Mattie,  Mary  Alice,  Ida  Clementine, 
Chloe  Lania,  Ira  James,  John  Burton  and  Nellie  Artimicia. 

There  are  fifteen  grandchildren  in  this  line. 


Founders  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Howard  Counties.      543 

My  brother  Eugene  married  Ann  Maria  Corey.  Their  issue 
are  Anna  Corey,  Ina  Maud,  Earl  Emerson. 

Anna  Corey  is  now  the  wife  of  Wm.  D.  Power,  of  Syracuse. 
They  have  Ruth  and  Winfred  W.  Power. 

Wm.  Warfield,  my  uncle,  left  a  daughter,  Susan  Warfield  Jones, 
wife  of  John  Jones,  and  Wm.  Henry  Warfield,  now  seventy-one 
years  of  age.  He  holds  a  large  estate.  He  has  been  president  of 
Canandaiqua,  New  York,  for  five  years.  He  is  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Ontario  County  Agricultural  Society.  He  writes  many 
wills,  and  is  ofter  executor. 


INDEX. 


Caution ! — The  reader  is  adAdsed  to  read  each  page  carefully,  as,  although 
a  name  may  occur  several  times  on  a  page,  there  is  but  one  reference  to  a  page 
in  the  index. 


Abbington,    81,    82,    107, 

108,  147,  181. 
Abbott,  Deacon,  325;  Wm. 

M.,  325. 
Abell's  Lot,  168. 
Abercrombie,  Harriet,458 ; 

Dr.  Jas.,  458. 
Acosta,  Dr.  Eleazer,  517. 
Acton,  Chris.,  145;    Eliz., 

145;    John,  145;  Rich- 
ard, 11,  132,  136,  145; 

Sarah,  132. 
Actons  Hill,  132. 
Acton,  145. 
Acton     Family     Coat     of 

Arms,  134. 
Adam  the  First,  395. 
Adams,     Elisha     Brown, 

461 ;  Harriett,  461 ;  Jas. 

N.,     461;    John,     461; 

John  Myron,  454. 
Adams,  John  Quincy,  224, 

259,     265,     375,     507; 

President,     243,     249; 

Katherine,  358;  Laura, 

149. 
Adams,  Margt.,  415;  Sarah 

Ann,  91;    Sir    Thomas, 

415. 
Addison,  Rev.  Walter  Du- 

lany, 100, 184,  185,528; 

Mrs.    John,    158,    528; 

Col.    John,   219;     Rev. 

Henry,     184;       Col. 

Thomas,  244;  Thos.,  185 

207. 
Addition,  420. 
Albea,  Sam'l,  428. 
Alcock,  John  D.,  416. 
Aldridge,  Nich.,  327. 
Alexander,  Eliz.  Coleman, 

364;  John  Henry,  317; 

Mark,   364;    Rose,   74; 

Thos.  S.,  317;  Wm.,  95. 


A 

All  Hallows  Church,  54, 
94,  99,  129,  138,  195, 
198,  199,  323. 

Alleghany  Co.,  37. 

Allein,  198. 

Allingham,  Jos.,  223. 

Allen,  Rev.  Bennett,  187, 
237;  Rev.  Ethan,  10 
33,  195,  210,  350,  384 
Rev.  Mr.,  158;  Eliz. 
384;  Henry  Bell,  458 
John,  458;  Lizzie,  91 
Prof.,  454. 

Alsop,  Geo.,  193. 

Altogether,  72,  351,  352, 
396,  398,  411,  412,  470. 

Alvey,  Rich.  L.,  293. 

Amos,  Wm.  L.,  201;  A. 
P.,  539. 

Anchorage,  471. 

Ancient  South  River  Club, 
211. 

Anderson,  146;  Absolem, 
224;  Annie,  126;  Cath- 
erine Longworth,  150; 
Francis  Baldwin,  150; 
Ida  Longworth,  150; 
Jennie,  126;  Julia  Wig- 
gins, 150;  James,  487; 
Laura  Wiggins,  150; 
Louis,  487;  Larz.Wort.h- 
ington,  150;  Miss,  423; 
Mary,  383 ;  Richard, 
126;  Sarah  E.,  152; 
Thomas,  382;  Vachel 
Worthington,  150;  Wm. 
Pope,  150;  Wm.  Pope, 
Jr.,  150. 

Andover,  147. 

Andre,  Major,  111. 

Andrews, Col.  R.Snowden, 
440;  Richard  Snowden, 
363;  Col.  Timothy  P., 
363. 

Andros,  Sir  Edw.,  162. 


AnnapoUs,  9,  10,  11,  24, 
58,  192,  207,  210;  (His- 
toric), 330;  Charter, 
196;  Capital  of  Mary- 
land, 33;  (First  Mayor 
of),  63;  In  1718,  207. 

Annapolis  &  Elk  Ridge 
R.  R.,  328;  New  Land 
Office,  331;  Comptroll- 
ers Office,  331;  Junc- 
tion, 78,  347;  Chronicle, 
325;  Record,  325;  New 
Post-office,  331;  New 
Court  of  Appeals,  331; 
New  State  Libraiy,  331. 

Anne  Arundel  Co.,  First 
Settlers,  5;  Name;  14, 
Boundaries,  34,  35 ;  Of- 
ficers, 37,  38,  39,  40; 
Advantages  of,  335,336. 

Anne  Arundel,  Lady,  14; 
Lord,  14;  "Rent  Rolls," 
48. 

Anne,  Princess  of  Den- 
mark, 33. 

Anne  Arundel,  48;  Dis- 
tinguished Men,  316; 
River,  9;  Town,  193, 
194;  County,  Old  and 
New,  330,  331,  332. 

Ante-Revolutionary  Move- 
ments, 220. 

Anthony,  Julia,  448. 

Anthony's  Purchase,  98. 

AntUon,  187,  215,  503. 

Antisdate,  Mary  E.,  542. 

Anvil,  437. 

Anything,  438. 

Arcadia,  491,  494. 

Armory,  192. 

Armstrong,  Kate,  382, 
403;  John,  382;  Alex- 
ander, 382;  Norman, 
382. 

Arnold,  Mrs.  Richard,  46. 


11 


INDEX. 


Arnold's  Grey,  92.  Assembly,  First,  192,  193.  Atwell,  Benj.,  130. 

Artist,  John  Hessilius,  123.  Assembly  Rooms  of  Balti-  Avalon,  497. 

Asbiuy,  Mr.,  64;  Bishop,       more,  231.  AvondaJe,  363. 

64,140.  Association    of    Freeman,  Ayres,  Ann,  6,  110;Thom- 

Ashley,  Mr.,  373.                       222.  as,  5,  110;  William,  6, 

Ashton,  146.  Athol,  388,  393.  13,  25,  42,  110. 

Ashwell,  Jennie  G.,  127.  Atkinson,  Jos.,  500. 


Babylon's  Fall,  19;  Repu- 
tation, 19. 

Bachelor's  Refuge,  484. 

Bacon,  Jas.  W.,  M.  D., 
359;  Sir  Nicholas,  167; 
Thomascine,  167. 

Baer,  Mrs.  Jacob,  494; 
Mary  S.,  417;  Mrs. 
Matilda  Chase,  430; 
Owen,  408. 

Bagdad,  368,  452,  453. 

Bailey  (Bayley),  Mr.  138, 
344;   Mrs.  341. 

Bailliere,  Lawrence,  323. 

Baker,  Elias  Brown,  471; 
Maurice,  58;  Mary,  321; 
Sarah,  471. 

Baker's  Quarter,  429. 

Balch,  Levin  P.  W.,  104; 
Rev.  Stephen,  104. 

Baldwin,  Agnes,  159;  Ann, 
188;  Anne,  159;  Car- 
roll, 160 ;  Catherine,  350 ; 
Charles,  138;  Rev. 
Charles  Winterfield, 
160;  Chas.  Severn,  160; 
Christopher  Columbus, 
160;  Deborah,  159;  Do- 
rothy, 138;  Edward, 
138,  159,  160;  Eliz.,  85, 
158,  160;  Eliza,  159; 
Fannie,  160;  Francis, 
138,160 ;  Frank  Gambrill 
160;  Capt.  Henry,  126, 
132,  159;  Hannah,  H., 
180;  Capt.  Harry,  374; 
Henry,  84,  159,  182; 
Henry  Wilson,  160; 
Hester,  158,  159,  189; 
H.  Furlong,  160;  James, 
138, 159, 160; Jane,  160; 
Jas.  F.,  138;  John,  12, 
30,  31,  74,  85,  122,  138, 
158,  159,  160,  197,  350, 
444;John,  Jr.,  158,  189; 
Juliet,  138;  Louisa,  160; 
Lydia,  138,  156,  159, 
160;  Margaret,  85,  158; 
Mary,  159;  Mary  Pitts, 
138,    160;   Martha   E., 


B 

159;Maria  Eleanor,159; 
Maria  Woodward,  160; 
Morgan  H.,  160;  Philip, 
180;  Richard,  160; 
Ruth,  74,  158,  180; 
Rignal,  160;  Sallie,  132; 
138;  Sallie  Rawlings, 
138;  Sallie  Rodman, 
160;  Sarah,  159,  160, 
182,  378;  Sarah  Raw- 
hngs  Hall,  132;  Sarah 
H.,  182;  Susan,  138, 
160;  Susannah,  159; 
Smnmerfield,  138,  160; 
Springfield,  160;  Thom- 
as, 158, 159;  Thos.  Pitts, 
138,  160;  Tyler,  159; 
Washington,  160;  Wm., 
160;  Willard,  138;  W. 
H.,  82,  123;  Wm. 
Henry,  Jr.,  160,  365; 
Judge  Wm.  Henry,  159; 
Wm.  Henry,  160. 

Baldwin's  Addition,  30. 

Baldwyn,  Baldwin,  158, 
294. 

Baldwin  Memorial  Church, 
84. 

Bale    or    Beal,    Thomas, 
130;    Anthony,     130; 
Urath,     130;    Hannah, 
130. 

Ball,  Thos.,  171,  197; 
Wm.,  353;  Wm.  Dorsey, 
408. 

Balls  of  Maryland,  354. 

Balls  of  Virginia,  354. 

Baltimore  Artillery  Co., 
396. 

Baltimore  City,  501. 

Baltimore  Town,  518. 

Baltimore,  Lord,  7,  8,  14, 
15,  17,  19,  20,  21,  22, 
25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  32, 
34,  35,  38,  41,  47,  55, 
57,  60,  212,  244;  Lady, 
55,  57. 

Baltimore  American,  60. 

Baltimore  City  Passenger 
Railway,  288. 


B.  &  0.  R.  R.,  267,  269, 
270,  274,  278,  280,  286, 
288,  292,  295,  377. 

Baltimore  Sun,  303,  325. 

Baltimore  &  Susquehanna 
R.  R.,  277,  281. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Relief 
Department,  329. 

Baltimore  &  Potomac  R. 
R.,  287. 

Baltimore  Fire,  314. 

Baltimore  Fire  Depart- 
ment, 286. 

Baltimore  Fire  Alarm  Tel- 
egraph, 286. 

Baltimore  Co.,  35,  36; 
Boundries. 

Baltzell,  Dr.  John,  417. 

Bank  Mob,  269. 

Banks,  Chas.,  440,  468; 
Mrs.  Chas.,  368;  Henry, 
468;  Mrs.  Henry,  468; 
Louisa,  468;  Mattie, 
360,  468;  Lieut.  Rich- 
ard, 17,  37;  Sam'l,  440, 
468;  Mrs.  Sam'l,  440; 
Thos.,  468;    Wm.,  468. 

Bank's  Schoolhouse,  440. 

Bankston,  Eliz.,  176. 

Banning,  Katherine,  112. 

Bannon,  Hon.  Machael, 
324,  325;  Jas.,  325. 

Bantz,  Catherine,  492; 
Wm.,  376. 

Baptists,  32. 

Baptist  Church,  384. 

Barber,  Dr.  Luke,  23,  25, 
26,  27;  Mrs,  Rebecca,  9; 
Sam'l,  223;  Gov.,  29. 

Barcus,  Dan'l,  499. 

Bard,  John,  202. 

Barker,  George,  149;  Har- 
riet, 99. 

Barlow,  Joseph,  537,  539; 
Joshua,  483. 

Barnes,  Adam,  327,  392, 
398,  471;  Mrs.  Annie, 
408;  Cordelia,  471;  Col., 
185;  Hannah,  149,  397, 
472,  494;  Mrs.  Harriet, 


INDEX. 


Ill 


472;  Jas.,  485;  John, 
327,  398,  494;  Mr.,  464; 
Nathan,  486 ;  Peter,  392, 
432,    433;    Robt.,    433. 

Barnes'  Folly,  58,  345. 

Barnes'  Luck,  404,  407. 

Barnes'  Purchase,  441. 

Barnetson,  Virginia,  126. 

Barney,  Commodore,  377  j 
Mrs.  Commodore,  415. 

Bamum's  Hotel,  480. 

Barnum,  496. 

Baron,  Benjamin,  123. 

Barr,  449;  Mary,  458,  460, 
461;  Nancy,  460;  Reb. 
Tilton,  458;  Robt.,  458. 

Barret,  Chiswell,  532;  Do- 
rothy, 83;  Eliz.,  161; 
Eliz.  Bullett  (Middle- 
ton),  532;  Francis,  532; 
Geo.,  161 ;  James  Sam'l, 
532;  Jos.,  480;  J.  W., 
83;  Julius,  480;  Dr. 
Louis,  532;  Mary  H., 
364;  S.  Cecelia,  532; 
W.,  83. 

Barrey  or  Berry,  Mary, 
420. 

Barrington,  Ivane,  161. 

Barron,  Dr.  Alex.,  417. 

Barry,  Mrs.  R.  McK.,  448. 

Bartholow,  Mrs., --440. 

Bartoe,  Jndge,  285. 

Barton,  Chas.  H.,  90; 
Francis  G.,  90. 

Bassett,  B.  F.,  460. 

Batcheller,  Cath.  V.,  91. 

Batson,  Edward,  40;  Mar- 
tin H.,  537,  539;Thos., 
438. 

Batson's  Forest,  148. 

Battaile,  Mrs.,  422. 

Battee,  Ferd.,  202,  473; 
Dinah,  320. 

Battle,  Eliz.,  479;  John, 
96 ;  Lucy,  98 ;  Matilda, 
97 ;  Henrietta  Marie, 
97;  Ann  C,  95;  Mrs. 
Sophia,  430;  Richard, 
429 

Battle,  Sam'l  G.,  360. 

Battle  Creek,  17. 

Bauer,  John,  321. 

Baughman,  Gen'l,  304; 
313. 

Baxley,  Mr.  Jas.,  455; 
Joshua  Warfield,  366, 
369;  Mrs.  Joshua,  473. 

Bayard,  Rich.,  517. 

Bayley  (Bailey),  Mrs.,  400. 


Bayley,  Col.  Wm.  C,  459; 
Lord,    459;    Warfield 
Beal,  459;  Chas.  Aber- 
crombie  Dunbar,  459. 

Baylor,  Col.,  532. 

Bay  Ridge,  12. 

Beach,     Mary     E.,     542 
Stephen,  542. 

Beall  or  Beale,  Anna,  103 
Ann,  65,  129,  130,  161 
382;  Ann  Truman,  102 
Capt.  Alexander,  213 
382 ;  Hon.  BriceThomas 
148 ;  Barbara  Dent,  103 
Brooke,  102 ;  Barbara 
M.,  333;  Capt.,  101,397 
Chas.,  102;  Dr.,  382 
Mrs.  Eliz.,  95;  Elinor 
383;  Capt.  George,  102 
George,  102,  103,  104 
Col.  George,  101,  103 
Elinor,  102,  Esther 
103;  Elizabeth,  102 
103,  104;  Eliz.  Evans 
103;  Hezekiah,  103 
Harriet  Ann,  103;  Han- 
nah, 102,  489;  Heze- 
kiah, 103;  Jane,  101; 
John,  63,  72,  76,  102, 
103,  122,  161,  207; 
Joshua,  102 ;  James, 
102;  Kate,  382;  Levin, 
103;Leevin,  103;  Lucy 
Magruder,  103 ;  Mar- 
garet, 102,  403;  Maj., 
423;  Mary,  101,  102, 
103;  Mattie,  382;  Mrs., 
100,  101,  382;  Mary 
Worthington,  148;  Ni- 
nian,  102,  103,  162,  174, 
190,  382,  383,  412; 
Ninian,  Jr.,  101;  Ninian 
(of  Ninian),  102,  382; 
Col.  Ninian,  101,  102; 
Capt.  Ninian,  101 ;  Nan- 
cy Campbell,  102;  Pat- 
rick, 103;  Gen.  Rezin, 
102;  Rebecca,  103 ;  Rob- 
ert, 102;  Rezin,  102; 
Rachel,  102;  Ruth,  102; 
382,  383;  Rebecca,  102; 
Samuel,  101,  319;  Sus- 
an, 102;  Susannah, 102; 
Thos.,  63,  101,  103,153; 
Thos.  B.,  103,  104; 
Thos.  S.,  333;  William, 
102;  Zephaniah,  102. 

Beall's  or  Beale's  Manor, 
102;  Coatof  Arms,  101. 

Beale  Family,  101. 


Beale  Estate,  383. 

Bealmear,  Francis,  90.      .^ 

Beard,  John,  107;  Mar- 
garet, E.,  88;  Mrs.,  95; 
Neal  Clark,  107;  Rich- 
ard, 7,  12,  35,  39,  40, 
45,  49,  52,  59,  77,  106, 
107,  146,  164,  173,  194, 
197,  326;  Richard,  Jr., 
49, 107;  Rachel,  59, 106, 
164;  Ruth,  107,  412; 
Rebecca  (Nicholson), 
107;  Rachel  Clark,  107; 
Stephen,  135;  Susan- 
nah, 135. 

Beard's  Creek,  12;  Habita- 
tion, 12,  52,  106. 

Beauvoir,  495. 

Beaver  Dam,  36. 

Beck,  Cap.  Anthony,  201 ; 
Rev.  John,  320. 

"Beckley,"  46. 

Bedford,  Dr.  W.  C,  461. 

Bednalls  Green,  52. 

Beeman,  Eliz.,  100. 

Beetenson,  Edw.,  82. 

Beetenson's  Adventure,  82. 

Beggars'  Farce,  212. 

Belfield,  63. 

Belair,  249 

Bell,  Clara  D.,  458;  Dan'I 
D.,  459;  J.  A.,  426; 
Isabella,  430;  John  H., 
430;  Maria  Griffith,  458; 
Noah  Davis,  458. 

Belles,  Abbia.  V.,  91. 

Bellefield,  528. 

Bellott,  Michael,  56. 

Belmont,  176,  339,  340, 
341,  342,  395. 

Belt,  Agnes,  484;  John 
Sprigg,  350;  Joseph, 
174,  262;  Mrs.  Kitty, 
185;  Mary,  61;  Margt., 
430;  Sarah,  96;  Thos., 
221;  Susie,  430;  Susie 
Gartrell,  430. 

Belt's  Hills,  481. 

Belvidere,  111,  247,  267. 

Belvoir,  11,  79,  154,  155. 

Benjamin's  Addition,  52. 

Benjamin's  Choice,  52. 

Benjamin's  Discovery,  86, 
90. 

Benjamin's  Fortune,  432. 

Benjamin's  Lot,  114,  419, 
420,  422,  438. 

Bennett,  Ann,  42 ;  Edward, 
5,  17,  41,  110;  Jas.,  459; 
Elise,  459;  Helen,  459; 


IV 


INDEX. 


Laura,  459;  John,  40, 
45,  58,  75,  194;  Dr. 
James  A.,  90;  Maj.- 
General,  32,  42;  Maria, 
43;  Mary,  459;  Philip,  5; 
Philemon,  67;  Richard, 
5,8,9,13,18,19,20,27, 
28,  32,  37,  38,  41,  42, 
112,  113;  Richard,  Jr., 
41;  Richard,  2nd,  41; 
Richard,  3rd,  41;  Rob- 
ert, 5;  Sarah,  75;  Susan, 
296 ;  Susanna  (Lowe) , 
41,  43;  Warfield,  459; 
Wesley,  169. 

Bennett's  Point,  42. 

Benson,  Anna  Barbara, 
144;  Edw.,  132;  Eliz., 
110;  Nancy,  80. 

Bentley,  Caleb,  170,  438; 
Mr.,  366,  367;  Sarah  B., 
170. 

Bentz,  Sam'l,  152,  473, 
478. 

Bentz  Stock  Farm,  473. 

Berkeley,  Gov.,  5;  Cath- 
erine Spotswood,  98, 
174. 

Berry,  Amelia,  381;  Benj., 
344;  Deborah,  382; 
Eliz.,  344;  Harriet,  344; 
Jerome,  366;  Jerome  C, 
537;  John  W.,  344; 
Richard,  398;  Sarah, 
398;  William,  113,  492. 

Bessington,  52. 

Besson,  Thos.,  12,  27,  28, 
38,39, 170;  Hester,  170; 

Best,  Mr.  James,  157;  Mr., 
157;  Mrs.,  157. 

Best  Gate,  62. 

Betts,  Thos.  J.,  106. 

Betty's  Choice,  52. 

Bibliotheca  Annapolitana, 
33. 

Bigger,  John,  219. 

Biggs,  Hon.  Seth,  219. 

Binford,  Mr.  Jos.,  458. 

Biographies  of  the  Found- 
ers of  Anne  Arundel  Co., 
41. 

Bird,  Mrs.  Jacob  W.,  324; 
Dr.  Wm.  P.,  329. 

Birkhead,  Abraham,  32. 

Birkheads,  33. 

Birmingham  Manor  House 
338,  354,  447. 

Birmingham,  362,  363, 
364. 


Bishop,  Ann,  180;  Ham- 
utel,  180;  Rebecca,  180; 
Wm.,  180. 

Bite  the  Biter,  419,  422, 
423. 

Black,  Christiana,  434 ; 
Jas.  R.,  290;  Walter 
M.,  360,  450;  Mr.,  434; 
Mrs.,  450. 

Blackburn,  Hattie,  459 ; 
Henrietta,  459;  Sen., 
459;Dr.  Church,  460. 

Black  Horse  Tavern,  86. 

Blackwell,  Thomas,  59. 

Blackiston,  Gov.,  196. 

Bladen,  Ann,  209;  Gov., 
208,  209,  215,  220,  297, 
332;  Thos.,  207,  297; 
Wm.,  11,  56,  209,  218. 

Bladens  FoUy,  209,  332. 

Blaine,  Jas.,  G.,  87. 

Blair,  Louisa,  150;  Mont- 
gomery, 290  ,  372. 

Blake,  Dorothy,  42,  177; 
Col.,  134;  Giles,  43; 
Henry,  177;  Mary,  134, 
355. 

Blakeford,  253,  254. 

Bramton,  177. 

Blanchard,  Rev.  John  G., 
117;  Eliz.,  117. 

Bland,  John  Randolph, 
383;  Sarah  B.  F.,  343, 
422;  Richard,  383;  Dr. 
Richard  E.,  383;  Theo., 
263,  323,  333,  383,  422; 
Mrs.  Theo.,  42;  Thos., 
58,  76,  163. 

"Blenheim,"  48,  297. 

Bloomsbury  Square,  11, 
58,  59,  331. 

Blunt,  Wm.,  406. 

Board  of  Revenue,  200. 

Boardley  (Bordley),  204; 
Stephen,  235. 

Boarman,  Mr.,  190;  Cath- 
erine, 268. 

Bodisco,    Count,     152; 
Countess,  152. 

Bodkin  Creek,  35,  146. 

Bogle,  Jas.,  359. 

Bohemia  Manor,  502. 

Boker,  Geo.  H.,  360. 

Bolivar,  Gen.,  254. 

Boiling,  Anna,  363. 

Bonaparte,  Jerome,  508. 

Bond,  Ehz.,  320;  Geo., 
537;  Peter,  36;  Judge, 
286. 

Bonner,  Henry,  40. 


Booker,  Miss  E.  R.,  534. 

Boone,  Margaret,  182,441 ; 
Capt.  John,  223,  350; 
John,  350;  Stephen, 
436;  Rebecca,  436. 

Booth,  EUz.,  154. 

Boothy,  Edward,  219. 

Bordley  (Boardly),  Beale 
356;  John  Beale,  110 
Mr.  Beale,  224,  332 
Stephen,  208;  220 
Thos.,  72,  145;  Thos 
Beale,  42. 

Bordley  Island,  110. 

Bordley's  Choice,  356. 

Borodale,  Margaret,  137. 

Borough,  159. 

Bosford,  Stephen,  224; 
Thos.  Fowler,  224. 

Boston,  5,  7,  16. 

Boundaries  of  Counties,  34. 

Bourdenot,  458. 

Bourne,  Miss,  105. 

Bowdle,  Mrs.  Dr.,  267. 

Bowie,  Annie,  1 10 ;  Agust- 
us,  317;  Col.,  287;  Capt., 
263;Cath.  (Landsdale), 
262;  Capt.  Fielder,  73, 
252;  Ehza  (Oden),  287; 
EHz.  S.,  73;  Mrs.  Col. 
Washington,  421;  Han- 
nah (Lee),  262;  John, 
317;  Mary  Mackall,  128; 
Margt.  Sprigg,  251 ;  Mrs. 
288;  Gov.  Oden,  279, 
287,  288;  Robt.  Wm., 
262;  Gov.  Robert,  110, 
128,  156,  251,  252,  253, 
257,  259,  262;  Gen. 
Thos.  F.,  156;  Thos.  F., 
Jr.,  156;  Mrs.  Thos.  F., 
Jr.,  156;  Maj.  Walter, 
252;  W.  W.  W.,  363; 
Wm.,  251,  262;  Wm. 
Duckert,  287. 

Bowie  Estate,  347. 

Bowles,  Hon.  James,  244; 
Mrs.,  244. 

Bowling,  Julia  Winchest- 
er, 126. 

Bowling  Green,  387,  417, 
420,  472,  473,  474,  478; 
(new),  474. 

Bowly,  W.  Lux,  497. 

Bowman,  Jacob,  477. 

Boyd,  Abraham,  103;  Jas. 
McHenry,  391;  Francis 
E.,  408. 

Boyd's  Chance,  160. 

Boyce,  Miss,  131. 


INDEX. 


VU 


Boyle,  Jas.,  202;  Llewel- 
lyn, 317. 

Boynton,  Rev.  W.,  364. 

Bozman,  24. 

Bracco,  Mrs.  John,  416. 

Braddock,  Gen.,  213. 

Bradford,  Gov.  Augustus 
Williamson,  283,  284, 
285,  286;  Alexander 
Warfield,  S75;  Achsah 
143,  389;  Augustus  W., 
285;  Ann,  143;  Geo., 
143;  John,  143;  Jane 
(Bond),  284;  Luther, 
143;  Mrs.  Luther,  389, 
442;  Mel  Vina,  143; 
Sam'l,  284;  Thos.  KeU, 
285;  Wm.  Chas.,  143. 

Bradley,  Geo.,  382,  403; 
Hannah,  421 ;  Harry, 
382;  Laura,  382;  Sadie, 
382;  Thos.,  170;  Thos. 
G.,  382. 

Bragg,  Capt.,  311. 

Brand,  EHz.,  460. 

Brandt,  Capt.,  101. 

Branch,  Rev.  Henry,  409, 
540. 

Brandy,  83,  86,  87,  88, 
107,  389. 

Brashears,  318,  491;  Miss, 
464;  Wilkinson,  327. 

Brashears'  Purchase,  318. 

Brasseurs,  Ann,  153;Benj., 
318,  327. 

Bray,  Rev.  Thomas,  33. 

Brazen  Harpe  Hall,  98. 

Breckenridge,  John  Cabel 
281 ;  Mary,  460. 

Bredsoe,  Lizzie,  149. 

Brent,  Mary,  461;  Mrs. 
M.  J.,  434;  Robt.,  502; 
W.  J.,  86. 

Brewer,  193;  Arthur  T., 
333;  Chas.,  317;  Elean- 
or, 320;  Eliz.,  320; 
Ellen,  174;  Col.  Henry, 
320;  John  W.,  317; 
John,  12,  28,  38,  78,  81, 

201,  317,  320,  321; 
Julia,  321;  Joseph,  78, 

202,  320;  Mary  Jane, 
320;Nicholas,  316,  317, 
320,  321,  328,  333,  395, 
540;  Sarah,  78;  Mrs.,  95. 

Brewerton,  320. 
Brian,  Marion  A.,  539. 
Briant,  Sam'l,  374. 
Briarly  Hall,  Poolsville, 
384. 


Brice,  Ann,  157;  Anna 
Maria,  158;  Ann  Carroll, 
333;  Ariana,  157;  Chas. 
Carroll,  158;  Edmund, 
158,  528;  Eliz.,  158, 
333;  Eliza,  61,  158; 
Col.  Edmond,  63,  123; 
Edith,  158;  Henry,  158; 
Juliana  Jennings,  157; 
John  Henry,  158;  John, 
Jr.,    157;    Capt.    John, 

156,  157;  John,  56,  75, 
144,  157,  158,  180,  221, 
222,  223;  James  Ed- 
mund, 63,  158;  James, 

157,  220;  James  Frisby, 
157;  Mary  Clare,  158; 
Mary  E.,  158;  Margaret 
Agusta,  158;  Nicholas, 
156,  158;  Judge  Nich- 
olas, 156,  158;  R. 
Tilghman,  9,  10,  147, 
158;  Rachel,  157,  180; 
Providence  Dorsey,158; 
Sarah,  71,  79,  157,  158; 
Sarah  (Frisby),  157; 
Thos.  J.,  157;  Coat  of 
Arms,  157. 

Bridge  Hill,  93. 

Bright,  Marv,  359,  361; 
Jesse  D.,  Sr.,  359. 

Briscoe,  Capt.,  423. 

Bristol,  199. 

Broadhead,  Jas.  A.,  169. 

Broad  Neck  Hundred,  29. 

Broad  Neck,  10. 

Brogden,  David  McColloh, 

fe97,  202;  David  M.,  480; 
"Harry,  200,  201;  John 
L.,  202;  Rev.  Wm.,  201; 
Dr.  Wm.,  202. 

Brogdens,  1.59. 

Broken  Ground,  147. 

Broken  Land,  352. 

Brooke,  Clement,  47,  53 
502;  Baker,  270,  321 
Eleanor  (Bowie),  415 
Elisabeth,  47,  53,  103 
502,  503;  James,  322 
361;  Jane,  265;  Gen'l 
322;  Mary,  226,  268 
Ohiey,  396;  Roger,  268 
321,  322;  Roger,  3rd 
322;  Roger,  Sr.,  322 
Roger,  Jr.,  322;  Robt. 
13,  17,  18,  20,  34,  37 
39,  42,  174,  226,  270 
321;  Gov.  Robt.,  270 
Rich'd,  396;  Sam'l,  200 
201;    Sarah,    48,    265 


Thomas,  47.  50,  321, 
501;  Col.  Thomas,  47, 
103. 

Brooke  Place,  17,  321; 
Manor,  270. 

Brooke  Grove,  322;  Ad- 
dition to,  396. 

Brookefield,  47,  156,  265, 
321,  501. 

Brooks,  Richard,  27,  38; 
Prof.  Wm.  K.,  335. 

Brookslys  Point,  132. 

Broome,  77,  78,  79,  153, 
351. 

Broseener,  Chris.,  512. 

Brothers  Addition,  344; 
Discovery,  479 ;  Love, 
438;  Partnership,  346, 
397,  437,  438. 

Browne  or  Brown,  Abel, 
12,  40,  72,  96,  168,  169, 
170,  183,  296,  392,  490, 
491;  Absolum,  168,  491; 
Achsah,  342;  Alice,  462; 
Amos,  114,  166,  167, 
377;  Ann,  166,  169; 
Anna,  492,  461 ;  Annie, 
461;  A.  R.,  491,  495; 
Benj.,  168,  169,  401, 
402,  491;  Benj.  War- 
field,  461;  Basil,  167; 
Caroline,  487;  Chas., 
167,  491,  493;  Capt., 
396  ;Comfort,  169 ;  Chas. 
S.,  461;  Edw.  Warfield, 
460,  461;  Edw.  War- 
field,  Jr.,  461;  Elias, 
169;  Elisha,  167,  391, 
392,  491,  492;  Elie. 
Gorman,  384;  Eleanor, 
83,  164;  EHz.  P.,  167; 
EHz.,  114, 166, 167, 169, 
371,  374,  461,  492,  493; 
Eliza,  133,  182;  EHza 
Coleman,  461 ;  Ellis,  12; 
EUen,  169,_--495;  Eph- 
raim,  491;  Dr.  Ev- 
erett J.,  460,  462; 
Emiline,  461 ;  Elisha 
Warfield,  461;  Frank 
Snowden,  296;  Frank, 
169,  493;  Francis 
Brown,  378;  Mrs.  Frank 
Brown,378;  Mrs.  Frank, 
83;  Gov.  Frank,  295, 
296,  297;  Henry,  493; 
Harriet    Burgess   War- 

.  field,  460;  Harriet,  461; 
Hannah,  168;  Henry  G., 
384, 492;  Harriet  Smith, 


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INDEX. 


461,  462,  536;  Harriet 
Burgess,  461;  Henning- 
ham,  536;  Haden  Ed- 
wards, 536;  Ida,  493; 
Jas.  461,536;  Jos.,  477; 
Jas.  Nich.,  461;  James, 
164,  168,  487,  490,  492; 
John  Riggs,  371,  384; 
J.  R.,  489,  491,  492; 
Joshua,  166,  167,  168, 
318,  328,  491;  J.  W., 
489;  John,  10,  12,  26, 
44,  83,  108,  164,  165, 
166,  167,  168,  169;  Jo- 
sephine, 493 ;  Kitty, 
474;  Kitty  Ann,  492, 
493;  Kitty  Ann  Hood, 
384;  Lewis  H.,  169; 
Lloyd  Warfield,  460, 
461,  462;  Lloyd,  461; 
Louisa  Davis,  384; 
Louisa,  492 ;  Lucinda 
E.,  169;  Lucrecia,  392, 
492;  Dr.  L.  W.,  460; 
Mary,  161,  461;  Mary 
Ridgely,  296;  Margery, 
91, 109;  Mary  Ann,  169, 
492,  493;  Mary  Ann 
Smith,  384;  Mark,  105, 
378,  438;  Mrs.  Mark, 
422;  Margaret,  166; 
May,  461;  Moses,  160, 
495;  Peregrine,  83,  165; 
Philemon,  91,  109,  167; 
Prudence  Patterson, 
169;  Rev.  Payton,  354; 
Rachel  T.,  491;  Mrs. 
Rebecca,  166,  169,  170, 
462,491;  R.M.  G.,492; 
Rebecca  C,  460,  461; 
Rebecca  P.,  461;  Rev. 
Richard,  182;  Richard, 
491 ;  Ridgely,  167,  324, 
377,532;  Robt.,  96, 168, 
169, 199, 470, 490;  Ruth, 
166, 169, 170, 461 ;  Ruth 
T.,491;Sam'l,  168,171, 
357,  384,  388,  474,  489, 
490,  491,  492,  537; 
Sam'l,  Jr.,  392,  402, 
49 1 ; Sarah, 402 ; Stephen 
C,  169;  Susan,  461;  Sus- 
annah, 169,491 ;  Stephen 
Thomas  Cockey,  296; 
S.  C,  169;  Sidney,  167; 
Sam'l  John  R.,  384; 
Thomas  6,  10,  11,  30, 
91,  165,  16%  167,  268, 
337,  338,  489,  491,  493, 


497;  Thomascine,  167; 
Thos.  B.,  494;  Theresa, 
169;  Vachel,  491,  492; 
Valentine,  166,  167; 
Wm.,  76,  167,  169,  223, 
417,  460,  461;  Wm.,  Jr., 
461;  Washington,  461; 
Wm.  B.,  Jr.,  461;  Wm. 
B.,  460,  461;  Wyatt, 
461. 

Browne's  Addition,  167, 
182;  Adventure,  135, 
166;  Chance,  166,  337, 
387,  414,  397,  410; 
Forest,  166,  167,  337; 
Loss,  168;  Inheritance, 
296. 

Brown's  Folly,  491 ;  Good- 
fellowship,  493. 

Brown's  Purchase,  79,166, 
167,  378,  384,  392,  492. 

Browning,  Arnold,  541 ; 
Chas.,  509;  Margt.,  375. 

Bruce,  Judge,  531. 

Brushwood,  Sarah,  87. 

Bryce,  Miss,  105;  Capt. 
Robt.,  105. 

Buchanan,  Frank,  256 ; 
James,  294;  Wm.,  342. 

Buck,  Jane,  425;  Mrs. 
Eugene,  470. 

Buckingham,  Geo.  M., 
539. 

Buckler,  Riggin,  M.  D., 
361. 

Buckley,  Miss,  529;  Mr., 
116. 

BuUen,  Robt.,  56;  John, 
224. 

Burbank,  Elmira,  460. 

Burdette,  David,  539. 

Burgess,  Achsah,  370; 
Anne,  52,  53,  54,  439; 
Alexander,  370;  Alfred, 
439;  Arthur,  439;  Basil, 
343,  366,  370,  439; 
Benj.,  52,  53,  54,  541; 
Capt.,  379;  Charies,  52, 
53;  Caleb,  54,  370,  376; 
Caroline  W.,  542;  Deb- 
orah, 370;  Edward,  30, 

*■*  40,  45,  46,  52,  53,  54, 
58,  102,  108,  110,  114, 
171,  190,  197,  419.  422, 
457;  Elisabeth,  52,  54, 
106,  422,  439;  George, 
46,  52,  53;  Hester,  55; 
Harriet,  388,  439;  Jo- 
seph, 52,  53,  54, 55,  223, 
370,  376,  381,  382,  387, 


398,  438,  439,  459,  488; 
Joseph,  Jr.,  439 ;  Joshua, 
439,  467,  488;  Jane,  46, 
198;  John,  52, 53, 54, 72, 
198,221,222,326,343, 
370,  376,  439,  457,  479, 
541;  Lloyd,  488;  Mary, 
422, 439;  Matilda  (Spar- 
row), 370;  Michael,  439, 
488;  Nich.  53;  Phile- 
mon, 346,  439;  Perry, 
439;  Rachel,  370;  Ruth, 
439,  457,  458;  Rich'd, 
73,  202,  439;  Rebecca, 
439,  467;  Susanna,  46, 
47,52,  53,  54;  Sam'l,  53, 
54,  73,  201,  369,  370; 
Sarah,  53,  54,  114,  173, 
343,  370,  419,  423; 
Sarah  Chew,  419;  Sus- 
an, 541;  Thos.,  538, 539, 
408,  439,  488;  Ursula, 
52;Vachel,346,438,439, 
467;  West,  54,370,376; 
Wm.,  Jr.,  52,  53,  54, 
412;  Wm.  (Colonel),  7, 
9,  12,  26,  28,  30,  38,  39, 
40,  45,  46,  47,  49,  50, 
51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  71, 
81,  104,  106,  107,  110, 
145,  197,  339,  341,  399, 
439,  457,  488,  502,  Up- 
land, 438. 

Burgess'  Choice,  30,  52. 

Burgess  Family  of  How- 
ard, 370,  376. 

Burgesses,  House  of,  Ex- 
penses, 41. 

Burgess'  Look  Out,  438. 

Burgesses  of  Marlborough, 
53.      . 

Burgess'  Right,  30. 

Burgh,  30. 

Burke,  Sir  Bernard,  132, 
134;  Martin  F.,  539. 

Burle,  Robert,  28,  38,  39, 
43. 

Burnston,  Virginia,   123. 

Burnett,  Mary  Ann,  150. 

Burney,  Jas.,  239. 

Burnt  House,  418. 

Burnt  House  Woods,  36. 

Burnt  Wood,  59. 

Burr,  Aaron,  362. 

Burrage,  Elisabeth,  46. 

Burroughs,  Anne,  72;  Jos., 
72;  Thos.  F.,  91. 

Burton,  Mr.  C.  C,  469 

Burton,  Richard,  39. 


INDEX. 


VU 


Bushy  Park,  349,  380,  444,  Butler,  Rev.  Edward,  219;  Buzzard,  Miss,  464. 

446,  448,  466.  Gen.,  283.  Byrd,    Jane,    285;    Wm., 

Bussey,  Dr.  Thos.  C,  106.  Butler's  Tavern,  528.  285. 

Bustion's  Point,  11.  Butt,  Thos.,  105.  Byron,  146. 


Cadle,  Jas.,  172. 

Caddock,  Mrs.  Thos.,  267. 

Caile,  John,  250;  Margt., 
250;  Rebecca  (Ennalls), 
250. 

Caldwell,  Marion,  84;  Sal- 
lie,  459. 

Calwell,  Miss,  424;  Judge, 
424. 

Caleb's  Purchase,  342,344, 

Calhon,  C,  123. 

Call,  Gov.,  118. 

CaUahan,  Miss,  97,  324. 

Calliflower,  Hattie,  454. 

Calvert,  Cecilius,  14,  15, 
189,  318;  Gov.,  55; 
Charles,  50,  189,  190, 
204,  205,  206,  208; 
Benedict  L.,  204;  Geo., 

'  344;  Leonard,  189; 
PhUip,  27,  29,  33,  38, 
50,  55,  189;  Rosalie, 
344;  Rosalie  Eugenia, 
288;  Sampson,  6;  Gov- 
ernors (the),  204,  205, 
206. 

Calvert  Co.,  17,  20,  34,  35, 
42. 

Calverts,  61. 

Campbell,  Amos,  427 ;  Asa 
Burgess  F.,  428;  Dr. 
Beall,  428;  Belt,  428 
D.  M.,  428;  David,  428 
Miss  Emma  Jane,  404 
Elijah,  428;  Elvira,  428 
Ernest,  428 ;  Eliz.  Golds- 
borough,  247;  Fry,  428 
H.Clay,  428;  Jack,  427 
Dr.  John  B.,  428;  John 
247;  Mrs.  Laura,  536 
Lum,  428;  Lewis 
428;  Mile,  427;  Milus 
428;  Marie,  259;  Margt 
R.,  91,  247;  Tyson,  427 
Turner,  428;  Wm.,  428 
Wm.T.CMaj.  Bill),  428 
Mrs.  Will,  428. 

Camp-Meeting  Chapel,  64. 
Capital,  State,  192. 
Capron,  Col.,  354;  Emma 
C,    363;   Col.    Horace, 
363. 


c 

"Captain  of  the  Foote,'» 

53. 

Carline,  Henry,  31. 

Carlisle,  John,  364;  Sarah 
(Fairfax),  364. 

Carnan,  Cassandra,  61 ; 
Miss,  64. 

Cameal,  AHce,  458. 

Carpenter,  EHz.,  150;  Mrs. 
Eliz.,  244;  Helen,  150; 
Julia,  150;  Louise  Skin- 
ner, 150;  Susan,  150; 
Wm.,  71. 

Carpenter's  Point,  154. 

Carr,  Ann  M.,  389;  Eliz., 
407;  Eliza  Jane,  399; 
Ephraim,  384;  Geo. 
Washington,  538 ;  Ham- 
mond, 382,  384,  403; 
Henry,  384; Jacob,  169; 
John,  399;  Laura,  399; 
Martha,  399 ;  Mary,  399 ; 
Mary  Dorsey,  399; 
Ruth,  399. 

Carroll,  Albert  H.,  517; 
Ann  Jennings,  177; 
Archbishop,  312;  Anne 
Ella,  267;  Miss  A.  E., 
267;  Benj.,  517;  Chas. 
(the  Barrister),  42,  214; 
218,  221,  222,  503,  506; 
Charles  (of  Carrollton), 
187,  ^15,  221,  222,  225, 
228,  242,  247,  249,  264, 
291,  292,  312,  330,  346, 
497,  501,  502,  503,  504, 
505,  506,  507,  508,  509, 
510,  517,  518;  Charles, 
42,  47,  48,  55,  107,  109, 
138,  177,  178,  196,  204, 
205,  207,  209,  215,  221, 
249,  337,  390;  Chas. 
Jr.,  112;  Chas.  (Home- 
wood),  508,  509,  510, 
517;  Col.  Charles,  291, 
505;Chas.(Doughegan,) 
517;  Chas.  Arthur,  65; 
Chas.  Ridgely,  65;  Cath- 
erine, 508;  Dr.  Chas., 
177,178,209,  502;  Dan- 
iel,  138,  306,  501,  502; 
Dorothy  Blake,  177, 
178; Eliz.,  517;  Eleanor, 


502;  Harry  Dorsey 
Gough,  65;  Harriet  J., 
517;  Henry,  501 ;  Henry 
James,  266;  Helen  S., 
517;  Howard,  138; 
James,  65,  178,  207, 
266,  431,  501,  527; 
John,  T.  R.  R.,  540; 
John  Lee,  48,  235,  372, 
505,  517,  539;  John, 
502;  John  Henry,  177, 
178;  Gov.  John  Lee, 
291,  292,  293;  Louise, 
517;  Margaret,  218; 
Mrs.,  64,  96;  Mary, 
65,  267,  501  502, 
508,  517;  Mary  Diggs 
(Lee),  291 ;  Mary  Clare, 
65,  177,  178;  Mary,  S., 
517;  Nicholas,  65,  177, 
178;  Prudence  Gough, 
65,  259;  Rebecca,  65; 
R.  G.  H.,  517;  Sophia, 
65;SaUy  H.  White,  65; 
Susan,  65;  Gov.  Thos. 
King,  266,  267;  Dr. 
Thos.  King,  267. 

Carroll  Co.,  37. 

Carrolls,  198,  265. 

tCarroUton,  330. 

Col.  Chas.  Carroll's  Dra- 
goons, 394. 

Carroll's  Manor,  72 ;    534. 

Carroll's  Forest,  501. 

CarroU  Green,  216,  506. 

Carrollton  Hall,  509,  517, 
523. 

Carrollton  Hotel  and  Mer- 
chants' Club,  363. 

Carrollton  Manor,  497, 
502,  503,  505. 

Carson,  Mary,  458. 

Carter,  Miss  Alice,  288; 
Amanda  E.,  143;  Ber- 
nard, 288,  295,  300;  Al- 
fred G.,  240;  Chas.  H., 
288;  Eliz.,  143;  Capt. 
Edward,  13;  Dr.,  453; 
John  W.,  143;  King, 
288;  Mrs.,  240;  Vallie 
Burgess,  453 ;  Wm. 
Grayson,  240. 

Cartrite,  D.,  161. 


Vlll 


INDEX. 


Carvil,  Richard,  154. 

Casey,  John,  161. 

Cashell,  Sam'l,  407. 

Cassidy,  418;  Mrs.  Mary, 
472. 

Castleman,  Amanda,  408; 
Wm.,  Jr.,  408. 

Catholics,  190,  191,  192, 
204. 

Catlett,  Alexander,  102; 
Grandison,  102,  403; 
Mary  E.,  384,  403. 

Catlin,  Henry,  5,  6,  37,  44. 

Catlyn,  Henry,  10,;  Jane 
44. 

Caton,  Mary,  508 ;  Louisa, 
508;  Eliz.,  508;  Rich., 
508;  Thos.,  202;  Wm., 
316. 

Cattail  River,  440. 

Caulk,  Mr.,  174. 

Causin,  Nathaniel  P.,  246; 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Pope, 
246. 

Caves,  The.,  177,  178. 

Cavendish,  Anne,  55. 

Cedar  Grove,  409. 

Cedar  Point,  54. 

Cedar  Park,  250,  251,  528. 

Cecil  or  Cissel,  430;  Au- 
thur,  430;  Ben].,  430; 
Benj.  Gartrell,  430;  By- 
ron Vernon,  ^!;'430; 
Claude,  431;  C.E.Mar- 
vin, 431;Chas.  A.,  431; 
Chas.,  431;  Cordelia 
Bell,  431;  Chas.  Alex- 
andra, 430 ;  Cordelia, 
431;  Dr.,  431;  Edwin, 
G.,  430;  Fred.  W.,  431; 
Geo.  Washington,  430; 
Harry  G.,  431;  John 
BeU,  430;  Jas.,  430; 
John  430;  Mary  Hor- 
tense  Virginia,  430 ; 
Margt.,  430;  Mary  Ada, 
431;  Nathan,  430;  Os- 
born,  430;  Philip,  431, 
430;  Prof.,  431;  Rich- 
ard, 430;  Sam'l  Nathan, 
430;  Sam'l,  430;  Sam'l, 
2nd,  430;  Sarah,  430; 
S.  Sewell,  430;  Thos. 
Bell,  430;  Wm.  Wash- 
ington Lee,  430;  Wil- 
bur, 431;  Dr.  Wm. 
W.  L.,  538;  Wm.,  430; 
Wm.  H.,  430;  Zephan- 
iah,  430. 


Cecilius,  Lord  Baltimore, 
9,  14,  29. 

Cemetery  Creek,  331. 

Cemetery  Creek  Records, 
33. 

Chadwick,  Mr.,  446;  Aar- 
on, 524. 

Chamberlain,  Alvin,  90; 
Jas.  Lloyd,  255. 

Chambers,  Mrs.  Samuel, 
171 ;  Dorcas,  541 ;  Mar- 
gery, 355;  Sam'l,  201; 
Wm.,  541. 

Champion  Forest,  181. 

Chance,  502,  503. 

Chance,  Rev.  J.  C,  518. 

Chancery  Court  Abolished, 
278 

Chandler,  Job,  17,  18,  21, 
26,  37,  161;  Major,  25. 

Chaney,  Mary,  76,  86. 

Chaney's  Neck,  30. 

Chaney's  Hazard,  72. 

Chaney's  Neglect,  483. 

Chantilly  at  the  Relay, 
535  536. 

Chapel  of  Ease,  106,  433, 
434. 

Chapel  Marsh,  433. 

Chapel  Road,  433. 

Chapel  Spring,  433. 

Charitie,  109. 

Chapman,  Mr.,  108,  169; 
Andrew  G.,  317;  Anne, 
97;  Ann,  172;  Francis 
D.,  467;  Hannah,  347; 
Mrs.  Franeis,399;  Sam'l, 
202;  Wm.,  122,  201; 
Wm.,  Jr.,  201. 

Charles,  II.,  15,  29,  33. 

Charles'  HiUs,  69. 

Charles,  His  Purchase, 
170. 

Charles  Co.,  17,  20,  34, 
35,  36. 

Charlton,  Anne  Roche, 
155;  Thos.  U.  P.,  316. 

Charter  of  Md.,  13,  14,  15. 

Chase,  221,  294. 

Chase,  Emily,  429;  Fran- 
cis T.,  184;  Hester,  74, 
159,  333;  Hester  Ann, 
100,  255;  Jeremiah,  507; 
Jeremiah  Townley ,  255 ; 
263;  J.  T.,  74,  177,  184, 
189,  333;  Judge,  263, 
393,  395,  429,  444,  445; 
Mary,  333;  Mary  Mar- 
riott, 335;  Matilda,  429; 
Nester  Ann,  333;  Rich- 


ard M.,  317,  333,  335; 
Sam'l,  74, 155, 184, 177, 
187,  188,  222,  226,  255, 
344,  503,  507;  Judge 
Sam'l,  127,  159,  187; 
Hon.  Sahnon  P.,  119; 
Rev.  Thos.,  187,  189; 
Thos.,  100,  333,  344; 
Thos.  Baldwin,  335; 
Judge  Townley,  159. 

Chase  House,  183,  256. 

Chaseman,  Cath.,  361. 

Cheary,  Rich.,  161. 

Cheatam,  Medora,  359. 

Cheny,  Rich.,  30,  103; 
Henry,  486;  Mary,  486; 
Mary,  W.,  486. 

Chenshaw,  Mrs.,  459. 

Cherry  Grove,  270,  367, 
450,  451,  452,  453,  455. 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Canal, 
263,  264,  267,  270,  274, 
275,  276,  280,  288,  372, 
374. 

Cheseldyne,  Kenelm,  193, 
219. 

Chestons,  33. 

Cheston,  Dr.  D.  Murray, 
201;  Dr.  James,  341. 

Cheston  on  the  Wye,  254. 

"Cherrystone,"  45. 

Chew,  Anne,  110;  Ann 
(Ayres),  110;  Ann,  46, 
110,  250;  Chief  Justice 
Benjamin,  267;  Ben- 
jamin, 110,  111,  508; 
Benjamin,  Jr.,  112; 
EUza,  112;  Ehzabeth, 
1 10 ;  Henrietta  Marie, 
67,  110;  237,  Harriet, 
112,  508,  517;  Henry 
Banning,  112;  Col.  John 
Hamilton,  110;  John,  6, 
53, 109;  Rev.  John,  110; 
Joseph,  109;  Juliana, 
112;  Mary,  46,  110,237; 
Margaret,  110;  Col. 
Philemon  Lloyd,  110; 
Peggy,  111,  242;  Maj.  ^ 
Richard,  110;  Sam'l^,' 
6,  13,  30,  38,  39,  46,  50, 
53,58,67,109,110,163, 
221,  237;  Sam'l,  Jr., 
110;  Col.  Sam'l,  110; 
Dr.Sam'l,  105, 110,  111, 
340;  Capt.  Sam'l,  110; 
Judge  Sam'l,  111;  Sa- 
rah, 53,  109,  110,  156; 
Sophia,  112. 

Chew's  Resolution,  397. 


INDEX.  IX 

Chews' Vineyard,  395, 530.  Dr.  T.,  448;'IMr.  Wm.,  Cockey,  Ann,  169;  Chas. 

Chewtown,  109.  387,407,410,534,539.  T.,     170;     Miss,     152; 

Chickering,  Mrs.  E.  C,  87.  Clarke,  L.  T.,  492;  Wm.,  Thomas,  169,  170,  217, 

Childs,  Emily,  487;  Mary  415,  416.  448;  Thos.  B.,  67,  217. 

Ann,  430;  N.  S.,  537,  Clarkson,  Robt.,  31.  Cocoran,  W.  W.,  359,  383. 

539;  N.  A.,  539;  Miss,  ClarksviUe,  166,  409,  410,  Codd,  St.  Legar,  Col.,  42. 

386.  411.  ColbachorColebatch.Rev. 

Chilliun  Castle,  343.  Claude,  Abram,  317;  Den-  Joseph,  195,  207,  198. 

Cincinnati,  Order  of,  237.  nis,  M.  D.,  316;  Eliza-  Cole,  Dennis  Garrett,  133; 

Cipriani,     L.     W.,     152;  beth,  97;  Wm.Tell,  317.  Edith,  133;  Francis  Se- 

Leonette,  152.  Clay,   Alice,   458;  Annie,  well,  134;  Hannah  (Gar- 

Cissel  (see  Cecil),  430.  458;     Anne     Warfield,  rett),    133;  John,    133; 

Clagett  or  Claggett,  Dari-  459;  Brutus,  459;  Gen.  134;    Mrs.    John,    386; 

us,  158;  Deborah,  415;  CassiusM.,459;Cassius,  Rachel,  133;  Skipwith, 

Edward,  62,  202,  415;  459;  Green,  459;  Henry,  134;  Thos.,  31, 133, 134; 

Eleanor,  62,  415;  Elen-  268;  Isabel,  458;  Kath-  Wm.,    31,     134;    Wm. 

or  Bowie,  415;  Martha,  erine,  458;  Laura,  459;  Henrj-,  144. 

62;  Priscilla  B.  (Lyles),  Mary,  458;  Mary  Barr,  Cole  Family  Coat  of  Arms, 

415;PrisciUa,110;Rich-  459;  Sallie,  459;  Sidney,  134. 

ard,    415;    SaUie,    464;  458;  Warfield,  459.  Cole's  Choice,  133. 

Rev.   Sam'l,    110,   415;  Clays,  284.  Cole  Harbor,  133. 

Bishop,  110,  312,  415,  Clayborne,  Wm.,   15,   17,  Coleman,  Gen.  Jas.,  462; 

534;  Capt.  Thos.,  415;  18,  19,  37.  Lloyd    R.,    462;    Miss 

Wiseman,  415.              .  Clayton,       Emily,       174;  Eliza     Warfield,     462; 

Claiborne     (Clayborne)>.      George  D.,  202.  Mrs.,  102. 

William,  112,  113.  Cleeve,  Nat.,  44.  Coles,  Ann,  8. 

Clapp,  Francis,  361;  Fran-  Clem,  Joanna,  429.  Colgate,  Rob't,  360. 

cis  Behu,  359.  Clemens,  Mr.,  459;  Lilly,  College  Green,  18. 

Clare,     Christiana,      135,  459;  Byron,  459.  CoUett,  Richard,  354. 

455;  Eliz.,    134;  John,  Clements,  Jane,  43;  John,  Collier,  John,  11. 

134,135;     Lord,     177;  43.  CoUingwood,    Ann,     171; 

John,  322.  Clemsen,  344.  John,  171. 

Clares,  61.  Cleveland,    Hon.    Grover,  Collins,  Eph.,  492,  537. 

Clark   or   Clarke,    Albina  137,290,294,29^6,301;  Collins,  Mrs.,  448. 

(Watkins) , 534 ;  Daniel,  Aaron,  137;  Wm.,  137;  Colonial   Dames    (Society 

316;    David,    86,    437,  Rev.  Rich'd  Falley,  137.  of),  155. 

533,    534,    537;    Geo.,  Cleveden,  110.  Colston,  Lucy,  436. 

437;  Mrs.  Henry,  468;  "Chicacome"  River,  354.  Colton,  Geo.,  325. 

Eveline,  325;  Eliz.,  105;  Cliffs,  The,  8,  32,  35.  Columbia,  400,  453. 

James,   437,   531,   533,  Clifton,  448.  Colvert,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  428; 

534;  Mrs.  Jas.  T.,  440;  Clifton  Hall,  47.  Rob't  S.,  427;  John  G., 

Jas. Booker, 534;  Jas.T.,  Clifton  Springs,  541.  428;  Wm.  I.,  428. 

409,  440,  486,  538;  Jas.,  Clink,  166.  Comegys,  Barnes,  346. 

Jr,  534;  Jas.,  Sr.,  534;  Clinton,  Sir  Henrv,  239.  Committee  of  Observation, 

John,  10,  12,  533;  John  Cliveden,  111,  112.  404. 

R.,  387,  390,  394,  524,  Clover  Fields,  43.  Commonwealth,  Petition 

539;  John  O.,  437;  John  Clynmalyra,  501,  502.  to,  19,  20. 

L.,  531;  Louis  T.,  409;  Coale,  Alfred,  415;  Eliz.,  Compton,  264;  Mrs.  Bar- 
Mrs.,  349;  Rachel,  164;  45,  361;  Eliz. (Sparrow),  bara,  434. 

Mrs.  Rachel,  107;  Rob-  361;  Eliz.  T.,  83.;  Mrs.  Conden,  Miss,  246. 

ert,  26,  161;  Thaddeus  Geo.  R.,  396;  Miss,  377;  Condition  of  Plantation,  8, 

S.,   537;    Nancy,    102;  Mrs.,  530;  Gen.  Jas.  M.,  19. 

Neal     12     45     46    59  379;  Richard,  183,  379;  Coney,     Peregrine,     219; 

77,    78,  107,  378, '393';  Sfc- 5i''^''^'o^-,l' ^-.^f^'"'  ^  ^"^^^  ^^'"t^J?^-   /xt     ^^ 

Dr   Thaddeus  W     534  ^^^''  ^^°^-'  ^^^'  ^m.,  Connell,     Kitty     (Hood), 

??J'     I?'''^'^^'^'..^^^'  Coates,    Ann, '454;    Dr.,  Conn^'er,  Jas.,  444. 

440;     Mrs.    Ihaddeus,  454  Conjuror's   Disappoint- 

440;  Thos.,   446,    535;  Cochran,  Miss,  407.  ment,  103. 

Mrs.  Thomas,  410;  Mrs.  Cochrane,  Clara,  460.  Connand,  Mr.,  123. 


INDEX. 


Conner,  Carrie,  100.  S»^ 

Conners,  John,  211. 

Conrad,  Mrs.  Sallie,  152. 

Constable,  Henry,  40,  197. 

Constant  Friendship,  162. 

Constitution  of  United 
States,  250. 

Constitution  (new),  280. 

Contee,  Alice  Lee,  265; 
Eliza  G.,  172;  Chas.  S., 
202;  Jane,  156;  John, 
273,  316,  362,  363;  Mrs., 
265;Maj.  Richard,  363- 
Rich'd  Alex.,  172;  Sal- 
lie  (Fendall),  265;  Col. 
Thos.,  47,  156,  265. 

Contees,  363. 

Coode,  John,  33,  55,  57, 
162,  165,  171,  190; 
Rev.  John,  193. 

Cooke  or  Cook,  Miss  Ann 
Marie,  250;  Mrs.  Benj., 
494;  Benj.  D.,  394; 
Ellen  Dall,  525;  Miss, 
369;  Margt.,  322,  455.; 
Mrs.  Rachel,  405;  Dr. 
S.  J.,  135,  322,  455; 
Mr.  Thos.,  443,  469, 
494;  Wm.,  75. 

Cooksville,  469,  474. 

Cooper,  Peter,  267. 

Cooper's  Lot,  352. 

Copley,  Sir  Lionel,  162, 
191,  501. 

Copley,  Gov.,  104. 

Coppage,  Wm.,  487; 
Sarah,  487. 

Cottage  or  Welcome  Here, 
148. 

Cotton,  Mrs.,  160. 

Cooley,  James.,  327. 

Cooper,  Sarah,  58. 

Cootrall,  Sam'l,  470. 

Cordwell,  132. 

Corey,  Ann  Maria,  543. 

CornwaUis,  231,  232,  233, 
234,  236,  238,  310; 
Capt.  Thomas,  28;  Sec- 
retary, 38. 

Cotter,  Sarah,  172,  173; 
Wm.,  172,  383. 

Cotter's  Desire,  173. 

Coulter,  N.  L.,  97;  Han- 
nah Mifflin,  443,  473. 

Council  of  Safety,  99,  216, 
221,  224,  225. 

Council  Proceedings,  16, 
81,  140. 

County  Boundries,  34,  35, 
36,  37. 


Coursey,  Mr.,  23;  Henry, 
26,  27,  219;  Wm.,  43; 
Col.,  101,  163,  165. 

Courtney,  Prof.,  436. 

Crawford,  Harriet,  417; 
Howard,  407 ;  Louisa 
Sophia,  407. 

Covenanter,  101. 

Covell,  John,  13. 

Covington,  Sarah,  203. 

Cowan,  Thos.,  99;  Hen- 
rietta, 99. 

Coward,  Sallie,  359;  Thos., 
359. 

Cowman,  Joseph,  201, 
202;  Jos.  E.,  202;  Mary, 
C,  363;  Richard,  97; 
Richard  H.,  95;  Thos., 
97. 

Cox,  James,  13,  14,  37; 
C.  C,  251,  286,  287. 

Coie,  Miss  E.,  251. 

Crabb,  Eliz.  Ridgely,  411; 
Henry  Wright,  362; 
Gen.  Jer.,  350,  362; 
Rich'd,  257. 

Craddock,  Ann,  148;  Dr. 
Thos.,  242. 

Craggs,  198. 

Craig,  Jane,  149;  Wm.  T., 
149. 

Crapster,  Alice,  450,  453; 
Alice  P.,  449;  Anna  P., 
449;  Abraham,  405, 
449;  Ann  M.,  449;  Basil 
W.,  449;  Mrs.  Basil, 
450;  Basil  Dorsey, 
449;    Basil,    398,    405, 

449,  453;  Bowie,  450, 
453;  Emma,  450,  453; 
Ernest,  450,  453;  Mrs. 
Eleanor,  415;  Eleanor, 

450,  453;  Eliz.  C,  449; 
Ellen  P.,  449;  EUz. 
Dorsey,  453;  Gustavus, 
449;  Harriet,  398,  449; 
Hannah,  405;  Jas.,  449; 
Mrs.  John  G.,  453;  J.  J., 
449;  J.  W.,  449;  John, 
398,  449,  450;  J.  Oneal, 
449  ;  Mortimer  Dorsey, 
442,  449,  540,  453; 
Mortimer,  450 ;  Mary, 
B.,  450,  453;  P.  Jones, 
449;  Rob't  G.,  450, 
453;  Rhodolphus,  449, 
450,  453;  Sarah  T., 
449;  T.  G.,  449;  Thad- 
deus,  449,  450;  Thad- 
deus,    Jr.,    453;    Wm., 


398,  450;  Wm.  C,  450; 
Rev.  Wm.,  452,  465; 
W.W.,449;W.  B.,  449. 

Crawford,  Harriet,  417; 
Howard,  407 ;  Louisa 
Sophia,  407;  Miss,  440; 
Mr.,  33;  Dr.,  468. 

Creager,  Alcinda  Savidge, 
376 ;  Caroline  Broad- 
bent,  376 ;  Ephriam, 
376;  T.Noble,  95;  Vir- 
ginia, 95,  376;  Major 
Noble,  376;  Frank,  376; 
George,  376 ;  Manilla 
Markey,  376;Mrs.,  437. 

Creaghs  Enlargement, 
404,  406. 

Cresap,  Michael,  310; 
Thos.,  208. 

Crittenden,  Sophia,  359. 

Crockett,  Mary,  402;  Mary 
(Coale),402;  John,  402, 
405. 

Cromwell,  18,  20,  26,  27, 
29,  60;  Alexander,  60; 
Benedict,  60;  Eliz.,  60; 
Eliza,  60;  Hannah,  147; 
John,  49;  John  Ham- 
mond, 60,  61;  John  W., 
61;  Joshua,  223,  327; 
Miss,  528;  Mary,  60; 
Mary  Hammond  Dor- 
sey, 60;  Matilda,  60; 
Mary  Kennedy,  361; 
Oliver,  60;  Rich.,  67, 
132,  159;  Mrs.  Richard, 
182,  495;  Thos.,  60; 
Rebecca,  60,  61;  Vin- 
cent, 60;  Venetia,  60; 
Woolguist,  60. 

Cromniller,  377;  L.  Page, 
540. 

Crook,  Gen.  Geo.,  476; 
Margt.,  476. 

Croome,  415. 

Cross,  Thos.,  389. 

Cross,  Col.  Truman,  440. 

Crouch,  26;  WiUiam,  6, 
10,  38,  75,  136. 

Crouchfield,  374. 

Crouchley,  Lydia,  158; 
Ruth,  85;  Thos.,  85, 
158;  Mrs.  Thos.,  74. 

Crow,  Joshua,  463. 

Crowder,  Mrs.  Deborah, 
467;  Rev.  Frank  War- 
field,  467;  Dr.  Francis, 
467. 

Crowley,  Pat.  496. 

Crownsville,  83. 


INDEX. 


XI 


Crow's  Mill,  35. 

Crown  Colony,  57. 

Croxall,  Miss,  527;  Rich- 
ard, 527. 

Crump,  Rob't,  400. 

Cugle,  Fannie,  160. 

CuUen,  T.  S.,  290. 

Cumber,  Capt.  John,  29. 

Cumberland,  Duke  of,  200; 
Fire,  269. 


Daily  Record,  301. 

Dallas,  Dr.  L.  J.,  478. 

Dalrymple,  James  Duke, 
322,  455;  Mary,  135, 
455. 

Dameste,  Col.  Bentelow, 
418;  Eliz.,  418. 

Daniel,  Eliz.,  383. 

Daniel  Tanner's  Creek,  56. 

D.  A.  R.,  435. 

D'Arcy,  397  (see  Dorsey). 

Darcy  (Dorsey),  57,  75, 
175,  397. 

Dare,  Mrs.,  430. 

Dare,  Gideon,  223;  John, 
202. 

Damall  or  Darnell,  Henry, 
434;  Mary,  503,  Rachel, 
503. 

Darnell,  Col.,  163;  Elea- 
nor, 55_;  Eleanor  Brooke 
55;  Henry,  47,  54,  55, 
im,  205,  501,  503; 
John,  54;  Mary,  47,  55, 
501;  Miss,  54;  Robert, 
55. 

Darnall's  Groves,  135. 

Dame,  Alexander  Han- 
son, 382;  Anne,  382; 
Ella,  382;  John,  382; 
Mr.,  382;  Wm.,  382. 

Dasey,  Sarah,  76;  Jos.,  76. 

Dashiell,  Sallie,  100;  Jane, 
256;  Sam'l  K.,  540. 

Daughety,  Chas.,  135;  Mrs. 
Chas.,  515,  517;  Mary, 
135. 

Davidge,  Ann,  87,  350; 
Anna  Marie,  396;  Alex., 
126;  Chas.,  87;  Dinah, 
85,  126,  350;  Dinah 
Warfield,  126;  Frank, 
395,  396;  Mrs.  Honor, 
386;  Henry,  369;  Joan- 
na, 396;  John,  176,369, 


Cumming  or  Cummings, 
Araminta,  404,  407 ; 
David,  407;  Eliz.  470; 
487;  John,  407;  Margt., 
407;  Mrs.  Margaret, 
107,  406;  Mary,  404, 
406;  Sarah  C,  481,487; 
Wm.,  77,  406,  476,  481; 
Wm.,  Sr.,  404. 

Cummings,  Bishop,  382, 
403;  Nich.,  487;  Gen. 
Wm.,  470. 

D 

396,  408,  485;  Dr.  John, 
369;  Dr.  John  Beale, 
395;  Rachel  Warfield, 
350;  Rob't,  350,  485; 
Mrs.  Rob't,  85;  Rob't, 
Cunningham,  396;  Sar- 
ah, 485;  Walter,  396; 
Wm.,  396. 

Davidson,  198;  James, 
329;  John,  221;  Matilda 
Davidson,  329. 

Davies,  Bettie,  467;  Major 
Jacob,  323. 

Davis,  198,  356;  Allen 
Bowie,  114,  420,  440 
Gen.  Allen  Bowie,  114 
Mrs.  Allen  Bowie,  495 
Amos,  114,  222,  422 
Betsy,  114,  422;  Caleb 
84,  114,  115,  218,  349 
492;  Mrs.  Caroline,  379 
Eldred  Griffith,  115 
Emma,  454;  Eliz.,  114 
115,  133,  422,  438,  450 
Eliz.  (Gaither),  114 
Eldred  Griffith,  349 
Ely,  115;Ephraim,  114 
387;  Mrs.  Ehpraim,  420 
Fanny,    320;    Francis 

114,  115,  345,  420;  Dr 
Frank,  115;  George 
115;  Harvey,  115;  Hon 
Henry  G.,  115, 376,  489 
492;  Hon.  Henry  Win- 
ter, 116,  323,  324 
Henry,  Sr.,  107;  Henry 

115,  116,  356;  Rev 
Henry  Lym,  323 ;  Hest- 
er, 114;  Ichabod,  115 
Jane,  116;  Jane  Winter 
323 ;  Jabez  Pierpoint 
356;  Jefferson,  284; 
John,  43,  114,  115,350 
Mary,  114,  115,  350 
356;   Mrs.    Mary,    115 


Cummings  Farm,  404, 407. 
Cummings  Bower,  407. 
Cunningham,  Jno.,  76. 
Curten,  198. 

Curtis,   Geo.  Washington 
Park,  316;  Jas.  A.,  539. 
Curtis  Creek,  498. 
Custis,  Edmund,  143. 
Cut,  Capt.,  24,  25. 
Cuts,  John,  26. 


Mary  Dorsey,  114;  Mr., 
10;  Mrs.,  474;  Mary, 
Riggs,  350;  Nicholas, 
115;  Prof.,  116;  Rebec- 
ca, 114;Rich'd,  84,  114, 
115,  133,392,  538;  Rob- 
ert, 114,  115,  320,  356, 
432,  492;  Rob't,  Sr., 
115;  Rob't  Paine,  326; 
Ruth,  84,  90,  114,  115; 
Ruth  (Warfield),  133; 
Sam'l,  114;  Mrs.  Sam'l 
G.,  454;  Sarah,  114, 
115,  348;  Thos.,  Jr., 
114;  Thomas,  6,  13,  84, 
90,  113,  114,  115,  116, 
348,  356,  420,  438,  492; 
Sir  Thomas,  113;  Wm., 
114,  115,  116,  349;  W., 
538;  Zachariah,  115. 

Davis  Addition,  114. 

Davis  Pasture,  384. 

Davistone,  114. 

Dawley,  Adelaide,  455 ; 
Adelaide  C,  454;  John, 
454,  455;Mary  E.,  454, 
531;  Tonnie,  455,  532. 

Dawson,  Chas.,  382;  Hen- 
rietta, 382;  MoUie,  382; 
Nicholas,  382;  Capt. 
Sam'l,  382;  Thomas, 
382;  Wm.,  382;. 

Day,  Sen.  Geo.  Dorsey, 
432;  Geo.  D.,  488,  538; 
Lucinda,488;Mrs.,432, 
433;  Joshua,  432,  488; 
Richard,  6;  Sam'l,  201; 
Sarah,  60;  Wm.,  134, 
488;  Wm.  T.,  539; 
Judge,  Wm.,  432,  436. 

Day's  Discovery,  109. 

Deakins,  Mr.  Francis,  237. 

Deale,  Miss  Ann  E.,  130; 
Franklin,  202;  Capt. 
James,  130. 


Xll 


INDEX. 


Dearing,  John,  108. 
Deaver,  Edw.,  9. 
De  Barrette,  Barbara,  320. 
De  Calb,  Maj.  Gen'l,  241. 
Declaration     of     Remon- 
strance, 101. 
De    Courcy,   Col.    Henry, 

254;  Sarah,  254. 
De  Coursey,  43;  Family, 

254. 
Deep  Creek,  217. 
Deep  Falls,  269. 
Deer  Creek  Pt.,  179. 
Deer  Park,  442. 
De  Geofray,  Louis,  360. 
Degrasse,  Count,  234. 
Dela  Brooke,  17,  268,  269, 

270  321. 
De  la'Serre,  M.,  186;  Re- 
becca, 186. 
Delashmutt,     Anna,     88 ; 

Betsy,  88;  Elias,  88. 
De  Launay,  Jud.  Gustav- 

us,  383,  Moselle,  383. 
Dela  Vincendire,  Adelaide 

B.,  280. 
De  la  Ware,  Lord,  434. 
Delaware     Bottom,     399, 

487. 
Delaware    Hundred,     77, 

4'32,  485,  487. 
Deme,  Anne,  103. 
Denison,  Mary   (Carroll), 

467;       Rebecca,      467; 

Rob't,  65,  467. 
Dennis,    Mrs.    Col.    226; 

Fanny,  528;  Geo.,  R., 

290. 
Denny,  John,  317. 
Dent,   Barbara,   48,    103; 

Rebecca      (Wilkinson) , 

48;   Col.    Thomas,    48; 

Wm.,  219. 
Denton,  John  A.,  537,  540; 

Vachel,  72,  157,  207. 
Denune,  Dr.  Wm.,  105. 
Denwood,  Mary,  340,  483. 
Deserts,  The,  432. 
Devries,  A.  C,  489;  Rev. 

B.    F.,    489;   Carolyne, 

A.,     468;     Cora,     489; 

Henry  O.,  488,  489,539, 

540;  Judge  H.  O.,  524; 

Mrs.   H.  O.,  486,  488; 

Martha,    489 ;    Newton 

W.,     489;    Saib,     488; 

Sarah,  489. 
Dexterity,  152,  478. 
Diamond,  30. 
"Diana,"  45. 


Dick,  198;  Joseph,  173; 
381;  James,  198,  201; 
Margt.,  198;  Mr.,  438, 
446. 

Dickerson,  Eliz.,  541;  Sar- 
ah, 376. 

Dickey,  Mrs.,  465;  Wm. 
J.,  465. 

Dickinson,  Chas.,  175; 
Mrs.,  349. 

Dieudonne,  Mrs.  Juliana 
Jenings,  157. 

Digges,  Col.,  190;  Gov. 
Edward,  55 ;  John 
(Road),  36;  Miss  Mary, 
226;  Col.  Wm.,  55. 

Diligent  Search,  130. 

Dinah's  Beaver  Dam,  169. 

Discovery,  72,  386,  388, 
431. 

Disney,  Chas.  F.,  419. 

Dispute  Ended,  439,  489. 

Ditty,  C.  Irving,  324;  Geo. 
T.,  324. 

Divine,  Rev.,  219. 

Dixon,  Mr.,  113;  John, 
202. 

Dobbin,  Josephine,  494; 
Judge,  494;  Rob't,  494; 
Rob't  A.,  540;  Wm.  B., 
494. 

Dodon,  93. 

Doll,  Eleanor,  395. 

Donaldson,  Dr.  Frank, 
341 ;  Johnson,  341 ; 
John  J.,  341,  539;  Oli- 
ver, 158;  Susanah,  86; 
Thos.,  341,  540. 

Done,  John,  316. 

Donnahoo,  Patrick,  389. 

Donmer,  449. 

Donovan,  Eachel,  149. 

Doodridge,  Harriott,  105. 

Dorsey,  Achsah,  62,  63, 
123,  159,  353,  390,  391, 

405,  417,  467,  496,  527, 
528:  Achsah  R.,  491, 
496;  Adele,  449;  Alex., 
344;  Alfred,  386;  Alice 
P.,  449;  Agustus,  480; 
A.   J.,   66;  Allen,   346, 

406,  462,  463,  464,  465, 
469 ;  Amanda,  408 ;  Mrs. 
Alverda,  389 ;  Amelia, 
356,  437;  Amos,  152, 
353,  369,  382,  402,  403, 
417;  Angela,  408;  Ann, 
58,  147,  345,  346,  347, 
352,  353,  362,  367,  379, 
398,  437,  444,  449,  484; 


Ann  Ehz.,  494;  Ann 
Eliza,  396;  Ann  Eliza 
S.,  382;  Ann  Gwynn, 
391 ;  Ann  Hammond, 
152;  Anna  M.,  395; 
Anna,  347;  Anna  Nich- 
olson, 161;  Mrs.  Ann 
Poole,  398 ;  Aim  Owings 
490;  Ann  Ridgely,  380, 
390;  Ann  Ridgely, 
151,  153,  362;  Anne,  66, 
151,  345,  392,  403,  449, 
480;  Mrs.  Ann  M.,  391; 
Miss  Anna  Vernon,  396; 
Ann  Welsh,  400;  Ann 
Warfield,  346 ;  Anne 
W.,  346;  Aquilla,  350, 
352 ;  Mrs.  Araminta,404 ; 
Araminta  Cumming, 
407;  Archibald,  344, 
480;  Dr.  Archibald,  343; 
Ariana,  343,  346,  347, 
437;  Ariana  (Owings), 
467;  Basil,  62,  63,  153, 
342,  343,  366,  370,  389, 
393,  401,  404,  405,  407, 
411,  432;  Judge  Basil, 
404,  405,  434;  Basil,  Jr., 
405;  Basil  B.,  407;  Basil 
W.,  407;  Bartus,  66; 
Beale,  399;  Belmont, 
176;Benedict,  346,  347, 
412;  Benjamin,  58,  347, 
366,  391,  397,  399,  401, 
406,  479,  480,  481,  482, 
524,  530;Benj.H.,538; 
Bessie,  347;  Betsy  G., 
484;  Bros.,  478;  Byron, 
464;  Caleb,  56,61,  62, 
63,  66,  67,  84,  122, 
128,  148,  151,  221, 
222,  259,  339,  340, 
341,  349,  383,  386,  387, 
390,  391,  392,  393,  402, 
403,  430,  433,  434,  435, 
441,  442,  467,  482,  493, 
494,  527;  Caleb,  Jr., 
222,  391,  494;  Col. 
Caleb  (will),  344;  Caleb, 
of  "Belmont,"  342; 
Capt.,  263,  337,  358, 
381,  382,  414;  Caroline, 
341,  346,  482;  Carrie, 
453,  464;  Catherine, 
153,  367,  398,  437,  451, 
452;Cath.  Ridgely,  356; 
Cecelia  L.,  408;  Chas., 
58,  62,  259,  327,  345; 
346,  394,  395,  396,  437, 
441;Chas.  G.,  399,  400; 


INDEX. 


xin 


Chas.  H.,367;Chas.  K, 

61;  Chas.  N.  W.,  400; 
Chas.  R.,  496;  Col. 
Chas.  S.  W.,  421,  495, 
496;  Chas.  W.,  148,283, 
408,  409,  430,  465,  494, 
526;  Claggett  Warfield, 
404;  Clare,  408;  Clar- 
ence, 449 ;  Clarissa,  386, 
484;  Claude,  353;  Clem- 
ent, 316;  Judge  Clem- 
ent, 396;  Col.,  436, 
442;  Comfort,  59,  61, 
107,  114,  495,  496;  Mrs. 
Comfort,  59;  Comfort 
A.,  494;  Corbin,  405; 
Cordelia,  404,  405;  Miss 
Cornelia,  396;  Daniel, 
343,  344  402,  442,  480, 
481;  Dan'l  A.,  407; 
Dan'l  Howard,  404; 
Darius,  398,  438;  Da- 
than,  396;  David  Alex., 
406;  Deborah,  62,  67, 
343,  399,  401,  402,  403, 
417,  429,  479,  480,  481; 
Mrs.  Deborah,  479;  De- 
borah Lydia,  403;  De- 
borah M.,  478;  Deborah 
Lydia  Ridgely,  382, 
383;  Dennis,  343,  396, 
431,  438,  464;  Dinah 
(Warfield),  386;  Edith, 
353;  Edgar  A.,  465; 
E.  J.,  483,  484;  Ed- 
mund, 481,  537,  539; 
Edward,  11,  30,  40,  42, 
49,  51,  55,  56,  57,  58, 
59,  61,  62,  63,  66,  67, 
68,75,91,110,140,161, 
167,  169,  171,  175,  177, 
190,  193,  194,  196,  197, 
211,  218,  219,  222,  268, 
331,  332,  338,  340,  341, 
342,  345,  348,  375,  381, 
390,  391,  392,  393,  394, 
395,  396,  397,  398,  399, 
400,  402,  408,  432,  436, 
451,  457,  458,  464,  471, 
478,  479,  480,  481,  482, 
483,  484,  485,  487,  490, 
530;  Edward,  Jr.,  345, 
393, 394;  Edward  Bates, 
396;  Edw.  G.,  484;  Ed- 
ward H.,  340,  483;  Ed- 
ward Stanhope,  400 ; 
Col.  Edward,  of  "Ma- 
jor's Choice,"  345; 
Edwin,  408;  Eleanor 
(Warfield),     123,     151, 


366;  Elisha,  61;  EUza, 
346,  382,  396,  403, 
406,  457;  EHza  S., 
403;  Elias,  482,  483; 
Eli,    402,    404;   Elinor, 

390,  402;  Eleanor,  49, 
63,  66,  67,  99,  340,  341, 
342,  343,  346;  Eliza- 
beth, 43,  60,  65,  66,  93, 
147,  151,  341,  343,  344, 

345,  346;  347,  348,  353, 
367,  386,  389,  390,  391, 
392,  394,  395,  398,  400, 
401,  402,  403,  406,  407, 
408,  417,  418,  429,  437, 
439,  444,  449,  452,  458, 
480,  482,  484,  491 ;  Mrs. 
Eliz.,  401,  402,  530; 
Eliz.  Ann,  404;  Eliz. 
Burgess,  390;  EHz. 
Duer,  408;  EHz.  H.,  66, 

346,  482;  Eliz.  M.,  404; 
Eliz.  Ridgely,  402;  Eliz. 
W.,  403,  464,  495;  Ely, 
67,  222,  343,  390,  394, 
395,  398,  400,  402,  403, 

404,  407,  429,  464,  465, 
480,  491;  Ely,  Sr.,  221, 
478;  Ely,  Jr.,  404;  Mrs. 
Ely,  407;  Ella  Loraine, 
408;  Ellen,  382;  EUen 
Worthington,  403;  Em- 
ily, 347;  Emma,  408; 
E.  R.,  66,  346,  482; 
Ernest,  353;  Evaline, 
66;  Evalina  A.,  382; 
Evaline  Mary,  346 ; 
Evoline,     403;     Evan, 

405,  434;  Evan,  Jr.,  405, 
434;  Evie,  360;  Ezra, 
386,  480;  Francis,  58, 
60,  345;  Frank,  61,464; 
Frederick,  61 ;  Dr.  Fred- 
erick, 464;  Florence, 
408 ;  Galen,  406 ;  George, 

391,  417,  437,  468;  Geo. 
W.,  347,  391;  Geo.  W., 
Jr.,    347;    Dr.    Grafton 
Duvall,     396;     Green- 
berry,  59,  60,  61;  Gus- 
tavus,  464;  Dr.  G.  Vol- 
ney ,     60 ;     Hammond 
341,  390,  391,  392,  492 
Hamner,  464;  Hannah 
436,  472;  Hanson,  408 
442;  Dr.  Hanson,  408 
409;Harrison,  382,  403 
Harry,  449;  Harry  C. 
480;  Dr.  Harry  W.,  406 
Harry  Woodward,  405, 


406;  Harriet,  182,  343, 
346,  398,  404,  405,  449 
484;  Harriett  Warfield, 
369;  H.  Baker,  539; 
Henrietta,  153,  181, 
353,  408,  437,  465;  Hen- 
rietta A.,  152;  Henriet- 
ta L.,  434;  Henrietta 
M.,  67,  218;  Henrietta 
S.,  464;  Henry,  93,  153, 
327,  345,  346,  347,  362, 
368,  388,  393,  406,  408, 
411,  439,  457,  464,  484; 
Dr.  Henry,  442;  Henry 
C,  399;  Henry,  Hall, 
346;  Henry  HiU,  340; 
Henry  W.,  405,  528; 
Hester,  360;  Honor,  66, 
385,  408,  483,  488; 
Honor  Elder,  398,  432, 
458,  472;  Honor  How- 
ard, 353,  408;  How- 
ard, 408,  409;  Hum- 
phrey, 360,  441;  Capt. 
Ignatius,  406;  Mrs.  Ig- 
natius, 434;  Isaac,  346; 
Isabel!,  409;  James,  61, 
113,  341,  484;  Jas.  M., 
60,  396,-  416;  Jas.  W., 
404;  Jane,  59,  391; 
Jemima,  398,  408.  471 ; 
John,  30,  40,  57,  58,  59, 
60,  61,  62,  63,  66,  72, 
75,  107,  167,  175,  178, 
179,  194,  221,  222,  224, 
268,  327,  337,  338,  341, 
342,  346,  347,  367,  381, 
385,  389,  390,  391,  392, 
393,  394,  395,  396,  397, 

398,  400,  402,  404,  406," 
410,  414,  416,  421,  432, 
433,  435,  436,  437,  440, 
441,  442,  449,  451,  464, 
471,  472,  478,  480,  483, 
484,  489,  490,  491; 
John,  Jr.,  400,  401; 
John  A.,  349,  360,  441, 
539;  Mrs.  John  A.,  440; 
John  H.,  59,  60,   377, 

399,  400,  412;  John,  L., 
Jr.,  434;  John  R.,  539; 
Judge  John  R.,  480; 
John  S.,  479,  480;  John 
W.,  148,  151,  182,  403, 
496,  539;  Dr.  John  W., 
436;  Johnsa,  481,  482, 
483,  487;  Patuxant 
John,  391, 397, 400,  405, 
406,  528,  530;  Severn 
John,  222,  327;  Sheriff 


XIV 


INDEX. 


John,  406,  407,  480; 
Joshua,  30,  56,  57,  58, 
59,  61,  66,  70,  72,  79, 
107,  151,  153,  175, 
344,  345,  346,  352, 
353,  379,  390,  393,  397, 

406,  412,  433,  435,  437, 
441,  482;  Josiah,  405; 
Joshua  Warfield,  369, 
386,  406,  539;  Jon.  M., 
480;  Jos.,  484;  Jos.  W., 
416;  Judge,  405,  430; 
Julia,  437,  468;  Julia 
A.,  403,  483,  486;  Juliet, 
343;  J.  W.,  391,  416, 
464,  494,  495,  526;  J. 
W.,  Jr.,  496;  Kate,  382; 
403,  464;  Lacon,  58; 
Lacon  (Larkin) ,  345 ; 
Larkin,  391, 392 ;  Lance- 
lot, 394,  395,  396,  398, 
417,  429,  438,  439; 
Laura,  360,  382,  403, 
467;  Laura  Lee,  407; 
Lavinia,  441 ;  Levin, 
478,  479,  481,  482,  487; 
Leroy,  H.,  404;  Lizzie, 
347;  Lloyd,  353,  407; 
409;  Lloyd  E.,  152,353; 
Lucretia,  93,  450,  467; 
Mrs.  Lucretia  A.,  400; 
Lucretia  (Brown),  390; 
Lucy,  401,  404,  407, 
408,  464,  480;  Lucy 
Harrison,  409 ;  Lorenzo, 
408;  Louise,  406,  409, 
474;  Louis,  407;  Luke 
T.,  399;  Luthur,  480; 
Mrs.  Lydia,  399;  Lydia 
Ridgely,  403;  Lydia 
Talbot,  398;  Lydia 
Watkins,  400;  Major, 
11,  57,  163;  Maria,  407 
437,  464,  480,  482,  487 
Mariah,  404;  Marie,  396 
Marion  B.,  409;  Marg- 
aret, 58,  341,  346,  406, 
407;  M.  B.,  174;  Miss 
Marg't  B.,  441;  Marg't 
(Boone),  379,  421; 
Marg't  Harrison,  346; 
Marg't  Sprigg,  346 ;  Ma- 
tilda, 343, 344,  360,  386, 
403,  437,  482,  484,  487; 
Martha,  418;  Mary,  65, 
66,  129,  178,  340,  341, 
342,  343,  346,  353,  360, 
369,  383,  384,  392,  396, 
399,  402,  403,  404,  406, 

407,  409,  479,  487,  495; 


Mary  Ann,  471;  Mary 
Ann  Jones,  369,  406, 
525;  Mary  B.,  392; 
Mary  C,  402;  Mary  E., 
66,  464,  467;  Mary  G., 
382,403,  408,  409;  Mary 
H.,  60,  484;  Mary  M., 
440;  Mary  Ridgely,  346, 
439;  Mary  Tolley,  283, 
494;  Mary  Virginia,  407; 
Mary  Warfield,  367; 
Maude  T.,  404;  Mel- 
villa,  408;  Michael,  49, 
174,  222,  327,  345,  393, 
397,  398,  408,  409,  439, 
458,  464;  Mrs.  Michael, 
408;  Michael,  Jr.,  398, 
408;  Michael,  3rd,  386, 
408;  Michael,  4th,  409; 
Michael  Lloyd,  408; 
Milcah,  176,  342;  Mor- 
timer, 386,  442,  449; 
Mr.  &  Mrs.,  354,  396, 
465;  Nancy,  418;  Nan- 
nie, 408;  Nathan,  167, 
398, 489, 491 ;  Napoleon, 
382,  403;  Nathaniel, 
.268;  NeUie,  152;  Nich- 
olas, 43,  58,  61,  93,  147, 
151,  343,  344,  345,  346, 
347,  348,  349,  352,  353, 
357,  386,  393,  397,  399, 
400,  403,  408,  464,  467  ;s 
Nicholas,  S.  61;  Nich- 
olas W.,  386;  Nimrod, 
482,  487,  488;  Nimrod 
B.,  480;  Dr.  N.  G.  R., 
490;  Noah,  3.53,  354, 
386;  Oner,  407;  Or- 
lando Griffith,  399; 
Otho,  402;  Rev.  Owen, 
61;  Owen,  313,  344,  408, 
409,  481;  Judge  Owen, 
353,  407;  Patience,  59, 
71;  Peggy,  407;  Peggy 
Hill,  342;  Peregrine,  61; 
Philip,  221,  222;  Philip 
H.,  61,  181;  Phoebe, 
345;  Philemon,  345, 
346,  352,  353,  356,  398, 
405,  406,  417,  432,  433, 
437,  438,  449,  451,  452, 
467,494,  529;Plesance, 
62;  Polly,  464;  Pottin- 
ger,  406;  President,  465; 
Presley  W.,  464;  Pris- 
ciUa,  176,259,341,342; 
Providence  (Lane),  61; 
Pulaski,  382,  539; 
Judge    Pulaski,    403; 


Rachel,  345,  360,  406, 
437,  479,  482;  Rachel 
G.,  93;  Rachel  H.,  401; 
Rachel  L.,  405;  Rachel 
R.,  401;  Ralph,  113, 
368,  369,  406;  Rebecca, 
61,  259,  342,  391,  392, 

439,  484;  Rebecca  C, 
495;  Rebecca  H.,  421, 
496;  Reuben,  182,  386, 

440,  496,  539;  Dr.  Reu- 
ben M.,  61 ;  Judge  Reub- 
en M.,  61,  158;  Mrs. 
Reuben  M.,  61,  391, 
491;  R.  M.,  494;  Rezin 
H.,  482;  Rhesaw,  479, 
481;  Rhoderick,  464; 
Richard,  62,  63,  65,  66, 
86,  102,  161,  346,  349, 
538,  363,  386,  390,  391, 
392,  394,  395,  396,  397, 
417,  438,  440,  441,  442, 
449,  474;  Dr.  Richard, 
379,  403,  441,  442;  Mrs. 
Richard,  474;  Rich'd 
Brooke,  396;  Rich'dH., 
442;Rinaldo,  406;  Rin- 
aldo  (Warfield),  369; 
Dr.  Rob't,  341 ;  Robert, 
347,  391,  395,  483,  484; 
Rob't  E.,  396;  Rosalie, 
409;  Ruth,  49,  96,  346, 
394,  398,  400,  414,  464, 
465,  480,  482,  490,  491, 
530;  Ruth  Berry,  349; 
Mrs.  Ruth  G.,  448; 
Ruth  L.,  398;  Ruth 
Talbot,  400;  Ruth 
(Todd),  398,  408,  458; 
Rutha,  431;  R.  W., 
404,  526;  SaUie,  283, 
392,  482,  496;  Sallie 
Ann,  494;  Sallie  H., 
390;  Sally,  390;  Samuel, 
58,  59,  62,  66,  77,  122, 
123,  222,  223,  340,  341, 
401,  405,  406,  437,  464, 
483,  484,  490,  491,  496; 
Mrs.  Sam'l,  528;  Sam'l 
O.,  464;  Sam'l  Thos., 
404,  407;  Sarah,  49,  59, 
60,  342,  343,  346,  347, 
349,  353,  360,  370,  381, 
385,  396,  397,  398,  400, 
406,  407,  408,  411,  434, 
437,  440,  441,  480,  493; 
Sarah  G.,  93,  394,  399; 
Mrs.  Sarah  Hammond, 
392;  Sarah  H.,  483; 
Sarah  M.,    151;   Sarah 


INDEX. 


XV 


(Todd),  75,  382,  396, 
398,  441,  478;  Sarah 
(Worthington),  370, 
389;     Sarah     (Wyatt), 

58,  91,  457;  Dr.  Septi- 
mus, 442 ;  Shepherd, 
446;  Sophia,  62, 63, 346, 

391,  479,  480,  490; 
Stephen,  441 ;  Sen. 
Stephen,  405;  Stephen 
B.,  360,  441,  467,  537; 
Stephen  B.,  Jr.,  441; 
Susan,  404,  405,  432, 
434,  487;  Susannah, 
434,  482;  S.  W.,  496; 
Tamer,  347;  Theo.  343, 
344;  Thaddeus,  449; 
Thomas,  80,  221,  222, 
223,  224,  342,  343,  344, 
346,  347,  353,  357,  367, 
368,  370,  379,  388,  395, 
396,  399,  412,  439,  442, 
464,  494;  Mrs.  Thos., 
344,  386;  Thos.  B.,  63, 
147,  151,  169,  217,  316, 
407,  441,  493,  495,  528; 
Chief  Justice  Thos. 
Beale,  114;  Thos.  B., 
Jr.,  151,  342,  405,  496; 
Mrs.  T.  B.,  491;  Thos. 
Edward,  61;  Thos.  H., 
346;Thos.  W.,  Jr.,  404; 
Thos.  W.,  404;  Tibitha, 
405;  Tristram  Shandy, 
353;  Upton,  389,  405, 
407;  Upton  Wallace, 
407;Urith,  482;Vachel, 
66,  169,  346,  394,  395, 
398,  405,  449,  478,  481, 
482,  483,  485,  487,  488, 
490,  491;  Vachel,  Jr., 
346;  Vernon,  406;  Mrs. 
Vernon,    396;   Venetia, 

59,  60;  Vincent,  59,  60; 
Vincent  Cromwell,  60; 
Virginia,  409,  464;  Vir- 
ginia Mitchell,  408; 
Walter,  395,  469,  480, 
487,  538;  Walter  Eli, 
404;  Warfield,  409; 
Washington,  346,  408; 
Washington,  Jr.,  408; 
Wilbur,  353;  Rev.  Wm., 
480;  William,  346,  347, 
363,  390,  391,392,  404; 
405,  407,  408,  409,  435, 
449,  480;  Mrs.  Wm., 
447;  Wm.  Alex.,  404; 
407;  Wm.  Baker,  391, 

392,  540;    Wm.    Clag- 


gett,  407;  Wm.  Han- 
son, 409;  Wm.  H.  G., 
495;  Wm.  H.,  346,  391, 

396,  464;  Mrs.  Wm.  H. 
G.,  494;  Wm.  Henry 
Harrison,  346;  Wm.  J., 
396;  Wm.  H.  Freeman, 
341;  Wm.  Lloyd,  408, 
409;Wm.  N.,  464;Wm. 
R.,  62,  416,  464;  Wm. 
Thos.,  360;  Wm.  Wat- 
son, 392;  Worthington, 
464. 

Dorsey's  Addition,  345. 
Dorsey's    Addition    to 

Thomas'  Lot,  381,  439. 
Dorsey's    Adventure,    62, 

393,  394,  395  . 
Dorsey's  Angles,  346. 
Dorsey's    Burial    Ground, 

62,  353. 
Dorsey's  Creek,  11,  56. 
Dorsey's  Dexterity,  481. 
Dorsey's  Dilemma,  483. 
Dorsey's  Forge,  497. 
Dorsey's  Friendship,  387, 

398,  471. 
Dorsey's  Gain,  168. 
Dorsey's  Grove,  385,  386, 

397,  431,  432,  435,  436, 
441,  469. 

Dorsey's  Hall,  400,  404, 
429. 

Dorsey's  Hills,  346. 

Dorsey's  Inheritance,  395. 

Dorsey's  Interest,  481. 

Dorsey's  Invasion,  481, 
483,  484. 

Dorsey's  Lost  Sheep,  481. 

Dorsey's  Plains,  61. 

Dorsey's  Search,  62,  395, 
400,  401,  402,  404,  405, 
406,  429,  430,  431,  528; 

Dorsey's  Search  Enlarged, 
401. 

Dorsey's  Search  Resur- 
veyed,  395. 

Dorsey's  Salophia,  481. 

Dorsey's  Thicket,  395, 478, 
479. 

Dorseys  (see  D'Arcys),  11, 
56, 58, 198 ;  of  Annapolis 
Junction,  353;  Dayton, 
437;  Kentucky,  354; 
Montgomery,  353;  Rox- 
bury,  441;  Upper  Ho- 
ward, 464;  Texas,  354. 

Doughoregan  Manor,  48, 
166,  291,  337,  385,  400, 
497,501,502,503,507509. 


Douglas,  Mrs.  Dan'l,  101; 
Stephen  Arnold,  371, 
372. 

Down,  Alice,  91. 

Downey,  Mrs.  Cordelia, 
405;  Harriet,  405;  Dr. 
Jessie,  405;  Capt.  John, 
405;  John,  437;  Wm., 
405. 

Doyle,  Sam'l,  75. 

Drew,  Emanuel,  12; 
Hugh,  12. 

Driven,  Sarah,  75. 

Druid  Hill,  528. 

Druid  Hill  Park,  286,  528. 

Druid  Hill  Park  Sheep, 
288. 

Drummond,  Lord,  253. 

DuBois,  J.  P.  M.,  484; 
John  Jos.,  484;  Juliana 
P.  M.,  484. 

Ducker,  Sarah,  387. 

Duckett,  Ellen  D,,  74; 
Marion,  74;  Martha, 
99;  O.  Bowie,  201; 
Rachel,  82,  123;  Rich., 
73;  Thos.,  73;  Thos.  S., 
74,  201. 

Dudley,  Dr.  B.  W.,  459; 
Benj.,  459;  Clara,  459; 
Wm.,  459. 

Duer,  EUz.,  364. 

Dukes,  61. 

Dulany,  204. 

Dulany  or  Dulaney,  Ann 
186;  Benj.  T.,  186 
Daniel,  49,  145,  184 
185,  186,  187,  206,  208 
214,  215,  218,  331,  380 
Daniel,  Mrs.,  215,  237 
Dennis,  184;  Ehza.  F. 
186;  Kitty,  185;  Lloyd 
158,  184,  187,  237 
Mary,  158,  185;  Mary 
Grafton,  185;  Peggy 
185;  Rachel,  184;  Re- 
becca, 184,  185,  218 
SaUie  Graften,  158 
Sarah,  184;  Thos.,  184 
Walter,  184,  185,  187 
212,  215;  Maj.  Walter 
158;  Wm.,  184. 

Dulany  House,  331. 

Dumbarton,  103. 

Dun,  Clare,  177. 

Dunn,  Dan'l,  408. 

Dunlop,  Jas.,  382;  Judge, 
382;  Wm.,  382;  Wm. 
L.,  382. 


XVI 


INDEX. 


Durand,  Archer,  8;  Elisa- 
beth, 8;  Pell,  8;  Wm., 
6,  7,  8,  13,  14,  21,  22, 
23,  26,  31,  37,  38,  42, 
113. 

Durand's  Place,  8. 

Durbin,  Mrs.  Elisabeth, 
.54. 

Duties,  Port  and  Tonnage, 
192. 

Duvall,  Augusta,  106 ; 
Agrippa,  106;  Aquila, 
417;  Benj.,  10.5,  .348; 
Basil  M.,  106;  Cath- 
erine, 105 ;  Charlotte  K., 
368;  Comfort,  10.5,3.51; 
Daniel  C,  106;  Delilah, 
Dr.,  106,403;  Edward, 
10.5;  Eleanor,  105;  Eliz., 
90,  100,  104,  105;  EUz. 
(Jones),  3.50;  Eliz.  Mul- 
likin,  105,  106;  Eliz. 
Roberts,  105;  Ephriam, 
160;    Gabriel    (Judge), 


105,  329;  Jud.  Grafton, 
329;  Howard  M.,  95 
202;  Isaac,  105,  106 
Isaac  Harding,  105 
Jacob,  105;  James,  105 
.Jas.  M.,  105;  Jemima 
100;  Julia  A.,  105 
Johanna,  105; John, 90 
105,  108;  John  P.,  104 
105;  Capt.  John,  104 
351;Dr.  Jos.  Isaac,  105 
Kate,  106;  Lewis,  105 
324;  Louis,  78;  Maria 
L.,  95;  Marcus,  317 
Mareen,  12,  51,  78,  104 
105,  163,  .329,  348,  350 
Mareen,  the  Elder,  104 
Mareen,  the  Younger 
105,  106;  Dr.  Mareen 
.368;  Margery,  106;  M 
M.,  94;  Marius,  104 
.324;  Dr.  Marius,  97 
Marius  Turner,  106 
Miss,   61;  Martha,   78 


Mary  A.,  106;  Mary,  99, 
105;  Mary  Rebecca  Sul- 
livan, 329;  Mary  S.,  78 
Philemon,  106;  Dr. 
Philip  Barton,  105; 
Rachel,  411;  Rich'd 
Isaacs,  105,  106;  Rich'd 
Mareen.  106;  Rich,  100; 
Ruth,  72;  Ruth  Ho- 
ward, 105;  Sallie,  106; 
Sam'l,  105,  106;  Sam'l 
F.,106;Sarah,  105, 160; 
Sarah  (Harwood),  .324; 
Sarah  Ann,  105,  396; 
Sophia,  105;  Susannah, 
105;  Thos.,  411;  Tobias, 
105;  Van  Buren,  106; 
Dr.  Washington,  272; 
Wm.,  105;  Dr.  Wirt 
Adam,  329. 

Duvall's  Delight,  86,  114, 
115,  1.38,  147. 

Dwiggins,  Mrs.,  428. 


Eager,   Jemima  M.,   240; 

Jolu),  240;  Josh.,  240; 

Ruth,  240. 
Eagle  Nest  Bay,  155. 
Earle,  Mrs.  C.  T.  G.,  42. 
Earp,    Mrs.,    384;   Amos, 

537,  539. 
Earp,  Mr.  Wm.,  492. 
Eastern    Shore    Railroad, 

274. 
Eastman,  Maj.,  408. 
Eastwood,  Mrs.,  389. 
Eccleston,  Dorothy,    176; 

John,  176. 
Eddis,  Wm.,  214. 
Eden,  Gov.,  213,  216,  220, 

221,244,  .331,  .3.32;  Gov. 

Robert,  214,  215;  Ex- 

Gov.,  237. 
Eden's  Arms,  63. 
Eden  Hill,  80, '81. 
Edgewood,  124. 
Edmiston,  Mrs.,  126. 
Edmonston,    Benj.,    169; 

.John,  354; Thomas,  370. 
Edmondson,  Miss  Alice  L., 

290;     Archibald,     101; 

Col.  Horace,  290;  Mr., 

.32;     John,     176,     2.55; 

Pollard,  222,  255;  Ruth, 

101. 
Edmund,  Jemima,  95;  Jas. 

T.,  399. 


E 

Edwards,  Ann,  383;  Benj., 
102,  383,  403;  Betty, 
275;  Caleb,  .383;  Dr. 
Chas.G.,  .383,  403;  Hen- 
rietta, G.,  383;  John, 
.30,  171;  Laura,  .383; 
Laura  P.,  383;  Rachel, 
383 ;  Dr.  Rich'd  H.,  .383 ; 
Thos.  Lee.,  383;  Thos. 
W.,  383;  Virginia  Grev, 
.383;  Wm.  Howard,  383. 

Edward's  Neck,  ,30,  171, 
176. 

Eichelberger,  Eliza,  2.59. 

Elder,  Mrs.  Chas.,  .398; 
Elias,  481;  Ely,  483; 
Honor,  397,  398,  471, 
481,  483,  489;  .John, 
.393,  397,  398,  481,  483; 
John,  Jr.,  393;  Mrs., 
.396;  Michael,  398; 
Ruth,  481;  Vachel  D., 
481. 

Electoral  College,  271, 
272,  273. 

Electoral  Commission,289. 

"Eleanor  Green,"  102. 

Elgers,  Eliza,  4.36. 

Elk  Ridge,  .58,  61,  62. 

Elkridge  Farm,  395. 

Elkridge  Hundred,  497. 

Elkridge  Landing,  .36,  338, 
339,  497,  498. 


Elkridge  Militia,  379. 

Elk  Ridge  Railroad,  274. 

Elkridge  Road,  36. 

Elk  Ridge  Tobacco  Ware- 
houses, 326. 

Elioak,  408,  409,  440. 

Elizabeth  City,  6. 

Elizabeth  River,  5,  6. 

Elizabeth  City  Co.,  6. 

Elkins,  Stephen  B.,492. 

Ellerslie,  415. 

EUicott,  Andrew,  476,  496, 
499,    .500;    John,    109, 

496,  499;  Jo.s.,  476,  496, 
499,  .500;  Geo.,  5.30. 

EUicott  City  Times,  301, 
.535. 

EUicott  City  Patapsco  Na- 
tional Bank,  .301. 

EUicott  City,  496. 

EUicott    MiUs,    476,    496, 

497,  498. 

Elliott,  George,  106;  Mrs., 

106;  Mrs.  Henry,   117; 

Wm.,202. 
EUis,  Mary,  92;  Jas.,  40, 

92;  Mrs.  Dr.,  427. 
Ellison,  W.  J.,  347. 
Eltonhead,  Wm.,  22,  26, 

27. 
Elton  Head  Manor,  134. 
Ely's  Dexterity,  481. 


INDEX. 


XVH 


Ely's  Lot,  394,  481,  483, 

478. 
Ely,  Plesance,  61,  400. 
Elzey,  Col.,  341. 
Emerson,  Mrs.  Geo.,  397; 

Lula,  89;  Thomas,  13; 

Wm.,  89. 
Emory,  Anna   (Gittings), 

466;  Thos.,  454;  Sam'l, 

454. 
Enfield  Chase,  501. 
Empty  Bottles,  484. 
England,     Abram,     452; 

Cordelia,  452;  Eliz.,452; 

Geo.,  452;  John  G.,  411. 


England,  Laws  of,  14,  15, 

16,  17. 
Engle,  Mrs.  Fannie,  467. 
English,  Judge,  151. 
English  Statutes  in   Md., 

208. 
Ennals,  Thos.,  219;  Col. 

Jos.,  260. 
Ensor,  John,  49. 
Episcopal     Church,     191, 

312. 
Erskine,  Jas.,  P.,  359. 
Erwin,  Cath.,  424. 
Estel,  Miss,  459. 
Evans,  Aohsah,  182;  Benj. 

D.,    478;   France,    161; 


Hugh  D.,  525;  Jos.,  328; 

Mary,58;Wm.,26,  161, 

327. 
Evening  Capital,  325. 
Everett,  Ann,  378. 
Eversfield,  John,  364. 
Everything,  438. 
Ewen,    Eliz.,    432;   John, 

39;,Rich'd,  10,  13,  21, 

26,  ^7,  28,  29,  37,  38, 

39,    50,    83,  530;    Mrs. 

Richard,  53;  Mrs.,  502; 

Sophia,  530. 
Ewing,  Thos.,  95. 
Exchange,  438. 


Faces,  Eliz.,  122;  Henry, 

122;  Thomas,  122. 
Fairall,  Achsah,  143 ;  Alex- 

ina,    143;  Alfred,    143; 

Eliz.,  143;  Horace,  143; 

John,  143;  Louisa,  142; 

Mary,  530;  Thos.,  143; 

Wm.,  143. 
Faire,  Mr.,  368. 
Fairfax,  Hon.  Albert,  363; 

Lord,    102,    212,    262; 

Hon.  Henry,  364;  Lord 

John  Contee,  363 ;  Capt. 

Archibald,  364. 
Fairlands,  362. 
Fairview,   287,   288,   366, 

367,  371. 
Falden  Hill,  434. 
Farber,    Mrs.    Edwin    J., 

251. 
Fanner,  Sam'l,  417. 
Farmer's  Institutes,  298. 
Farnandis,  Henry  D.,  484. 
Farrow,  Marv,  382,  403. 
Fedderman,  Margt.,  254. 
Federal  Republican,   257, 

340,  445. 
Fee,  AVm.,  433. 
Felicity,  395. 
Fell,    Edward,    46;    Dr., 

220.      . 
Fendall,    Benj.,    47,    265; 

Capt.,  25;  Gov.,  27,  28, 

29,  31,  33,  38.  47,  48, 

265;Col.  John.,  47,265; 

Josias,  26,  27,  28,  29, 

.50,  113;  Sarah,  47,  156, 

265. 
Fendall's   Rebel'ion,    189, 

190. 


Fenley,  John,  399;  Wm. 

C,  399. 
Fennell,  Wm.,  327. 
Fenton,  Grace,  250. 
Fenwick  Manor,  244. 
Fidelity  &  Deposit  Co.  of 

Maryland,  301,  302. 
Fidelity  Trust  Co.,  302. 
Field,   Caroline   M.,    359, 

360. 
Field  Officer,  458. 
Fielmyer,  David,  537. 
Finland,  182. 

Finley,  Jas.,  81,  108;  Sus- 
an. 461;  Rev.  J.,  461. 
Firlor,  Eliz.,  123. 
First    Citizen,    187,    215, 

216,  503. 
First  Discovery,  385,  387. 
Fisher,    Chas.     D.,     131; 

Mark,  134;   Mary,  418; 
Mrs.,    442;    R.    E.',     174; 

Wm.,  352;  Lieut.,  409. 
Fishing  Creek,  34,  35. 
Fitzhugh,  Ann,  154;  Anna 

Lee,  154;  Col. ,185 -Mrs. 

Mary,  185;  Wm.  Henry, 

261. 
Fitzimmons,  Flora,  61. 
Florence,  450. 
Flour,  498. 

Flower,  Gilbert  E.,  538. 
The    Flying    Camp,    343, 

421,  434. 
Folkland,  73,  108. 
Folly,  479. 
Folly  Point,  176. 
Folly   Quarter,   387,   509, 

510,  511,  517. 


Folly  Farm,  509,  514,  515, 
517,  523. 

Food,  Plenty,  147,  378. 

Ford,  Chas.,  457;  Eliza  P. 
347,  457;  George,  347 
James,  457;  Mary,  347 
Jas.  C,  347;  Col.  Wm., 
457,  462. 

Foreman,  43. 

Forest  Home,  460. 

Forrest,  Gen.  Uriah,  245 
French,  186. 

Forsythe,     Arthur,     407 
Mrs.  Arthur,  ,534;  A.  P. 
486,  487;EmilvV.,486 
Henry,  407,   480,   486 
Mrs.  Henry,  418;  Jas. 
486;   John,    486;   John 
T.,  486;  John  W.,  486 
Manilla,  486;  Mary,  407, 
486;     Mary     D.,     480 
Thos.,    86,    485,     486, 
Mrs.,  407;  W.  H.,  474, 
486,  487,  537. 

Fort  Horn,  24. 

Fort  McHenry,  260. 

Fort  Severn  (old),  331. 

Fort  Washington,  260. 

Foster,  Alfred  G.,  424 
Amelia,  43;  Amelia  E. 
424;  Art.hur  D.,  299 
Betty,  424;  Eliz.,  424 
Julius,  424;  Laura,  424 
Margaret,  91 ;  Rob't 
424;  Rob't  Alex.,  424 
Sarah,  424;  Sarah  Le- 
titia,  424;  Wm.,  424. 

Fountain  Inn,  65. 

Fourteen  Mile  House 
(The),  347. 


XVlll 


INDEX. 


Fowler,  Mr.,  105;  Miss, 
105;  W.  Worthington, 
145. 

Fox,  Eliz.  Johnson,  536; 
Geo.,  31,  33,  46;  Re- 
becca, 361. 

Francklyn,  Rob't,  39,  45, 
46,  71. 

Franklin,  James  Shaw, 
317. 

Fraley,  Wm.,  428. 

Francis,  Henrietta  M. 
(Goldsborough),  279; 
Marietta,359 ;  Sir  Philip, 
279;  Philip,  279;  Tench, 
279;Capt.Thos.  12,39, 
40,  51,  140,  141,  196, 
197,  198. 

Frazier,  Rev.  Alex.,  207; 
Dr.  Joel,  462. 

Frederick,  Co.,  35,  36,  206. 


Gahan,  Walter,  91. 
Gaither,  Gater  or  Gatear, 

Agnes,  87,  422;  August- 
us A.,  427;  Alex.  Gray, 
427;  Alex.,  108;  Alfred, 

421,  424;  Dr.  Alfred, 
421 ;  AmeHa,  486 ;  Amos, 
108,  326;  Amos  F.,  428; 
Amelia  Holland,  420; 
Amelia  Martin,  424; 
Ann,  6, 420,422,425,426; 
Anne  Hammond,  419; 
Asberry,  427;  Azariah, 
425,  426,  427;  Basil, 
423,424,425,426,427; 
Mrs.  Basil,  412;  Beale, 
420,  426,  472;  Benj., 
108,  114,  392,  419,  420, 

422,  423,  425,  426,  427, 
438;  Mrs.  Benj.,  422; 
Betsy,  423,  425,  428; 
Dr.  Bradley,  422;  Brice, 

423,  426;  Bruce,  426, 
427;  Burgess,  423,  424, 
425,426,427;  Burgess 
S.,  424,  426;  Camp,  427; 
Caroline,  427;  Caroline 
Riggs,  423;  Cassandra, 
420;  Cassandra  Linthi- 
cum,  419;  Chas.,  427; 
Chas.    Cotesworth    P., 

424,  426;  Chas.  Dorsey, 
422;  Mrs.  Chas.  G.,  88; 
Chas.  Perry,  422;  Col., 
394;  Daniel,  357,  420, 


Frederick  Road,  499. 
Fredericksberg,  367,  452. 
Freeborne,  Comfort,  107; 

Mrs.    Rachel,   59,    107; 

Rich'd,  76;  Mrs.,   107; 

Thomas,  107. 
Freeborne's  Progress,  76, 

107. 
Freeman,    John,    11,    12, 

108. 
Freeman's  Cove,  56. 
Freeman's  Fancy,  2,  107, 

108. 
Freeman's    Landing,    12, 

107,  108. 
Freeman's  Rights,  309. 
Freeman's  Stone,  12,  107, 

108. 
French,   Ann,    79;   Eliza, 

186;  Rob't,  79. 
Freshwater,  Rob't,  485. 

Gr 

421,  422,  441,  446; 
Darcus,  427;  David, 
108;  David  Burgess, 
426;  Deborah,  467; 
Deborah  Warfield,  420; 
Delia  Emma,  424;  Den- 
nis, 468;  Dennis  P.,  433, 
441,  537;  Mrs.  Dennis, 
440;  Dinah,  109; 
Dockie,  427 ;  Drucilla 
Beall,  428;  Edgar  Basil, 
424;  Edward,  73,82,91, 

108,  109,  221,  223,  392, 

419,  423,  426;  Edward, 
Jr.,  109,  221,  222,  357; 
Dr.  Edward,  423;  Ed- 
ward Gaither,  422 ; 
E'en,  427;  Elam,  426; 
Elijah,  109,  427;  EU, 
426;  Elinor  Emmeline, 
424 ;  Eliner  Varner,  426 ; 
Elinor  (Whittle),  423; 
Elisha,  421;  Eliz.,  114, 
115,  218,  387,  419,  420, 
421,425,  426,  472;  Eliz. 
Davis,  422;  EHz.  S., 
109;  Eliz.  Worthington, 
420;EUen,  428;  Elvira, 
424,  427,  428;  Ely 
(2nd),  425;  Emaline, 
424;  Emily,  428; 
Enoch,  427;  Enos,  427; 
Ephraim,  109,  155,  257, 

420,  421,  422;  Ephraim 
Simpson,     309;     Evan, 

422,  423;  Fannie,  421; 


Friends,  192. 

Friend's  Choice,  431. 

Friendship,  88,  166,  337, 
343,  373,  374,  410,  437. 

Frisby,  198;  Anna  Maria, 
111;  Ariana,  157;  Ari- 
ana  (Vanderheyden) , 
157;  James,  157,  165; 
Sarah,  157. 

Frost,  Eliz.,  481,  482. 

Fruitland,  403. 

Fryer,  Ellen,  87. 

FuUer,  162;  Capt.  Wm., 
10,  11,  18,  21,  23,  24, 
25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  31, 
37,  38,  46,  112,  113. 
214;  Wm.,  94,  162. 

Fuller's  Survey,  10. 

Fulton,  380. 

Furlong,     Sophia,     160; 
Thos.,  85,  139. 


Florence,  421 ;  Frank, 
427,  428;  Frederick, 
357,  420,  421,  422, 
Fred,  Jr.,  422;  Forrest, 
424;  Fry,  428;  George, 
421,  423;  Geo.  Norris,  , 
421;  Georgiana  Mayo, 
322;  Geo.  R.,  323,  394, 
395,  421,  422;  Geo.  R., 
Jr.,  201;  Greenberry, 
221,  420,  422,  423,  427, 
428 ;  Gassaway,  423,425; 
Greenberry  (Dockie) , 
428;  Miss  Hannah,  422; 
Hay  PoweU,  427;  . 
Henry,  109,  399,  406, 
417,  419,  420,  421,  422, 
427,  472;  Henry,  Jr., 
388;  Col.  Henry,  420; 
Henry  Chew,  421,  422; 
Henrietta,  421,  422, 
426;  Horace,  423;  Ho- 
ratio, 426;  Ivy,  427; 
Isham,  427;  Ivory,  427; 
J.  Alfred,  428;  James, 
109,  423,  428;  Jas. 
Anderson,  423;  Jas.  E., 
423;  Jane,  109;  Jane 
(Buck),  108;  Jeremiah, 
426,  427;  Jeremiah, 
2nd,  426;  Jessie,  421; 
John,  5,  6,  12,  26, 
30,  75,  84,  87,  90, 
107,  108,  109,  115,  A 
133,  165,  419,  421,  422,  ) 
423,  425,  426,  427,  428;/ 


INDEX. 


XIX 


John,    St.,    427,    428 
John,  Jr.,  108,  115;  Jo. 

107,  Joan,  107;  John  D. 
421 ;  John  E.,  427;  John 
M.,  428;  Hostler  John 
428;     John     R.,     423 
Johnsie,    425 ;    Joshua 
108;  JuUa,  424;  Junius 
426;  Capt.   Junius  R. 
426;    K.    A.    Warfield 
422,    454;    Leah,    109 
Leander,  428;  Lee,  421 
Lemira,   424,  427;  Le- 
betus,   426;  Lily,   428 
Maria,   422,   424;  Mar 
garet,     73,     109,     421 
Marg't     Dorsey,     421 
Margery,  91,  109;  Mar- 
tha,    399,     421,     425 
Martha  Ann,  387;  Mar- 
tha Mason,  427;  Martha 
W.,    420;    Marg't    Ho- 
ward, 426 ;  Martin,  424, 
428;    Mary,    108,    420, 
422,  423 ;  Mary  Dorsey, 
420;  Mary  Long,  419; 
Milly  Maria,  424;  Mil- 
ton,   427;   Moses,    108, 
109;    Mrs.,    413,    419; 
Nancy     Maiden,     427 ; 
Nancy,  109,423;  Nath- 
an, 413,  423,  424,  425; 
Nicholas,  423,  424,  425, 
426;   NeUie,    423,    468; 
Nellie  C,  427;  Newton 
J.,    427;   Mrs.    Newton 
J.,     428;     Noah,     427; 
Oat,   427;  Patty,   422; 
Patience,  109;  Pauline, 
421;    Perry,    422,    454; 
Polly  F.,  427;  Rachel, 

108,  426;  Rachel  (Ja- 
cob), 108;  Rebecca,  108, 
417;  Reason,  426;  Rez- 
in,  108,  218,  223; 
Rich'd,108,421;Rich'd 
D.,  421;  Ridgely,  417, 
422;  Robinson,  427; 
Rob't,  427;  Rob't  F., 
428;Ruth,  84,  108,  115, 
133,419;Ruth(Morley), 
108;  Sam'l,  108,  419, 
420,  423,  537;  Sam'l 
Riggs,  421;  Mrs.  Sam'l 
Riggs,  422;  SaUie,  426; 
Sarah,  54,  87,  88,  109, 
419,  420,  422,  423,  424; 
Mrs.  Sarah,  424;  Seth, 
425;  Sena,  428;  Spur- 
geon,  427;  Susan,  108, 


422;  Thos.,  421,  423; 
Mrs.  Thos.,  171,  323; 
Thos.  Davis,  420;  Mrs. 
Thos.  D.,  422;  Thos. 
H.,  323,  422,  537;  Thos. 
H.,  Jr.,  323,  422;  Thos. 
Johnsie,  426;  Temper- 
ance, 427;  Vachel,  224; 

422,  423;  Vincent,  427; 
Walter,  423, 425;  Wash- 
ington, 423;  Wiley,  427; 
WiU,  427;  Wm.,  109, 
114,  155,  218,  257,  343, 
387,  419,  420,  421,  422, 
425,  426,  441,  467,  468; 
Wm.  Beale,  421,  426; 
Wm.  C,  427;  Wm. 
Lingan,  420;  Willie 
Summers,  427 ;  Yank, 
427;     Zachariah,     422, 

423,  426,  427. 
Gaithers   in   North   Caro- 
lina, 425. 

Gaither's  Adventure,  109. 

Gaither's  Chance,  419, 
420,  422,  423. 

Gaither's  Collection,  82, 
108,  109,  423. 

Gaither's  Fancy,  419,  420. 

Gaither's  Howard  Dra- 
goons, 403. 

Gaither's  Range,  108. 

Gaither's  Tavern,  420. 

Gaither's  Troopers,  394, 
421. 

Gale,  George,  202;  Mrs. 
Levin  M.,  494. 

Gallatin,  Albert,  498. 

Galloways,  12,  33. 

Galloway,  Eliz.,  530 ;  John, 
445;  Joseph,  222,  223; 
Mary,  110;  Richard, 
111,  530;  Mrs.  Rob't, 
424;  Sam'l,  110,  445; 
Wm.,  11,  136. 

Gait,  R.,  449. 

Galway,  Anthony,  38. 

Gambrall,  Mrs.,  87. 

Gambrill,  Ann,  373 ;  Agus- 
tine,  84,  138,  139,  218, 
373,  374,  378;  Arthur 
Pue,  374;  Benjamin, 
373;  Brothers,  531; 
Cath.  Gassoway,  374; 
Chas.,  374;  Comfort, 
373;  Eliz.,  373,  374; 
Geo.,  390;  Geo.  Thomas, 
374;  Hamutel,  84;  John, 
373;  Joseph,  373;  Jos- 
hua, 84, 133, 373 ;  Juliet, 


138;  Lydia,  373,  374; 
Maria  Woodward  Bald- 
win, 138;  Major,  531; 
Mary,  373,  527;  Mar- 
tha, 373 ;  Margaret,  374, 
378;  Richard,  373,  374; 
Sarah, 84, 123, 126, 373, 
374;  Stephen,  326,  374, 
527,  531 ;  Mrs.  Stephen, 
371;  Mrs.  Stephen,  Jr., 
373;  Stephen  Warfield, 
374;  Stevens,  373,  374; 
Susanna,  373, 374;  Wm. 
373,  374,  531;  Wm.  B., 
540;  Wm.  Gorman,  374. 

Gambrill's  Flour  Mills, 
374. 

Gambrill's  Purchase,  374. 

GambriU's  Station,  180. 

Gantt,  Hon.  Benjamin, 
159;  Dr.  Wm.,  155; 
Thos.,  202. 

Gardner,  Caroline  V.,  126; 
Constance,  323. 

Garner,  Mary,  217. 

Garnish,  Joane,  75. 

Garrett,  Amos,  59, 81, 121, 
122,  123,  126,  166; 
First  Mayor  of  Anna- 
polis, 63,  175,  207,  218, 
527 ;  Barbara,  133 ;  Den- 
nis, 133;  Hannah,  133; 
James,  122,  123,  134, 
218;  John,  389;  John 
W.,  329;  Mary,  123; 
Sarah,  122,  123,  218; 
Seth,  122;  Sir  Wm. 
134. 

Garrett  County,  37. 

Garrett  Family  Coat  of 
Arms,  134. 

Garrettson,     Jas.,     537; 
Martha,  148,  529. 

Garthome,  Francis,  218. 

Gartrell,  Jane,  422;  Mrs. 
Minnie,  439;  Miss,  407. 

Garvin,  Miss,  532. 

Gary,  E.  Stanley,  535; 
Jas.  A.,  293,  535;  Jas. 
S.,  535;  Postmaster 
General,  535. 

Gaskins,  Edward,  139; 
Emily  Stewart,  139; 
James,  139;  Thos.,  139. 

Gassaway,  Augustus,  174; 
Alexander  H.  D.,  382; 
Ameha,  174;  Ann,  383, 
384,  412;  Anne,  171, 
172;  Benjamin,  380, 
381;  Berry,  381;  Brice 


zx 


INDEX. 


John,    350,    371,    380 

381,  384,  385,  492 
Caleb,  382;  Caroline 
173;     Catherine,     381 

382,  384;  Cecelia,  382 
Capt.  Chas.,  102,  382 
383;  Chas.,  174,  381 
382,  385;  Col.,  412 
Cotton,  173;  Eliz.,  171 
172,  173,  382,  384,  436 
Eliza,  382;  Eliza  N. 
173;  Ellen  B.,  174 
Florence,  382;  George 
384;  Hannah  P.,  381 
Hanson,  381;  Henry 
172,  173,  174,  201,  350 

381,  384,  385;  Henry 
Chas.,  384;  Hester,  174 
James,  381;    Jane,  171 

382,  403;    John,    171 

172,  173,  174,  198,  199 
201,  202,  380,  381,  382 
384,  403;  John  H.,  382 

383,  403;  Laura,  382 
403;  Lavinia,  382 
Lewis  D.,  174;  Louis  D. 

171,  199,  201,  409;  Mr 
Louis,  127,  409;  Louis 
C,  173;  Louis  G.,  174 
Louisa,  174,  382,  403 
Lucy  Nicholson,  381 
Marie  Darne,  382 ;  Mary 

173,  381,  382,  384,  403 
Margaret,  171 ;  Mary  E. 
174;  Millie  Berry,  382 
Mrs.,  409;  Nancy,  88 
Nicholas,  12,  30,  40,  51 
53,  153,  162,  170,  171 

172,  175,  190,  197,  218 
323,  380,  381,  382,  384 
393,  403,  452;  Rachel 

381,  382;  Rebecca  C. 

173,  174;  Renna,  174 
Richard,  380,  381 ;  Rob- 
bert,  380,  381;  Ruth 
Beall,  382;  SaUie,  382; 
Sally,  382;  Sarah,  172, 
173,  371,  381,  384,  492; 
Sophia,  174;  Stephen 
Griffith,  384;  Susannah 
R.,  381;  Susannah  H., 
381;  Thos.,88,171,172, 
173,  197,  202,  380,  381, 

382,  394,  396,  397,  412, 
436;Thos.R.,174;Wm., 
173,382,  403;  Wm.,  Jr., 
382;Wm.  B.*174;  Wm. 
H.,  174,  326. 

Gassaways,  198. 
Gassaway's  Addition,  170. 


Gassaway's  Ridge,  170. 

Gassaways  of  Howard, 
380. 

Gates,  Nancy  J.,  404; 
Thomas,  11,  56;  Maj. 
Gen.,  227,  228. 

Gautt,  Dr.  Wm.,  155. 

Geaslin,  Mr.,  393;  Mrs., 
393. 

Geist,  C.,  381 ;  Priscilla,72; 
Sarah,  381. 

George  II.,  212. 

George,  Bishop,  140; 
Sam'l  K.,  539. 

Georgetown  (name  of), 
101. 

Gerald,  Thomas,  26. 

Gerrard,  Capt.,  25;  Thos., 
190. 

Geston,  Anne,  100. 

Ghiselin,  Deborah,  128; 
Reverdy,  128;  Dr.Wm., 
97. 

Gibbens,  Alvaro  F.,  459. 

Gibbon,  Miss  Jane,  105. 

Gibbons,  Capt.,  7;  Cardin- 
al, 312;  Thos.,  384. 

Gibbs,  Edward,  217. 

Gibson,  Mrs.  John  E.,  267. 

Gidbert,Cath.,360;  Saml., 
360. 

Giddings,  Luther,  317. 

Giles,  Hannah  K.,  188; 
Joanna,  536;  John,  92; 
Sarah,  92. 

Gill,  Anna,  41,  42;  Ben- 
jamin, 41 ;  General,  130, 
131;  Joanna  Theresa, 
151;  John,  130;  Mildred, 
457;M.  GiUet,  456,  457; 
M.  Gillet,  Jr.,  457; 
Richard  W.,  130;  Roy- 
al, 457;  Stephen,  77. 

Gilleland,  Ellen,  449; 
John,  449;  Wm.,  449. 

Gillingham,  Jas.,  499. 

Gillis,  Amelia,  484 ;  Betty, 
484;  Esther,  256;Ezek- 
iel,  484;  Henry,  484, 
485;  John,  176,  484, 
485;  Mary,  176;  Mary 
Hill,  484. 

Gillson,  Basil  D.,  49;  Neil 
W.,  449;  Wm.,  449. 

Gilmore,  478;  Jane  Grant, 
243;  Rob't,  286,  392; 
Mr.,  478. 

Ginn,  Ehz.,  122. 

Girl's  Portion,  507. 


Gist,  Gen'l,  228,  236,  238, 
310;  Miss,  389;  Morde- 
cai,  405;  Col.  Thos.,  405. 

Gittings,  Nellie,  242; 
Rich'd,  395;  W.  R.  S., 
202. 

Glenbumie,  526. 

Glen,  Sarah,  323. 

Glenelg,  72,  431,  432. 

Glenwood,  443,  447,  448, 
449. 

Glenwood  Farmers'  Club, 
446. 

Glenwood  Institute,  446, 
448. 

Glenn,  Mary,  483. 

Gleve,  Thos.,  75. 

Glover,  Rev.  Mr.,  464. 

Goatee,  Frederick,  130. 

Goddard,  Anthony,  55. 

Godfrey,  Sam'l,  498.    ^ 

Godman,  Capt.,  399. 

Golden  Fortune  (ship),  22. 

Golden  Lyon  (ship),  23, 
24. 

Golder,  Geo.,  397. 

Goldsborough,  Anna  Marie 
Sarah,  261 ;  Anna  Marie 
Tilghman,  260;  Gov. 
Chas.,  260,  261,  334; 
Chas.,  260,  261;  Chas. 
F.,  261;  Earl  M.,  88; 
EHz.,  261;  Eliz.  Green- 
berry,  261;  Henry  H., 
317;  Howes,  486;  Ju- 
dith, 260;  Julia  Anna 
Webster,  106;  Julia 
Anna  Webster  (Strider), 
106;  Mrs.,  260;  Mary 
Emerson  (Trippe),  261; 
Nicholas,  260;  Dr. 
Richard,  154;  Rob't 
H.,  260, 316, 334;  Rob't, 
217,  229,  260;  Judge 
Rob't,  261;  S.  B.,  88; 
Sarah  G.,  334;  Sarah, 
420;  Sarah  Yerbury, 
260,  261;  Dr.  William, 
154;  Williamina  E.  C, 
261;  Wm.  Tilghman, 
256,  260,  261. 

Goldsmith,  Geo.,  10,  164; 
Mrs.  Ehz.,  431. 

Goldthwait,  Mary,  346. 

Goldwaite,  Mr.,  536. 

Goodfellowship,  115,  167, 
168,  371,  384. 

Good-for-Little,  395. 

Good  Hope,  91,  400. 


INDEX. 


XXI 


Good  Luck,  82,  400,  401, 

404,  406. 
Good  Range,  398,  438. 
Goodlington  Manor,  415. 
Goodwin,  Eliza,  340;  Mil- 

cah,    495;    Win.,    342, 

395. 
Gordon,  Ann,  79;  Archie 

Calvert,  150;  Eliz.,  102; 

Francis  Zacharie,   150; 

James,    79;   James    F., 

539;  Marg't  Eliz.,  150; 

Robert,     209;     Smith, 

150. 
Gorman,  Miss  Ada,  373; 

A.    P.,    290,   300,    489, 

492,   493;   Sen.   A.   P., 

366,  371,  372,  373,  374, 

376,    378;    Mrs.,    371; 

Col.A.  P.,Jr.,366,  373; 

Calvin,  371;  John,  371; 

Kate,  374;  Peter,  371, 

374;   Mrs.    Peter,    371; 

Wm.  H.,  371. 
Gorsuch,  Ann,  48 ;  Charles, 

48;  Rev.  John,  48. 
Gosnell,  420;  Susan,  468. 
Gosnell's  Chance,  406,  407. 
Gott,  Mr.,  88;  Thos.,  136. 
Gough,  Harrv  Dorsey,  63, 

64,  65,   178,  406;  Mrs. 

Harry       Dorsey,       64; 

Henry,  183;  Sophia,  63, 

65;  Thomas,  63. 
Govan,    Mary     W.    528; 

Wm.,  527. 
Govane,  Mrs.  Ann,    180; 

Benjamin  Howard,  152; 

Mary,    152,    173;    Mr., 

63,  123;  Saran  Howard, 

152. 
Govemeour,  Mrs.,  235. 
Governor's  Council,  18. 
Governor's  Mansion,  194. 
Goward,  Maria,  149. 
Gracy,  W.  A.,  89. 
Graff,  Chas.  H.,  360. 
Graham,  198;  Mrs.  Rob't, 

442. 
Grahame,  Col.  John,  225; 

Mrs.  John,  225. 
Grafton,  Mary,  184,  185. 
Grange  Hall,  440. 
Grant,  475;  Gen.,  128,  285, 

286 ;     Gen.     Frederick, 

399;  Chas.,  475;  Chas. 

T.,    475;    Dan'l,    475; 

G.    T.,    475;    Isabella, 

475 ;  James,  475 ;  James. 

Jr.,    475;    John,    475; 


Marg't,  475;  Mary  Ell- 
len,  475;  Mary  Eliz., 
475;  Maud,  475;  Rachel, 
475;  Rob't,  475;  Wal- 
ton, 475;  Wm.,  475. 

Grayson  or  Grason,Amelia, 
127;  Rich'd,  127,  275, 
317;Gov.  William,  273, 
274,  275,  316. 

Gratz,  Mrs.,  459. 

Graveyard  Creek,  194. 

Gray,  Ann,  95;  Joana, 
427;  Letitia,  423;  Mar- 
tha, 46;  Mrs.  Dr.,  467; 
Zach.,  327. 

Gray's  Bower,  407,  480. 

Grason  or  Grayson,  John 
Breckinridge,  240;  Col. 
Wm.,  240. 

Gray  Rock,  528 

Great  Marsh,  12,  329. 

Grieves  or  Greaves,  Ele- 
anor, 450;  Dr.  Horatio, 
415. 

Grecian  Siege,  The,  342, 
344. 

Green,  Amelia,  386,  408; 
Anna,  408;  Annie,  97; 
EU,  477,  EHz.,  176; 
EUza,  97,  333;  Emily, 
333;  F.  W.,  317;  Fran- 
cis H.,  89;  General,  228, 
229,  236,  241,  413;  Gov., 
15;  Harriet,  97;  Israel, 
386;  Josias,  209;  Mary, 
386;  Mary  N.  (Dorsey), 
408;  Nich.,  97;  Nich. 
H.,  202;  Richard,  221, 
386;  Ruth,  386;  Wm. 
S.,  97,  333. 

Greenberry,  Arm,  77,  92, 
179;  Anne,  162,  163; 
Catherine,  77;  Chas., 
70,  77,  78,  162,  163, 
164,  180,  213,  214,  217; 
Col.,  10,  104,  332;  Mrs. 
Col.  Chas.,  107;  Elis., 
163,  164,  260;  John, 92; 
Katherine,  156,  162, 
163,  348;  Nicholas,  9, 
40,  44,  57,  58,  69,  77, 
146,  162,  163,  179,  190, 
191,  194,  214,  260,  348, 
352,  452,  470;  Gov. 
Nicholas,452 ;  Col.  Nich- 
olas (Keeper  of  the 
Great  Seal)  ,162 ;  Rachel, 
107 ;  Mrs.  Rachel  Stimp- 
son,  180;  Ruth,  164. 

Greenberry  Pt.,  8,  9,  162. 


Greenberry  Forest,  146, 
162. 

Greenberry,  198,  399. 

Greeniffe,  Jas.,  69;  John, 
70;  Mrs.  John,  401. 

Greenland,  415. 

Green  Spring,  74. 

Greenwood,  114,  420,  528. 

Gregory,  Julia,  452. 

Grendadl,  Capt.  Chris., 
201. 

Gresham,  171. 

Grey,  Joana,  428. 

Griffin,  454. 

Griffith,  198;  Rev.  Alford, 
140,  263;  Allen,  348, 
367;  Amos  Riggs,  348; 
Ann,  350;  Artemus 
R.,454;Benj.,348,350, 
356;  Caleb,  93;  Cath- 
erine, 153,  158,  350, 
449,  454;  Catherine 
Baldwin,  153,  350;  Cap. 
Charles,  153,  158,  350; 
Chas.  Greenlaerry,  348, 
350,  353;  Charles,  178, 
348,  350,  386;  Mrs. 
Judge  Chas.,  441 ;  Chas., 
Jr.,  350;  Col.,  358; 
David,  377;  D.,  344; 
Dennis,  349,  384,  429; 
Eliz.,  152,  348, 350,  377; 
Ehz.  D.,  93;  Eleanor, 
148,  350,  389;  Eliz. 
Greenberry,  350 ;  Mrs. 
Elisha,  422;  Festus, 
360,  377;  Frank,  377, 
454;  Frank,  R.  454; 
Francis,  454;  Green- 
berry, 349,  356;  Henry, 
400,  450,  451;  Horatio, 
Mrs.,  442;  John  T.,  458; 
Col.  Henry,  Jr.,  152; 
Henry,  348,  357,  377, 
394,     490;     Henrietta, 

348,  377;     Hezekiah, 

349,  384;  Horatio,  367; 
John,  350;  Mrs.  John, 
422 ;  John  Hammond, 
348;  John  Riggs,  349; 
Joshua,  222,  348;  349, 

350,  417;  Lucretia,  93, 
349;  Col.  Lyde,  368, 
398,  463;  Maria  Ehz., 
458;  Miss  Marg't,  441; 
Mary  Riggs,  464 ;  Mary, 
350;  Mrs.  Mary,  448; 
Nicholas,  167,  348,  377; 
Nich.  Ridgely,  377;  Or- 
lando, 69,  93,  147,  178, 


XXll 


INDEX. 


446,  347,  348,  349,  350, 
399,  393;  Philemon, 
348,  349,  358;  Philip, 
441;  Rebecca,  349; 
Ruth,  349,  357,  358, 
441;  Rachel,  348,  350, 
384,  450;  Sam'I,  263, 
348,  349,  449;  Mrs. 
Sarah,  368;  Sarah,  167, 
348,  349,  350,  399,  467; 
Sarah  Maccubbin,  105; 
Sarah  (Warfield),  377; 
Stephen,  350;  Sophia, 
105,  348;  Thos.,  348, 
377;  Capt.  Thos.,  377; 
Wm.,  69,  105,  178,  347, 
348,  350;  Mrs.  Wm., 
105,  464;  Wm.  T.,  458. 

Griffiths,  347. 

Griffith's  Adventure,  349. 


Griffith's  Range,  348,  464. 

Griffith's,  Island,  350. 

Griffiths,  Eleanor,  87; 
Lurcetia,  115;  Col. 
Henry,   116;  Wm.,  78. 

Grimes,  Hammond,  432. 

Griggs,  Rev.  Mr.,  382. 

Grimestone,  114. 

Grime's  Hill,  166. 

Groome,  Gov.  Jas.  Black, 
289,  290;  Col.  John  C, 
289,  290;  Dr.  John,  289; 
Maria,  290. 

Grosse,  Anne,  91;  Eliz., 
91,  171,  361;  Francis, 
91;  Hester,  171;  John, 
91;  Roger,  12,  28,  38, 
91;  Mrs.  Roger,  361; 
R.  S.,  91. 


Grosvenor,  Chas.,  324. 

Groveland,  170. 

Growth  of  a  Century,  210, 
211,  212. 

Gudgeon,      Robert,      58; 
Wm.,  59. 

Guest,  Mrs.  Mary,  442. 

GuUford,  79, 353, 376,  377. 

GuildhaU,  Mr.,  159;    Gil- 
bert, 223. 

Guy,  Dorsey,  481. 

Guyther,  Capt.,  26;  Nich- 
olas, 26. 

Gwinn  or  Gwynn,  Achsah 
391;  Mrs.  Achsah,  391 
Caleb,    391;   Mr.,    290 
Mrs.    James    A.,    424 
John,  316. 


Hackett,  Theophilas,  76. 

Hagner,  Alex.  B.,  117, 
119,  120,  194,  200,  201; 
Francis,  119;  John  Ran- 
daU,  317;  Judge,  119; 
Peter  V.,  317;  Thos., 
118. 

Hail,  Marg't,  135. 

Halftone,  168. 

Hall,  99;  Achsah,  132; 
Augustus,  99 ;  Ann,  349 ; 
Dr.  Blake,  100;  Col. 
Carvil  Hall,  343;  Char- 
lotte, 268 ;  Da\adson, 
333;  Eleanor,  73,  99, 
100;  Eliz.,  73,  142,  161, 
346,  412,  482;  Eliz. 
Watkins,  100;  Edward, 
43,  99,  370,  366;  Dr. 
Estep,  99;  Frank,  333; 
Francis  M.,  363;  Ham- 
ilton, 202;  Harry,  96, 
99,  100;  Henrietta,  99, 
97;  Henry,  73,  95, 
97,  99,  173,  174,  209, 
326;  Rev.  Henrj^  99, 
105,  195,  219,  346; 
Isaac,  99;  James,  201; 
John,  66,  77,  99,  100, 
109,  132,  133,  166,  214, 
218,  221,  222,  223,  224, 
319;  John  (Barrister), 
99;  John  H.,  539;  John 
Thomas,  99,  317;  Jo- 
seph, 353,  355,  393; 
Mrs.  Joseph,  85;  Julius, 


H 

96,  99;  J.  W.,  73;  Mar- 
garet, 43,  95,  96,  97, 
99,  100;  Margery,  73; 
Martha,  73,  434;  M.  J., 
123;  Miss,  389;  Mary, 
97;  Mary  Anne,  99; 
Mary  Dry  den,  100; 
Mary  Priscilla,  98 ;  Miss 
MoUie,  99;  Nicholas,  73, 
142,  161;  Priscilla,  99; 
Mrs.  Rachel,  406;  Rach- 
el Sprigg,  100;  Richard, 
68,  99,  100;  Rosa,  160; 
Sarah,  132,  159;  Sophia, 
92;  Summerfield,  99; 
Thomas,  11,  97,  99, 
145,  221;  Thos.  W.,  99; 
Thos.  J.,  99;  Turner,  99; 
Winchester,  399;  Wil- 
liam, 96,  99,  100,  401; 
William  John,  98,  100; 
William  Henry,  99; 
Wm.  Sprigg,  317;  Wm., 
3rd,  97,  99,  100. 

Halloway,  John,  56 ;  Mary, 
134. 

Hambleton,  Sam'I,  290. 

Hamill,  Dr.  Sam'I,  131. 

Hamilton,  Dr.,  184; 
Henry,  292;  Rev.  Wm., 
292;  Wm.  T.,  535; 
Gov.  Wm.  T.,  292,  293. 

Hammett,  Alex.,  316. 

Hammond,  198;  Andrew, 
183;  Ann,  92,  345,  494; 
Anna,  107;  Ann  Dorsey, 


13,  48,  115,  357;  Anne, 
115,  144,  164,  384;  Ara- 
bella, 182;  Aramenta 
C,  407; 'Arthur,  144, 
182;  Ariana  M.,  183; 
Brothers,  478;  Camilla, 
132,  159,  364;  Caroline 
B.,  181;  Chas.,  74,  164, 

179,  180,  181,  182,  183, 
207,  218,  222,  326,  346, 
356,  384,  446,  491; 
Comfort,  179;  Cora, 
144;   Denton,  132,  144, 

180,  181,  182,  364,  400; 
Mrs.  Denton,  159;  Ed- 
ward, 183,  493;  Judge 
Edward,  400;  Eliz., 
75,  132,  151,  159,  182 
183;  Eliz.  Ann,  181 
Eliz.  Brice,  144;  Eliz 
Wright,  144;  Evaline 
384;  Gassaway,  384 
George,  183,  404;  Geo 
W.,  182;  Grace,  400 
Hamutel,  180;  Hannah 
71,  93,  164,  181,  183 
345,  446;  Harriet,  182 
Helen,  147,  353,  493 
Henrietta,  152,  181 
353;  Henry,  182,  183 
John,  8,  22,  23,  30,  40 
58,  60,  62,  70,  71,  93 
108,  113,  115,  133,  144 
162,  163,  178,  179,  180 

181,  194,  217,  218,  222 
326,  345,  346,  348,  357 


INDEX. 


XXlll 


391,452;John,  Jr.,  164; 
Joshua,  152,  353;  Julia 
Ann,  182;  Larkin,  183; 
Dr.  L.T.,  183,400,494; 
Mrs.  Dr.  L.  T.,  493; 
Lloyd,  384;  Lloyd  T., 
392;  Luther  Kirby,  144; 
Marg't  M.,  346;  Ma- 
tilda, 182;  Matthias, 
132,  144,  159,  180,  181, 
182,  183,  221,  222,  400; 
Mrs.  Matthias,  87,  139; 
Dr.  Matthias,  144; 
Maud,  144;  Miss,  429, 
430;  Martha  C,  404; 
Mary,  76,  179,  181,  341, 
384;  Mary  Ann,  182, 
183;  Mary  C,  333; 
Mary  H.,  147,  493; 
Mordecai,  207;  Nathan, 
92,  180,  183,  393;  Nich- 
olas, 179;  Nich.  W., 
446;  Norval  A.,  144; 
Philip,  74,  140,  144, 
145,  207,  209,  218,  346, 
400,  407,  494;  MaJ. 
Philip,  144;  P.  T.  A., 
182;  Rachel,  107,  179, 

180,  181,  356;  Mrs. 
Rachel,  144;  Rachel 
Brice,  144;  Rebecca, 
391,  434;  Rebecca  Gist, 
183;  Reuben  T.,  183; 
Rich'd,  400;Rezin,  109, 
115,  144,  167,  180,  181, 
182,  183,  202,  222,  224, 
384,  482,  400;  Ruth, 
348;  Ruth  H.,  180; 
SaUy,  392;  Sallie,  384; 
Sarah,  133,  181,  482; 
Sarah  Dorsey,  353 ;  Silas 
Wright,  182;  Thos.,  147, 
179,  181,  182,  493; 
Thos.  H.,  183;  Dr. 
Thos.  Wright,  181,346; 
Thos.  J.,  179;  Walter 
Chas.,  183;  Wm.  Alex., 
384;  Wm.  Edgar,  182; 
Wm.,  65,  144,  179,  180, 

181,  183,  222,  395,  404; 
Worthington,  224;  Joe 
Kirby,  144. 

Hammond's     Connection, 

88,  182. 
Hammond's  Enclosure  88 

182. 
Hammond's  Enlargement, 

181. 
Hammond's  Ferry,  18. 


Hammond's  Forrest,  179,    Harness,  Jacob,  76. 

183,  419.  Harper,  James,  202;  Gen. 

Hammond's  Gist,  430, 431.       Rob't  Goodloe,266,508. 
Hammond's  Great  Branch,    Harrard's  Line,  9. 


348,  366,  378. 
Hammond's  Green  Spring, 

182. 
Hammond's    Inheritance, 

181. 
Hammond's  Plains,  182. 
Hammond's  Prospect,  181. 
Hammond's  Ridge,  182. 
Hammond's  Search,  181. 
Hammond's  Support,  181. 
Hampton,  Rev.  John,  247; 

Madam,  247;  Mrs.  Gen'l 

Wade,  460. 
Hampton,  64,  259,  260. 


Harris,  Eliz.,  31,  78;  Har- 
riet, 405;  Mary  C,  495; 
Nathan,  405;  Thos., 
128;  Wm.,  70. 

Harrison,  Alice,  454;  Dr. 
Archibald,  454;  Benja- 
min, 97,  224;  Eliza,  65, 1 
129;  Eliz.,  475;  John,^ 
475;  Jonathan,  143; 
Julia  Leigh,  454 ; 
Louise,  119;  Maybury, 
360;  Marg't,  475;  Mary 
Randolph,  454;  Peter, 
475;     Randolph,     119; 


Hance,  Maria,  61.  --»;  rfOv'    Richard,    475;      Sarah 

Hanson,   Alexander  Con-  Ann,  496;  Samuel,  202; 

tee,  155,  252,  316,  340,  Thomas,  135,  136;  Rev. 

341,  342,  421;  Caroline,  Thomas,  5,  6,  7;  Wm. 

409;    Chancellor,    406;  Henry,  268,  275. 

Chas.Contee,  257;  Chas.  Harry's  Lot,  351,  352,  365 

Grosvenor,  342;  Judge  377,492. 

Chas.  WaUace,  259, 316;  Hart,    Gov.,    331;    John, 

Elizabeth,    47;     Ellen,  203,  204,  205,  206. 

265;     Grosvenor,    540;  Hartwick,  Mrs.,  88. 

John,  163,  342;  Murray,  Harvey,  John  T.,  537. 

342;  Priscilla,  342;  Re-  Harwood,     12,     76,    168, 

becca,     496;     Rebecca  169;     Ann,    97;  _Anne 


Addison,  185. 
Handy,  Mrs.,  341. 
Hanslap,   Henry,   40,   53, 

172,    190,   222;   Susan- 
nah, 172,  436. 
Happy  Retreat,  358,  397, 

440,  441. 
Harban,  Mrs.  Chas.,  448; 

Mrs.    Effie,    446;    Jas., 

539. 
Harden,  Rich'd,  530. 
Harden's  Place,  418. 
Hardesty,  Miss  Eliz.,  125 

Francis,    108;   Richard 

C,  202. 
Hardey,    John    T.,    540 

Wm.  H.,  539,  540. 
Harding,  Miss,   105;  Mr. 

369;  Rob't,  201;  W.  J. 

537. 
Hardinge,  529. 
Hardy,    Bros.,    409,   410 

Miss  Jennie,  410;  John 

409,     410,     535;     Mrs 

John,    410;    Dr.    Wm 

409;  Dr.,  410. 
Harges,  Marion  T.,  299. 
Harlen,  Lewis,  60. 
Harman,  Philip  T.,  540. 


E.,  97,  480;  Ann  E.,  95; 
Anne,  412;  Ann  Caro- 
line, 97;  Ann  Watkins, 
95,  97;  Ann  Matilda, 
97;  Benjamin,  97,  98, 
100,  224;  Betty,  97; 
Chapman,  97;  Eleanor, 
412,  415;  Eliz.  Anne, 
98;  Eliz.,  96,  98,  155; 
Eliz.  Ann.,  96,  97; 
EUza,  97,  328;  Hen- 
rietta, 97 ;  Henrietta 
Eliza,  97;  Henry  Hall, 
97,  255;  Harriet  Kent 
98;  Hester  Ann,  333 
John,  97,  130;  Jas.,  97 
98;  James  H.,  202 
James  Kemp,  317;  Jo- 
seph, 97,  202,  480 
Josephine,  97 ;  Lucy 
96;  Lucinda  Margaret 
97;  Major,  328;  Mar- 
garet, 97,  98,  99,  412 
Margaret  Hall,  100 
Mary,  95,  96,  97,  333 
376;  Mary  Diyden,  97 
Mary  Agusta,  97;  Ma- 
tilda, 97 ;  Mrs.,  184,  256 
Nicholas,  97;  Nicholas, 


XXIV 


IKTDEX. 


M.  D.,  316;  Osborne 
Sprigg,  97,  98,  100,202; 
Priscilla,  97 ;  Rachel 
Ann,  98;  Rachel  Sprigg, 
98;Rachel,  98,  99,  100; 
Rebecca,   97;  Richard, 

95,  96,  97,  98,  99,  100, 
316,  480;  Rich'd  Hall, 
97;  Richard,  Jr.,  202, 
223,  224;  Rich.  Lock- 
erman,  333;  Dr.  Rich- 
ard, 202;  Robert,    12, 

96,  490;  Sam'l,  95,  97; 
Sarah  Belt,  98;  Sarah 
Duvall,  97;  Sprigg,  98, 
271,  317;Thos.,  96,  97, 
98,  99,  174,  202,  220, 
221;  Thos.,  Jr.,  202, 
221;  Thos.  Kemp,  96; 
Thos.  Noble,  97;  Thos. 
Rich'd  Sprigg,  98;  Wm. 

97,  202,  223,  317,  370; 
Wm.  Sprigg,  98;  Wm. 
Thomas,  98. 

Harwood  or  Lockerman 
House,  116. 

Harwood  Hall,  98. 

Harwood  House,  183. 

Harwoods,  198. 

Hasgood,  Eliz.,  486. 

Haslup,  Mr.,  347;  Chas. 
G.,  538;  Bros.,  347. 

Hatch,  John,  21,  37. 

Hatherly,  Sarah  Ann,  389. 

Hatton,  Eleanor,  47,  501 ; 
Richard,  47;  Thos.,  18, 
21,  25,  27,  37,  47. 

Haughey,  Matilda,  473. 

Haughton,  434. 

Hawkins,  Ann,  48;  Henry, 
43,  44, 190;  Priscilla,  47; 
Ann  Glover,  400;  Eliz., 
43,  381;  Francis  McC., 
400;  John,  43,  47,  400; 
John  H.  W.,  400;  Mar- 
garet, 43;  Matthew,  10, 
37,  43;  Nich.  Dorsey, 
400;  Ralph,  10,  43; 
Ruth  D.,  43,  400,  454; 
WiUiam,  35,  43,  400. 

Hawk's  Nest  RebuUt,  479, 
481. 

Hayden,  Chas.  L.,  525; 
Edw.  P.,  524,  525;  Rev. 
Horace  E.,  525;  Horace 
H.,  524;  Judge,  474; 
Rev.  M.,  504;  Thos., 
524;  Wm.,  525. 

Hayes,  Columbus,  425 ; 
Mrs.  John,  428;  Pres., 


324;    Mayor    Thomas, 
289,  297. 

Hayfields,  417. 

Hayland,  387,  416. 

Hay  Meadows,  483. 

Hays,  John,  161. 

Hay  ward  (see  Howard); 
Wm.  R.',  317. 

Hazard,  77. 

Hazelwood,  390. 

Heaberd,  Priscilla,  238. 

Heamens,  Roger,  23,  24, 
25,  26,  38. 

Hearn,  Mr.,  368;  Sam'l, 
368. 

Hearn's  Place,  418. 

Heath,  Helen,  179;  Mary, 
179;  Thos.,  179;  Jas. 
Paul,  184. 

Hebb,     Hopewell,     395; 
John  W.,  540. 

Hedgeland,  383. 

Hedge,  Thos.,  39. 

Heild,  John,  161. 

Hemp,  204, 

Hemsley,  Mrs.  Nannie 
Bell,  280. 

Henderson,  Commodore, 
393;  Gaither,  467;  Mrs. 
Henrietta,  439;  Rev. 
Jacob,  106;  James,  467; 
Mrs.  Kate,  388;  Rev. 
Mr.,  104;  Mrs.,  106; 
Nicholas  R.,  467,  468; 
Miss,  389;  Mrs.  Nich- 
olas R.,  467;  Richard, 
158;  Sarah  (Brice),  158; 
Seth,  467. 

Hendricks,  Thos.  A.,  372. 

Hendry,  Rebecca,  174. 

Henrietta,  Marie,  42. 

Henry  and  Peter,  432. 

Henry,  Charlotte,  261 ; 
Emily  J.,  428;  Francis 
Jenkins,  247;  Harvey, 
428;  Jas.,  428;  Jas.  F., 
428;  John,  242,  247; 
Gov.  John,  247,  248, 
256,  294;  John  Camp- 
bell, 247,  248,  261,  294; 
Rev.  John,  247;  Kitty, 
248,  294;  Lavinia,  428; 
Lieut.,  378;  Lord  Bish- 
op of  London,  99; 
Oliver,  428;  Patrick, 
448;  Rob't,  428;  Sam'l 
H.,  529;  Wm.  S.,  428. 

Hepp,  John  W.,  539. 

Herbert,  Alfred,  364;  Ann 
Caroline,  364;  Col.,  100; 
Camille,  132,  182,  364; 


Dr.,  132,  489;  Edward, 
159,  364;  EUza,  364; 
Emma,  364;  Dr.  Fair- 
fax, 159;  Jas.  R.,  182, 
291,  364,  489;  John, 
159;  John  CarUsle,  316; 
364 ;  Gen.  Jas.  Rawlings, 
132,  159 ;  JuUa  Eugenia, 
364 ;  Lucinda,  364 ;  Mary 
Virginia,  364;  Sarah, 
364;  Thos.  S.,  182;  Dr. 
Thos.  Snowden,  364; 
Wm.,  364 ;  Wm.  Fairfax, 
364. 

Herbert's  Care,  344. 

Hereford,  132,  138,  181. 

Herker,  John  H.,  539. 

Herman,  Cesper,  193. 

Herman's  Manor,  502. 

"Hermitage,"  The,  42, 
280. 

Herrick,  Maj.,  459;  Clay, 
459;  Frank,  459;  Green, 
459. 

Herring  Creek,  10,  22,  34, 
42,  162. 

Herring  Bone  Hall,  363. 

Herring  Creek  Hundred, 
13. 

Herrington,  13,  30,  109. 

Hervey,  Sir  T.  B.,  508. 

Hess,  B.  F.,  537;  Mary 
M.,  292. 

Hessilius,  Charlotte,  528; 
Eliz.,  528;  Harriett, 
341;  John,  63,  528; 
Mrs.,  528;  Mrs.  Mary 
Young  Woodward,  100; 
Rev.  Sam'l,  528. 

Hewett,  John,  219;  Rob't, 
480. 

Heyward,  Eliz.,  499;  Wm., 
499. 

Hickoryridge,  182,  351, 
352,  380,  419,  428,  429. 

Hickory  Hill,  176. 

Hicks,  Anne,  247;  B. 
Chapman,  284;  Henry, 
283 ;  Mary  (Sewell),  283; 
Gov.  Thos.  Holliday, 
281,  283,  284,  290. 

Higginbotham,  Rev. 
Ralph,  217;  Miss,  71. 

Higgin's  Chance,  471. 

Higgins,  Dorothy,  471 ; 
Eliz.,  471;  Jos.,  72; 
Mary,  105;  Thos.,  63, 
471. 

Highland,  380. 

Highlands,  418. 


INDEX. 


XXV 


Hilfinstein,  Chas.,  383. 

HiU,  Abell,  223;  Albert, 
363;  Andrew,  161;  Ann 
363;  Ann,  Eliz.,  363; 
Betty  Gilliss,  483 ;  Chas., 
363;  Chas.  C,  363; 
Clement,  55;  Edith, 
363;  Edward,  363;  Em- 
\  ily  Roseville,  363;Hen- 
v\  ry,  176,  250,  340,  483; 
Henny  Margaret,  176; 
Henrietta  Marg't,  250; 
Ida,  363;  Jos.,  70,  176, 
484;  John,  5,  6,  161; 
John  E.,  540;  Lady, 
400;  Margaret,  176; 
Maiy  (Thomas),  250; 
Marj',  483 ;  Matthew, 
33;  Col.  Nich.,  363; 
Miss  Priscilla,340 ;  Rach- 
el E.,  89;  Rich.,  39,  40, 
72,  122,  163r  1^5,  176, 
190,  191,  194,  197,  400; 
Sarah,  176 ;  Snowden, 
363;  Sophia,  176;Thos., 
161;  Whitney,  89. 

Hills,  Eliz.,  161;  Mrs. 
Ralph,  373;  Richard, 
41. 

Hill's  Forest,  176. 

Hines,  Henrietta,  439 ; 
Vach.  B.,  439;  Mrs. 
Wm.,  439. 

Hinkle,  Mary  Ann,  423. 

Hipsley,  Mrs.  Chas.,  488; 
Mrs.  Hannah,  168. 

His  Lordship's  Manor,  175 

Hiss,  Geo.  R.  A.,  145. 

Historical  Events,  312. 

Hoard,  Susan,  150. 

Hobbs,  Albert,  471;  A.  H., 
475;  Mrs.  Amelia  G., 
127;  Alex.  B.,  472; 
Basil  N.,  471,  482; 
Brice,  471 ;  Caleb,  471 ; 
Capt.,  263;  Chas.,  471; 
Cornelius,  471 ;  Doro- 
thy, 470;  Edward,  434, 
471;  Mrs.  Edward,  421; 
Elie,  471;  Eliz.,  470; 
Francis  R.,  472;  Ger- 
ard, 471;  George,  471, 
472;  Greenberry,  470; 
Hannah  S.,  471 ;  Harry, 
471 ;  Henry,  471 ;  Henry 
C,  471;  J.  W.,  418; 
James,  471 ;  James  (Ex- 
Sheriflf),  369;  James  E., 
538;  Rev.  James,  471; 
Jannett,    405 ;    Jemima 


(Dorsey),     471;     John, 

470,  471;  John,  Sr.,  470; 
Jos.,  398,  431,470,  471; 
Jos.,  Jr.,  471;  Josh.,471; 
Laura,  406 ;  Lawrence 
W.,  539;  Leonard  470; 
Louisa,  472 ;  M.arg't, 
470;  Mary,  431;  Mary 
A.,  482;  Mary  (Ho- 
ward), 524;  Nancy,  471; 
Nich.,  470,  481,  482; 
Noah,  471;    Prergrine, 

471,  472,  524;  Phil.  D., 
480;  Rachel,  464,  471; 
Rachel  B.  ,471 ;  Rhod- 
erick,  434;  Sam'l,  437, 
470;  Stephen  R.,  538; 
Thomas,  222,  431,  445, 
448,  449,471,524;  Thos. 
B.,  538,  540;  Thos.  B. 
W.,  524;  Thos.  B.  H. 
W.,  472;  Thos.  R.,  471; 
Ulyssus,  434;  Vachel, 
471  ;Wm.,  405,406,434, 
437,  464,  470,  481,482; 
Wm.,  Jr.,  434;Wm.  C, 
470;  Mr.  Dr.  Warner, 
442;  Warfield,  471. 

Hobbs'  Addition,  470. 

Hobbs'  Camp  Ground,  471. 

Hobbs'  Mill,  471. 

Hobbs'  Neighborhood,  469, 
471. 

Hobbs'  Park,  470. 

Hockley-in-the-Hole,  30, 
56. 

"Hockley,"  49,  56,  59,  61, 
62,  63,  65,  66,  79,  99, 
102,  153,  161,  338,  339, 
346,  390,  .393,  467. 

Hockley  (new),  63. 

Hodges,  Eliza,  118;  Eliz. 
Sarah,  88;  Geo.  A.,  448; 
Mrs.  G.,  369;  James, 
145;  John,  250;  John 
T.,  202;  Mrs.  John,  249; 
Josephine  A.,  145;  Miss, 
125;  Mrs.,  157;  Mary 
E.,  74,  145;  Ramsay, 
Jr.,  201;  Thos.,  88,  202; 
Dr.  Wm.  Edwin,  88. 

Hoffman,  David,  316. 

Hogg,  Wm.,  8. 

Hogg  Neck,  78. 

Holland,  Francis,  38,  46; 
Jane  Alida,  151;  W. 
Laura,  531;  Wm.,  40, 
56, 196,  207;Zach.,  531. 


HoUiday,  William,  155; 
William  Meade,  201, 
326;  Eliz.,  90. 

HoUinsworth,  Mr.  Levi, 
289;  Louisa  D.,  289; 
Mrs.,  429. 

HoUofields,  475,  499,  500. 

Hollow,  The,  496. 

Holmes,  Ella,  170;  George, 
170;  John,  136;  Mr., 
123;  Richard,  170. 

Holsworth,  Rebecca,  123, 
527. 

Holt,  Henry,  464;  Mrs., 
465. 

Holton,  TiUie,  149. 

Homestead,  508. 

Homewood,  198. 

Homeswood  or  Home-  - 
wood,  Ann,  159;  Chas., 
180;  James,  10,  37,  45; 
John,  39,  40,  45,  92, 
112;  Sarah,  45,  156; 
Thos.,  29,  45. 

Homewood,  45,  291,  508. 

Homewood's  Forest,  373. 

Hood,  Dr.  Adam  B.,  536; 
Adelaide,  477;  Ade- 
line C,  478;  Ahce  W., 
474;  Alma,  475;  Alpha, 
474;  Anne,  479;  Mrs. 
Avolina(  Warfield), 473; 
Rev.  Benjamin,  473; 
Benj.,  337,  463,  472, 
473,  474,  475,  476;  Dr. 
Benj.,  443,  473,  474; 
Benj.  Rush,  477,  478; 
Bissel,  471;  Chas.,  477; 
Chas.  C,  477;  Chas.  F., 
478;  Chas.  H.,  474; 
Chas.  W.,  4.54,  473; 
Mrs.  Chas.  W.,  442; 
Cordelia  P.,  478;  Dr. 
474;  Deborah,  471;  Ed- 
win, 475;  Eleanor,  479; 
Eliz.,  387,  420,'471,  472, 
474,477,  479;  Mrs.  Eliz., 
472,  479;  EHz.  (Gaith- 
er),  472;  Ehz.  M.,  478; 
Ellis,  475;  Eloise,  474; 
Ethel  Lee,  474;  Flor- 
ence M.,  474;  Grace, 
474 ;  Hannah,  472 ;  Han- 
nah (Barnes),  472;  Har- 
riet, 471;  Helen  470; 
Henry,  474,  493;  Henry 
G.,  472;  Hester,  479; 
Howard,  475;  James, 
152,  469,  472,  473,  475, 
476,     477,     478,     483; 


XXVI 


INDEX. 


James  A.,  478;  Dr.  Jas., 
477,  478;  James  T.,  Jr., 
469;  Jennings,  473; 
Jervis,  474;  John,  148, 
472,  473,  474,  475,  476, 
485,     486,     537;     Mrs. 


Hooper,  Thos.,  175. 
Hoopes,  Albert  W.,  457; 
Edward,  457;  Mrs.  Her- 
man, 456,  457;  Marian, 
457. 
Hope,  30,  83,  164. 
John,   432,   442;  John,    Hopgood,  Mary,  355. 
Jr.,  221,  222,  387,  420,    Hopkins,  Anne,  318;  Mrs. 
Ann,    181;    Annie    E., 


472,  473;  John  M.,  473, 
474;Gen.  John  M.,  473; 
John  T.,  474;  Joshua, 
469,  473;  Juha  (Perk- 
ins), 475;  Kate,  470; 
Kitty,  472;  Laurena, 
474;  Lilian,  470;  Lord, 
472;  Lucian,  475,  476; 
Mable  D.,  474;  Marg't, 
476,  477;  Marg't 
(Crook),     477;     Mary, 

471,  479;  Mary  Ann, 
477;  Mary  E.,  474; 
Mary  C.  J.,  478;  May, 
475;  Mary  G.,  152, 
473;  Maude,  475;  Mild- 
red, 475;  Nancy,  475, 
476,  477;  Nancy  B., 
478;  Nannie  D.,  474; 
Otis,  475;  Priscilla,  477; 
Pres.,  474;  Rachel,  477; 
Richard  H.,  474;  Mrs. 
Rich'd  H.,  474;  SaUie, 
475;  Sally,  476;  Sam'l, 

472,  475;    Sarah,    148, 

471,  472,  477,  494; 
Stephen,  470;  Stephen 
G.,  470;  Mrs.  Stephen 
G.,470;SussanW.,479; 
Susannah,  148;  Thatch- 
er, 475;  Thos.,  463,  469, 

472,  475,  476,  477,  493; 
Gen.    Thos..    447,    469, 


160;  Alex.,  318;  Chapel, 
423;  David  E.,  538;  Mrs. 
Dr.,  405;  Gerald,  92; 
Gerard,  318,  363; 
Girard,  364,  402,  527; 
Gerard,  Jr.,  221 ;  Harry, 
318;  Herbert,  318;  I.  H., 
174;  James,  318;  Johns, 
318,  499;  John,  318, 
402;  Joseph,  318;  Mary 
Hall,  364;  Mary,  318; 
Matthew,  318;  Miss, 
527;  Philip  H.,  181; 
Philip,  318;  Mrs.  Rach- 
el, 144;  Rachel,  364; 
Dr.  Richard,  483;  Rich- 
ard, 318;  Sam'l,  318, 
429,  465,  537;  Sarah, 
176;  Sarah  E.,  364; 
Thomasin,  86,  92; 
Thompsin,  318;  Wm., 
10,  29,  146,  165,  318; 
Wm.  Hirsey,  318. 

Hopkins'  Plantation,  68, 
75,  318. 

Horner,  James,  11,  136; 
Rich.,  44. 

Horn  Neck,  176. 

Horns  Point,  260. 

Horore,  Benj.  Lockwood, 


399;  Henry  H.,  399. 
Horrington,  John,  161. 
474,  475;  Thos.  B.,  477,   Horsey,  Outerbridge,  235. 
478;     Thos.     J.,     475;   Hotel  Carvel,  332. 
Thos.  H.,  471,  537,  540;   Houp,  Mrs.  Benj.,  427. 
Mrs.  Thos.,  469;  Walter, /House  of  Burgesses,  57. 
494;    Wm.,    470,    473 ^  Howard,  198;  Abner,  75; 
Zach.,    148,    188,    218,       Absolute,  69,  70;  Alex., 


479,  494. 

Hoods  of  Cooksville,  469. 

Hood's  Forest,  472,  475. 

Hood's  Hall,  476. 

Hood's  Haven,  337,  472, 
475. 

Hood's  MUl,  394,  395,  473, 
478,  481,  483,  500. 

Hook,  Chas.,  448;  Con- 
stance, 355. 

Hookers,  33. 

Hooker's  Purchase,  96,  98. 

Hoops,  Charles,  97. 


436;Allen,  73,  74;Ann, 
7,  68,  71,  387,  411,  494; 
Anna,  387,  411,  417, 
436;  Anne,  387,  388; 
Artemus,  388;  Benja- 
min, 69,  70,  73,  76,  202, 
221,224,  395,  473;  Gen. 
Benj.  Chew,  243;  Betsy, 
411;  Brice,  222,  223, 
385,  387,  388,  389,  411, 
417,  472,  534;  Brice  W., 
388,  439;  Brice  Worth- 
ington,  Jr.,  388;  Brutus, 


436;  Chas.,  71,  76,  92, 
243,  387,  410,  411; 
Chas.  Ridgely,  268; 
Cincinatus,  436;  Cor- 
nell, 432;  Cornelius,  30, 
39,  40,  49,  56,  58,  62, 
70,  71,  72,  74,  76,  77, 
102,  114,  129,  153,  161, 
179,  240,  385,  387,  410, 
411,  420,  472,  485,  536; 
Deborah,  403,  436;  De- 
borah Ridgely,  404; 
Dennis,  379,  389;  Elin- 
or, 69,  70,  76,  387;  Eliz., 

68,  73,  78,'  102,  129, 
161,  173,  387,  389,  436; 
Eliz.  Rowan,  387;  Eliz. 
Ridgely,  404;  Eliza, 
436;  Emily,  411;  Em- 
ma, 411;  Ephraim,  72, 
221,  222,  343,  356,  379, 

385,  386,  388,  389,  390; 
Dr.  Ephraim,  109,  222, 

386,  435;  Eph.,  Jr.,  389; 
Eugene  Post,  268;  Miss 
Evie,  388;  George,  243, 

267,  268,  385,  388,  490, 
537;  Gov.  George,  167, 
266,  267,  268;  Gideon, 
389;  Hannah,  92,  158, 
446;Hannah,  J.,72,  74; 
Harriet,  387,  448,  534; 
Henry,  45,  72,  76,  339, 
358,  360,  385,  386,  387, 
388,  390,  393,  398,  403, 
410,  431,  432,  435,  436; 
Sir  Henry,  360,  385; 
Prof.  Henry,  436;  Dr. 
Henry,  436 ;  Henry  and 
Thomas,  410;  Honor, 
398;  Honor  Elder,  435; 
James,  76,  222,  243, 
386,  402;  Jemima,  436; 
Jeremiah,  448 ;  Mrs. 
Jeremiah,  439 ;  Jere- 
miah Brice,  388;  Johp, 
5,   30,   56,   59,  62,   68, 

69,  75,  79,  84,  108,, 
177,  201,  348,  381,  389, 
393,  401,  436,  494;  Dr. 
John  Beale,  386,  436; 
John  Beale,  172,  386, 
436;  John  Eager,  111, 
188,  227,  229,  240,  241, 
242,  243,  245,  260,  267, 

268,  385,  398,  490,  530; 
John  M.,  388;  John  G., 
75;  Jos.,  71,  72,  73,  99, 
109,  129,  153,  381,  382, 
385,  387,  388,  410,  411, 


V 


417,  436;  Jos.,  Jr.,  387; 
Dr.  Jos.,  73;  Joshua, 
240,  386,  403,  404  436; 
Dr.  Joshua,  404;  Kath- 
erine,  69,  70,  71,  73,  92, 
166,  348,  399,  446; 
Lydia  Moore,  404;  Mar- 
garet, 73,  74,  109,  387, 
436;  Margaret  M.,  388; 
Margery,  72,  95,  99, 
387,  388;  Marshall,  436; 
Marshall  P.,  436;  Dr. 
Marshall,  436;  Martha, 
73,  99,  388;  Martha  M., 
388;  Mrs.  Martha,  388; 
Mary,  74,  76,  84.  178, 
387,388,395,411,472; 
Matilda,  472;  Matthew, 
7,  11,29,30,44,67,69, 
71,73,75,130,136,146, 
401,  4.52;  Mary  Lloyd, 
256;  Mrs.,  402;  NeUy, 
411;  Miss  Nannie,  388; 
Patience,  70;  Philip,  30, 

58,  59,  137,  147,  158, 
194,  446,  452;  Polly, 
387;Priscilla,  71;Prof., 
436;Rachel,  69,  70,  71, 
381,  382,  386,  387,  494; 
Rachel  D.,  387;  Rachel 
(Hood),  387;  Rachel  H., 
494;  Rachel  (Ridgely), 
381,  472;  Mrs.  Rachel, 
387;  Rebecca,  358,  404, 
432,  436;  Rebecca 
(Boone),  358;  Rebecca, 
Young,  387;  Rebekah, 
411;  Richard,  76  ;Rob't, 
388;  Ruth,  74,  75,  105, 
487;  Ruth  Baldwin,  74; 
Ruth  (Eager),  240;  Sal- 
he  R.,  404;  Sara'l,  30, 

59,  62,  68,  70,  71,  137, 
138,  166,  177,  178,  179, 
436;  Sarah,  72,  74,  75, 

76,  109,  146,  147,  356, 
386,388,  431,  436,  473; 
Sarah  D.,  387,  403; 
Sarah  Riggs,  388,  397; 
Sophia,  158;  Susan,  1'^" 
Susannah,  75,  161,  1' 
487;  Thos.,  73,  74,  ' 

77,  388,  411,  431,  4', 
487;    Thos.    Comelii 
223,  327,  387,  409,  4]    , 
411;  Thos.   C.   B.,    ;    . 


INDEX 


74;Thos.H.,  411; Thos. 
Worthington,  387,  388, 
410,  411;  Vachel,  222, 
386,  403;  Vachel  Den- 
ton, 386;  Capt.  Vachel 
Denton,  386;  Wm.,  243, 
388;  Wm.  Cornelius, 
387;  Wm.  Waverly,  268. 

Howards,  265;  of  Clarks- 
ville,  410 ;  of  the  Severn, 
67;  of  Simpsonville,385. 

Howard's  Angle,  73. 

Howard's  Bridge  (Eph.), 
388. 

Howard's  Chance,  69,  404, 
407,  410,  411. 

Howard's  Cattle  Range, 
€9. 

Howard's  Cove,  69. 

Howard's  Dragoons,  394. 

Howard's  First  Choice,  75. 

Howard's  Grove,  73. 

Howards'  Harbor,  69. 

Howard's  Heirship  and 
Chance,  30. 

Howard's  Hill,  183. 

Howard's  HoUow,  67. 

Howard's  Hope,  30. 

Howard's  Inheritance,  29, 
44,  68,  72,  146. 

Howard's  Interest,  30.  ■ 

Howard's  Luck,  69,  348, 
349. 

Howard's    Passage,    72, 
385,  387,  388,  395. 

Howard's  Pasture,  147, 
373. 

Howard's  Point,  69. 

Howard's  Porters  Fancy, 
147. 

Howard's  Porters  Range, 
74,  138,  485. 

Howard's  Resolution,  387, 

^./435. 

Howard's  Town,  147. 

Howard  County,  337,  518; 
Bounds,  518;  Clerks, 
537  ',39;  Commission- 
i7,  540;  District, 
7,  518;  Dragoons, 
.';_•,  Dress  in,  518; 
Eaiiy  Life  in,  518; 
Established,  518,  519; 
Exao!  ners,  540;  First 
0<-  ■■  3,  540;  Judges  of 


XXVll 

Orphans'  Court,  540; 
Living  in,  518;  Man- 
ners, 518;  Officials,  537, 
540;  Regester  of  Wills, 
538,  540;  School  Com- 
missioners, 539;  Sher- 
iffs, 538;  States  Attor- 
neys,^539 ;  Surveyors, 
540;  Treasurer,  538, 
540. 

Howell,  Capt.,  28;  Thos., 
28,  29,  38,  136. 

Howes,  Miss  Marg't,  260. 

Hughes,  Christopher,  316; 
Deborah,  46;  Francis, 
399;  G.  W.,  202;  Thos., 
537,  399;  Wm.,  537. 

Humphrey,  198. 

Hunger's  Creek,  7. 

Hunt,  Cath.,  458;  Chas., 
360;  Charlton,  458; 
Elisha,  458;  Francis, 
Key,  459;  German  H., 
529;  Joseph,  538;  Maria 
Barr,  459;  Mary,  458; 
Rev.  Charlton,  458; 
Thos.,  390,  529. 

Hunter,  Sir  Rich.,  180; 
Capt.  Thos.  T.,  364,. 

Hunting  Ground,  147. 

Huntington,  69,  78,  81, 
347.. 

Huntington  Quarter,  346, 
352,  353,  377. 

Huntingtown,  347. 

Hussey,  Obed.,  313. 

Hutchens,  Col.  Chas.,  219, 
247,  248;  Dorothy,  248; 
Eliza,  322;  Mary,  46, 
322;  Miss,  542;  N.  T., 
538. 

Hutton,  Ann,  360;  Enoch, 
529;Rev.  Orlando,  317, 
440. 

Hyatt,  356;  Mary  Ann, 
462. 

Hyatt's  Plantation,  35. 

Hyde,  Anna  M.,  143; 
Eleanor,  143;  Elise  Wal- 
lace, 143;  Frederick 
Custis,  143;  George  M., 
143;  Mary.  E.,  478; 
Thos.,  220. 

Hynson,  Capt.,  165. 


XXVlll 


INDEX. 


Iglehart,  Eliza,  333; 
James,  98,  333;  James 
Henly,  97,  333;  Dr. 
James  D.,  201,  329; 
John  Wilson,  329 ;  Mary, 
418;  Mary  B.,  174;  Miss, 
409,  527;  Paul,  201; 
Richard,  527;  Richard 
W.,  201;  Thos.  S.,  202; 
Thos.  S.,  Jr.,  201;Wm., 
333;  Wm.  T.,  174. 

Iglehart  Station,  409. 

Ijams,  John,  202,  223; 
Mrs.  John,  412;  J.  P., 
538;  J.  T.,  539;  Mrs. 
Marg't,  126;  Plummer, 
173;  Wm.,  173. 


Imprisonment    for    Debt, 

274. 
Imwood,  448. 
Increase,  30,  83,  164. 
Independent  Church,  5. 
Independent  Whigs,  215. 
Indians,  162,  190. 
Indian  Landing,  84,  207. 
Indians,      First     Settlers 

murdered  by,  5,  14,  18. 
Ingram,  John,  217. 
Inns  (see  Ordinaries),  41. 
Intact,  11. 
Irelands,  61. 
Iron,  206. 
Iron  Works,  500,  502. 


Isaac,  Ann  Williams,  105 ; 

Hannah,    105;    Rich'd, 

105. 
Isaacs,    George   W.,    540; 

Zedekiah  M.,  539. 
Intervene,  438. 
Irvington       (Suburb       of 

Balto.),324.     , 
Irwin,  Eliz.,  42<f 
Isle  of  Kent,  18,  29,  34. 
Isle  of  Ely,  61,  62,  342, 

344. 
Israel,     Mrs.     John,     58; 

John,  56;  Margaret,  11, 

56. 
Israel's  Creek,  391. 
Izard,  Rob't,  401. 


Jackson,  Andrew,  265, 
272;  Mrs.  Anne  O.,  105; 
Gov.  Elihu,  295,  300; 
Elihu  Emory,  295; 
Hugh,  295;  Isaac  R., 
517;  John,  295;  Pres., 
269,  271,  285;  Mrs. 
(President's  wife),  459; 
Sally  (McBride),  295. 

Jacob,  Dorsey,  Jr.,  109; 
Eliz.,  105;  Sir  Jeremiah, 
324;Capt.  John,  105. 

Jacobs,  Mrs.  Contee,  397; 
Edw.  S.,  526;  Jolm, 
173;  Mary,  123;  Samuel, 
201. 

Jacques,  Lancelot,  214, 
217;  S.  L.,  542. 

Jail,  194,  195. 

James,  King  of  England, 

->6i;190. 

James'  City,  107. 

James'  Forrest,  172. 

James,  Mrs.  Ella,  536; 
Thomas,    5;   Wm.,    11. 

Jamestown  Exposition,  5. 

Jamison,  Adam,  536. 

Janney,  Alice  Moore,  151 ; 
Anna  Mason,  151 ;  Ethel 
Hyams,  151;  Geo.  Ma- 
son Long,  151;  John 
Thos.,  151 ;  Marg't  Mar- 
shall, 151;  Thos.,   151. 

Jansen,  Sir  Theodore,  208. 

Jarvis,  John,  474;  M. 
(Hood),  474;  Mrs.  Sa- 
rah, 474. 


Jefferson,  Gov.,  230;  Mary 
C.,  477;  Thomas,  47, 
226,  248,  249,  250,  251, 
253,  304,  307;  Pres., 
362. 

Jenifer,  Dr.  Daniel,  246; 
Eliz.,  246. 

Jenings,  Ann,  177,  225; 
Edmund,  157,  208;  Ed- 
mund, Jr.,  157;  Eliz., 
157;  Juliana,  157;  Sar- 
ah, 157;  Thos.,  157, 
177,  222,  225. 

Jenkins,  Ann  Louisa,  363 ; 
Arthur,  363;  Mrs.  Aus- 
tin, 281;  Eliz.,  363,  493; 
Francis,  219,  247;  Fran- 
cis Xavier,  363 ;  Henry, 
453 ;  Louis,  363 ;  Martha, 
425;  Mary,  247;  Mary 
Eliza,  363;  Miss,  409; 
Misses,  362;  Mrs.,  281, 
368;  Rob't,  453;  Snow- 
den,  363;  Col.  Strieker, 
453;  Theo.,  363;  Dr. 
Theo.  363;    Wm.,  363. 

Jenness,  Col.  Richard, 
293;  Clara,  293. 

Jennings,  Rev.  Dr.,  440; 
Edmund,  49,  214;  Mrs. 
Dr.  Sam'l,  472. 

Jennings  Chapel,  440. 

Jervis,  Mary  Hood,  474; 
Sarah,  417. 

Jessup,  Janet  Cook,  90; 
Mrs.  Laura,  389. 

Johns,    Eliz.,    101;    Rev. 


John,  158;  Marg't,  318, 
402;  Marg't  (Crabb), 
443 ;  Nancy  Ridgely, 
148;  Polly  Worthing- 
ton,  148. 

John's  Chance,  479. 

Johns  Hopkins  University, 
314. 

John's  Luck,  378. 

Johnsie,  Mrs.,  428. 

Johnson,  Ann  Jennings, 
225;Anthony,  495,  537, 
539;  Andrew,  372;  A. 
L.,  536;  Arthur  L.,  536; 
Col.  Baker,  154,  226; 
Ben.,  458;  Gen.  Bradey 
T.,  105,  226,  341,  504; 
Caroline,  462,  536; 
Cath.Worthington,  226; 
Chas.  D.  W.,  536;Chas. 
Worthington,  226;  Ce- 
cilius,  536;  Dorcas 
(Sedgwick),  224;  Dr., 
437;  Edwards,  536; 
Eliza  Ann,  506;  Eliza, 
462 ;  Eliz.,  437 ;  Eleanor, 
529;  Elisha,  529;  Elea- 
nor (Worthington), 529; 
Evalina,  536;  Geo.,  97; 
Geo.  B.,  536;  Green- 
berry,  538;  Harriet  B., 
462;  Horatio,  339,  535, 
536;  H.,  536;  James, 
27,38;Jas.T.,462,536; 
Chancellor  John,  97; 
John,  128,  317;  Lieut., 
102;  John  Henry,  344; 


INDEX. 


XXIX 


John  W.,  535,  536; 
Joseph  B.,  536;  Joshua, 
224;  Julian,  404;  Mari- 
on, 403 ;  Mary,  355,  536 ; 
Mr.,  535;  Neidringhaus, 
536;  Mrs.,  367;  Presi- 
dent, 128,  277,  286, 289; 
Rachel,  536;  Reverdy, 
535;  Richard  M.,  383; 
Mrs.  Richard  A.,  373; 
Richard,  403;  Rich'd 
D.,  403;  Reverdy,  128, 
278,  288,  317,  321,  372; 
Rinaldo,  536;  Rebecca, 
102;  Roger,  403;  Rosa 
Vertner,  458;  Ruth, 
462;  Sarah,  404;  SaUie 
N.,  536;  Gov.  Thos., 
224,  225,  226,  235,  250; 
Thomas,  Jr.,  221;  Sir 
Thomas,  224;  Thomas, 
189,214,220,222,  224, 
226,  310,  503,  528,  535, 
536;Thos.  M.,495,  540; 
Dr.  Thos.,  536;  Thos. 
R.,536;Wm.  Cost,  367; 
Wm.  F.,  536. 


Johnstones,  Chas.  Worth- 
ington,  151;  Edward 
Worthington,  151;  El- 
len Bell,  151;  Jas. 
Bruce,  151 ;  Julia  James 
151;  Marg't  Anna,  151 
Mary  Tolley,  151. 

Jones,  33;  Abraham,  405 
Albert,  389,  403,  405 
421;  Augusta,  527;  Mrs 
Albert,  421;  Anna  M. 
527;  Aquilla,  438;  Ar- 
thur L.,  527.;  Chas. 
405;  Daniel,  405;  David 
48,  409;  Edward,  405 
526;  E.  G.,  475;  Elisa 
409;  Elisha  Riggs,  468 
Eliz.,  104,  527;  Emma 
405;Eyan  A.,360,  468 
Florence,  436;  Mrs 
Francis  S.,  405;  Harriet 
407;  Henry,  202,  526 
527;  Ida  E.,  527;  Capt 
Isaac,  367;  Isaac,  414 
526,  527;  Judge  Isaac 
T.,  526,  527;  John,  543 
Josiah,  436 ;  Joshua, 
408;  Judge  390;  Deacon 


John,  405;  John  Dorsey 
405;  Lloyd,  403;  Mar- 
tha, 425;  Mary,  527 
Mary  E.,  527;  Mary 
Ann,  367;  Morgan,  198 
Miss,  529;  Nannie,  421 
Netty,  421;  Otis,  475 
PhiHp,  217;  Poole,  421 
Rebecca,  527;  Richard 
56,  148,  443,  527 
Rich'd  W.,  374;  Ruth 
475;  Sam'l,  526,  527 
Sarah,  172,  527,  414 
Sarah  Weems,  148 
Susan,  151;  Thos.,  442 
Westley,  407;  Wm.,  39 
44,  104;Mrs.  Wm.,  421 
Dr.  Wm.,  360;Wm.  D., 
405. 

Jordon,  Eliza,  156. 

Joseph,  Wm.,  190. 

Joseph's  Gift,  385,  395 

Joseph's  Hazard,  72. 

Jowle,  Henry,  193. 

Jowles,  Col.,  162,  190. 

Joy  Neck,  528. 

Judik,  J.  D.,  490. 

Julian,  Wm.,  135. 


K 


Karrick,  Jos.,  358;  Mary 
Ann,  358,  359. 

Kavney,  Thos.,  317. 

Keener,  Christian,  158. 

Keepers  of  the  Liberty  of 
England,  18. 

Keirll,  John  W.,  142; 
Thomazine,  142. 

Keith,  Margery,  72,  385. 

Kell,  Eliz.,  284;  Judge, 
284. 

Kelso,  James,  221. 

Kemp,  Eliz.  Donnell,  360; 
George,  6;  Henrietta  C, 
529;  Col.  Louis,  529. 

Kemper,  Mrs.  Dr.,  487, 
488. 

Kenley,  Edna,  452;  John 
R.,  452;  Nelly,  452. 

Kennedy,  Rev.  F.F.,  465; 
Janet,  437;  John  P., 
117,  518;  Philip,  437. 

Kent,  A.  Owen,  98;  Ade- 
laide, 279;  Daniel,  264; 
Dr.,  264,  265;  James, 
202;  Capt.  James,  253; 
Jane,    99;    Joseph,    99, 


263;  Gov.  Joseph,  264, 
265,  279;  Jos.  Gates, 
265;  Rob't  W.,  202; 
Thos.,  97. 

Kent  County,  41. 

Kerfoot,  Mrs.,  435;  Rich- 
ard, 435;  Prof.  Sam'l 
H.,  435. 

Kerr,  David,  223;  John 
Leeds,  261,  316;  Sarah 
Maria,  280. 

Ketchum,  Gen.,  119. 

Key,  198;  Mrs.  Ann  Ar- 
nold, 154;  Anne,  155; 
Chas.  Henry,  256; 
Elizabeth,  243;  Eliz. 
Ross,  155;  Judge  Ed- 
mimd,  128;  Francis, 
154;  Francis  Scott,  97, 
155,  305,  316;  Gen. 
John  Ross,  155;  John 
Ross,  1.55;  Mr.  249; 
Mrs.,  155;  Marie  Lloyd, 
334;  Philip,  154;  Philip 
Barton,  155,  245;  Re- 
becca, 243;  Dr.  Rob't, 
209;  Sam'l  P.,  155. 


Keyes,  Edward,  151. 

Killbume,  Chas.,  78,  122; 
Eliz.,  107;  Mrs.  Rachel, 
59,  107,  164;  Rachel, 
78;  Wm.,  107. 

Killman,  Levinia,  174. 

Kinkaid,  Annie,  460. 

Kilkenny,  72,  385. 

King,  Eliz.  Barnes,  266; 
Col.,  347;  John,  134; 
John  R.,  342;  Matilda, 
359;  Sir  Rob't,  266; 
Col.  Thomas,  266. 

Kingsdene,  448. 

King  William's  School, 
192,  195,  196,  219,  239. 
(Now  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, 219). 

Kinkead,  Cameal,  458 
Shelby,  458;  Sidney 
458;  Warfield,  458 
Wm.,  458. 

Kirby,  Ann,  143,  144 
Anna  Randall,  143 
Anne,  144;  Anne  Louis 
145;  Anthony,  143 
Benjamin,     143,     144 


XXX 


INDEX. 


Bessie  Sewell,  145; 
Charlotte,  144;  David, 
143;Eliz.,  143;  Francis, 
144;  George,  130,  143, 
144;  George  A.,  144, 
145,  180,  182;  Guy 
Donnell,  145;  Isabella, 
144;  James,  143;  Jane, 
144;  John,  143;  Joshua, 
143;  Joseph,  143,  144; 
Leila  Virginia,  145; 
Leonard,  144;  Littlelar, 
143;  Margery,  143; 
Matthew,  143;  Mary, 
143,  144;  Mary  Hanson, 
145;  Nathaniel,  143; 
Nicholas,    143;    Nerval 


Ann,  144;  Nerval,  144; 
Rachel,  143;  Rebecca, 
143;  Richard,  143; 
Sarah,  143,  144;  Solo- 
mon, 144;  Walter,  143; 
Wm.,  130,  143,  144; 
Wm.  Clyde,  145;  Wm. 
George,  145;  Wm.  M., 
145. 

Kirby  Family,  143;  Coat 
of  Arms,  134;  Muster 
Roll  in  War  of  Revo- 
lution, 143. 

Kirk,  Jas.,  490. 

Kitrell,  Amelia  Eliza,  424; 
Benj.  Anderson,  424; 
Louisa  Melissa,  424; 
Sarah  Letitia,  424. 


Klein,  Mary,  465. 
Knapp,     Deborah,      116; 

Leonard,    542;    Mercy 

Ann,  542. 
Knight,    Katherine,    355 ; 

Mrs.    Maria    G.,    291; 

Rebecca  Ringold,  291; 

Wm.    184,    291;    Hon. 

Wm.,    291;    Wm.    M., 

291. 
Knighton,  Thomas,  40. 
Knowles,  John,  5. 
Krafft,  L  P.,  61. 
Kraffth,  I.  P.,  158. 
Kuhn  &  Bunn,  463. 
Kurtz,  B.  P.,  91. 
Kyne,  John  F.,  538. 


Lacy,  Dr.,  382, 

Lafayette,  Gen'l,  229,  230, 
231,  232,  233,  243,  259, 
263,  294,  303,  349,  394, 
466,  469,  473,  474,  480, 
527. 

Lafayette's  Visit  to  An- 
napolis, 263. 

Laird,  Wm.  Henry,  261. 

Lakeland,  388. 

Lamar,  Archibald,  436 ; 
Margaret,  148. 

Lambert,  Thomas,  136; 
Mrs.  W^m.  J.,  373. 

Land,  205,  206. 

Land  Office,  205,  206. 

Land  Rents,  190. 

Land  Titles,  205,  206. 

Lancaster  Plains,  133,  374. 

Landerson,  Ambrose,  168. 

Landing,  The,  30. 

Landsdale,  Mrs.  John,  368; 
Thos.,  530. 

Lands,  Lying  on  Chapel 
Road,  435. 

Lane,  Grace,  461. 

Lansdale,  Mrs.  Rich'd, 
418,  437;  Mr.  Thos., 
438. 

Lansdale,  Eliz.,  99;  Vio- 
letta,  262;  Gen.  Isaac, 
262. 

Landstreet,  Mr.,  138. 

Lane,  Gabriel,  327;  Hard- 
idge,  102;  JolinL.,  537; 
Major,  51;  Providence, 
61;Sam'l,39,  51;Sarah, 
158;  Thomas,  327. 


Langanour,  H.  F.,  428; 
Dr.  P.  F.,  425,  428. 

Langford,  John,  14,  17, 
19,  20. 

L'Anoreaui,  Elk.,  88. 

Larkin,  Hester,  177,  189, 
494;  John,  30,  58,  104, 
109,  171,  177,  189,  197, 
345;  Margaret,  58,  345; 
Nicholas,  177;  Susan- 
nah, N.,  177;  Thomas, 
58,  78,  145,  171. 

Larkins,  294. 

Larkia's  Folly,  78. 

Larkin 's  Forest,  78. 

Larkln's  Hills,  30. 

Larkinton,  320. 

Lassiter,  Mrs.  Rob't  W., 
424. 

Last  Shift,  483. 

Laswell's  Hopewell,  114. 

Latimer,  Wm.,  316. 

Latrobe,  Ferdinand,  286; 
Henry.  202;  J.  H.  B., 
505,  506. 

Laurel,  35,  36,  115,  354. 

Lawrason,  Alice,  358, 
359;  Jas.,  358;  Mercy 
Ann,  358,  359. 

Lawrence,  Ann,  432;  Ann 
Warfield,  435;  Benj., 
77,  171,  393,  399,  432, 
482,  485,  487,  488; 
Caleb,  391,  435;  Daw- 
son, 524;  Edwin,  488; 
Eliz.,  171;  Elias,  77; 
France  Lafayette,  435; 
Hammond  D.,  435;  Dr. 


Horatio,  524;  James, 
524;  John,  61,  368,  398, 
432,434;John,  Sr.,  405; 
Mrs.  John,  406;  John, 
Jr.,  405,  434;  John  of 
Ligamore  Hills,  434; 
Josephine,  434;  Juliana, 
434;  Julian,  405;  Le- 
vin, 223,  391,  398, 
432,  433,  434,  435, 
436,  437,  487;  Levin, 
Jr.,  432;  Larkin,  169, 
391 ;  Lucy,  61 ;  Martha, 
434;  Mary,  77,  482,  487; 
Miss,  368;  Nich.  Otho, 
435;  Otho,  435;  Rachel, 
437;  Maj.  Rich'd,  369, 
386,  432,  435;  Rich'd 
Jos.,  435;  Rich'd  Henry 
Lee,  435;  Sir  Rob't,  524; 
Ruth  Dorsey,  77,  397; 
Sarah,  405,  435;  Sus- 
annah, 397,  405,  434, 
471,  482,  487;  Sam'l, 
487,  488;  Mrs.  Sarah, 
391;  Sarah  (Dorsey), 
435;  Susan,  432;  Sir 
Thos.,  33,  163,  193,  194, 
205,  219,  432;  W.  R., 
487;  Warrington,  G., 
435;  Zulda  M.,  435. 

Lawrences,  33,  146. 

Laws,  Printing  the,  207. 

Lawson,  John,  21,  37; 
Gen.  Rob't,  250. 

Lawyer's  HiU,  341. 

Lay,  Capt.,  454. 

Leah  &  Rachel,  178. 


INDEX. 


XXXI 


Leakin,  Prof.  Phil.  Moore, 
123. 

Lebanon,  46. 

Lee,  Arthur,  492;  Gen. 
Chas.,  214,  220,  240, 
250;  Christian  (Sun), 
226;  Edward,  202,  326; 
Eleanor,  47,  265;  EHza, 
235;  Gen.,  284;  Mrs. 
Francis  Lightfoot,  244; 
Gen.  Fitzhugh,  406; 
Col.  Henry,  245;  Gen. 
Henry,  257 ;  Howard, 
383;  Ida,  383;  James 
Fenner,  517;  John,  48, 
235;  John  D.,  517; 
Lady,  235,  (vessel) ; 
Lewis,  173;  Lighthorse 
Harry,  155;  Mrs.  Mary, 
228;  Mrs.,  528;  Mary 
D.,  517;  Philip,  47,  48, 

226,  265;  Ralph  Gil- 
bert, 144;  Richard,  48; 
Richard  Henry,  226, 
383;  Col.  Richard,  226; 
Sarah  (Brooke),  47; 
Thomas,  48,  54,  136, 
226;  Thomas  Sim,  54, 
203,  225,  331;  Gov. 
Thos.  Sim,  48,  225,  226, 

227,  228,  229,  230,  231, 
232,  233,  234,  235,  236, 
255,  291;  Wm.,  383; 
Wm.,  (Hon.),  54. 

Leeds,   Ruth,   175;  John, 

175. 
Left  Out,  75,  108. 
Legatt,  John,  26. 
Legislature,       (Biennial), 

278;  Against  Secession, 

283;  (of  1651),  15. 
Leigh,  Joanne,  203. 
Leitsch,     Maj .     Andrew, 

158;  Maj.,  528;  Sarah, 

528. 
Lench,  Richard,  354. 
Letcher,  Gov.,  285,  371. 
Leven,  146. 
Levering,  Lawrason,  359; 

Sam'l,  254. 
Lewis,  Capt.  Wm.,  25,  26', 

27;   Henry,   39;   Kath- 

erine,  92. 
Liberty,  183. 
Lady  Lightfoot,  60. 
Ligon,  Chas.  W.  Dorsey, 

283;    Gov.,    400;   Mrs., 

100;  Gov.  Thos.  Wat- 


kins,  281,  282,  283,  525; 
Thos.  D.,  281. 

Lillingstone,  Mr.,  33. 

Lillington,  165. 

Linch,  Wm.,  147. 

Lincoln,  Pres.,  283,  286, 
325. 

Lingan,  165;  Gen.,  155, 
257;  Gen.  Jas.,  158. 

Lindsay,  Mrs.  Rachel,  399. 

Linthicum,  Amanda,  416, 
468;  Cath.,  407;  Chas. 
G.,  537,  539;  Chas.  W., 
440,  493;  Dr.,  377;  Miss 
Ehza,  415;  Francis,  323; 
Geo.  W.,  441,  468, 
493;  Lancelot,  438; 
Lloyd,  407,  438;  Lloyd 
W.,  437,  438;  Mrs.,  437; 
Mrs.  Lot,  415;  Mary, 
361,  438;  Sarah,  438; 
Slingsby,  537;  Thos., 
129,  361;  Vachel  W., 
438;  Mrs.  Washington, 
440;  Westley,  (Wesley,) 
272,  273,  440,  493. 

Lisbon,  465. 

Lishear,  Mrs.,  468. 

List,  Mrs.,  105. 

Litterlouna,  501,  502. 

Little,  Susan,  449. 

Littleworth,  483. 

Livingstone,    Nancy,    91 

,     Mr.,  307,  308. 

Livingston,  Rob't  R.,  236 

Lloyd,  Alicia,  256;  Cath- 
erine, 256;  Col.,  256 
Commander,  15,  16 
203;  Cornelius,  5,  6,  7 
68,  71,  136;  Daniel,  248 
256,  294;  Edward,  6,  7 
8,  9,  10,  18,  20,  21,  26 
28,  29,  30,  31,  37,  38 
39,  42,  43,  44,  45,  46 
53,  67,  68,  74,  76,  97 
136,  165,  203,  226,  248 
255,  259,  297,  327,  332 
411;Gov.  Edward,  203 

255,  256,  261,  294,  297 
341,  528;  Edward  VI. 
256;  Edward  VII.,  256 
Mrs.  Edward,  244 
Eleanor,  261 ;  EUz.,  203 

256,  297;  EHz.  Tayloe 
259;  Eliz.  Winder,  256 
Henrietta  Marie,  110 
177;  Henrietta  M.  B 
203;  Gov.  Henry,  42 
248,  294,  295;  Henry 
297 ;    Henrietta    Marie 


(Neale  Bennett),  322; 
H.  M.,  67;  Jas.  Murray, 
256;  Mary  Ellen,  256; 
Mary  Tayloe,  155;  Ma- 
tilda, 81;  Rich.  B.,  203; 
Sallie  Scott,  256;  Philip, 
207;  Philemon,  42,  43, 
44,  177,  203. 

Lock,  Mercy,  355. 

Locke,  Wm.,  207,  219; 
Mrs.  Wm.,  219. 

Lockerman,  Hester  Ann, 
97;  Rich.,  184. 

Lockerman  House  or  Har- 
wood),  116. 

Lockwood.  Prof.,  324. 

Lockwood's  Adventure, 
483. 

Locust  Grove,  453. 

Locust  Neck,  11. 

Locust  Thicket,  346,  437. 

Loder,  Wm.  A.,  540. 

Lodge,  Prof.,  386. 

Lomaz,  Jolm  Taylor,  316. 

Londontown,  12,  171,  197, 
198. 

Long,  Francis  Martin, 
150;  George  Mason, 
150;  Marg't  Mason,  150; 
Mary,  420. 

Long  Island  Point,  133. 

Long  Reach,  58,  338,  339, 
342,  345,  385,  397,  401, 
406. 

Long  Trusted,  478,  479. 

Long  Trusted  Resurveyed, 
399. 

Longwood,  363,  364,  441, 
443,  446,  447. 

Longwood  Chapel,  443. 

Lord,  Ann  Watkins,  53, 
412;  John  Watkins, 
412;  Mr.,  53. 

Lordking,  John,  9. 

Lovat,  Lord,  170. 

Love,  David,  173. 

Lovelace,  Sir  WiUiam,  48; 
Ann,  48. 

Love's  Neck,  171. 

Lowe,  Ann  (Magruder), 
280;BradIeyS.  A.,  280; 
Gov.  Enoch  Louis,  280, 
281,  282;  Gov.,  41; 
Lloyd  M.,  280;  Michael, 
280;  Rebecca  (Maccu- 
bin),  280;  Richard  Ben- 
nett, 41 ;  Susanna  (Ben- 
nett), 41,  42;  Vincent, 
52,  55. 

Lowe's  Addition,  146. 


XXXll 


INDEX. 


Lower  Bennett,  354. 
Lower  Norfolk  Co.,  68. 
Lowndes,  Chas.,    256; 
•    Charles    (Commodore), 

297;  Christopher,   297; 

Gov.,  532;  Hon.  Lloyd, 

296,     297,     298,     300; 

Lloyd,     ex-Gov.,     121; 

Marie     Eliz.     (Moore), 

297;    Mrs.,    298;    Wm. 

Bladen,  121. 


Lowry,  Judge,  382. 
Lucas,  Rachel,  480. 
Luck,  217. 

Luckett,  Patience,  482. 
Lucy,  Henry,  540. 
Lucy's  Lot,  484. 
LuggOx,90,  91,  105,  115, 

153. 
Lumpkin,  Miss  E.  V.,  534; 

Rob't  G.,  534. 
Lunt,  Miss,  480. 


Lusby,  Robert,  145;  Sus- 
anna, 142,  160. 

Lux,  Darby,  201. 

Lyde,  Col.,  377;  Eliz. 
Griffith,  377. 

Lynch,  Deborah,  49,  67; 
Helen,  147;  Wm.,  67; 
Wm.,  2nd,  49. 

Lyon,  Rachel,  142. 

Lyon's  Creek,  34,  35. 


McCauley,  Edward,  538; 
Joseph,  538 ;  Joshua, 
538,  540. 

McCeney,  Anna  N.,  436. 

McCoIlough,  Sam'l,  318. 

MaccuUoch,  Jas.,  202. 

McComas,  Martha,  60; 
Senator,  298. 

McCoy,  Francis  E.,  461; 
Hannah,  87. 

Maccubin,  Mackubin  or 
McCubbin,  Name 
Changed,  178;  Mrs. 
Ann,  479;  Deborah, 
478;  Edward,  333; 
Eleanor,  320,  494; 
Elinor,  177,  178;  EHz., 
71,  177,  494;  George, 
316,  333;  Mrs.  J.,  494; 
James,  65,  177,  217; 
John,  30,  69,  71,  177, 
178,  265,  320,  348,  479, 
494;  Joseph,  223;  Mar- 
tha, 82;  Mary  Clare, 
177,  265;  Mary  Clare 
Carroll,  158;  Miss,  528; 
Moses,  177,  218;  Nich., 
177;  Rebeckah,  483; 
Reynolds,  393;  Richard, 
217,  218;  Dr.  Richard, 
155;Sam'l,  71,172, 177, 
202;  Sarah,  69,  348, 
350;Wm.,  70,  177,  198; 
Zachariah,  70,  177,  201, 
479. 

McDonald,  Capt.,  382; 
Miss,  371;  Mrs.,  100; 
Wm.,  289. 

McDowell,  Gov.  James, 
277;  John  A.  M.,  220; 
Sallie  C.  P.,  275. 

McDowell  Hall,  220,  332. 

McElfresh,  Chas.,  142, 
161;  Philip,  161. 

McEvoy,  Mr.  James,  43. 


M 

McFadden,  Marg't,  364. 

McGill,  Dr.  Lloyd,  383; 
Dr.  Chas.,  383;  Jas., 
353 ;  Rev.  James,  356, 
377,  392,  393,  432; 
Nannie,  383 ;  Sarah, 
377;  Thos.  Lloyd,  360, 
383;  Wm.,  383. 

Macgill,  360. 

Macgills,  of  Frederick, 
353. 

McGregor,  Clan.,  170. 

McGuire,  Joseph  D.,  539. 

McGuffey,  Prof.,  436. 

McHenry,  Mr.,  230;  Mrs. 
John,  243. 

McKean,  Camille  Ham- 
mond, 418. 

Mackall,  34;  Ann,  97; 
Gen.  James  John,  110; 
Gen.  James,  251;  Mar- 
garet, 110;  Priscilla,251. 

McKee,  Mary  Ann,  347. 

McKenney,  Anna  Hanson, 
408. 

Mackey,  Mrs.  D.,  494; 
EHz.,  134. 

McKim,  Jane,  133. 

McKinley,  Wm.,  311. 

McKonkey,  Eliza,  536. 

Machin,  Littleton,  540. 

Mackintosh,  Dr.,  447; 
W.,  539,  540. 

Macklef resh,  David,  54 ; 
Jane,  54. 

McLane,  Col.  Allen,  294; 
Cath.  Mary  (Milligan), 
293,  294;  Louis,  159; 
274,  286;  Lewis,  293; 
Gov.  Rob't,  159,  248, 
293,  294;  Hon.  Rob't, 
290;  Mayor  Robert, 
159. 

Maclin,  Littleton,  537; 
Thos.  L.,  538. 


McMahon,  John  V.  L., 
272. 

McMillan,  John  Wilson, 
102;  Kate  Louise,  102; 
Martin,  102. 

McNair,  Rev.,  382. 

MacPherson,  John,  218. 

MacRae,  Adam,  424;  Em- 
ma, 424. 

McShane,  John,  539. 

McSherry,  Jas.,  379;  Mr., 
379. 

MacTavish,  Chas.  Carroll, 
387 

McTavish,  C.  C,  517; 
Emily,  509;  John,  509, 
517;  Mrs.  John,  517. 

Mactier,  Francis,  466 ; 
Henry,  466. 

Madden,  Eliz.,  475. 

Madison,  Eliza  G.,  151; 
Pres.,  255,  257,  260, 
262. 

Madloe,  Thos.,  75. 

Magee,  Eliza  (Warfield), 
461. 

Magothy  River,  10,  35,  36, 
75. 

Magruder,  Alexander,  47; 
AJex.  Contee,  316;  Ann, 
102;  Dennis,  172;  Dan'l 
R.,  317;  Eliz.  V.,  454; 
Ellen  B.,  467;  Eleanor, 
278;Mrs.  Fletcher,  422; 
Helen  Augusta,  454; 
Dr.  Jeffrey,  467;  John 
H.  T.,  317;  Marv,  405; 
Rachel,  405;  Ray,  454; 
Robert.,  420;  Dr.  Wm., 
420,  494;  Mrs.  Dr.  Wm., 
183,  494;  Mrs.  Dr.  Wm. 
S.,  454;  Col.  Zadock, 
356. 

Maidstone,  110,  111. 

Maiden,  74. 


INDEX. 


XXXlll 


Marsh,  74. 

Mainwaring,  Mary,  321, 
322;  Roger,  322. 

Major's  Choice,  35,  42,  58, 
59,  338,  342,  345,  346, 
353,  437. 

Makemie,  Rev.  Francis, 
312. 

Mallonee,  Achsah,  142, 
143;  Achsah  Ann,  143; 
Achsah  Sewell,  143; 
Alexander,  142;  Anne 
E.,  143;  Anne  Sewell, 
142,  143,  144;  Ben- 
jamin, 142;  Brice,  142; 
Denton,  142,  143;  Edith 
.^  Denton,  142,  143;  Ed- 
ith, 142;  George,  142, 
143;  George  Carter,  143; 
George  Leonard,  143; 
James,  133,  142;  John, 
133,  142;  John  Denton, 
143;  Leonard,  133,  139, 
140, 142,,  143;  Mark,  142; 
Martin  Van  Buren,  142; 
Mary,  143;  Maryland, 
142;  Mary  Edith,  142; 
Matthew,  142;  Rach- 
el, 142;  Rachel  (Lyon), 
142;  Stephen,  142; 
Thomas,  133;  Thom- 
azine,  142;  Virginia, 
142;  Wm.,   133,  142. 

Manley,  Edith,  478. 

Mann,  Geo.,  316. 

Mannen,  Thos.,  149. 

Manning,  Thos.,  42,  56. 

Manor  Glen,  466. 

Mansfield,  Walter,  12. 

Mansill,  Susannah,  380. 

Marazon,  134. 

Marburg,  Col.  Luke.,  252. 

Marchand,  Mrs.  F.  T.,  194. 

Marden,  Edith,  100;  Jesse, 
158. 

Margaret,  The,  113. 

Mariarte,  Dan'l,  297; 
Rachel,  432;  Edward, 
432;  Honor,  432. 

Marine,  Mrs.,  100. 

Markoe,  Mrs.  Maria  Thom- 
as, 280. 

Marley  Chapel,  Ruins  of, 
203. 

Marlow,  Wm.  H.,  419, 
538. 

Marr,  Mrs.  E.  D.,  88. 

Marriott,  Achsah,  84,  87, 
132,133,350;  Augustine, 
84,  85,   132,   133,   138, 


139,  373;  Mrs.  Ann,  85; 
Ann,  180;  Ann  Gam- 
brill,  132;  Eliz.,  84,  90, 
133;  Emanuel,  132,  133, 
218;  Guilleemus,  132; 
Hannah,  84;  James, 
180;  Johathan,  368; 
John,  84,  132,  133,  139, 

140,  141,  145,  356,  357, 
373,  488;  Joseph,  132, 
133,  218;  Joshua,  327, 
350;  Mrs.  Joshua,  87; 
Mary,  84,  85,  139;  Mary 
Warfield,  138,  139;  Mr., 
368;  Rachel,  87,  133; 
Richard,  133,  373,  488; 
Ruth,  133;  Sarah,  85, 
132,  133,  139,  373; 
Silvanus,  132,  139; 
Thos.,  180;  Mrs.  Thos., 
371;  Wm.,  180;  Wm. 
Hammond,  133,  316. 

Marriott  Place,  366. 

Marriottsville,  488. 

Marsh,  Jane,  43 ;  Margaret 
8;  Mary,  43;  Sarah,  43; 
Thos.,  6,  8,  10,  13,  18, 
26,  34,  35,  37,  38,  39, 
42,  43,  56;  Wm.  War- 
ren, 8. 

Marsh's  Creek,  13,  34. 

Marsh's  Forest,  182. 

Marshall,  Col.  Chas.,  363; 
WiUiam,  47. 

Martin,  Augustus  War- 
field,  454;  Amelia,  425; 
Amelia  (MiUy),  424; 
Andrew  J.,   459;  Ann, 

265,  454;  Dr.  A.  W., 
43;  Annie,  454;  Dan'l, 
265;   Gov.   Dan'l,   265, 

266,  267;  Dr.  Ennals, 
265;  Ex-Mayor,  158; 
Fannie,  43;  Frank,  43; 
Dr.  Frank,  454;  Geo. 
W.,  459;  Hannah,  265; 
Hattle  Warfield,  459; 
Heniy,  265;  Jas.  Lloyd, 
265;  Jas.  S.,  454;  John, 
470;  Lay,  454;  Lizzie 
Blair,  454;  Luther,  188, 
250,  393,  395,  418,  470, 
507;  Mrs.,  437;  Maria 
G.,  459;  Mrs.  Patrick, 
79;  Rob't  Nichols,  265; 
Ruth,  454;  Dr.  Sam'l 
B.,43,  400,  454;  Thom- 
as, 265;  Tristam,  265; 
Judge  Wm.  Bond,  265; 
Wm.  P.  W.,  459. 


Martin's  Brandon,  113. 

Martin's  Luck,  470. 

Maryland,  Distinguished 
men  of  Anne  Arundel 
who  claim  St.  John's 
College  as  their  Alma 
Mater,  316;-  Gazette, 
209,  320,  328;  Jockey 
Club,  288;  Loans,  288; 
Law  Record,  301 ;  Day 
(at  St.  Louis),  303,  304; 
Agricultural  Products 
of,  313;  Four  Hundred, 
310;  Great  Seal  of,  313; 
Historical  Society,  314; 
As  a  Manufacturing 
State,  313;  Mineral  Re- 
sources of,  313;  My 
Maryland,  314;  Repub- 
lican, 326;  Story  of, 
308,  309;  Society  Col- 
onial Dames,  435. 

Maryland's  Service  to  the 
Nation,  306. 

Mary's  Delight,  78. 

Mascall's  Rest,  61. 

Mason,  Ann  Eileck,  536; 
Catherine,  112;  Francis 
5,  6,  136;  Mrs.  Gen'l, 
528;  Geo.,  311,  536; 
James,  495;  Gen.  John, 
341 ;  James  Murray, 
112;  John  T.,  368;  Hon. 
J.Thompson,  293;  Kate, 
495;  Mr.,  368;  Lemuel, 
136;  R.,  368;  Virginia, 
396. 

Mason  and  Dixon's  Line, 
208. 

Massachusetts,  7. 

Massie,  Mattie,  389. 

Mathiah,  Mr.,  391. 

Mattawoman,  240. 

Mattawoman  Creek,  35. 

Mattepany,  54,  55. 

Matthews,  28;  Alfred,  349, 
449;  Mrs.  Alfred,  469, 
470;B.  H.,  448;Cleany, 
448;  Elzy,  477;  Flor- 
ence C,  534;  Hattie 
448;  Harriett,  388;  Mrs. 
Harriet,  439 ;  Henrietta, 
406;  James,  447;  James 
B.,  443,  448,  449,  539, 
540;  Mrs.  Jas.  B.,  449; 
Prof.  Lycurgus,  443, 
448;  Wm.,  448,  539; 
Wm.,  Jr.,  448;  Judge 
Wm.,  448,  534;  Wm. 
L.,  411. 


XXXIV 


INDEX. 


Maxwell,  Anne,  60;  Daisy, 
475;  Mrs.  R.  S.,  489. 

May,  Mrs.  Clintonia 
(Wright),  280;  Eliza, 
262;    Wm.,  254. 

Maynadier,  Col.,  154;  Rev. 
Dan'l,  334;  Eliza,  334; 
Eliz.,  334;  Harriet,  334; 
Col.  Henry,  155,  263, 
334;  Margaret,  334; 
Mary,  334;  Mrs.,  154; 
Sallie,  341. 

Maynard,  Mrs.  Albert,  421; 
Mrs.  Dr.,  434;  Juliet, 
421. 

Mayo,  Edward,  323;  Eliz., 
82;  Henrietta,  323; 
Henry,  323;  Isaac,  202, 
323,  429;  Commodore 
Isaac,  171,  323,  422; 
James,  323;  John,  323; 
Joseph,  323;  Joshua, 
323;  Mrs.,  95;  Sarah 
Battaile,  323,  422; 
Thomas,  221,  222,  223; 
Wm.,  202. 

Mayos,  of  South  River, 
323. 

Mayo's  Neck,  323. 

McBlair,  Alicia,  256. 

Meadowcroft,  Chas.  J. ,  459. 

Meadows,  The,  458. 

Mediary,  Cath.  Musser, 
321. 

Medical  and  Chirurgical, 
Society,  444. 

Meeke,  Guy,  58;  Jos.,  326. 

Meeks,  Miss,  159. 

Meeres,  EUz.,  44,  46; 
John,  44,  45,  46 ;  Sarah, 
44;  Thomas,  5,  6,  10, 
11,  13,  26,  28,  37,  38, 
39,  43,  44,  45,  76,  113. 

Mercer,  Ann  Roy,  250; 
Ann  Smith,  250;  Cor- 
delius,  465;  Eliz.,  431; 
Eliza,  418;  Grace  Fen- 
ton,  250;  Gen.  Hugh, 
241;  Col.  John,  250; 
John,  202,  250;  J.  F., 
94,  507;  Gov.  John 
Francis,  250,  251,  264; 
Landen,  317;  Miss 
Marg't,  251;  Mary  (nee 
Wolden),  350;  Mary, 
270;  Miss,  468;  Noel, 
250;  Col.  Richard,  251 ; 
Richard  Sprigg,  251; 
R.S.,  202;  Robert,  2.50; 
Thos.  S.,  202. 


Meriweather,  Ann,  493 ; 
Mary,  493;  Nich.,  387, 
438,  493;  Mrs.  Nich., 
472;  Reuben,  221,  222, 
387,  441,  442,  443,  493; 
SaUie,  493,  494;  Sarah, 
D.,  493;  Thos.  B.,  183, 
442,  443;  T.  B.  D.,  447, 
493,  494. 

Meriweather  Homestead, 
469. 

Merrick,  Richard,  269; 
Sen.,  269;  Wm.  M. 
269. 

Merriken,  John,  213. 

Merryman,  James,  10,  37, 
44;  Sarah  Ann,  87; 
Sarah  Jane,  350;  Tem- 
perance, 530. 

Messick,  Ellen,  100;  Thos. 
K.,  100. 

Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  312. 

Methodists  Old  Side,  465. 

Mexican  War,  278. 

Mewburn,  Eliz.,  144;  Ann, 
182;  Dr.,  182. 

Middle  Neck  Hundred,  11, 
30. 

Middle  Plantation,  12. 

Middleton,  Craig,  532; 
Eliz,  532;  Marv(0'Ban- 
non),   532;   Sarah,  109. 

Mikes  Quarter,  511. 

MiUtia,  28. 

Miles,  Thos.,  12,  327. 

Miller,  Anna,  150;  Bettie, 
382;  Buckner,  150; 
Charlie,  150;  Dr.  Den- 
ton, 387;  Mr.  Denton, 
409;  Mrs.  Denton,  409; 
Eliza,  461;  EUza  R., 
484;  Henry,  150;  John, 
328;  James  Tolley,  150; 
Julia  Worthington,  150; 
Juliana,  P.  M.,  484; 
Marg't  Stade,  150;  Mr., 
438;  Nich.,  409,  410; 
Peter,484;  Wm.,  150. 

Millersville,  84,  86. 

MiUigan,  Geo.  B.,  65; 
Rob't,  294;  Sallie  Jones, 
294. 

Mills,  Eliz.  Ann.,  98;  Dr., 
43;Dr.  Wm.,  454;Wm. 
P.,  98. 

Minor,  EHz.  EUzey,  383. 

Minter,  EUz.,  83;  John, 
83. 

Mistake,  489,  490. 


MitcheUjf'Geo.    E.,    263; 

Rev.     Jonathan,     137; 

Margaret,     137;    Wm., 
3r329. 

Moale,  Betty,  242. 
Mobberly,  Rezin,  327. 
Model  Farm,  114. 
Mohun,  R.  B.,  408. 
Moiling,  Elis.,  9. 
MoUman,  Henry,  537, 539. 
Money,  207. 
Money's     True     Dealing, 

176. 
Monocacy,  36. 
Monroe,    Jas.,    264,    307; 

Jas.     Middleton,     201; 

Pres.,    118,    260,    262, 

263,  285. 
Monteith,      Dr.     Authur, 

363. 
Montevue,  275,  277. 
Montgomery,  Bishop,  101 ; 

Mrs.  Peggy,  185. 
Montgomery  Co.,  35,  37. 
Montmorency,  152. 
Montpelier,  351,  352,  362, 

363,  369,  378,  379,  380, 

406,  444,  526. 
Montpelier,  (Upper),  379. 
Moore,  Mrs.  Agnes,  430;     ' 

Ann,  81;  Anne  Louisa, 

378;    Mr.    John,    384; 

John  P.,  299;  Laura  M., 

127;  Dr.  Mordecai,  53, 

54,  339;  Mr.,  33;  Mrs., 

459;      Richard,      201; 

Ruth,    101;   Dr.    Sam'l 

Preston,     201 ;     Thos., 

368,  438;  Mrs.  Ursula, 

54;  Zedekiah,  378. 
Moorehead,  Mrs.  Dr.,  415. 
Moorehead   Generosity, 

438. 
Moore's  Morning  Choice, 

339,  530. 
Moore  Property,  380. 
Morely,  Joseph,  12,  108. 
More  Houses  Generosity, 

381. 
Morgan,  Gen'l,  241;  Rev. 

N.    J.  B.,    159;     Capt. 

Phil.,  27,  38. 
Morely's  Grove,   12,   108. 
Morely's  Lott,  52,  108. 
Morgan,  Benj.  H.,  474. 
Morris,     John     B.,     324;  > 

MoUie,  406;  Mrs.,  421;     \  / 

Nancy,    324;   Rebecca,      V 

418;   Robert,   24,   234, 

527. 


INDEX. 


XXXV 


Morrison,  Clay,  428;  Eliz., 

449;       Filmore,       428; 

James,  428;  Luin,  428; 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C,  428; 

Wm.,  449. 
Mortimer,  Rich'd  H.,  442; 

Wm.  T.,  442. 
Morton,  Thos.,   223. 
Mosby,  Laura  C,  460. 
Mosely,  Bertha,  452;  Rev. 
V      Mr.,  452. 
Moss,  Rich.,  319;  Rob't, 

327. 
Mother's  Care,  438. 
Moxcey,  Virgil,  202. 
Moxley,  Juliette,  462. 
Mt.  Airy  Neck,  179. 
Mt.  Calvery  Church,  440, 

441. 
Mt.  Clare,  177,  178,  267. 
Mt.  Etna,  109. 
Mt.  Gilboa,  404,  407. 
Mt.  Ida,  156. 
Mt.  Pleasant,  400,  406. 


Mt.  Vernon,  35. 

Muddy  Creek,  34,  96. 

Mulberry  Grove,  74. 

Mullan,  John,  317. 

MuUikin,  Beale  D.,  98; 
Eliz.,  105;  Jas.,  105; 
Marg't,  126,  154. 

Munce,  J.  Quitman,  459; 
Warfield,  459. 

Munroe,  Ann,  333 ;  Emily, 
117 ;  Grafton,  333  ;Harry 
S.,  333;  James, 317,327, 
333;  John,  333;  Mary, 
333;  Thos.,  117. 

Murat,  Jas.,  201. 

Murrays,  33. 

Murray,  Col.  Alexander, 
528;  Mrs.  Alex.,  528; 
Anne,  46;  Annie,  341; 
Catherine,  334 ;  Char- 
lotte, 334;  Col.,  63; 
Daniel,  341 ;  Dan'l,  St., 
341 ;  Col.  Edward,  341 ; 
Eliz.  H.,  528;  Hannah 


M.,  334;  Henry,  335; 
Henry  M.,  334;  James, 
316,  334;  Dr.  James, 
256,  335,  341;  James 
D.,  334;  John,  341; 
Mary,  341;  Miss,  185, 
528;  Miss  Maria,  528; 
Sallie  Scott,  256,  341; 
Sarah,  46;  Mrs.  Sarah 
E.,  335;  Dr.  Wm.,  46, 
158,202,341. 

Murray's  HUl,  132,  145. 

Murray's  Plains,  148. 

Murdock,  Wm.,  184. 

Muse,  Sophia  K.,  155. 

Musgrove,  Sam'l  C,  538; 
Sam'l,  446;  Sophia,  471; 
Stephen,  471;  T.,  446. 

Muster  Field,  474. 

Myerly,  Mrs.,  389. 

Myers,  Mrs.  Alex.,  397. 

My  Lady's  Bower,  237. 

My  Lady's  Manor,  466. 

My  Lord's  Gift,  254. 


Nally,  Eliza,  418. 

Nancy's  Fancy,  484. 

Nansemond  Co.,  5,  41. 

Nantz,  Martha,  430. 

Napier,  Mary  Charlotte, 
359. 

Nathaniel  Point,  43,  44. 

National  Road,  498. 

Naval  Academy,  44,  331. 

Neale,  Dorothy,  42,  322; 
Henrietta  Marie,  41,42, 
203;  Capt.  James,  41; 
James,  203. 

Neale's  Delight,  378. 

Needwood,  235. 

Negro  Emancipation,  285. 

Neilson,  Mrs.  Deb.,  430. 
>/  Nelson,  Dr.  Arthur,  88; 
Benjamin,  386;  Bur- 
gess, 386,  482;  Cath. 
Murdock,  435;  Rev. 
Cleveland  K,  382;  Eliz., 
386;  Henry,  386,  436; 
Hugh,  382;  John,  88; 
John  M.,  201;  Judge 
Madison,  435;  Mary 
(Brooke  Sim),  435; 
Miss,  458;  Mrs.,  386, 
472;  Rachel,  386;  Rog- 
er, 435;  Robert,  429; 
Rose,  435;  Ruth,  115; 
Sarah,   386,    482;   Mrs. 


N 

Sarah,  386;  Thos.  J., 
317. 

Nelsons,  435. 

Nettlefield,  Geo.,  12. 

Never  Die,  480. 

Nevitt,  John  Rider,  334; 
Mary,  334. 

Newlin,  Mr.,  138. 

Newman,  198;  Roger.  10. 

"Newport  House,"  (now 
Eyreville),  49. 

Newton,  Caroline  B.,  542. 

Newtown,  180,  207. 

New  Year's  Gift,  390,  392, 
.501. 

Nicholas,  Emily  R.,  126. 

Nichols,  Ann  Rebecca, 
363;  Sam'l,  537. 

Nicholson,  Beale,  65,  102; 
Eliz.,  65,  92;  Mrs.  Eliz., 
53;  Gov.  Francis,  163, 
193,  194,  219,  332; 
Gov.,  193,  219;  Hester 
(Larkin),  350;  H.  L., 
74;  James,  201;  John, 
494;  Mrs.  John,  161; 
Judge  Joseph  H.,  255; 
Joseph  Hopper,  251 ; 
Mrs.  J.  W.,  427;  Lieut. 
Gov.,  354;  Mrs.,  203, 
480;  Nich.,  158,  189, 
494;  WiUiam,  65,  102; 


W.  T.,  428;  Rev.  Wal- 
ter L.,  428. 

Nickle,  Henry  B.,  60. 

Nicklin,  Mrs.  Philip,  112. 

Nicodemus,  Emma,  315; 
J.  Courtney,  315. 

Niedringhaus,  Mrs.  H.  J., 
536. 

Noble,  Eliz.,  95,  97;  Jos., 
95;  Mary,  95,  376; 
Capt.  Thomas,  376. 

Noel,  Eliz.,  177. 

Noland,  Cath.,  382. 

Non-Conformists,  31. 

Norfolk  Co.,  Lower,  67; 
Upper,  6. 

Norman,  Jos.,  130. 

Norris,  146,  198. 

Norris,  Edw.,  3-59,  530, 
536;  Grace,  373;  F., 
389;  James  L.,  373; 
Jonathan,  399;  Lottie, 
421;  Margaret,  358, 360; 
Mrs.,  422,  442;  Rebecca, 
359;  Rebecca  (Smith), 
358,  536;  Wm.,  358, 
359. 

Northampton,  262. 

North,  Lord,  472. 

"North  Point,"  48,  49, 
469. 

North  Point  (Battle  of) ,  64. 


XXXVl 


INDEX. 


Northern   Central   R.   R., 

269,  274. 

northwestern  Railroad, 
286. 

Norwood,  198;  Andrew, 
65,  71,  102,  129,  161 
194;  Mrs.  Dr.,  448 
Capt.,  55,  56,  343,  438 
Edward,  222, 420;  EUz., 


Oakdale,  301,  455;  Log 
Book  of,  533. 

Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  443. 

Oakhill,  103. 

Oakland,  363,  445,  480. 

Oaklawn,  525. 

Oakland  Manor,  388,  390, 
392,  393,  421. 

Oakland  Mills,  393,  395. 

Oath  of  Fidelity,  15,  19, 
20,  28. 

Oatley,  Christopher,  9. 

Obligation,  93. 

O'CarroU,  Ely,  177,  501, 
502;  Joanna,  240. 

Odall  (Odell),  Henry,  78; 
Thos.,  78,  81;  Sarah, 
78. 

OdeU,  Miss,  152. 

Odd  Fellows  (first  lodge), 
261. 

Odd  Fellow's  Hall,  466. 

Oden,  Mrs.  Priscilla,  156. 

O'Donnell,  Mrs.  Caroline, 
536;Chas.  O.,  517;  Mr. 
Columbus,  235,  479; 
John, 387. 

Officers'  Fees,  208. 

Offutt,  Anderson,  383 ; 
Mrs.  Dr.CampbeU,  383; 
Henrietta  Gassaway, 
383;  Lee,  383;  Lulie, 
383;  Maria,  418;  Mrs., 
382;  Nicholas  D.,  383; 
Rachel,  383;  Wm. 
Worthington,  383; 
Zachariah,  102,  383. 

Ogle,  Ann,  217;  Ann  Ma- 
rie Cooke,  250;  Benj., 
214,  244,  250,  297; 
Benj.,  of  Baltimore, 
249;  Gov.  Benj.,  248, 
249,  250,  316,  448;  Dr. 
Benjamin  Cooke,  250; 
Gov.,  279;  Rev.  Mar- 
bury  and  wife,  393; 
Mr.  Marbury,  249; 
Mary,  100;  Miss  Rosa- 


71,  102,  129,  161;  Han-  Norwood's  Fancy,  11,  56, 

nah,  129;    John,    6,    7,        166. 

11,  13,  28,  29,  39,  69,  Norwood's  Intact,  65. 

129,  161,  223,  387,  420;  Norwood,  332. 

Mary,    114,    344,    420,  Notley  Hall,  501. 

431;  Ruth,  417;  Sam'l,  Nottingham,  47. 

109,   417;   Sarah,    422,  Nurse,  Mrs.  Dr.,  382. 

431,  536. 


o 

lie,  249;  Sam'l,  209,  297; 

Gov.   Sam'l,    100,   208, 

209,  212,  217,  332. 
Ogleby,  Patrick,  207. 
O'Hara,  Wm.,  202. 
Old    Brick    Church,    392, 

440. 
Old  Brick  Churches,  217, 

219,  260. 
Old  Church,  267. 
Old  Defenders'  Day,  304, 

321. 
Oldfield,  Frank,  538. 
Oldham,  Mary,  265. 
Old  Windsor,  154. 
Oliver,   Rob't,   393,   395; 

Thos.,  395. 
O'neil,  Oneal    or  O'neill, 

Grace,  45;  I.  W.C,  449; 

Mary,  449;  Thos.,  537. 
Ordinaries,  41. 
Orem,  John,  540. 
Orendorf,  Kate,  388. 
Orme,      Charlotte,      101 ; 

Rev.  John,  101;  Mary, 

138;      Rebecca,      138; 

Patrick,  138. 
Orr,  Susan,  459. 
Orrell,  146. 
Orrick,     Jas.,     82,     123; 

Mary,  82,  123;  Priscilla, 

82;  Mrs.  Priscilla,  123; 


Clarence,  389 ;  Mrs. 
Clarena,  467;  Mrs.  Ed- 
win, 143;  Edwin  W., 
389;  EUz.  Hood,  453, 
472;  Florence,  389; 
George  D.,  418,  437; 
GiUis,  432,  437;  Han- 
nah, 472;  Henry,  389; 
Henry  H.,  539,  540; 
Maj.  Henry,  389,  392; 
Isaac,  353;  Jas.,  389; 
Jessie,  472;  Dr.  Jas., 
389;  Dr.  John  Hood, 
440;  John  H.,  538,  390, 
392,  453;  Joshua,  152, 
389,  441;  Joshua  D.', 
438;  L.  J.  G.,  464;  537; 
Maj.,  385,  390;  Maria, 
464;  Margaret,  464;  Mr., 
63,  382,  390;  Mary,  334; 
Mary  E.,  389;  Marcella, 
152;  Matilda,  418;  Mrs. 
Nich.,  391,  439;  Rachel, 

389,  441;     Rebecca, 

390,  403,  436;  Richard, 
6,  8,  88,  130,  385,  386, 
389,  390;  Richard,  Sr., 
389;  Mrs.  Rich'd,  416; 
Ruth,  88,  481,  482; 
Sam'l,  49,  67,  123,  130, 
334,  388,  389,  390,  436, 

,      ,437,  441,  446,  487,  494, 

Wm.,  105.  -  X527,  528;  Sam'l  Beale, 

V     546-Sflrflh    441  •  Snnhia 


Osborne,  Marg't,  262 
Ould,    Col.     Rob't,    421; 

Mrs.  Rob't,  421. 
Our  Early  Settlers,  5,  56. 
Owens,    Mrs.    Burt,    428; 

Chas.     Leonard,     144; 

Dr.,     327;    Jas.,     327; 

Mary,  170;  Rich'd,  170, 

327. 
Owen's  Range,  373. 
0 wings,   Albin,    389;   Al 


346;  Sarah,  441 ;  Sophia 
G.,  528;  Stephen,  334; 
Susan,  390;  Thos.,  85, 
389,  437,  494;  Thos.  B., 
536;  Mrs.  Dr.  Thos., 
437;  Urith  (Randall), 
102;Urith,67,436,487; 
Ulyssus,  389;  Ulyssus 
G.,  389;  Wm.,  437;  W., 
529;Wm.  G.,  538;Wm. 
T.,  389;  Wm.  W.,  389. 
Owing's  Mill,  67,  487,  389. 


verta,  407;  Amelia,  389;  Qwings,  Richard  Owing's 
Ariana,     441 ;     Ariana       Mill,  385,  388. 

(Dorsey),    441;    Basil,  Oxon  Hill,  185. 

389;      Caroline,      391;  Oyster  Beds,  288. 


INDEX. 


XXXVll 


Paca,  Aquilla,  111;  John, 

235,  237;  Mary,  111; 
Mary  Chew,  187;  Wil- 
liam, 214,  221,  222,  507; 
William,  Gov.,  42,  67, 
110,  187,  216,  234,  235, 

236,  237,  239. 
Packer,  Edw.,  161. 
Painter,  Nicholas,  53. 
Palatines,  206. 
Palip,  10. 

Palmer,  Mrs.  Potter,  57, 
399;  Mr.,  163;  Dr.  J. 
Williamson,  340. 

Palmer's  Island,  18. 

Pancrost,  Caleb,  465. 

Parker,  William,  13,  361; 
Judge,  373. 

Parker's  Branch,  13. 

Parks,  Wm.,  207. 

Parlett,  Frank,  489,  537, 
538 

Parliament,  15,  16,  19. 

Parran,  Alex.,  134;  John, 
134;   Dr.,  264. 

Parrott,  Hannah  Parker, 
121;  P.  P.,  121;  John 
T.,  201. 

Parr's  Spring,  36. 

Parshall,  Miss,  152. 

Partnership,  153,  351,  352, 
380,  381,  384,  401,  406, 
419,  428,  429. 

Pascal,  Jane,  68. 

Patapso,  Ferry,  36;  Fe- 
male Institute,  282 ; 
Iron  Works,  502;  River, 
35,  36. 

Paternal  Gift,  430. 

Patterson,  Alice,  449 ; 
Eliz.,  508;  George,  296, 
483;  Nath.,  449;  Prud- 
ence, 169;  Rob't,  508; 
Sarah,  415;  Wm.,  449, 
483. 

Pattie,  Jane  E.,  91. 

Pattison  Estate,  377. 

Pattison  Homestead,  377. 

Patuxent,  The,  13,  337; 
Co.,  34;  Range,  166. 

"  Patuxant  John  Dorsey," 
62. 

Pawson,  John,  45. 

Peabody,  Adolphus  W., 
359;  Geo.,  278,279,288, 
358,  359 ;  Jeremiah,  358. 

Peaches,  260. 

Peach  Blow,  260. 


Peaco,  John  Wesley,  316. 

Pead,  Rev.  Duell,  33,  198. 

Peale,  Chas.  Wilson,  320; 
Rembrandt,  320;  Sam'l, 
198. 

Pearl  Out  of  Diamond, 
114. 

Pearson,  R.  C,  424;  Sam'l, 
426. 

Peasley,  John,  217. 

Peckover,  Mr.,  430. 

Peddicord,  Amelia,  471; 
Eh.  T.,  538;  Eliz.,  471; 
Ely,  524;  Gerard,  471; 
Henry,  446;  Jasper,471, 
524;  Rowland,  446; 
Sarah,  471;  Thos.,  524; 
Thos.  J.,  524;  Wash. 
A.,  524;  Wm.,  471. 

Pedro,  John,  26. 

Peele,  198. 

Peggy  Stewart,  54,  309, 
310,  448;  Burning  of, 
444,  445;  House,  93, 
323. 

Peirpont,  Ann,  380;  EHz., 
86;  Francis,  86;  John, 
86;  Sam'l,  380;  Sarah, 
86  (see  Pierpont). 

Pell,  William,  9. 

Pendell,  Dr.  Wm.  N.,  202. 

Pendenny,  9,  44. 

Pendenny  Heights,  10. 

Pendenny  and  Expecta- 
tion, 147. 

Pendleton,  Gen.  Geo.  H., 
155;  Capt.,  392;  Mr., 
363. 

Penniman,  Wm.,  377. 

Pennington,  Josias,  259 ; 
Charles  Josias,  259; 
Wm.,  9. 

Penn,  Thomas,  209;  Wm., 
175. 

Penns,  35. 

Penny,  Mr.,  377;  Henry 
A.,  537;  Wm.,  9. 

Pennypacker,  Mrs.  Sally, 
389. 

Pepper,  Jas.  G.,  149. 

Perkins,  Edmund,  383; 
Edmund  T.,  383;  Har- 
ry,  383 ;  Ida,  383 ;  Marg't 
Grey,  383;  Miss,  474. 

Perrin,  Cath.,  479;  Edw., 
9. 

Perry,  Dr.,  138. 

Perry  Hall,  63,  64,  65. 


Peter,  Alex.,  382,  403 
Arthur,  382;  Col.,  101 
Edw.,  382;  Eric,  382 
Maj.  Geo.,  245,  382 
Hon.  Geo.,  245,  382 
Geo.  W.,  403;  John 
382;  Kate,  382;  La 
vinia,  382;  Mary,  382 
Major,  101 ;  Sallie,  382 
Rob't,  382;  Willie,  382 
Wm.  B.,  245;  Mrs.  Geo! 
P.,  251. 

Peter  Porter's  Ridge,  135. 

Petitions  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Common- 
wealth (1653),  19. 

Pettes,  Clara,  453. 

Petticord,  Harry,  407. 

Pfeifer,  62. 

Phelps,  Anita,  291,  517; 
Royal,  291,  517;  Wm., 
72. 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Henry,  112; 
Matthew,  136;  Mrs. 
Ann,  136;  Henrietta, 
530;  Woodland  C,  144, 
540;  Sam'l,  168,  490; 
Congressman,  277. 

Philip's  Addition,  46. 

Pickerell,  Evan,  149. 

Pickering,  Annie  E.,  478; 
Eliz.,  341. 

Picket,  Chas.  D.,  538. 

Pickersgill,  Wm.  C,  359. 

Pierce,  Col.,  25;  Jas.  Al- 
fred, 283;  Mr.,  344. 

Pierpoint,  Mary,  144,  320, 

Pierpoints,  Henry,  30. 

Pierpont,  Francis,  198 
Mrs.  (nee  Hawlins), 397 

Pierson,  Emma,  424 
Gaither,  424;  Jas.,  424 
Philip,  424;  Sam'l,  424 
Sarah,  424;  Susan,  424. 

Pig  Point,  199. 

Pikesville,  67. 

Pill  Box,  The,  242. 

Pimlico  Race  Course,  288. 

Pine,  John,  75. 

Piney  Grove,  82,  420. 

Piney  Plains,  182. 

Piney  Point,  176. 

Pinkney,  Amelia,  127,  333 ; 
Isabella,  288;  Jonathan, 
127;  Henry,  71,  137; 
Margaret,  127;  Mary 
A.,  333;  Nancy,  127; 
Ninian,   127,  316,  317, 


XXXVlll 


INDEX. 


333;    Wm.,    127,    128, 
219,  220,  288,  317,  507; 
Bishop,  127,  128;  Mrs., 
127. 
Pinkney  Family,  127. 
Pinkney  House,  331. 
Pitts,  Ann,  142,  160,  161; 
Anna  Maria,  142;  Ach- 
sah,  139,  160;  Charles, 
142,  160,  161;Chas.  H., 
142,  161 ;  Eleanor,  161 ; 
Eliz.,     142,    160,     161; 
Edward,  142, 161;  Glen, 
161;     Henrietta,     142, 
160;    John,    142,    160; 
John  Lusby,  142,  161; 
Martha,  142, 161;  Mary, 
138,  139,  142,  160,  161; 
Nicholas,  142,  161 ;  Sus- 
an,    142,    160;    Thos.,! 
138,  139,  142,  160,  161,' 
182;  T.  Glen,  142;  Rev. 
Thomas,     161;     Thos., 
Jr.,  160;  Wm.,  138,  139, 
142,  160,  161. 

Pitts  Orchard,  160. 

Plains,  The,  46,  108,  177. 

Plater,  Ann,  244,  245; 
Charlotte,  245;  Col., 
184,  185;  Eliz.,  198, 
244;  Geo.,  198,  244, 
245,  255;  Gov.  George, 
235,  243,  244,  245,  528; 
John,  245;  John  Rous- 
ley,  245;  Rebecca,  244, 
245;  Thomas,  245. 

Plaster,  Use  of,  500. 

Pleasant  Fields,  343. 

Pleasant  Green,  507. 

Pleasant  Hill,  383. 

Pleasant  Meadows,  483. 

Pleasant  Ridge,  436. 

Pleasant  Valley,  401. 

Pleasants,  Hannah,  436 ; 
J.  Hall,  360;  Jas.  S., 
436. 

Pleasant,  Rob't,  176. 

Plumbton,  108. 

Plummer,  M.,  389. 

Poe,  Edgar  Allen,  384. 

Poindexter,  Mrs.,  428. 

Pole  Cat  Hill,  30,  419. 

PoUce  Dept.  (Balto.),  286. 

Polk,  Anna  M.  (Stuart), 
281;  Eliz.,  468;  Esther 
Winder,  281;  Jas.,  281; 
Pres.,  281 ;  Trusten,  403 ; 
Wm.,  281. 

Polton,  491 ;  Matilda,  465. 

Polton's,  487. 


Pomeroy,    Mrs.    Matilda, 

152. 
Poole,    Ann,    398,     449; 
Dennis,  421 ;  Henrietta, 
387,    454;    Kate,    421; 
Mary     D.,     421;    Mrs. 
Rich.,  105;Sprigg,  360; 
Thos.  E.  D.,  421. 
Poole's  Desire,  387. 
Poor     Man's     Beginning, 

411. 
Poplar  Branch,  437. 
Poplar  Hill,  54,  55. 
Poplar  Island,  43. 
Poplar  Knawle,  530. 
Poplar  Plains,  75. 
Poplar  Ridge,  30, 110,  170. 
Poplar  Spring,   433,   462, 

464,  465. 
Porter's  Hill,  145. 
Porter,  Rev.  Aaron,  137; 

Chas.,    384;    Gilchrist, 

169,    495;    Mary,    169, 

384,    403,    530;    Peter, 

11,  70,   132,   135,   136, 

140;    Sarah,    71;    Mrs. 

Wm.,    384,    472;   Miss, 

384. 
Portland  Manor,  55. 
Post,  194. 
Postlethwaite,  Anne  Mary, 

150. 
Potomac  River,  35. 
Pottenger,  Dr.  Rob't,  173. 
Potter,  Bishop,  396. 
Potts,  Mr.,  243. 
Poultney,  Thos.,  65. 
Poverty  Discovered,  471. 
Powder  Hill,  207. 
Powell,  Anna  Eliza,  151; 

Cam.,  427;  Frank,  427; 

Hay,    427;    Jim,    427; 

Ma].,  348. 
Power,  Ruth,  543;  Wm. 

D.,  543;  W.  W.,  543. 
Pratt,     Thos.     G.,     265; 

Gov.    Thos.    G.,    277, 

278,    279,    284;   Thos., 

278. 
Pratt's  Choice.  144. 
Presbyterian    Church 

(First),  266,  309,  312. 
Presley,  406. 
Preston,     112;     Caroline, 

536;  Francis,  536;  Mrs. 

Mary     Ridgely,      296; 

Horatio,  296;  Jas.  H., 

536;    James,    32,    113; 

Rich'd,  6,   13,   17,   18, 

20,  21,  22,  27,  28,  31, 


37,    38,   46,    112,    113; 
Sam'l,  113;  Walter,  536; 
Wysong,  536. 
Preston's  Enlargement,  92. 
Preston's  March,  404. 
Prettyman,  E.  B.,  293. 
Price,  Capt.,  349;   Annie, 
75;  Capt.  John,  18,  37; 
Chas.   W.,   461;   Eliza- 
beth,   174;    Jane,   429; 
Col.  John,  26,  429;  Mrs. 

Sarah,  85 ;  William,  275 ; 
Wm.  B.,  461. 
Price's  Place,  391. 
Prichett,  Wm.,  102. 
Primrose,  63. 
Primrose  Hill,  527,  528. 
Prince,  Cyeanne,  382,  403; 

Evilina   (Dorsey),  382; 

Wm.,  382,  403. 
Prince   George's   Co.,   35, 

36. 
"  Proclamation,"  216. 
Proclamation  of  1653,  20. 
Proctor,    EUz.,    108;    Na- 
thaniel, 10;  Rob't,  11, 

12,  30,  51,  74,  107,  108, 

140,  165,  196. 
Proctor's,  58, 162, 164  (see 

Annapolis) . 
Proctor's  Chance,  11,  65. 
Proctor's  Choice,  332. 
Proctor's  Landing,  11, 196, 

197,  210. 
Progress,  483. 
Progress,  Additional,  483. 
Prospect  Hill,  408. 
Protector,  The,  20,  22,  23, 

24,  27. 
Protestants,   13,   14,   190, 

191,  204. 
Protestants'    Government, 

57. 
Proud,  John  Green,  317. 
Providence,   6,    121,    161, 

166,  167,  374. 
Providence  Co.,  14,  34. 
Psalter,  Col.,  321. 
Public    Debt,     274,    275, 

276. 
Puddington,  501,  502. 
Puddington  Gift,  45. 
Puddington    Harbor,    12, 

45. 
Puddington,  West,  45. 
Puddington,  Capt.  George, 

7,   10,   12,   13,   14,  37,. 

39,    45,    53,    107,    108; 

Mrs.   Jane,    45;    Jane, 

107. 


INDEX. 


XXXIX 


Pue,    Arthur,    342,    496;  496;    Sam'l,    342,    496;  Purdie,  Deb.,  431. 

Elinor,  340;  Ferd.,  342,  Ventress,     496;     Wm.,  Purdy,    Eliz.,    138,    172; 

429,  496;  Mrs.  Arthur,  496;  William  V.,   342;  Thos.,  202. 

491;  Henry,   182,  319;  Mr.,  388.  Puritans,  13,  27,  195,  309. 

Matlida,       155,       319;  Pulaski,  Count,  239.  Pushpin,  507. 

Michael,  222,  342;  Re-  Pumphrey,      Miss,      430;  Pye,  Col.,  190. 

becca    A.,    65;    Rob't,  Beal,  477; Cordelia,  477.  Pyres,  Edw.,  161. 


Q 

Quakers     (Friends),     31;  Queen     Caroline     Parish,  Quinn,  John,  538,  539. 

123,  129,  130,  309.  351,  392,  419,  429,  432.  Quorum,  21. 

Quaker  Hill,  499,  500.  Queen    Caroline    Church,  Quynn,  Mary,  174. 

Queen  Anne  Farmer,  273.  393. 


Raborg,    Mary    H.,    125; 

Dr.      Christopher     H., 

125. 
Rachel's  Lot,  484. 
Radcliffe,  146. 
Railroad  (first),  313. 
Raleigh,  Leah,  284. 
Railings      or      Rawlings, 

John,  109. 
Ramsey,  Jas.,  311;  Capt. 

Nathaniel,  256; 
Randall,  Hon.  Alexander, 

117,  119,  317,  333;  Ann, 
130;  Anna,  130,  144; 
Ann  Chew,  471 ;  AquiUa, 
130;  Atridge,  130; 
Burton  M.D.,  118,317; 
Blanchard,  201;  Beale, 
489;  Catherine,  130;'- 
Catherine  (Wirt),  119; 
Chirstopher,  129,  130, 
144,  167;  Christopher, 
Jr.,  130;  Daniel  R.,  120, 
200,  201;  Daniel,  116, 
316,  333;  Deborah 
(Knapp),  118;  Deborah, 
333;  Eliz.,  130;  Henry 
K.,  117;  Hannah,  130, 
487;  Capt.  John,  130; 
John,  130,  263,  333; 
Joan,  130;  Hon.  John 
Wirt,    119,    121,     128, 

-»  200,  201;  Johanna, 130; 
John,  116,  117,  118, 
119;  John,  Jr.,  118; 
Lorena,  130;  Margaret, 
130;  Nathan,  115; 
Rich'd,  130;  Rachel, 
130;    Richard,    M.    D., 

118,  317;  Roger,  130, 
167;  Ruth,  115,  130; 
Mrs.  Ruth,  492;  Thos., 


R 

102,  116,  118,  130,  316, 
487,  489;  Urith,  487. 

Randall's  Fancy,  129. 

Randall's  Purchase,  129. 

Randall's  Range,  129, 130 

Randall  (Maryland,  My 
Maryland),  314. 

Randall  Family  Coat  of 
Arms,  134. 

Randolph,  John,  188,  383, 
393. 

Ranger,  The,  12. 

Ranter's  Ridge,  114,  115, 
166,  167,  168,  337,  489 
490. 

Rarey,  Amy,  461. 

Ratledge,  D.  A.,  428; 
Thos.,  428. 

Ravens,  Rich.,  77. 

Ravin,  Eliz.,  179. 

Rawlings      or      Railings 
Family,     198;     Aaron 
135;   Ann,   135;  Anne 
134,      172;      Anthony 
134;  Anthony,  Jr.,  135 
Col.,    349;    Dora,    91 
Daniel,  134,  135;  Eliza 
G.,  172;  Eliz.,  134,  135 
Francis,       132;       Mrs 
Francis,  84 ;  Henry,  134 
Gassaway,    172;   Isaac 
134,  135;  Jas.,  123,  159 
James  Brent,  423;  Jane 
134;     Jonathan,     135 
John,     134    135;    Mrs 
Matilda,     423;     Mary 
134,    135;   Mary    (Dal- 
rymple),  322;  Margaret, 
134,    135;   Moses,    135, 
234,  441,  442;  Nancy, 
135;      Nicholas,      134; 
Rachel,    135;   Richard, 


73,  134,  135;  Sarah  H., 

182;     Susarmah,     135; 

Stephen,     135;     Capt. 

Thos.,  135,  322;  Wm., 

135. 
Rawlings'     Choice,     134, 

135. 
Rawlings'  Manor,  135. 
Ray,  Ann,  492;  Hyde,  316; 

Nancy,  91. 
Rayner,  Sen.  Isador,  295, 

300. 
Razin  Family,  237. 
Read,  499;  Mary  C,  517; 

Wm.  G.,  517. 
Ready  Branch,  36. 
Rebecca's  Lot,  109,  496. 
Receiver,  General,  205. 
Recognition  Act,  27. 
Records,  Provincial,  22. 
Red  Lion's  Creek,  34. 
Red  Lyon,  41. 
Red  Miles,  528. 
Redding,  Mr.,  382. 
Reed,     AnnabeUa,      243; 

Aniiie,  453;   Mrs.  Wm. 

George,  243. 
Reed's  Creek,  254. 
Reeves,  Eliz.,  268;  Thos., 

268. 
Reform  Party,  279. 
Rehoboth,  266. 
Reid,  424;  Burgess,  424; 

John,  458;  Oscar,  424; 

Mrs.  Priscilla,  490. 
Relee,  Samuel,  122. 
Religious      Freedom      in 

Maryland,  309. 
Remson,  Chas.  E.,  10, 163. 
"Rent    Rolls"    of    Anne 

Arundel,  48,  205. 
Resurvey  of  Tracts,  352. 


xl 


INDEX. 


Revel,  Mr.,  326. 

Revell,  James.  317. 

Revolution  (1688),  189, 
192. 

Reynolds,  Eleanor,  250 ; 
Eliz.,  142;  J.  Cromwell, 
60;  Miss,  161;  Thos., 
78,  345;  Wm.,  202;  Mrs. 
H.,  459. 

Rhode  River,  96. 

Rhode  River  Hundred,  12. 

Rhodes,  A.  C,  390,  538; 
C.  C,  462. 

Ricand,  Benj.,  165. 

Richardson,  Adam,  412; 
Anthony,  175;  Benj., 
175;  Col.,  253;  Dan'l, 
92,  175,  176;  Eliz.,  175, 
417,  484;  Eliz.  (Thom- 
as), 415;  Geo.  S,,  299; 
Geo.,  175;  Harriet,  417; 
Jane,  355;  John,  175; 
Jos.,  46,  175,  176,  177; 
Lauranah,  175;  Laur- 
ence, 11,  59,  175;  Lawr- 
ence, Jr.,  59;  Mary 
Francis,  299;  Margaret, 
176;  Mrs.  Milcah,  485; 
Nathan,  176;  Peter, 
176;  Richard,  176,  415; 
Rebecca,  415;  Rob't 
Ridgely,  417;  Sarah  H., 
176;  Sarah  F.,  418; 
Sarah,  59,  175,  417; 
Sarah  T.,  175;  Sophia, 
175;  Sophia  G.,  176; 
Susannah,  54 ;  Thomas, 
175,  417;  Tibitha,  405; 
Wm.,  40,  75,  174,  176. 

Richardson  Coat  of  Arms, 
177. 

Rich  Hill,  177. 

Rich  Level,  365. 

Richland,  414,  415. 

Rich  Neck,  72,  179,  353, 
356,  484. 

Rider,  Dorothy,  247,  248; 
Edward,  248;  Col.  John, 
247,  248;  John,  248; 
Dr.  Wm.  H.,  295; 
Nannie,  295. 

Ridgely  (the  Historian), 
320. 

Ridgely,  198;  Absolom, 
215,  320,  326,  328; 
Alice,  82,  83,  123;  Ach- 
sah,  259;  Amelia,  417, 
431,  451 ;  Ainos  Dorsey, 
417;  Ann,  79,  82,  153, 
164,  352,  353,  362,  377, 


379,  380,  387,  429, 
437;  Ann  Dorsey,  378, 
444;  Ann  Rigby,  82; 
Anne,  70,345,367,417; 
Archibald  G.,  377;  As- 
sinah,  417;  Arthur  P., 
417;  Baltimore,  418; 
Beale,  431;  Basil,  431; 
Betsy,  429;  B.  Rush, 
83;  Capt.,  429;  Caro- 
line Bradford,  417; 
Cath.,  77,  79,. 81,  353, 
437,  451,  452;  Cath. 
Lusby,  320;  Chas.,  69, 
78,  79,  80,  81,  83,  85, 
178,  259,  264,  320,  342, 
351,  411,  416,  417,  418, 
431,  451;  Blackhead 
Chas.,  417;  Gov.  Chas. 
Caman,  259,  260,  271, 
342;  Chas.  C,  65,  252, 
268;  Dr.  Chas  C,  152, 
417;Mrs.  Chas.  C,  403; 
Chas.  Greenberry,  352; 
377,  417,  438,  453; 
Chas.  Greenberry,  Jr., 
377;  Chas.  Sterrett, 
263,  275,  316,  394,  395; 
C.  W.,  83;  Col.,  352, 
381 ;  Commodore  Dan'l, 
528;  Dan'l  B.,  429,  430; 
Commodore  Daniel  B., 
429;  David,  214,  296, 
317,  320;  Debby,  429; 
Deborah,  396,  416,  417; 
Deb.  (Dorsey),  415,416; 
Delilah,  417;  Deverella, 
82;  Edward,  429;  Ed- 
ward D.,  429;  Eleanor, 
417;  Eliza,  320;  Eliza 
Eichelberger,  259;  Eliz., 
80,81,82,108,153,164, 
342,  343,  346,  350,  353, 
377,  379,  380,  417,  418, 
429,  442,  443,  452,  494; 
Mrs.  Eliz.,  369,  376; 
Eliza  E.,  429;  Eliz. 
(Duvall),  387,  396,  417, 
420;  Eliz.  Dorsey,  430; 
Eliz.  E.,  429;  Mrs.  Eliz. 
H.,  395;  Eliz.  (War- 
field),  153,  350,  353, 
377;  Emily,  178,  377, 
452;  Frank,  417;  Fred- 
erick, 429;  Mrs.  Geo., 
437;  General,  64;  Gen- 
evieve, 418;  Geo.  K., 
418;  Geo.  W.,  417,  418; 
Greenberry,  82, 83,  222, 
350,  352,  379,  419,  428, 


429,  433,  530;  Green- 
berry, Jr.,  429;  Gover- 
nor, 429 ;  Gustavus,  418 ; 
Harriet,  112;  Harry, 
351 ;  Henrietta,  152, 
418;  Mrs.  Helen  Stuart, 
217;  Henry,  12,40,  69, 
70,72,77,78,79,80,81, 
82,  104,  106,  107,  153, 
156,  163,  164,  175,  178, 
190,  197,  198,  207,  213, 
218,  222,  319,  320,  338, 
343,  344,  345,  347,  348, 
350,  351,  352,  370,  377, 
379,  380,  392,  393,  410, 
419,  428,  429,  430,  433, 
437,  442,  444,  451,  452, 
492,  493;  Mrs.  Henry, 
350,  442;  Henry,  Jr., 
343,  378;  Henry  K., 
417;  Henry  Moore,  81, 
155;  Higgins,'  431; 
Horatio,  178;  Irving, 
416;  Irving  O.,  417; 
Isaac,  82,  83;  Jacob, 
82;  James,  83,  259; 
James  G.,  83;  James 
H.,  83;  Jane,  82,  83, 
123,  430,  442;  Mrs. 
Jane  J.,  443;  Jane 
(Westall),  82,  83,  123; 
Jane  Woodward,  82 ; 
Jemima,  82;  John,  65, 
82,  109,  260,  316,  323, 
416,  417;  Dr.  John,  215, 
320;  John  Carnan,  259, 
429;  John  R.,  417; 
John  S.,  395;  John  T., 
417,442,  474,  537;  Mrs. 
Dr.  Joseph,  430;  Josh- 
ua, 352,  367;  Judge, 
429,  430;  Julia,  417; 
Katherine,  69,  164; 
Katherine  Greenberry, 
153,  156,  345,  351; 
Lewis,  417;  Lloyd,  83; 
Lot,  83;  Louisa  Brad- 
ford, 417;  Lucy  (String- 
er), 350,  379;  Lydia, 
429 ;  Margaret,  417,  431 ; 
Marg't  S.  Howard,  259; 
Matilda  C,  178;  Ma- 
tilda H.,  178;  Martha, 
105,  417,  420,  472; 
Mary,  81,377,  417,  470; 
Mrs.  Marv,  106;  Mary 
Gaither,  399;  Mary  (Or- 
rick),  82,  123;  Mrs. 
Mary  O.,  83;  Mary 
Pumphrey,    82 ;    Mary 


INDEX. 


xli 


Pue,  422,  496;  Nancy, 
377;  Nancy  Orem,  431; 
Judge  Nicholas,  111, 
343,  368;  Nich.  Green- 
berry,  259,  352,  443; 
Nicholas,  77,  78,  79, 
80,  82,  83, 156,  164, 167, 
429,  431;  Nich.  G.,  of 
Roxburv,  442 ;  Nich. 
R.,  431;  Noah,  83; 
Oliver,  417,  442;  Oliver 
D.,  417;  Philemon  Dor- 
sey,  417;  Polly,  352, 
378,  380;  Priscilla,  350; 
Priscilla  G.,  82;  Prud- 
ence Gough,  243,  268; 
Rachel,  79,  80,  380,  387, 
417,  431,  437,  468; 
Rachel  Dorsey ,  367 ; 
Randolph,  394;  Rebec- 
ca, 79,  80,  368,  439, 
451;  Jud.  Richard,  395; 
Mrs.  R.,  194;  Richard, 
320,  339,  377,  402,  429, 
430;  Robert,  105,  107, 
417,  431,  442,  451f 
Robert  (the  Elk  Ridge 
Merchant),  431;  Rob't, 
Jr.,  431;  Robert,  2nd, 
431;  Ruxton,  418;  Mrs. 
Ruxton,  422;  Sallie, 
352;  Sally,  429;  Sam'l, 
417;Mrs.  Sam'lN.,403; 
Sam'l  N.,  403;  Sarah, 
77,  79,  80,  81,  82,  107, 
167,  350,  353,  417,  418, 
429,  431;  Sarah  W., 
368;  Silas,  83;  Sophia, 
429;  Sophia  Gough,  243, 
259;  Sophia  Pumphrey, 
82;Susannah,  375,  541; 
Washington,  417,  442; 
Westall,  82;  Wm.,  81, 
82,  106,  108,  123,  387, 
393,  396,  416,  417,  418, 
420,  431,  437,  441,  452; 
Wm.,  Jr.,  81,  82,  106, 
327,  417,  437;  Wm.  G., 
317,  344;Wm.  Pitt,  417; 
Zeph,  431. 

Ridgely's  Beginning,  81. 

Ridgely's  Chance,  82. 

Ridgely's  Forrest,  78,  79, 
338,  351. 

Ridgely's,  Graveyard    of, 
153. 

Ridgely's  Great  Park,  351, 
380,  444,  469. 

Ridgely's     Great    Range, 
351,  453,  471. 


Ridgely's  "Henry  and 
Thomas,"  351. 

Ridgely's,  Col.  Henry's 
"Upper  Montpelier," 
379. 

Ridgely's  Range,  147. 

Ridgelys  of  Hampton,  416. 

Ridley,  Henry,  77. 

Ridout,  Ann  Ogle,  100 
Ann  Rebecca,  100 
Charles,  100;  Dr.,  330 
Mrs.  Edith  M.,  156 
Elinor,  100;  Eliza  N., 
100;  Francis  Hollings- 
worth,  100;  Grafton 
Duvall,  100;  Horatio, 
100,  217;  Horatio 
Sharp,  100;  Hester  A. 
C,  189,  256;  James 
Maccubin,  100;  Jemima, 
100;  John,  100,  214, 
217,  316;  Mary,  100, 
217;  Miliora,  100;  Miss 
Nellie,  99;  Orlando,  100; 
Rachel  S.,  100;  Rachel, 
217;  Rev.  Sam'l,  100, 
256,  317;  Sam'l,  100 
374;  Weems,  100;  Mrs. 
Weems,  158;  Dr.  Wil- 
liam, 528;  Dr.  Wm.  G., 
63,  100;  Dr.,  Jr.,  100; 
Zach.  Duvall,  100. 

Rigby  or  Rigbie,  Eliz.,  199 ; 
James,  40,  44,  199; 
John,  172; 

Rygge,  (Rigge,  Rigges  and 
Riggs),  355. 

Riggs  Arms  and  Crest,  355. 

Riggs^  Achsah,  357,  384, 
491;  Dr.  A.,  469,  493; 
Mrs.  Dr.  A.,  494; 
Augustus,  436 ;  Dr. 
Agustus,  345,  443;  Dr. 
Agustus,  Jr.,  443,  447; 
Alfred  R.,  361;  Alice, 
359;  Alice  Ann,  359; 
Alice  Lawrason,  360, 
361;  Amelia   (Dorsev), 

357,  359,  360;  Amelia, 
359;    Ann,  356;  Anna, 

358,  359,  360,  436; 
Anne,  355,  360;  Amon, 
357,  358;  Dr.  Artemus, 
345,  354;  Arolina,  360; 
Benjamin,  355;  Ben- 
jamin Clapp,  361;  Bes- 
sie, 436;  Bettie,  436; 
Bright,  361 ;  Caroline 
Eleanor,  358 ;  Catherine, 
356;Cath.  Adams,  360; 


Cecelia  Dowdall,  360; 
Chas.,  358;  Clement, 
355;  Clinton  Levering, 
361;  Douglas,  436;  Ed- 
mund, 355;  Edward, 
355;    E.    Francis,    354, 

355,  356;  Eleanor,  358; 
Elisha,  345,  357,  358, 
359,  360,  361,  536; 
Elisha  Francis,  361; 
Mrs.  Elisha,  418,  436, 
437;  Elisha  R.,  360; 
Eliz,  355;  Eliza.,  359; 
Florence  Campbell,  360; 
Francis,  354,  355 ;  Fran- 
cis Graham,  361;  Geo. 
Field,  360;  Geo.  Smith, 

359,  360;Geo.  Shedden, 
360;  Mrs.   Geo.  Wash- 
ington, 359;  Geo  .Wash- 
ington, 358,   359,   360, 
361,  536;  Goshen,  359; 
Henry,  358;  Henrietta, 
357,    360,    421;   Henry 
Griffith,     361 ;     Henry 
Irvine,     360;     Illinois 
360;  Judge  James,  360 
James,   355,   356,   358 
389;    James  Lawrason 
359;  Jane  Agnes,  361 
Jane,  354;  Janet  Made- 
line, 360;  Jessie  Bright 
361;    John,    115,    132 
354,  355,  356,  357,  358 

360,  389,  393,  436,  437 
491;  John  H.,  358;  Col 
John  Hammond,  345 
388,  432,  454;  Joseph 
354,  355;  Joseph  Kar- 
rick,  359;  Joshua,  358 
Joshua  Warfield,  360 
Julia,  358 ;  Julia  Mande 
ville,  360;  Kate,  454 
Kate  W.,  360;  Kath- 
arine Shedden,  360 
LaisTason,  359,  361 
Lawrence,  436 ;  Mar- 
garetta,  360;  Marj',  355 

356,  357,  358,  360,  491 
Mar>'  Alice,  359;  Mary 
(Blake),  355;  Mary 
Davis,  389;  Mary  Eliz., 
360;  Marj' Griffith,  360; 
Mary  OliAaa,  360;  Mat- 
tie  Sheldon,  360;  Me- 
dora,  361;  Mercy  Ann, 
360;  Miles,  355';  Ogle, 
355;  Rachel,  356,  384, 
468,  471;Rafe  (Ralph), 
355 ;  Ralph,  355 ;  Rachel 


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INDEX. 


G.,  360;  Rebecca,  359, 
436;  Rebecca  B.,  436; 
Rebecca  (Howard)  ,454 ; 
Remus,  358,  360;  Re- 
mus Dorsey ,  359 ;  Reub- 
en, 358,  359;  Robert, 
355;  Romulus,  358,  359, 
361;  Ruth,  349,  356; 
Samuel,  356,  357,  358, 
359,  360,  421,  436,  437; 
Samuel  James,  359, 361; 
Mrs.  Sam'l,  436;  Sarah, 
358;  Mrs.  Sarah,  389; 
Sarah  Hammond,  358; 
Thos.,  Jr.,  355;  Thos., 
354,  355,  356,  357,  358, 
360;Thos.  Dudley,  361; 
Thos.  Lawrason,  361; 
Thos.  John,  359;  Vir- 
ginia, 359;  Wm.,  355, 
436;  Wm.  C,  360;  Wm. 
Henry,  359;  Wm.  Pick- 
ersgill,  361 ;  Wm.  Thom- 
as., 358,  360. 

Riggs'  Hills,  115,  349,  353, 
354,  356,  357. 

Riggs'  Neck,  357. 

Riggs,  198;  of  Anne  Arun- 
del, Frederick  and  Mon- 
gomery  Counties,  354; 
English  Families,  354. 

Riley,  E.  S.,  43,  320; 
Hugh,  325;  Elihu  S., 
325. 

Ringgold,  Dr.  Jacob,  143; 
Miss,  254;  M.,  466; 
Sam'l,  203. 

Rising  Sun,  The,  154,  159, 
525. 

Risteau,  Ann,  536;  George, 
49. 

River  Bottom,  472. 

Roads,  206. 

Robbins,  Geo.,  260. 

Roberts,  C.  M.,  537;  Mrs. 
John,  105;  Joshua,  469; 
Montie,  459;  William, 
36,  217. 

Robert's  Inn,  469. 

Robert's  Tavern,  466. 

Robertson,  Mrs.  Rachel, 
436. 

Robin  Hoods  Forest,  361. 


Robins,  Edward,  7,  45, 
49,  106;  Elisabeth,  49; 
Col.  Obedience,  7,  45; 
Rachel,  49. 

Robinson,  Anne,  520; 
Eliza.  358,  359;  Eliz., 
149,  402;  John,  149; 
Judge,  290,  319;  Ma- 
lusia,  149;  Professor, 
319;  Wm.  J.,  537. 

Robinsons,  198. 

Robosson,  Eliz.,  420; 
Elijah,  221,  224;  Mary, 
87. 

Roboson,  198. 

Robothan,  Geo.,  219. 

Rock  Creek,  35. 

Rockhould  or  Rockhold, 
Elisabeth,  49,  394; 
Mary,  49;  Rob't,  9. 

Rockland,  442,  536. 

Rock  of  Dumbarton,  101, 
103. 

Rogers,  A.  C,  540;  Agnes, 
422;  Chr.  C,  459;  Ed- 
mund, L.  528;  Ellen  J., 
100;  Gen.  E.  Law,  245; 
Dr.  Frank,  529;  Henry, 
158;  Henry  W.,  528; 
John,  422;  J.  C,  494, 
496;  John  C,  202;  John 
G.,  527,  528,  539,  540; 
Mrs.,  245;  Nich.,  527, 
528;  Nich.  Gassaway, 
381;  Philip,  63,  123, 
527,  528;  Rebecca,  528; 
Dr.  R.  D.,  494;  Reuben 
D.,  528;  Mrs.  Reuben 
D.,  400;  Sam'l  O.,  529; 
Dr.  Sam'l  O.,  528;  Wm., 
316. 

Rogers'  Increase,  76. 

Rodman,  Sam'l,  124,  160; 
Mary  (Peckham),  124; 
Mary  P.,  160;  Sarah 
Abigail,  124. 

Rodney,  Caesar,  80. 

Rollins,  Mrs.,  95. 

Rolls,  John,  327. 

Roman,  Miss,  160. 

Roman  Catholic  Church, 
192,  312. 

Roman  Catholic,  307. 


Roosevelt,  Col.,  382. 
Rose,  John,  Capt.,  104. 
Rose  HiU,  43, 225, 226, 250. 
Rose  Mount,  265. 
Ross,   Ann   Arnold,    154; 

Catherine  Murdock,243 ; 

Dr.  David,   157;  Eliz., 

154;  John,  154;  Louisa, 

420;   Mrs.,    226;   Wm., 

226;  W.  B.,  375. 
Ross  Range,  154. 
Roubelle,  Consul,  237. 
Roundabout  Hills,  30, 108, 

352,  432,  481,  493,  442. 
Round  Bay,  11,  30,  56,  62, 

69.  ' 

Rousby,  Ann,    203,    245; 

Col.  John,  245. 
Rousby  Hall,  185,  245. 
Rowan,  Eliz.,  411;  John, 

410,  411. 
Rowles,  Miss,  410;  Thos., 

466;  Wm.,  537. 
Roxbury,  363,  440. 
Roxbury  Hall,  440,  445. 
Rozier  ,Ann,  501. 
Rozzell,  Rev.  Sam'l,  140. 
Ruley,  Anthony,  82,  171; 

John,  176. 
Ruley's  Search,  176. 
Rummey,  Edw.,  70. 
Rumsey,  James,  313. 
Runkles,  Mrs.  Belle,  468. 
Runyan,  Sarah,  149. 
Runyen,  Ellie  C,  460. 
Rush,  Col.,  383;  LUy  S., 

383. 
Russell,  Jas.,  395. 
Rutland,  Ann,   412,  462; 

Mrs.  Anne,  65;  Edward, 

155;    Eliz.,    154,    362; 

Eliz.  Stuart,  129;  Mary, 

66,  129;  Thos.,  65,  66, 

129,  161,  173,  350,  362, 

378;  Mrs.  Thos.,  129. 
Rutland's  Purchase,  354, 

362. 
Rutland's  Row,  66. 
Ryan,  John,  82 ;  Rachel,  82. 

82. 
Ryan's  Land,  410. 
Ryan's  Quarter,  429. 
Ryland,  Maj.  Ed.,  459. 


s 

Safe  Guard,  436.  Salmon's  Hills,  167.  Sams,  Conway  W.,  325. 

Sagston,  Mrs.  Jas.  A.,  430.   Salway,  Anthony,  28,  38.  Sam's  Creek,  36. 

Sally's  Chance,  152.  Sampson,  Francis,  365.  Sam's  Folly,  401. 


INDEX. 


xliii 


Sanders,  Jas.,  194;  Mrs., 

172;   Rob't,    199,   201; 

Wm.,  202. 
Sanford,  John,  27. 
Sands,  Geo.  W.,  539,  540. 
Sandy  Spring,  402. 
Saphir,  Geo.,  9. 
Sapling  Range,  352. 
Sappington,     Ann,     378; 

Augustine,  139, 378;  Dr. 

August,  379;  Caleb,  129, 

374,  378;  Caroline,  378; 
Eliz.,  378;  Frank,  378; 
Francis,  378 ;  Frances 
(Brown),  378,  380,  429, 
441 ;  Dr.  Francis  Brown, 
115,  378,  379;  Dr. 
Greenberry,  379;  Har- 
riet, 379,  445;  Henry, 
378;  Henrietta,  378; 
John,  129,  374,  378; 
John,  Jr.,  129,  378; 
Louisa,  378 ;  Martha, 
378,  379;  Matilda,  441; 
Mrs.  Mary,  129;  Mary, 
115,  139;  Mark  Brown, 
221,  378;  Dr.  Mark 
Brown,  379;  Nancy, 
379;  Nathaniel,  129; 
Nicholas,  139;  Nich. 
John,  378;  Polly,  378; 
Richard,  326;  Rebecca, 
378;  Sarah,  379;  Dr. 
Sydney,  379 ;  Dr.  Thom- 
as, 379;  Thos.,  Jr.,  378; 
Thomas,  129,  221,  367, 

375,  378,  379,  380;  Wm. 
Coale,  379. 

Sappington,  129. 
Sappington  Family,  378. 
Sappington  Ford,  378. 
Sappington  Range,  437. 
Sappington    Sweep,    352, 

367,  375,  378,  380,  431. 
Saulsburys,  298. 
Saunders,  James,  40. 
Savage,  George,  138 ;  John, 

138;Lydia,  138;Marg't, 

355;    Rev.    Riley    W., 

138. 
Savage,  377. 
Savage  Factory,  78,  364, 

365,  374,  377. 
Sayer,  Maj.,  163. 
Scaggs,  Isaac,  538. 
Srarborough,    Eliz.,    175; 

Matthias,  175. 
Schaffer,  Rev.  Geo.,  400. 
Scharff,    Jane,    158;    Dr. 

Thos.,  158. 


Schekels,  Ellen,  87. 

Schenck,  Gen.,  284. 

Schley,  Geo.  B.,  455;  Dr., 
John,  106. 

School  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners (Balto.),  287. 

Schurar,  Philip  G.,  98. 

Scott,  Benj.,  478;  Mrs. 
Eliz.,  334;  Gustavus, 
229;  John,  44;  Marah, 
462;  Otho,  284;  Jud. 
Parkin,  340;  Dr.  Upton, 
154,  214,  216,  334;  Col. 
Winfield,  257. 

Scrivener,  John,  327. 

Sea  Flower,  109. 

Second  Addition  to  Snow- 
den's  Manor,  423. 

Second  Discovery,  385, 
403. 

Sedgewick,  Sarah,  420. 

Seebach-Juny,  Edward  de, 
150;  Frederic  Augusta 
de,  150;  George  Ousley, 
150;  Frederick  Augus- 
tus, 150;  Madison,  150. 

Sefton,  Edw.,  202. 

Seiling,  Mr.,  392. 

Selby,  Edward,  6,  12,  13, 
39;  E.  Greenberry,  469; 
Enoch,  432,  433,  469; 
John  Q.,  540;  John  O., 
432;  John,  469;  John 
W.,  540;  Lloyd,  465; 
Rev.  Lloyd,  469;  Pris- 
cilla,  77;  Susan,  158. 

Selby's  Cove,  13. 

Selby's  Lot,  483. 

Sellers,  Miss,  459;  Mrs., 
459. 

Sellman,  198;  Alfred,  100, 
202,  319,  480;  Amelia, 
479,  480;  Ann,  95;  Ann 
Eliz.,  480;  Ann  Eliz. 
Howard,  319;  Ann 
Parran,  319;  Anne, 
98;  A.  E.  D.,  66;  Ann 
(Sparrow),  479;  Chas., 
479;  Eleanor,  66;  Elea- 
nor Watkins,  319 ;  Eliza- 
beth, 98,  479;  Gertrude, 
66;   Jonathan,   95,   97, 

201,  202,  319,  479,  480; 
John,    479;    John    H., 

202,  317,  480;  Dr.  John 
Henry,  97;  John  S.,  66, 
98,  202,  272,  328;  Leon- 
ard, 369;  Margaret,  174; 
Mary,  L.  66;  Mr.,  440; 
Mrs.,  367;  Richard,  100, 


202,  319,  480;  Richard 
B.,  202;  Rich'd  Parran, 
319;R.D.,66;T.Stock- 
ett,  200,  201;Wm.,  202, 
366,  388,  479,  480. 

Senate  Chamber  (Restor- 
ation), 303. 

Seney,  John,  316. 

Settlers  near  the  Brick 
Church,  390. 

Severie,  Amy,  161. 

Severn,  Battle  of,  22; 
Commander  of,  7; 
Heights,  177,  217;  In- 
habitants, etc.,  19; 
River,  330,  331;  The, 
9. 

Seward,  Sec'y,  283. 

Sewell,  Achsah,  138,  139, 
142;  Anne,  136,  139; 
Augusta,  138;  Augus- 
tme,  138,  139,  142,  161; 
Augustine,  Jr.,  139; 
Burnett  S.,  138;  Charles, 
54, 137, 138;  Chas.  Pitts, 
139;  Clement,  137; 
Daniel,  137;  Eleanor, 
139;  Eliza,  138,  140; 
Elizabeth,  54,  55;  Gen., 
283;  George,  139;  Han- 
nah Carroll,  138;  Henry, 
5,  30,  54,  55,  83,  132, 
135,  136,  137,  138,  140, 
190,    485;    Henry,    Jr., 

137,  138,  140;  James, 
71,  137;  Jane,  47,  53, 
55,  502;  Joanna,  71, 
137;  Johanna, 58;  John, 
85,  132,  133,  137,  138, 
139,  140,  142,  160,373; 
John  Marriott,  138;  Jos- 
eph, 137, 138, 218 ;  Juliet 
W.,  140;  Juliet,  138, 
139,  160;  Juliet  Gam- 
brill,  138;  Lydia,  138, 
140;  Matilda,  138;  Mary 
132,     138,    160;     Mar- 

V  riott,  138,  139, 140, 142; 
Mary  Nicholas,  47,  53, 
54, 502;  Nicholas  Lewis, 
54;  Col.  Nicholas,  55; 
Philip,  138;  Richard, 
138;  Rob't  Darnell,  54; 
Samuel,     138;     Sarah, 

138,  139,  142,  160; 
Stephen,  Maj.,  137;  Sus- 
anna, 47, 137,  502;  Wm. 
137. 

Sewell  Family  Coat  of 
Anns,  134. 


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INDEX. 


Sewell's  Fancy,  138. 
SeweU's  Point,  5,  135,  136, 

137. 
Sewells  of  the  Severn,  137, 

138,  139,  140. 
Seymour,  Gov.,  196,  203, 

331. 
Shackelford,  Dr.  Charles, 

151 ;  Eliz.  Madison,  151 ; 

Edward    Worthington, 

151;  Lucy,  151. 
Shafer,  Chas.,  319;  Eliz. 

Susan,    320;    Eliz.    B. 

Van    Swearingen,    319; 

Geo.,  319;  Geo.  H.,  319; 

John ,  3 1 9 ;  Mart  ha  Bond 

Van   S.,   319;  Susanna 

Stull  Van  S.,  319. 
Sharpe  or  Sharp,  Horatio, 

173,     213,     218;    Gov. 

Horatio,  213,  244,  256, 

332;Gov.,  100, 110, 180, 

210,  212,  213,  214,  217, 

249,  332,  379,  390,  391 ; 

Osborne,  96;  Peter,  27, 

38,  96,  113;  Dr.  Peter, 

32;  WiUUam,  249. 
Sharretts,      Sam'l,      453; 

Thaddeus  M.,  416. 
Shaw,  John  R.,  316. 
Shawan  Hunting  Ground, 

49,  152. 
Shedden,  Janet   Madeline 

Cecelia,  359,  360;  Thom- 
as, 359. 
Sheets,  Hannah,  471 ;  Mrs. 

W.  H.,  87. 
Shepherd,  Eliza,  100;  Mrs. 

Emma  (Warfield),  443; 

Rev.    J.    Avery,    539; 

Moses,    142;    Nicholas, 

58;Rev.  T.  J.,443,  447. 
Shepherd's     Forest,     132, 

133,  356. 
Sheredine,    Hon.    Upton, 

183,343,  405;  Mrs..  418, 

437. 
Sherlock,  Miss,  286;  Mrs., 

392. 
Sherwood,  Mary,  333. 
Shields,     Mrs.     Florence, 

450;  Mrs.  Van  Winder, 

424. 
Shipley,  Adam,   138,  485, 

486;  Ann,  489;  Bradley, 

486;    Eliz.,    472;    Rev. 

E..    486;    Frank,    386, 

431,    538;    Geo.,    486; 

J.  H.,  489;  Mrs.  Dr.  L. 

M.,  489;  Lois,  485;  Dr. 


Luke  M.,  540;  Mary, 
152;  Nathan,  Jr.,  540; 
N.  H.,  202;  Nathan, 
486,  540;  OUver,  486; 
Oscar,  486;  Oscar  Car- 
roll, 474;  Mrs.  Oscar, 
474;  Peter,  485;  Rachel, 
152;  Richard,  138,  392, 
485;  Robert,  152,  381, 
483,  485,  486;  Ruth, 
475;  Sam'l,  486;  Sarah, 
381;  Talbot,  468,  486; 
Wm.,  486. 

Shipley's  Adventure,  466, 
469,  486. 

Shipley's  Choice,  485. 

Shipley's  Discovery,  486. 

Shirley,  Mrs.  John,  471, 
482,  488. 

Shrieve,  Jas.  E.,  540. 

Shriner,  Miss,  434;  Peter, 
434. 

Sibley,  Capt.  John,  135. 

Sickles,  Gen.  Dan'l  E., 
155. 

Silence,  471. 

Sillman,  Capt.,  263. 

Sim,  Mary  Brooke,  226; 
Jos.,  227,  229;  Patrick, 
158;  Dr.  Patrick,  226. 

Simms,  Mr.  John,  410; 
Nannie,  403. 

Simmons,  Abraham,  223. 

Simpson,  418;  Mrs.  Achil- 
les, 408;  Bazil,  109; 
Chas.  R.,  537;  Francis, 
375,  378;  Matilda,  370; 
Mrs.,  403;  Mrs.  Sophia, 
85;  Wm.,  370,  417. 

Simpsonville,  385,  386, 
387,  389,  390. 

Sisson,  John,  71. 

Six  Nations,  The,  209, 
212. 

Skidmore,  Edw.,  76;  Eliz., 
76;  Michael,  76. 

Slack,  Eliz.,  149;  Marie, 
149. 

Slade,  Mary,  61 ;  Wm.,  36. 

Slaughter,  Ann  Hoard, 
151. 

Sley,  Capt.  Rob't,  27,  38. 

Sloss,  INIary,  259. 

Small  Beginning,  483. 

Small  Land,  352,  438. 

Smallv/ood,  Bayne,  237; 
Col.,  2.38,  239,  240,  310, 
413;  Eliz.,  4.30;  Gen'l, 
439;  AVm.,  237,  246, 
256. 


Smith,  Amy,  460;  Ann, 
341;  Anthony,  412; 
Benj.,  460;  Charlotte 
(Whittington),  298,299; 
Conrad,  536;  Cora  May, 
91;  Edward,  86;  Eliz., 
464;  Gertrude,  459; 
Harriet  B.,  461;  Rev. 
Henry,  140;  Jas.  B., 
202;  Jas.  D.,  461;  Job., 
358;  Judge  John,  536; 
Gov.  John  Walter,  295, 
298,  299,  300,  301 ;  Mrs., 

■  299;  John,  21,  37,  130; 
John  P.,  461;  Dr.  J. 
Rockwell,  460;  J.  Rock- 
well, 460;  Josephine, 
459;  Lloyd  B.,  461; 
Margaret,  175, 176,  536; 
Mary,  412;  Mary  A., 
461;  Miss,  106,  396; 
Patrick  L.,  537;  Patty, 
461;  Prof.,  528;  Rebec- 
ca, 184;  Richard,  26, 
163;  Robert,  219;  Rob't 
J.,  202;  Ruth,  460,  461; 
Ruth  W.,  461;  SaUie, 
460;  Sam'l,  1.55,  500; 
Thos.,  219;  W.,  103; 
Walter,  184;  Col.  Walt- 
er, 218;  Wm.,  B.  461. 

Smith  Free  Schoolbook 
Bill,  300. 

Smithson,  Miss,  484. 

Smoot,  Capt.,  382;  Syd- 
ney, 382. 

Smythe,  Catherine,  68. 

Snowden,  166,  354,  361; 
Adelaide,  363 ;  Adelaide 
Warfield,  364;  Ann, 
362,  364;  Ann  Ridgely, 
362;  Ann  Louisa,  363; 
Ann  Elizabeth,  363 ; 
Caroline  Eliza,  363; 
Deborah,  322,  361;  Dr. 
De  Wilton,  363;  Ed- 
ward, 363,  447;  Eliz., 
46,  92,  361;  Eliz. 
(Coale),  46;  Eliza  (Rut- 
land), 47,  129;  Eliza 
(Thomas),  362;  Eliza, 
363;  Eliz.  Warfield,  363; 
Emily  Roseville,  363; 
Ella,  363;  Eugenia,  364; 
Evan  Warfield,  363; 
Francis,  363;  Frank, 
296;  George,  363;  Gus- 
tavus  Warfield,  363; 
Helen,  363;  Henry.  363; 
John,   362,   364;   John, 


INDEX. 


xlv 


Jr.,  364;  Julia  Marie, 
363 ;  Julius,  364 ;  Louisa, 
363;  Louisa  Victoria, 
364;  Lucy,  363;  Marie 
Antoinette,  364;  Mari- 
on, 363;  Margaret,  362; 
Mary,  46,  47,  129,  169, 
361,  363,  364;  Mary 
Wright,  362,  363;  Mary 
(Linthicum),  46;  Mr., 
337;NichoIas,  363,  448; 
Rachel,  364 ;  Rezin 
Hammond,  364;  Rich- 
ard, 46,  47,  51,  92,  108, 
322,  338,  361,  362,  363, 
381,  419,  445;  Richard, 
Jr.,  361;  Richard  Nich., 
363,447;Sam'l,46,362; 
Sarah  Rebecca,  363 ; 
Sophia  Carroll,  364; 
Susannah,  482;  Thom- 
as, 202,  352,  362,  363, 
364,380;Wm.,364,447. 

Snowden  Manor,  361. 

Snowden's  Cowpens,  472. 

Snowden's  Second  Addi- 
tion, 114,338,351,381, 
384,  410,  419,  423,  430; 

Snowden's  Second  Addi- 
tion to  Birmingham 
Manor,  380. 

Snow  Hill,  298,  299. 
,  Soldier's  Delight,  483. 
;.  SoUars,  John,  40;  Mr.,  452. 

Boilers,  John,  197;  Sabritt, 

I    403;  Thos.,  343. 

Sotterly,  243,  244,  245. 

Soudson,  Nellie  J.,  91. 

South  River,  7,  197. 

$outh    River    Club,    199, 

b202,  211. 
uth  River  Battalion,  96. 
uth      River      Hundred, 
12,  30. 

South  River  Quarter,  62. 

Southerland,  Chas.,  333; 
Kate  Brewer,  333. 

Spa,  330. 

Spa  Creek,  194. 

Spanish  Oat,  82. 

Spanish  War,  298,  311. 

Sparrow,  Matilda,  54,  97, 
479;  Mrs.,  479;  Solo- 
mon, 100^  202;  Thos., 
12,  201^'-^ 

Bpears,    Eston,     458;    J. 

\  Eston,  458;  Henry,  458; 
Howell,  458;  Miss,  410; 
Thos.  Cameal,  458; 
Warfield,  458. 


Speed,  Alice,  458. 

Spedden,  Maj.,  377. 

Spence,  Anna  M.,  74; 
Carroll,  65;  Ellen  H., 
74;  Jas.  H.  H.,  74; 
John,  Jr.,  74;  J.  S.,  74; 
Lizzie,  347;  Louisa,  74; 
Mary,  74;  M.  L.  A.,  74; 
Rob't,  359;  Sophia,  74; 
W.  W.,  131. 

Spencer,  Archibald,  Rev., 
202;  Catherine,  334; 
Mr.  Geo.,  290;  Wm.  A., 
334. 

Sperry,  Orlo,  478. 

Spicers,  498. 

Spink,  Cyrus,  102;  Reb. 
Beale,  102. 

Sprigg,  Anne  W.,  404; 
Edward,  362;  Eliz.,  176, 
362;  Jos.,  261,  262; 
Lucy  Belt,  464;  Mar- 
garet O.,  262 ;  Margaret, 
262,  340;  Mary,  94,  262; 
•  Osborne,  262;  Osborne, 
Jr.,  262;  Otho,  403; 
Rachel,  96,  98;  Richard, 
176,  220,  250;  Sam'l, 
261;  Gov.  Sam'l,  261, 
262,  263;  Sophia,  250; 
Thos.,  261,  262. 

Spring  Dale,  451,  452. 

Springfield,  417. 

Spring  Garden,  490. 

Sprye,  Oliver,  9. 

Spurier,  Hannah,  431; 
Matilda,  370;  Rebecca, 
86;  Dr.  H.  G.,  454. 

Spurrier's  Tavern,  342. 

Squire,  Wm.,  344. 

Stabler,  Henrietta,  363. 

Stackhouse,  Hammond, 
463;  John,  463;  Mar- 
garet, 463. 

Stade,  Margaret  P.,  149. 

Stake,  Lyne,  134. 

Standish,  146. 

Standish,  Miles,  146. 

Stanley,  Mrs.  Chas.,  364. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  93,  195, 
207,  328,  392. 

St.  Ann's  Circle,  331. 

St.  Anne's  Graveyard,  331. 

St.  Anne's  Parish,  419. 

Stansbury,  Charity,  405. 

Stanton,  Mrs.  Andrew  D., 
454 ;  Beatrice  Owings, 
454;  Gen.  David  L., 
454;  Katherine  Davis, 
454;    Marg't    G.,    454; 


Mattie  A.,  454;  Miss, 
Mary,  106;  Nellie  Den- 
ison,  454. 

Staplefort,  Mary  Eliz., 
295 ;  Virginia,  295;  Wm. 
T.,  295. 

"Star  Members"  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  Revo- 
lution, 391. 

Star-Spangled  Banner ,The, 
155,  305. 

State  Board  of  Immigra- 
tion, 297. 

State  Debt,  276. 

State  Electoral  College, 
283 

State  House,  192,  193, 194, 
196,  331. 

State  House  Circle,  331. 

State  House  Hill,  328. 

St.  Clair,  Gen'l,  245. 

St.  Charles'  College,  511, 
518. 

Steamboat  (first),  313. 
-^  Steele,  Anne,  91;  Mrs. 
Ann  Ogle,  334;  Billings, 
334;  Chas.  H.,  334; 
Chas.  H.,  M.  D.,  334; 
Charlotte,  334;  C.  H., 
334;  Col.,  169;  C.  R., 
334;  Ellen  Key,  334; 
Florence,  169 ;  Helen 
M.,  334;  Henry  M.,  334; 
Isabella  Eliz.,  334; 
James,  334;  J.  Nevett, 
247;  John  N.,  334; 
Maria,  334;  Mrs.  Mary, 
334;  Mary  Nevett,  247; 
Nevett,  201 ;  Sabra  Ann, 
91;  Sarah,  334. 

Steiner,  Dr.  Bernard,  271. 

Stephen,  Benj.  D.,  157; 
John,  157;  Judge  John, 
157;  Nicholas  Carroll, 
157,  158;  Rev.,  157. 

Stephens,  Chas.,  69,  161; 
Susannah,  69;  Col. 
Wm.,  101. 

Sterrett,  Jas.  395;  John, 
395. 

Stevens,  Mr.,  475,  476; 
Mrs.  Lieut.  Pierre,  420; 
Sally,  74;  Gov.  Samuel, 
262,  263,  264;  Sam'l, 
262;  Wm.,  132. 

Steuarts,  341. 

Steuart,  Geo.  Hume,  341 
(General) ;  Geo.  Hume, 
Sr.,  341  (General); 
Ezekiel,  327. 


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INDEX. 


Stevenson,  Dr.  Henry, 
266. 

Steward,  Chas.,  201; 
Stephen,  221,  223. 

Stewart,  Ann,  172;  An- 
thony, 54, 133,310,  445; 
Mrs.  Anthony,  446 ;  Ca- 
leb, 202;  Chas.,  172,202, 
209;  Chas.,  Jr.,  73; 
Chas.  C,  202,  333,  334; 
Claudius,  53S;  David, 
109,  202;  Eliz.,  334; 
Geo.,  212,  217;  Geo.  H., 
201;  Gen.  Geo.,  54; 
Helen,  334;  Mrs.  John, 
422;  Kate,  369;  Mor- 
decai,  142,  161;  Peggy, 
133,309,  310,  419,  471; 
Richard,  202;  SaUy, 
334;  Mrs.  Thos.,  481; 
Thos.C,  446;Dr.Thos., 
369;  Wm.,  202;  Wm. 
D.,  202. 

Stilly,  Eliz.,  249;  Rebecca, 
249. 

Stimpson,  Comfort,  107, 
175;  Mrs.  C.  W.,  427; 
Mrs.  J.  E.,  428;  Mrs., 
107;  Rachel,  59,  107, 
163;  Thomas,  59,  107, 
163. 

Stinson,  Isabella,  447 ; 
Mary,  447. 

Stirling,  Lord,  238. 

St.  James,  99,  198,  199, 
219. 

St.  James'  Parish,  195, 
219. 

St.  John's  Church,  394. 

St.  John's  College  (King 
Williams  School),  219, 
239. 

St.  John's  College,  195, 
208,  220,  242;  Distin- 
guished men  of  Arme 
Arundel,  316. 

St.  Leonard's,  29. 

St.  Louis  Exposition,  303, 
304. 

St.  Margaret's,  100. 

St.  Margaret's  Parish, 
61. 

St.  Mary's,  192,  337. 

St.  Mary's  Records  Re- 
moved, 193. 

Stockett,  198;  Bros.,  13; 
Ann,  96;  Benjamin,  95, 


201;  Catherine,  53; 
Chas.  W.,  95;  Dr.,  45; 
EHz.,  97,  376;  Eliz. 
Noble,  97;  Eliz.  Claude, 
99;  Elinor,  95,  96; 
Francis,  93,  94,  104; 
Francis  Henry,  98,  99; 
Francis,  H.,  95;  Frank 
H.,201,202;Georgetta, 
95 ;  Geo.  Lee,  95 ;  Henry, 
39, 93, 94;  James  Noble, 
202;  John  S.,  202,  317; 
John  Shaff,  95;  John 
T.,  95;  Jos.  N.,  95,  96, 
480;  Lewis,  93,  94,  95, 
202;  Mary,  320;  Mary 
E.,  95;  Mary  Noble, 
376;  Mary  Priscilla,  99; 
Mary,  S.,  95;  Miss,  368; 
Rich'd  G.,  95,  96;  Mrs. 
Thos.,  Jr.,  262;  Thos., 
39,  92,  93,  94,  95, 
97,  104,  201,  202, 
376;  Thos.  M.,  95; 
Thos.  N.,  95,  96, 
202,  223,  326;  Thos. 
R.,  95. 

Stockett  Place,  394. 

Stockett's  Creek,  13. 

Stockett's  Run,  93. 

Stocksdale,  Ruhama, 
405. 

Stockton,  Maj.  George, 
345. 

Stock  Farm,  The,  152. 

Stockwell,  Marg't  Ann, 
526. 

Stone,  David,  246;  Eliza, 
246;  Frederick,  317; 
Gov.,  7,  8,  10,  13,  14, 
15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20, 
22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  34, 
37,  50,  112,  246;  Gov. 
John  Hoskins,  246 ; 
Mrs.,  25;  Michael  Jeni- 
fer, 246;  Thos.,  7,  133, 
246;  Mrs.  VirUnda,  26; 
William,  7,  19,  22,  24, 
25,  26,  27,  49,  113,  161, 
246. 

Stone  Family  Coat  of 
Arms,  134. 

Stonestreet,  Mrs.,  420. 

Story,  Capt.,  214;  Mrs., 
214. 

Strachan,  William,  202. 

Strider,  Jacob,  126. 


Stringer,  Benj.,  58;  Lucy, 

429;    Dr.    Sam'l,    429; 

Lydia  (Warfield),   429; 

Miss,   437;   Sam'l,  470; 

Richard,  221,  222,  350, 

390;  Dr.  S.,  85. 
Strong,  Elis.,  10;  Leonard, 
.     10,11,14,18,19,20,21, 

23,  25,  26,  37,  38. 
Stuart,    Dr.    Alex.,    281; 

Mrs.    EHz.,    129;    Gen. 

Geo.    H.,    215;    Helen 

West,  260;  Miss,  395. 
Stull,  Susannah,  320. 
Stump,'  Fred.,  290. 
"Success,"  59,  60. 
Success  Farm,  60. 
Sudler,  Mary,  473. 
Suffrage  Restricted,  190. 
Sullivan,  Gen.,  384. 
Sullivane,  Dr.  Jas.,  275. 
Sumac  Hall,  479. 
Summer  ffill,    153,    154, 

226,  348. 
Summerville,  380. 
Sunderland,    Benj.,    537; 

Benj.  C,  537. 
Surveyor's  Charges,  14. 
Surveyor-General,  205. 
Susquehannacks,  18. 
Susquehanna  or  Northern 

Central  R.  R.,  269. 
Suter,  Mrs.  John,  397. 
Swan  Neck,  10,  179.      " 
Swann,       Louise,       28f 

Mayor,  282;  Mary,  25: 

Richard,   317;   Rober 

217;  Thos.,  285;  Go 

Thos.,    251,    285,    28' 

287. 
Swanson's  Creek,  35. 
Swartze,  Capt.,  324;  Mi 

Hannah  Donagan,  37 

Henry,     324;     Sophi 

324. 
Swearingen,     Van,     32 

Chas.,  320;  Eliz.  Bon 

320;  Garrett,  320;  Joh 

320;  Thomas,  320. 
Swearingen  Arms  of  Bor 

320. 
Swearingen  Crest,  320. 
Switzer,  Seth,  316. 
Sykes,  Jas.,  485. 
Sykesville,  170,  485. 
Symington,  Charlotte  M- 

ris,  361. 


INDEX, 


xlvii 


Tailler,  Col.  Thos.,  40,  51. 
Taillor,  John,  483. 

Talbot  Co.,  43. 

Talbott,  Allen,  530;  Benj. 
R.,  530;  Benjamin,  61, 
83,  530;  Cassandra, 
530;  Chas.,  530;  Dru- 
cilla  Coale,  530;  E.  A., 
538,  539;  Ed.  A.,  530, 
531;  Edward,  46,  530; 
Elizabeth,  61,  83,  175, 
176,  432,  530;  Elisha,. 
530;  Eliza,  531;  George, 
190;  Geo.  W.,  530; 
Harriet,  83,  530;  Hen- 
rietta P.,  530;  H.  W., 
531;  Jefferson,  530; 
John,  530;  Mrs.  John, 
44,  45;  John  L.,  530; 
Lucy,  530;  Madison, 
530;  Mary,  530;  Mary 
C,  531;  Providence, 
530;  Reb.,  531;  Rich'd, 
12,  13,  83,  175,  432, 
530;  Ruth,  530;  Steph- 
en, 530;  Sarah,  530; 
Temperence,  530;  T. 
M.,  83;  Vincent,  530. 

Talbott's  Last  Shift,  530. 

Talbott's  Resolution  Man- 
or, 380,  395. 

Valbott's  Ridge,  175,  530. 

'J.'albott's  Vineyard,  530. 

Taney,  Mary,  168;  Mich- 
ael, 168,  322,  490; 
Monica,  322;  Chief  Jus- 
tice Roger  Brooke,  42, 
155,  270,  321,  322,  507. 

Taney  Homestead,  270. 

Tarlton,  Elisha,  459;  Dr. 
Llewellyn,  459;  Llewel- 
lyn, 459. 

Tarris,  Wm.,  123. 

Tasker,  Ann,  100,  209 
380;  Ann  Bladen,  186 
Benj.,  186,  207,  209 
212,  215,  218,  249,  297 
Benj.,  Jr.,  212,  215,  218 
Col.,  212,  215;  Eliz. 
244,  297;  Gov.,  212 
Pres.,  212;  Rebecca 
186;  Thomas,  219,  244 

Tate,  Joseph,  160. 

"Taunton,"  59. 

Tayloe,  Harry,  249 ;  John, 
244;  Mrs.  John,  244. 

Taylor,  BiU,  427;  Mrs. 
Emma,    450;    Geo.    C, 


T 

517;  J.  Burgess,  427; 
Rev.  Jas.,  477;  Jemima, 
105;  John,  427;  Pres., 
128;  Mr.  Rob't,  27,  38; 
Gen'l  Taylor,  311; 
Thomas,  28,  39,  197, 
198 ;  Virginia,  118;  Wm., 
410;  Zach.,  70;  Gen. 
Zach.,  118. 

Taylor's  Park,  483,  484. 

Tayman,  483. 

"T.  B.",  47,  321. 

Tench,  Thos.,  40,  194. 

Terret,  Nich.,  199. 

Thayer,  Jas.  S.,  361; 
Medora,  361. 

The  Brothers,  102. 

The  Bryn,  146. 

The  Cedars,  102. 

The  Chapel  of  Ease,  432, 
437. 

Theobold,  Dr.  Sam'l,  462; 
Dr.,  462. 

Thirkeld,  John,  443. 

Thorn,  Capt.  J.  Pem- 
broke, 254. 

Thomas,  Mrs.  Albert,  534; 
Ann,  46;  Ann  (Chew), 
46;AnneWarfield,  363; 
Annie  M.,  160;  Mrs. 
Clintonia,  280;  Chas. 
Hill,  363;  Chris.,  249, 
279;  David  Ogle,  249; 
Deborah,  253;  Dr.,  269; 
Elizabeth,  46,  362,  530; 
Elizabeth  Martin,  279; 
Elizabeth  Warfield,363; 
Evan  WiUiam,  46; 
Francis,  272 ;  Grace 
(Mecalfe),  275;  Gov., 
81;  Gov.  Francis,  275, 
276,  277,  317;  Hugh, 
275;  James,  267,  316; 
Gov.  James,  268,  269; 
John,  46,  73,  224,  268, 
361,  362;  John  R.,  287; 
John  R.  D.,  170;  John 
Hanson,  255 ;  John 
(Chew),  46,  362;  Julia 
Ann,  483;  Maria  (Fran- 
cis), 279;  Major,  53; 
Martha,  46;  Marg't, 
404,  406;  Mary,  46,  47, 
358,  359,  483;  Mary 
(Hutchins),  361,  362; 
Mary  (Snowden) ,  46 ; 
Michael,  249;  Philip, 
11,  26,  28,  38,  44,  46, 


47,  113,  250,  322,  530; 
Gov.  Philip  Francis, 
254,  279,  280,  286,  290; 
Philip  Evans,  264; 
Professor,  269;  Mrs, 
Raleigh,  289;  Richard, 
46, 438;  Richard  (Snow- 
den), 46;  Robert,  207; 
Sam'l,  45,  46,  47,  322, 
361,  362,  363,  440,  445; 
Mrs.  Sam'l,  436;  Sarah, 
44,  46,  334;  Tristram, 
279;  Dr.  Tristram,  279; 
Tristram  Ann  (Coursey) 
279;Wm.,  46,  268,  269, 
275;Wm.  E.,  447;Wm. 
Major,  268. 

"Thomas'  Lighthouse," 
46. 

Thomas'  Lot,  345, 375, 43 1 . 

Thomas'  Point,  11. 

Thomas'  Towne,  46. 

Thompson,  Ann,  284; 
Caroline,  517;  Cath., 
353;  Mrs.  Dorsey,  283; 
Eleanor,  471;  Ella,  517; 
Henry,  458 ;  Jacob,  471 ; 
Dr.  James,  202;  John, 
219,  420;  Judge  Lucas 
P.,  292;  Mary  C,  292, 
517;  Marg't,  475;  Noah, 
458;  Wm.,  458;  Wm. 
H.,  317. 

Thornton,  Admiral,  323; 
Mr.,  217;  Mrs.  Rebecca, 
459;  Sarah  H.,  323. 

Thralkeld,  Mrs.  Henry, 
318. 

Three  Brothers,  438. 

Three  Sisters,  92,  156. 

Thurston,  31. 

Tilden,  Sam'l,  289. 

Tilghman,  Anne  Marie  M., 
158;  Capt.,  22;  Col., 
236;  Chief  Justice,  112; 
Edward,  1 10 ;  Henrietta 
Marie,  110;  Juliana, 
237;  Marg't,  178;  Mat- 
thew, 42,  178,  218,  255, 
506;  Rich'd,  42;  Tench, 
42,  310. 

TUlard,  Ed.,  224;  Thos.; 
144,  222,  224. 

TiUy,  Jos.,  93. 

Tilton,  Edward  G.,  97; 
Miss,  460. 

Timanus,  Wm.  J.,  537, 
540. 


xlviii 


INDEX. 


Timberneck,  30,  69. 

Timber  Rock,  177. 

Tindale,  Mary,  169;  Rob't, 
169. 

Tobacco,  204,  206;  Culti- 
vation of,  500;  Duties, 
192;  Price,  190;  Price 
for  Land,  14. 

Todd  (Todde),  Ann,  48 
Bernard,  49,  67;  Chris. 
67;  Dr.  Christopher,  49 
Edward,  483;  Eleanor 
49, 67, 71;  Elisabeth,  49 
67;  Francis,  49,  67 
George,  49;  James,  48 
49,  394;  John,  393 
Lancelot,  48,  49,  62,  70 
75,  145,  393,  398,  394 
Margaret,  412;  Mary 
49,63,67,  147;  Rachel 
402,  491;  Robert,  48 
49,  67;  Ruth,  345,  398 
399,  400,  439,  464 
Sarah,  348,  394,  464 
483;  Thomas,  11,  28 
30,  38,  48,  49,  67 
136,  145,  223,  469 
Thomas,  3rd,  48 
Thomas,  4th,  49 
Thomas,  5th,  49 
Thomas  Bernard,  49 
William,  49. 

Toddsbury,  48. 

Todd's  Creek,  11. 

Todd's  Gap,  62. 

"Todd's  Industry,"  49. 

Todd's  Neck,  67. 

Todd's  Range,  11,  30. 

Todd's  Risque,  147. 


ToUey,  Eliz.  Mary,  148; 
Mary,  148;  Thos.,  11; 
Walter,  148. 

Tomlinson,  Humphrey, 
428;  John,  427;  Mary, 
427. 

Tongue,  Thos.,  223. 

Toogood,  Jos.,  92.      -- 

Toomey,  J.  H.,  537. 

Tootel,  James,  223;  Rich- 
ard, 221;  Dr.,  223. 

Tootie,  Dr.  Richard,  217. 

Topp,  Rev.  Edw.,  95. 

Torrell,  Richard,  217. 

Tower  Hill,  130. 

Towne  Neck,  8,  9,  10,  41, 
43,  57,  162. 

Town  Hill,  130. 

TownhiU,  Edw.,  12;  Ed- 
mund, 38. 

Townsend,  Mrs.  Winder, 
248. 

Towson,  General,  152; 
Capt.  Nathan,  257. 

Tracey,  John  S.,  463,  537, 
538;  Sarah,  349. 

Trade,  207. 

Tray  HiU,  338. 

Triadelphia,  438,  439. 

Tribaut,  Mrs.  Kate  Rector, 
105. 

Trimble,  David  Churchill, 
256;  Dr.  Isaac  Ridge- 
way,  256;  Mary,  347; 
Mary  J.,  457;  Justice 
Robert,  347,  457. 

Trippe,  Mrs.  Sophia  Kerr, 
280. 

Troy,  62,  344. 


Troy  HiU,  62,  338,  342, 
389. 

Tnieman,  Thos.,  27,  161. 

Tubman,  Theodore,  537. 

Tuck,  Judge,  327;  Wm. 
H.,  317. 

Tucker,  Dr.  A.,  517. 

Tuesday  Club,  67,  211. 

Tulip  HiU,  110,  445,  528. 

Tumey,  Mrs.,  398. 

Turkey  Neck,  420. 

Turkey  Quarter,  107. 

Turley,  Miss  Rosa  M.,  404. 

TurnbuU,  Jas.,  430;  Sam'l, 
430. 

Turner,  .Alfred,  428;  Ar- 
thur, 428 ;  Blanche 
^     (CHfford),     428;    Cora, 

\  428;  Daisy  (Foster), 
428;  Eleanor,  82,  123; 
Miss  Emma,  470;  Eu- 
gene, 428;  James,  428; 
J.  Martin,  428;  Latona, 
428 ;  Lizzie,  428 ;  Lonnie 
428;  Marg't,  418;  Mary 
A.,88;Nat.,268;  Philip, 
82,84;R.W.,84;Same, 
428;  Thos.,  29,  428; 
Wm.,  470;Wm.  S.,  428. 

Two  Tracts,  410. 

Tyler,  Elinor  Murdock, 
226;  John,  275;  Rob't, 
159;  Mrs.  Rob't,  105; 
Sam'l,  105;  Susanna; 
105. 

Tyson,  Gen'l,  431;  Henry, 
523;  Jessie,  352,  380; 
Judge  John  S.,  364; 
Jos.,  523. 


u 

TJmberger,     Martha     M.,  Unitarian  Church,  465.  Upshur,  Mrs.  Annie,  334 

404.  Uplands,  381.  Arthur,  334. 

Underwood,  Anthony,  501,  Upper  Bennett,  110.  Upton,  497. 

John  Cox,  443;  Mary,  Upper  House  of  Delegates,  Utie,  Nathaniel,  9,  10,  28 

501;  Thos.,  29.  29.  29,41. 

Union  Chapel,  443. 


Vacant  Land,  66. 

Vachel's  Purchase,  478, 
483. 

Vale  of  Jehosephat,  502. 

VaUey,  The,  156. 

Van  Bibber,  Mrs.  Betty, 
484;  Jas.,  484;  Wash- 
ington, 316. 


V 

Van  Buren,  272,  273,  274,   Vansant,  Mrs.,  473. 


276, 
Van  Buren  Electors,  Glori- 


VansviUe 
446. 


Farmers'  Club 


ous  Nineteen,    19,   273,   Vansweringen,     Mrs. 


276,  440. 
Vance,  Senator,  169. 
Vanderbush,  Mr.,  33. 
Van  Ness,  Eugene,  119. 


102. 

Vaughan,  Rob't,  16. 
Vaux,  Mary,  363. 
Veazey,  De,  270. 


INDEX. 


liii 


Weir,  Delight,  90. 

WeUing,  418,  487;  Eliz., 
468;  Henry,  411,  417 
418,  468;  Kate,  415 
Peter,  418;  Truman 
418;  Wm.,  411,  418 
Wm.,  Jr.,  418. 

Wells,    Ann    Maria,    151 
Annie,  475;  Benjamin 
475;  Chas.,  475;  Clara 
Davis,  459;  Emily,  475 
Erastus,   459;   Francis 
475;    Minor    Franklin 
475;    George,    52,    97 
317,     327,     328;     Dr 
George,  327,  328;  Hen- 
ry, 459;   John  B.,  347 
Dr.  John  D.,  328;  Rev 
Joshua,  140;  Julia,  475^ 
Miss,     105;    Mary,    94 

—  376;  Richard,  13,  21 
26,  28,  37,  38,  94,  376 
Virginia,  475. 

Wells'  Cross  Road  Tavern 

418. 
Welsh,  462;  Ann,  183;  A 

-  H.,  462;  Benj.,  73,  92 
195,  202;  Cath.,  399 
400;  Cath.  Wood,  399 
Carolina,  345,  357,  358 
Comfort,  92;  Damaris 
92,  95;  Dr.,  93;  Elinor 
92;  Eliz.,  91,  92,  175 
176,  462;  Eliz.  T.,  92 
Francis,  334;  Frank 
462 ;  Grace  E.,  92;  Ham- 
mond, 465;  Hamutel 
345,  357;  Hannah,  345 
Henry,  92,  93,  195,  450 
Henry  O.  N.,  92;  Jas. 
92;  Jas.  Lewis,  130 
John,  12,  39,  40,  51,  58 
76,  91,  92,  93,  116,  175 
183,  197,  207,  318,  345 
361,  450,  451,  452,  455 
529 ;  Jemima,  92 ;  Lewis 
92;  Lucia,  92;  Lucretia 
451 ;  Mrs.  Lucretia,  399 
Lucretia  G.,  453;  Luth- 
er, 462;  L.  W.,  462 
Lydia,  450,  451,  455 
Miss,  340;  Major,  92 
530;  Mary,  58,  92,  95 
Milton,  462;  Mary  Ann 
462;  Philip,  93,  115 
450,  451,  453;  Rachel 
92,  451,  455,  462;  Re- 
becca, 172;Rispah,  334 
Robert,  73,  92,  93,  130 
202,   326;  Mrs.   Rob't 


123;  Rev.  Robert,  217; 
Ruth,  462;  Sam'l,  93. 
451,  455,  462,  529; 
Sarah,  86,  92;  Silvester, 
91;  Sylvester,  92; 
'Thomas,  86,  92,  98,  202, - 
480;T.W.,  462;  Upton, 
486 ;  Warner,  462 ;  Wm., 
450;  W.  Wellington, 
462;  Rev.  W.,  L.,  138; 
W.  W.,  462. 

Welsh's  Cradle,  147,  148. 

Welsh's  Discovery,  92. 

Welwyn,  454. 

Wesley,  Mary  Ann,  182. 

Wessel,  Mr.,  380. 

Wesson,  Mrs.  Jas.,  424. 

West,  Ann,  479;  Sir  John, 

I.  434,  479;  Martha,  434, 
453;  Matilda,  479; 
Stephen,  198,  202,  406, 
434;  Stephen,  Jr.,  109, 
434;  Wm.,  213. 

Westall,  Geo.,  81,  52; 
Jane,  81. 

Western  Branch,  5. 

Western  Maryland  R.  R., 
287. 

West  Friendship,  72. 

Westminster  Parish,  179, 
197,  198. 

Westminster  Town,  197. 

Weston,  247,  248,  415. 

"Westover,"  42. 

West  Puddington,  12,  52. 

West  River  Hundred,  12. 

Westwood,  Mr.,  159. 

Wetherall,     Miss     Sallie, 

390. 
,  Whalen,  Mrs.,  463;  Miss, 
*      480. 

Whaley,  Henry,  484. 

Wharton  Creek,  42. 

What's  Left,  114,  438. 

What  You  Please,  373, 
374. 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Cath.  Dor- 
sev,  473. 

Wheat,  206,  497,  498. 

Whigs,  272,  273,  275,  282. 

Whig  Club,  444. 

Whipple,  Bishop,  114. 

Whipps,  Avery,  149;  Ly- 
dia, 149. 

Whiskey  Ridge,  147. 

Whiskey  Rebellion,  405. 

Whitaker's  Purchase,  62, 
394,  478. 

White,  Ann,  53,  368;  Ed-' 
ward,  393;   EHza,  153; 


Gideon,  347;  John,  202; 
Joseph,  347,  350,  393, 
433;Kessiah,  102;Lize, 
383;  Mary,  12^;  Pere- 
grine, 347'fSaIlie  Heath, 

-  65;  Sam'l,  108;  ThosT 
J.,  539. 

White's  Contrivance,  347, 
365. 

White  Hall,  10,  100,  162, 
163,  164,  180,  213,  214, 
217,  332,  369,  364,  399, 
408,  432,  435,  526. 

Whiteplace,  347. 

White  Wine  and  Claret, 
62,  387,  396,  410,  411, 
416,  418,  420,  437,  452, 
468,  534. 

Whitey,  Florence,  475. 

Whitfield,  528. 

Whitney,  Eliz.,  138. 

Whittington,  Emily,  174; 
Miss,  174;  Wm.,  299. 

Whittle,  Eleanor,  423. 

Whole  Gammon,  167. 

Whyte,  Dr.  John  Camp- 
bell, 288;  Joseph,  288; 
Gov.  Wm.  Pinkney, 
288,  289,  290;  Wm., 
Pinkney,  Jr.,   132. 

Wiggins,  JuHa,  150. 

Wilcox,  Henry,  284;  Mrs. 
Mary,  284. 

Wildey,  Thomas,  261. 

Wildwood,  406,  526. 

Wilkens,  Miss  Hester,114. 

Wilkie,  Andrew,  202. 

Wilkins,  John,  485;  Re- 
becca, 485. 

Wilkinson,  Mary,  176 
Rebecca,  48;  Wm.,  148 

WiUiam  and  Mary,  190 
191. 

Williams,  Bros.,  365 
Benj.,  350;  Capt.,  434 
Col.,  226,  229;  Eleanor 
125;  Ehz.,  384;  F^ly 
531;  Geo.  H.,  43;  Han- 
nah, 434;  Henry,  161 
Howell,  485;  Dr.  Jas 
T.,  539;  Jas.,  414;  Jane 
Maria,  82;  Jos.,  108 
Mrs.  Jos.,  408;  Marg't 
73,  108;  Miss,  383;  Mr. 
345;  Col.  Otho.,  439 
Otho.  Holland,  227 
229,  245,  319,  345,  384 

GgnjDtho.  H.,  414,  531 

Phoebe,  345;  Ralph,  9 
39,    43;    Richard,    95 


liv 


173;     Sam'l    B.,    89; 

Col.  Thos.,  123;  Thos., 

82. 
Williamson,  Thos.,  316. 
Williard,  Ellen,  87. 
Willoughbys,   Alice,    135; 

Capt.,  5;  Thos.,  135. 
Wilmot,  John,  316,  323; 

Mary  J.,  530. 
Wilson,    Barton   S.,   461; 

Sen.  Eph.  K.,  299,  300; 

John,  461;  Joseph,  461; 

Mr.,  159;  Rebecca,  461; 

Rebecca  Cromwell,  60; 

Sarah,     148;    Thomas, 

326;  Mrs.  Walter,  322; 

Walter     Brooke,     322; 

William,  322. 
Wilson's  Meadows,  399. 
Winbigler,  J.  B.,  540. 
Winchester,  Chief  Justice 

Benjamin,  126;  Henry, 

83;     Mrs.,     217;     Mrs. 

Sarah,  436. 
Wincopin    Neck,    85,    90, 

350,  351,  353,  365,  369, 

376,  389. 
Winder,  Chas.  S.,  256,  259, 

317;  Edmund,   17,  37; 

Edward        Stougleton, 

259;  EUz.  Tayloe,  259; 

Gen.,   2.59;  John,   256; 

Levin,   252,   256;   Gov. 

Levin,    256,    257,    258, 

259;    Mary  Ann   Stou- 
gleton, 259;  Mrs.,  464; 

Wm.,  256;  Wm.  Henry, 

248,256,257,  2.58;  Wm. 

Sidney,  259. 
Windham,    Mr.    Edward, 

135. 
Windres,  Jos.,  75. 
Windsor,  436. 
Winegarner,    Marg't    H., 

479. 
Winterson,     Benj.,     324; 

Harriet,  324. 
Winthrop,  Rob't  C,  504. 
Wirt,      Catherine,       117; 

Laura ,     117;    WiUiam , 

117,  118,  119,  268. 
Wiseman,     Richard,      5; 

Thomas,  5. 
Withers,  Mr.  Samuel,  28, 

38,  39,  46. 
Wolfe,     Mrs.     Dr.,     441; 

Humphrey  D.,  440,  441, 

446,    494;    John,    440, 

441;     Dr.    John,     441; 

Mr.,  441. 


ini);ex. 


Wood,  Gen.,  284;  Miss, 
392,  446;  Wm.  E.,  360. 

Woodard  or  Woodward, 
Henry,  122;  Mary,  122. 

Wooden,  John,  475,  476. 

Woodfield,  W.  H.,  202. 

Woodlawn,  346. 

Woodneim,  134. 

Woods'  Lot,  343. 

Woodstock,  36,  168,  371, 
489. 

Woodville,  Mrs.  Wm.,  249. 

Woodville,  358. 

Woodward,    Abram,    82, 


126,  160,  374;  Wm. 
Baird,  126;  Wm.,  Jr., 
123,  124;  Wm.  Garrett, 
126,  159;  Wm.  Nich- 
olas, 127. 

Woodyard,  The,  47,  54, 
55,  69,  434,  453. 

Woolguist,  Venetia,  60. 

Woolman,  Richard,  28, 
38.      ( 

Wooten,^  Henry  A.,  525; 
WiUiam  T.,  316. 


Wootton,     Turner,     201 ; 
Harry  E.,  539. 
123,  126,  326;  Achsah,    Worrell,  Sarah,  270. 
123;  Achsah  Fotterall,    Worsley,     Moselle,     383; 
63;  Alice,  82,  123;  Ann,       Chas.    Grey    Edwards, 


123;Amos,63, 122,  123, 
527;  Annie  V.,  127; 
Catherine  M.,  126; 
Charles,  126 ;  Christo- 
pher H.  R.,  126;  Chris- 


383  ;Corinne,  383;  John, 
383;  Lizzie,  383;  Nan- 
nie, 383;  Thos.  Lee,  383; 
Wm.,  383;  Wm.  D., 
383. 


topher     Raborg,     126;   Worthington,     Abraham, 
Daniel  Dodge,  126;  Mrs.        148;  Achsah,  154,  369, 


Dinah,  85;  Edward,124; 
Eleanor,  63,  123,  405, 
528;  Eleanor  (WiUiam), 
126;  Elisabeth,  63,  122, 
123,  126;  Elijah,  126; 
EUza  Ann,  126;  Gar- 
rett, 122;  Hannah,  122, 
123;  Harriet,  63,  123, 
158,    528;    Henry,    63, 

122,  123,  125,  126,  202, 
405,  527,  528;  Lieut. 
Henry,  159;  Henry 
WiUiam,  123,  124;  Jas. 
T.,  124,  125,  249;  Jane 
Maria,  123,  159;  Jane, 

123,  126;  John,  535; 
John  Randolph,  126, 
127;  Juliet,  123;  Julia 
R.,  124;  Martha,  123; 
Martha  Ridgely,  123; 
Maria,  159;  Maria  G., 
126;  Mary,  63,  122,  123, 
527;  Mary  Edge,  124; 
Mary  Raborg,  126; 
MaryH.  (Raborg),  126; 
Mrs.  Mary  (Young), 
63,  123;Mr.,  217;Nich- 
alas  R.,  126;  Priscilla, 
123,  126;  Rachel  Ann, 
123;  Rebecca,  63,  123, 
527;  Rignal  T.,  125, 
126;  Rignal  Duckett, 
123,  125,  126;  Sarah, 
123;  Sophia  HaU,  126; 
Thos.,  123,  126;  Wm., 
82,  122,  123,  124,  125, 


406,  525,  526;  Augusta, 
150;  Alex.  Contee,  156; 
Ann,  147,  148,  151,  152, 
153,  174,  441,  493; 
Anne,  115,  147;  Anna 
Eliz.,  151;  Ami  Hawley, 
148;  Ann  Maria,  148, 
151;  Ann  Fitzhugh 
(Lee),  319;  Ann  Ridge- 
ly,   148,    149;    Ariana, 

153,  412;  Beale,  319; 
Dr.  Beale,  319;  Beale 
D.,  201;  Benjamin,  151; 
Brice,  148,  153,  222, 
369,   526;   Brice  John, 

154,  155,    319;    Brice 
Thos.  Beale,   1.53,  221, 
222,     319,     353,     380; 
Catherine,      154,      155, 
226,      381 ;     Catherine 
Larsh,    148;    Catherine 
(Griffith),     226;     Caro- 
line, 150,  155;  Charles, 
147,  148, 149, 1;        153, 
154,  156;Chas.'i       .55; 
Chas.    D.,    537;    s      ^. 
G.,  540;  Mrs.  Chas.  .  , 
403;  Chas.  Griffith,  Jr., 
369;  Dr.  Chas.  Griffith, 
154,  366,  369,  370,  37^ 
376,  526;  Chas.  Thomas 
150,      151;      Charlotte 
Merryman,    148;   Com 
fort,     148,     150,      151 
495;  Comfort  Ann,  149 
Dr.,    341;    Dye,     152 


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